The Silver Swan
No. of pages 32
Published: 2001
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This book has been graded for interest at 5-7 years.
There are 32 pages in this book.
This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+).
This book was published in 2001 by Penguin Random House Children's UK .
Michael Morpurgo has brought together poems by writers as diverse as Spike Milligan and Stevie Smith, John Lennon and Jo Shapcott. Christian Birmingham graduated in illustration from Exeter College of Art and Design in 1991, and is one of the most talented artists of his generation.
"A book for the whole family to treasure, the artwork shines with a strangely luminous beauty. A truly wonderful book" * Guardian *
"Moments of rage and poignancy . . . Christian Birmingham's atmospheric pictures powerfully expose the terrible beauty of the real world" * Junior Education *
"Beautifully craftered . . . not a word too many, not a word out of place . . . Birmingham's dramatic images hauntingly recreate the spellbinding text. A masterpiece to be reasured by young and old alike" * Carousel *
"An awe-inspiring and poignant glimpse of nature's inner workings" * Publishers Weekly *
"A chokingly moving, unsentimental story of a boy's attachment to a swan" * Literary Review *
