“And then he saw - oh! what did he see reflected in the clear water? It was no longer the clumsy, awkward, ungainly, gray, hideous bird. He had grown and had become, too, a swan. It seems that no matter which nest you are born into, if you emerge from a swan egg, you become a swan!”

The well-known and beloved fairy tale, beautifully illustrated by Robert Ingpen, now comes to enchant a new generation of readers.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]