Retells the classic fairy tale about a duckling who is rejected for his unusual appearance, but who grows to be the most beautiful of all; retold and illustrated in an ethnic format.
A family of tundra swans migrate from Chesapeake Bay to their Canadian summer home, where they raise five new cygnets before once again making the difficult journey back to their winter home by Thanksgiving Day.
Drawings and brief text introduce the physical characteristics and habits of swans and wild geese, the largest North American waterfowl. Also discusses the need to protect them from extinction.
When his beloved grandfather is killed in a storm while leading the swan flock south for the winter, Moonshadow is reassured by his father that the flock will go on with Grandfather always in their hearts.