Reviews for The Trumpet of the Swan

The average rating for The Trumpet of the Swan based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-02-17 00:00:00 joseph bolino Stuart Little was my favorite of the three -- sometimes a mensch, sometimes a dandy, like a two-inch high Groucho Marx, this brave and competent dreamer applies his ingenuity to all manner of fixes that can arise for a mouse in a man's world. Louis the swan is a similarly quixotic character, but his story is more conventional and sentimental. Wilbur, however, didn't seem to do much at all other than appear "terrific" and "radiant" as suggested by his guardian angel-spider. All three books feature friends saving friends' lives and much joie de vivre. They're written with a delightfully adult whimsy -- only when White lists things does he cross the line from breezy charm to cloying cute.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-09-20 00:00:00 Keith Fred I know Charlotte's Web is a classic but it's a little depressing to be meant as a child's book. The Trumpet of the Swan is definitely more of a favorite to me than the other two. This is the second time I've read it to Isabella, she doesn't remember the first, and she really enjoyed it. She is 6 now, and she understood the story much better. Her love for animals really helped her to appreciate the story more as well. I read Stuart Little to her a couple years ago and I can't really remember the details of the story but... it is a little strange to think of a family adopting a mouse as their relative. They are all good books. But I'd hold off on reading them till your kids are at least 6-7, when they can start to read them for themselves.