swans

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swans

Ko-hoh

the call of the trumpeter swan
1986
Explains the life cycle of the world's largest swan, including information on nest-building, mating, the raising of young, feeding, and other behavior.

Honk!

the story of a prima swanerina
2000
A ballet-loving swan wins acclaim when she manages to join the other dancers in a performance of Swan Lake.

The swan's gift

1995
A farmer whose crops have failed because of drought cannot bear to shoot a beautiful magic swan, even to feed his starving family.

Son of the shadows

2001
Liadan, the daughter of Sorcha, must take up her mother's quest to save her brothers from the spell that has held them captive.

Daughter of the forest

2000
A retelling of the Celtic "Swans" myth, in which Sorcha, the only daughter in a family of seven children, is forced to leave the only safe place she has ever known in order to save her brothers from a spell that only she can lift.

The swan princess

2005
A retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's story, in which a young princess tries to reverse a spell cast by her new stepmother--a witch--that has turned her brothers into swans.

Where are my swans, whooping cranes, and singing loons?

1992
Describes the lifestyle and habitat of the swan, whooping crane, and loon; how the destruction of wetlands threatens their survival; and what we can do to save the animals.

Project UltraSwan

2002
Describes the life of large trumpeter swans, how they nearly became extinct, and efforts to reintroduce them to the Northeastern United States and to help them relearn migration routes.

Swan in love

2000
Despite the ridicule of the other animals, Swan persists in his adoration for a swan-shaped boat named Dora.

The ugly duckling

1955
The ugly duckling is scorned by everyone because he is different, but after a lonely winter he discovers he has grown in to a beautiful swan.

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