The Trumpet of the Swan

Louis is a young swan who cannot speak. When his father steals a trumpet for him, he is thrilled but troubled about the debt his father incurred. He goes to work to earn the money to pay for the trumpet.
Sam is a young boy who loves the outdoors and observing the Wild life in their natural habitat. He befriends Louis' family and he and Louis become closer friends. Sam and Louis work together at a boys camp for the summer, and then Louis heads off to look for more work.



Great read and fun to see the new adventures Louis gets into!

I love reading books I read as a child as an adult. This book will always have a special place in my heart especially since it's been almost two decades since I read this book. I love the character development, pacing, and plot of this book. If you have a child, please let them read this book for them to remember for years to come.

Meh.

There are a lot of lists to read which felt more like word count filler.

The themes are weak (RANT: Louis chooses his freedom over safety in the zoo, but is also totally fine “donating” his cygnets every year to ensure his freedom.... so apparently the cygnets's freedom means nothing. E.B. White rationalizes this by saying he should donate his “defective” cygnets so the zoo can take extra good care of them.......but Louis was also “defective” at birth and his dad went above and beyond to care for him instead of dumping him at a zoo...)

He has his foot surgically mutilated to play more notes and that's totally fine in a kid's book I guess?

He's in love with a vain swan he can't even communicate with just because she's pretty.

Sam Beaver is constantly compared to looking like “an Indian” for no apparent reason??

I could go on, but it's not worth my time.