The Trumpet of the Swan

The much-loved children’s classic from the author of Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little, available in eBook for the very first time!

Like the rest of his family, Louis is a trumpeter swan. But unlike his four brothers and sisters, Louis can't trumpet joyfully. In fact, he can't even make a sound. And since he can't trumpet his love, the beautiful swan Serena pays absolutely no attention to him.

Louis tries everything he can think of to win Serena's affection;he even goes to school to learn to read and write. But nothing seems to work. Then his father steals him a real brass trumpet. Is a musical instrument the key to winning Louis his love?

Reviews

“White's third novel for children joins the two others on the shelf of classics… We, and our children, are lucky to have this book.” – John Updike, New York Times Book Review

"This is a gripping fast-moving story … Although E.B. White is better known for his wonderful Charlotte's Web, I have to say that this book is just as good – or maybe even better" – Guardian Children’s Books website

About the author

E. B. White, the author of such beloved classics as Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan, was born in Mount Vernon, New York. He graduated from Cornell University in 1921 and, five or six years later, joined the staff of The New Yorker magazine, then in its infancy. He died on October 1, 1985, and was survived by his son and three grandchildren.

Fred Marcellino's picture books include Puss in Boots, a Caldecott Honor Book; The Steadfast Tin Soldier, an ALA Booklist Children's Editors' Choice; and The Pelican Chorus, one of School Library Journal's Best Books of the Year. Marcellino died in 2001.