'This book reveals an eye remarkable for its acute perception of the commonplace (making fresh the grain and texture of everyday things), and equally remarkable for the intensely physical vision it brings to her own distinctive world.' (Source : Writer's website)
St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1972 pg. 40''I am the river, gently flowing, as I wind my way to the sea.' (Mary Duroux)
'Follow the river of poetry through country, town, the bush, the four seasons, night and day and explore the Australian landscape through the eyes of our best Australian poets.
'In this beautiful collection of poems for children, award-winning author and poet, Libby Hathorn, has brought together favourites such as those by A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson, Dorothea Mackellar and C.J. Dennis, as well as more contemporary poems by Steven Herrick, Eva Johnson, Les A. Murray and others.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.