Song of the River by Joy Cowley

Song of the River by Joy Cowley

In this resonant story, Cam the mountain boy follows the river from its trickling source in the mountain snow all the way to the coast. The river leads him through forest, farms, and towns to the salty wind of the sea. Dramatic landscape illustrations evoke a North American landscape and are packed with detail to explore the world of the river.

"Cowley neatly modulates Cam’s adventure, sentences that build and accrete like that rivulet taking readers on the journeyA lovely homage to nature."

-- Kirkus Reviews

"With graceful, rhyming poetry, Cowley articulates the connectedness of nature, while Andrews renders the rush and earnestness of the boy’s journey through striated light, city smoke, and the broad, blue sea."

-- Publishers Weekly

"It’s exuberant and joyful, reflected in the warm and textured illustrations which capture the natural environment and the movement of the water. An absolute treasure and brilliant read-aloud."

-- Magpies Magazine

Joy Cowley is one of New Zealand's best-loved writers for children and adults, with an international reputation. She has won a multitude of awards and honours for her bestselling books, including the Prime Ministers Award for contribution to literature. She was shortlisted for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2018. Kimberly Andrews is a trained biologist and geologist who grew up in the Canadian Rockies and has lived and worked in Borneo, the UK and New Zealand. She illustrated Explore Aotearoa, shortlisted for the New Zealand children's book award in 2018, and her first book both authored and illustrated, Puffin the Architect, was released in 2018. She lives in Wellington.

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ISBN 13	9781776572540
ISBN 10	1776572548
Title	Song of the River
Author	Joy Cowley
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Gecko Press
Year published	2019-11-04
Number of pages	32
Prizes	Short-listed for Picture Book category 2020 (UK), Short-listed for RUSSELL CLARK AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATION 2020
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.