The Trumpet of the Swan

The Trumpet of the Swan
Fred Marcellino

E. B. White

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?

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First published in the USA by Harper Row, Publishers, Inc., New York, 1970

First published in Great Britain by Hamish Hamilton Children’s Books Ltd, 1970

This ebook edition first published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books, 2015

Text copyright © E.B. White, 1970

Illustration copyright © Fred Marcellino, 2000

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Ebook Edition © MARCH 2015 ISBN: 9780008139438

Version: 2016-08-26

Contents

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Title Page (#u91a461ac-bd58-5916-b27b-45e01898933c)

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1 Sam (#ulink_03b45f08-e7c3-5bd4-a3c0-6795d080fe77)

2 The Pond (#ulink_1df8a775-0282-5c1d-b0b1-ad40e1e5fa76)

3 A Visitor (#ulink_43d851be-f702-5e3c-a536-0884086fa101)

4 The Cygnets (#ulink_2d515f8e-3877-5f48-91f2-dde7a698d96f)

5 Louis (#ulink_9c1b2c6e-0b43-52d9-88c4-869c1b0a6fd8)

6 Off to Montana (#ulink_449df3d5-bedc-58be-b6e1-0a64ff44d452)

7 School Days (#litres_trial_promo)

8 Love (#litres_trial_promo)

9 The Trumpet (#litres_trial_promo)

10 Money Trouble (#litres_trial_promo)

11 Camp Kookooskoos (#litres_trial_promo)

12 A Rescue (#litres_trial_promo)

13 End of Summer (#litres_trial_promo)

14 Boston (#litres_trial_promo)

15 A Night at the Ritz (#litres_trial_promo)

16 Philadelphia (#litres_trial_promo)

17 Serena (#litres_trial_promo)

18 Freedom (#litres_trial_promo)

19 A Talk about Money (#litres_trial_promo)

20 Billings (#litres_trial_promo)

21 The Greening Spring (#litres_trial_promo)

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