Song of the Swallows Artist Biography two cats discover they don’t

two cats discover they don’t need to share a language to become friends

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Song of the Swallows Artist Biography two cats discover they don’tSong 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