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  • Published: 19 June 2017
  • ISBN: 9780143783626
  • Imprint: Picture Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $19.99

A River



'There is a river outside my window. Where will it take me?' Each new landscape is explored through stunning illustrations and poetic text from this award-winning picture-book creator.

There is a river outside my window. Where will it take me?

So begins an imaginary journey from the city to the sea. From factories to farmlands, freeways to forest, each new landscape is explored through stunning illustrations and poetic text from this award-winning picture-book creator.

  • Published: 19 June 2017
  • ISBN: 9780143783626
  • Imprint: Picture Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $19.99

About the author

Marc Martin

Marc Martin is an artist, illustrator, and picture-book maker based in Melbourne, Australia. His work is a world of dense colour, rich textures and the odd scribble. He is the author and illustrator of internationally award-winning books, including A Forest, The Curious Explorers Illustrated Guide to Exotic Animals A-Z, Max, A River, Lots and Masters of Disguise.

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Awards & recognition

Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards

Shortlisted  •  2015  •  Birth to 3 Years

Environment Award for Children's Literature

Shortlisted  •  2016  •  Picture Fiction

The New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Books Award

On selection list  •  2017  •