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Morpurgo, Michael

The Silver Swan

32 pp. | Fogelman | October, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-8037-2543-4 $$16.99
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Christian Birmingham. A young boy watches as a swan on a nearby lake finds a mate, builds a nest, and raises her cygnets until a vixen preys upon her to feed her own fox family. The story's strength is its realism; the language, however, is more sentimental and adult than childlike. With reflected images of the graceful swans, the subdued winter lighting of the chalk pastel illustrations conveys the somber yet quietly hopeful tone of the story.
Reviewer: Bridget McCaffrey

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