This article is about the children's novel. For the animated film, see The Trumpet of the Swan (film).
The Trumpet of the Swan
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First edition
Author E. B. White
Illustrator Edward Frascino
Fred Marcellino (2000 edition)
Country United States
Language English
Genre Children's novel
Publisher Harper & Row (US)
Hamish Hamilton (UK)
Publication date
1970
Media type Print
(hardback and paperback)
ISBN 0-06-440048-4
The Trumpet of the Swan is a children's novel by E.B. White published in 1970. It tells the story of Louis (pronounced "LOO-ee" by the author in the audiobook), a trumpeter swan born without a voice and trying to overcome it by learning to play a trumpet, always trying to impress a beautiful swan named Serena.