Song of the Swallows Leo Politi Birding she illustrated her first picture

she illustrated her first picture book

Wednesday is a children's book author and the illustrator of Henry's Bright Idea and Magnolia's Magnificent Map

"--Tom Rosenbauer

Through evocative archival and contemporary photographs

Song of the Swallows Leo Politi Birding she illustrated her first pictureSong 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