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Author
Series
DAW book collectors volume no. 1120
Publisher
DAW Books
Pub. Date
2000, c1999
Language
English
Description
Baron Eric von Rothbart, a powerful sorcerer, hunts down women who have betrayed men and transforms them into swans who can only resume their true forms by moonlight. His lonely daughter Odile, who watches the flock and studies spells, longs vainly for his approval. One day von Rothbart tells Odette, the swan princess, that she can break the spell by winning and holding a man's faithful love for one month. He's even chosen a candidate, Prince Siegfried....
2) Swans
Author
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of swans, a family of large and graceful birds. Also included is a story from folklore explaining why some swans are black.
3) Ugly
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When the rest of the ducks turn on her little duckling, Ugly, because he isn't like them, Mother Duck sadly leaves him behind in order to protect her other children. With the help of some new friends, Ugly makes his way alone, but he doesn't know where he's going or what he's looking for.
6) Swan in love
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Despite the ridicule of the other animals, Swan persists in his adoration for a swan-shaped boat named Dora.
7) Little swan
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A trumpeter swan family stays close together as the cygnets learn how to feed themselves, honk when predators are nearby, and develop flight feathers. Includes facts about the trumpeter swan, the largest waterfowl in the world.
Author
Publisher
Tundra
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Petal the cow has a hard time controlling her anger, but when the farmer announces that the farm animals are taking a trip to a water park and threatens to leave Petal behind, a swan offers to teach Petal the best ways to react and cope with difficult situations.
11) The searchers
Author
Series
Secret of Glendunny volume .2
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When swan Elsinore, the beavers' beloved mother figure, is kidnapped by dark forces, Dunwattle and Locksley set out to find her, but little do they know, they have a much larger expedition in store when they discover other persecuted animals being held against their will for nefarious purposes.
"Newbery Honor winner Kathryn Lasky, author of the bestselling Guardians of Ga’Hoole series, delivers the second book in her new middle grade adventure...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A king's children are changed into swans by their evil stepmother and can only be changed back when twin mountain peaks, the Man from the North and the Woman from the South, are joined.
14) Flyaway
Author
Publisher
Chicken House
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
While her father is in the hospital, thirteen-year-old Isla befriends Harry, the first boy to understand her love of the outdoors, and as Harry's health fails, Isla tries to help both him and the lone swan they see, struggling to fly, on the lake outside Harry's window.
Author
Series
Secret of Glendunny volume 1
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
In the wilds of Scotland, a secret colony of beavers have been hiding in plain sight, safe from humans who crave their fur, until Dunwattle, a young beaver kit, exposes their hidden colony and faces a fate worse than death.
Deep in the wilds of Scotland, land of ancient warrior kings and myths, there is a deep secret. The secret is a colony of beavers, a species that is craved for their fur pelts, but vilified for what humans consider to be the destruction...
17) Birdwing
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Description
Prince Ardwin, known as Birdwing, the youngest of six brothers turned into swans by their stepmother, is unable to complete the transformation back into human form, so he undertakes a journey to discover whether his feathered arm will be a curse or a blessing to him.
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