River Murray Mary – A Murray River Living Book
We have just finished and enjoyed River Murray Mary by Colin Thiele. © 1979
Mary is an eleven year old happy girl who loves nature and her dog. Her father, a WWI soldier settler, now has a fruit farm along the Murray River. Mary, an only child, helps her parents with the daily and seasonal responsibilities of farming.
The family experiences hard times when illness strikes, crops fail, floods come and fruit prices plummet. Mary’s family handles each new challenge with an Australian battler spirit. Their family and community are strong and optimistic.
This short chapter book (9 chapters) has watercolour illustrations from Robert Ingpen. Recommended reading age 7-12
The family experiences hard times when illness strikes, crops fail, floods come and fruit prices plummet. Mary’s family handles each new challenge with an Australian battler spirit. Their family and community are strong and optimistic.
This short chapter book (9 chapters) has watercolour illustrations from Robert Ingpen. Recommended reading age 7-12
thanks, that sounds a rather good book. where did u get it?
The library. To serch where you can find it in Australia use this great library search engine
http://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au/apps/kss
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I'm excited to use this book too – we're only an hour from the Mighty Murray.
Most of Thiele is great, isn't it! (I'd say all but I haven't read them all!!)
My children (and I) loved that book, especially the illustrations.
I'm trying to find the name of a similar book that came out about that time, I think the character was a boy, living in a Queensland sugar town. Illustrations were of sugar can growing, sugar cane trains, Q'ld houses and schools. Any ideas?