What do you get when an acclaimed British writer of Young Adult novels, namely Michael Morpurgo, teams up with a talented illustrator to produce a Picture Book, namely The Silver Swan? You get an intelligent, sensitive story of life and death in the natural world that will even hold the attention of a class of sixth-graders. Christian Birmingham's moody paintings contribute to the text.
We parents and teachers are missing a good thing in not reading more Picture Books with our older children. The Silver Swan proves why.
