The Trumpet of the Swan

e.b. white

Louis, a voiceless Trumpeter swan, finds himself far from his wilderness home when he determines to communicate by learning to play a stolen trumpet.

Genres classicsfictionchildrensanimalsmiddle gradefantasyyoung adultjuvenilechapter booksaudiobook

null pages, Hardcover

First published January 1,1970

Literary awards

william allen white childrens book award, national book award finalist, oklahoma sequoyah book award,

Places

boston massachusetts, massachusetts,

This edition

Format: null pages, Hardcover
Published: January 1, 1972 by Harpercollins Childrens Books
ISBN: 9780060284107
ASIN: 0060284102
Language: English

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About the author

Elwyn Brooks White was a leading American essayist, author, humorist, poet and literary stylist and author of such beloved children's classics as Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan. He graduated from Cornell University in 1921 and, five or six years later, joined the staff of The New Yorker magazine. He authored over seventeen books of prose and poetry and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1973.

White always said that he found writing difficult and bad for one's disposition.

Mr. White has won countless awards, including the 1971 National Medal for Literature and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, which commended him for making “a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.”