White was born in Mount Vernon, New York, in 1899, and went to the public schools there. “THE TRUMPET OF THE SWAN glows with the primal ecstasies of space and flight, of night and day, of nurturing and maturing, of courtship and art.”Į.b. And the beautiful details, the sweetness of relationships-poignant without this time being sad- also make you know that this is the author of CHARLOTTE’S WEB.”

No one else could bring off, so marvelously well, that extraordinary blend of real wildlife and nature and the utterly fantastic. “Surely there is no other author whose new book one would reach forwith such sure anticipation. Chairman, 1970 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award Committee, The medal acknowledges and memorializes this fact.” is the real tribute to the real genius of E. The continuing and almost universal response of children to his two fantasies. White has been awarded the 1970 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award. “These two titles appear to be headed for literary immortality in our times and are the works for which Mr. Stuart Little, small in size only, has the adventurousness, the great purpose, and the indomitable spirit of a heroic figure, and his story, funny and tender and exciting by turns, will be read, reread, and loved by young and old. It is on this search, after several amusing experiences, that we leave Stuart, going north in his little car, sure he is heading in the right direction. His great adventure comes when, at the age of seven, he sets out in the world to seek his dearest friend, Margalo, a beautiful little bird who stayed for a few days in the Littles’ Boston fern. But on the whole his life is a happy one. His size-just over two inches- does give him some trouble now and then, like the time he was rolled up in the window shade, or when he got dumped into a garbage scow. In spite of his small size, Stuart gets around a good bit in the world, riding a Fifth Avenue bus with some aplomb, racing (and winning in) a sailboat in Central Park, teaching school for a day, and so on.

He is a great help around the house, and everybody except Snowbell the cat likes him a great deal. Little and is a pleasantly debonair little character, with a shy, engaging manner and a somewhat philosophical turn of mind. Stuart Little, the hero, is a mouse in the family of Frederick C. This is the first children’s book by the distinguishedĪuthor E. Further reproduction or distribution in other than a specialized format is prohibited. Published by: HarperCollins.Publishers, New York, NY.

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