Overview / 简介: |
Fitzherbert's mother is a goose, but his father was a swan - which makes him a swoose! As Fitzherbert grows up he decisdes he wants to fly and he wants to meet his father. His search begins, but what he finds is fame and fortune of a most unexpected kind. |
From Organization / 国外机构评价: |
In this spin-off on the Ugly Duckling theme, a swoose (the love-child of a swan and a goose) becomes Queen Victoria's favorite pet. Although the queen may never have said "We are not amused," as she often does in this story, she certainly was a bit cranky after her husband Albert died, and here it is Fitzherbert, the swoose, who finally succeeds in making her happier. Many American children will lack the background to appreciate the temperamental monarch, her transformation, or the courtly swoose, but they will enjoy Fitzherbert's plucky individualism and King-Smith's wordplay. Some of the vocabulary and a passage involving a French chef with a thick accent may be a bit daunting for beginning or reluctant readers, but add nicely to a read-aloud. The occasional feathery pen-and-ink illustrations seem a bit anemic, but such simplicity supports without overwhelming the text. King-Smith's fans will enjoy this new offering with its charm and chuckles.? |
Foreign Customer Review / 国外客户评价: |
One character in this book is the Swoose. A swoose is half goose and half swan (except the swoose's name is "Fitzherbert.") Fitzherbert is the color white. The swoose wanted to visit the queen and see her father who is a swan. I like Fitzherbert and want her to be my friend. She also met a water-vole on her way to see the Queen and her father. You should read this book. I like it. |
About the Author / 作者介绍: |
Fitzherbert is going through an identity crisis. He had always assumed that he was a goose like his mother and that his father was the old gray gander who had fathered all the other goslings on the farm. With Fitzherbert's long neck and larger body becoming more noticeable every day, he finally asks his mother about his background: he's a "swoose," the offspring of his mother and a beautiful swan, "young and strong and as white as the driven snow." Fitzherbert's search for his real father takes him on an adventure down the Thames River and eventually to Windsor Castle, where, it turns out, Queen Victoria is quite taken with him. The fast-paced plot is imaginative and humorous, but the story comes to a rather abrupt end that leaves the reader unsatisfied. Some difficult British slang, problematic for some children, may make this a better choice for reading aloud in the classroom than for reading alone. |
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