E.B. White: The Trumpet of the Swan (2001, HarperCollins)
Paperback, 272 pages
English language
Published Oct. 2, 2001 by HarperCollins.
Louis, a romantic swan, is in love with the angelic Serena, but he can't tell her how he feels; he has no voice. When he meets eleven-year-old Sam Beaver, a human friend, he goes to school with him to learn how to read and write. Louis' father also helps out; he steals a brass trumpet for his son. In the end, Louis learns to play, wins Serena's heart, and repays the music shop owner for his stolen trumpet.
Here is a wonderful story of romance, friendship, and determination among animals and humans.
A beautiful and amusing little miracle of a book. E.B. White could warm the coldest heart. The only word that hasn't aged well is "Indian."
If you aren't tickled by a swan staying at the ritz then I don't know what to tell you.
one of the first books i ever read. i was hungry for angst even as a brat toesucking child. i can still remember each scene clearly... louie's father breaking into a music shop, louie cutting his webs so he could more adroitly play the trumpet, practicing the bugles at the camp, the watercress sandwich. i had watercress for the first time in hot pot a couple months ago. i like him.
