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English
Corgi Childrens
05 October 2001
An exquisite picture book, telling the romantic story of a family of swans and the boy who watches over them.

A boy living by a Scottish loch sees a beautiful silver swan land on the water.

She remains at the loch, mates and there are soon five cygnets too.

The boy watches them in awe and pride.

When snowy winter sets in, all the birds and animals around the loch must scavenge desperately for food.

The fox also has cubs to feed...

A remarkably dramatic and compassionate story about Nature, magnificently told and stunningly illustrated with sweeping pastel landscapes.
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Illustrated by:   Christian Birmingham
Imprint:   Corgi Childrens
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 240mm,  Width: 290mm,  Spine: 4mm
Weight:   215g
ISBN:   9780552546140
ISBN 10:   0552546143
Pages:   32
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 5 to 7 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  5-7 years ,  English as a second language
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Michael Morpurgo is one of today's most popular and critically acclaimed children's writers, author of KENSUKE'S KINGDOM and THE WRECK OF THE ZANZIBAR amongst many other titles. He has won a multitude of prizes including the Children's Book Award, the Smarties Prize and the Writer's Guild Award.

Reviews for The Silver Swan

A chokingly moving, unsentimental story of a boy's attachment to a swan * Literary Review * An awe-inspiring and poignant glimpse of nature's inner workings * Publishers Weekly * Beautifully craftered . . . not a word too many, not a word out of place . . . Birmingham's dramatic images hauntingly recreate the spellbinding text. A masterpiece to be reasured by young and old alike * Carousel * Moments of rage and poignancy . . . Christian Birmingham's atmospheric pictures powerfully expose the terrible beauty of the real world * Junior Education * A book for the whole family to treasure, the artwork shines with a strangely luminous beauty. A truly wonderful book * Guardian *


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