"Goose, Duck, Hen, Bird and the little chick, itself, cannot tell to whom a new hatchling belongs, but its mother knows." --

"The del Cisne girls have never just been sisters; they're also rivals, Blanca as obedient and graceful as Roja is vicious and manipulative. They know that, because of a generations-old spell, their family is bound to a bevy of swans deep in the woods. They know that, one day, the swans will pull them into a dangerous game that will leave one of them a girl, and trap the other in the body of a swan. But when two local boys become drawn into the game,...

The two swans who live on Willow Pond build a nest, raise a family of little swans, and survive another season.

"[This books presents] . . . a comprehensive zoological profile of these birds. Includes sidebars, a range map, a glossary, and an ancient Greek myth about the swan"--Provided by publisher.

A quiet cove on a small island is the summer home for a pair ofswans and their offspring.

Text and photographs depict the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of swans in their natural habitat.