{"product_id":"swanfall","title":"Swanfall","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eEvery winter, Pip waits for the swanfall: the moment the great Arctic swans return from Siberia to the wetlands outside his cottage door. He knows every one of them by their markings. This December, three of them are missing. What follows is a mystery that leads somewhere much older and stranger than Pip expected, through a winter landscape that Sophie Kirtley makes so vivid you can feel the frost on your face while you read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe love it because:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe setting is extraordinary: a remote wetland cottage, frozen reeds, migrating swans, the particular quiet of a winter that feels both beautiful and slightly ominous. Children who love nature and atmosphere will be completely absorbed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe mystery is genuinely compelling: a missing swan, an ancient curse that might not be a fairytale after all, and a boy who knows his landscape well enough to notice when something is wrong\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSophie Kirtley writes with real warmth and a deep feeling for the natural world, the kind of writing that makes children want to go outside and look at things more carefully afterwards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe cover alone is worth stopping for: that misty winter wetland, the swans in flight, the child with binoculars facing a world full of mystery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat's in the box:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback, 320 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBy Sophie Kirtley, published by Bloomsbury\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGreat for:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAges 8 and up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA birthday gift, a Christmas present or the book you give a child who loves nature, mystery and stories set in the wild\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA wonderful read-aloud chapter book for a family who likes something atmospheric and absorbing in the evenings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImportant to know:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003ePaperback, 320 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eDimensions: 19.6 x 12.8cm (7.7 x 5 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eISBN: 9781526642820\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003ePublished November 2025\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Book Shelf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55475185353080,"sku":"01-BOOKS","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1568\/1037\/files\/swanfall-front-cover.jpg?v=1772040846","url":"https:\/\/www.mysmallworld.co.uk\/products\/swanfall","provider":"My Small World Toy Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}