Chapter 4: The Cygents

The title of Chapter 4 is The Cygents.  I wonder what a cygent is.  The big day has arrived.  The babies are coming!  How do the babies get out of their shell?  I wonder if it is hard work for them.   I am anxious to find out how many baby swans are born and what they look like.  I hope they are all healthy!!  Do you think Sam sees the babies hatching?  Find out the answers to these questions and more in Chapter 4.  Enjoy!   

Chapter 3. The Visitor

Hi!   At the end of Chapter 2 we left the two trumpeter swans preparing a nest at the pond.   The title of Chapter 3 is The Visitor.  Do you think Sam is the visitor , or maybe it is his dad spying on Sam?  I wonder if Sam see the swans or the swans see Sam – maybe both are the visitors.

Chapter Two

Chapter2 describes the pond and all the animal life that live there, including the Trumpeter Swans.  It is the time of year when many animals make their homes(nests) to begin making preparations for having a family.  The descriptions in this chapter are very detailed and the sketches add so much.  As you read this chapter, you will be delighted and entertained by the personality of the male swan(the cob).  Happy Reading!

Chapter 2. The Pond

Hi!      When we left Sam at the end of Chapter 1 he was planning on going back to the pond he had discovered.  I wonder if Sam is going to go to the pond with his Dad or alone.  Do you think he might see the swans again.  I think so, because one swan was sitting on a nest. Maybe there are eggs in the nest????    Enjoy Chapter 2 !

Trumpet of the Swan

Hi, my name is Priscilla Vaughn and I am the Assistant Director at the library.  I am also a big fan of the book for our One Book One Billerica Program – Trumpet of the Swan.  Each week I will be giving a short summary of each chapter to entice you to read more!!!  Here goes—Chapter 1 introduces the reader to 11 year old Sam Beaver who, with his Dad, is on a camping trip in Canada.  While exploring the small pond near camp, Sam sees a pair of trumpet swans. 

Now you read Chapter 1 to find out more about Sam and the swans.

Happy Reading!!

Events

More information will be posted as each event comes closer but here is the basic list:

Birds of Prey Program
Monday, Feb. 5
6 p.m.
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Winged Migration
Popcorn & A Movie
Thursday, Feb. 8th
6:30 p.m.
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Fly Away Home
Tuesday, March 6
6:30 p.m.
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Trumpet of the Swan
Movie
Saturday, March 17
10:30 a.m.
2:00 p.m.
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Celebrate Boston
Dinner
Friday, April 13
5:30 – 7:00 p.m.

About One Book

For new readers:

One Book, One Billerica, Pass It On  is a community-wide reading program. It centers on one book, encouraging people  to come together in the library, coffee shop, dentist office waiting, schools, homes and offices to read and discuss the same book at the same time.

1. Pick up a copy of the book at the library or one of the many distribution points in town (O’Connor Hardware, the Coffee EMporium, ProFitness, Curves, Billerica CHiropratic, Dr. Feuerstein, DMD, Collins Bowladrome, Java’s Brewin, Colleen Sgroi’s Art Gallery, Java Jane’s, Billerica Senior Center, Billerica Boys and Girls Club, and Town Hall). 500 copies were purchased through the Family Friends!

2. Read it, discuss it and then log on here at our blog to place comments  and give feedback. (You can place comments just by clicking below a post where it shows the number of comments or ‘No Comments’ is there aren’t any yet. Be the first!)

3. Pass it on to a friend, a family member or an aquaintance to enjoy or return it to a distribution spot for someone else to discover.

ps: more copies are available for checkout through the library!

Chapter 1 “Sam”

Hi, my name is Jan H. and I am one of the children’s librarians on staff at the library.  Each week, I will pose some questions for you to think about as you read each chapter of “The Trumpet of the Swan.”  

Chapter One is entitled “Sam.”  I wonder, who is Sam and what is his connection to Louis, the trumpter swan?  The illustration on the first page shows a boy walking through a swamp with binoculars around his neck.  Could this be Sam and why does he have binoculars?   If you read the beginning of the chapter it says that Sam is walking back to camp and he is wondering whether he should tell his father what he saw.  If he told him, Sam thinks his father will want to go back to the pond with him.  I’m curious, what do you think Sam saw and why doesn’t Sam want his father to come with him?   Let’s read the chapter and find out!