Wednesday, November 2, 2011

The Trumpet of the Swan

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Author: E.B. White
Title: The Trumpet of the Swan
Illustrator: Fred Marcellino
Genre: Children's Novel
Subgenre:
Theme: Loving who you are
Primary and Secondary Characters: Louis the swan, Sam Beaver, the rest of the swan family
Awards: N/A
Publishing Company: Harper Trophy
How you would use with your students and brief summary: Louis is a baby swan who turns out to be mute and he tries to overcome it by learning to play a trumpet given to him by a little boy named Sam. This story would be great to teacher children to learn to love themselves for who they are, even if they are a little bit different from other children their age.

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