The Most Beautiful Song

by Max Bolliger, Max Bollinger, Jindra Čapek (Illustrator)

Humorous illustrations in glowing colors help tell the story of a king who dreams about a bird singing in a tree and the royal birdcatcher who must capture the songster

26 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1981

About the author

Swiss writer and children's book author.

Reviews

[Von · Rating 5 out of 5]

La canción más bonita es la última canción

[Ross · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read the German language edition of the book. Glorious water colour illustrations on each page. The book is a superb resource for teaching German because of its regular and repetitive structure (a poem in fact), its exemplification of tenses, the use of genitive endings and the gender of various species of bird. It also teaches about ecology, with each bird dwelling in a unique environmental niche and possessing its own characteristic song. It might also teach children to be wary of despotic monarchs.

[Tom · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was one of my favorite books as a child. The illustrations are hauntingly beautiful, and the story is fascinating for young children. If you can find a copy of it, grab it!