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|title=The Wild Swans

|sort=Wild Swans

|isbn=9781847805362

|website=http://www.jackiemorris.co.uk

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The most well known version of the wild swans is probably the one penned by Hans Andersen. This extended retelling by Jackie Morris adds depth, emotional resonance and a number of new twists to the tale. As in most versions, Eliza and her brothers live a happy and privileged life until their father's remarriage brings jealousy, mistrust and trouble in its wake. The brothers are magically changed into wild swans and it is up to brave Eliza to rescue them.

So who would enjoy this book? Though I've put it into the genre group for confident readers, it would also make a great family read aloud as it gives so much food for thought and talk. It will definitely appeal to Jackie Morris's many adult fans and it is overall a beautifully produced book, so those who value that quality should take a look. Finally, it would be great if some of those librarians who nominate books for the Carnegie and Greenaway book awards (yes, I do mean both) would read it and act accordingly!

Or maybe another traditional tale with a clever heroine at its heart [[The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen and P J Lynch (Illustrator)]].