Image
16436
Age Range
6 - 9
Genre
Page Count
32
Publisher
J. Paul Getty Museum
Grade Level
1st - 4th
ISBN
9780892369898
Lexile
AD690L

Song of the Swallows

Written and Illustrated by Leo Politi
Song of the Swallows, which won the Caldecott Medal when it was first published in 1948, was written and illustrated by Leo Politi, one of Los Angeles’ most beloved artists.

It tells the famous story of the yearly return of the swallows to the Mission San Juan Capistrano through the eyes of a small child. Julian, the bell ringer of the Mission, tells Juan, a young boy who also lives at the Mission, the story of the swallows and how—without anyone really knowing why or how—they return each year from their winter home in South America to San Juan Capistrano in California. Thrilled by the story, Juan makes his own small garden in the hope that at least one family of swallows will nest there when they return.

Age Range
6 - 9
Genre
Page Count
32
Publisher
J. Paul Getty Museum
Grade Level
1st - 4th
ISBN
9780892369898
Lexile
AD690L