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Where the River Runs Free

By Vikki Conley
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Wibble-wobble over the rumble-tumble stones and past peek-a-boo trees to where the rainbows sing. You never know who’s flip-flap-floating your way! From the author of the CBCA award-winning book Where the Lyrebird Lives comes this delightful family adventure celebrating the magic, surprise, and precious moments of... Read More
Format: Hardback
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From the author of the CBCA award-winning book Where the Lyrebird Lives comes this delightful family adventure celebrating the magic, surprise and precious moments of a walk along the river.

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Wibble-wobble over the rumble-tumble stones and past peek-a-boo trees to where the rainbows sing. You never know who’s flip-flap-floating your way!

From the author of the CBCA award-winning book Where the Lyrebird Lives comes this delightful family adventure celebrating the magic, surprise, and precious moments of a walk along the river.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781922998217

Publisher: Windy Hollow Books

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 July 2025

Country: Australia

Imprint: Windy Hollow Books

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Jedda Robaard
  • Illustrated by Jedda Robaard

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 240.0mm

Height: 242.0mm

Weight: 360g

Pages: 32

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Children's Books Children's Picture Books Children’s & Teenage Non-Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Vikki Conley

About the Author

Vikki Conley's multi-award-winning books whisk young readers away to other worlds through curiosity, playfulness and wonder. In 2023, Where The Lyrebird Lives won the CBCA Book of the Year, and Amira’s Suitcase and Little Puggle’s Song have earned Honour and Notable awards. On The Way To School was shortlisted for the 2023 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year.

An intrepid traveller and nature lover, Vikki has explored the world’s big adventures and tiny treasures as a writer and photographer, working with diverse communities in Africa, Asia and Australia for over 20 years.
Her stories connect budding minds to the experiences of people and creatures around the globe, inviting them to discover the magic in both the extraordinary and the ordinary. When she’s not writing, Vikki loves cartwheeling through the wilderness, searching for platypus or splashing in rivers near her home in Eltham, Australia.

Jedda Robaard is an Australian author, illustrator and designer, based in Southern Tasmania, Australia. She is known internationally for her sweet and whimsical style of illustration.
Jedda studied as a commercial artist in 1992 and after an initial career in graphic design moved her focus to illustration. She has been illustrating and writing children’s books since 2011 and has over 50 books published, many of them award-winning. Her books are sold internationally and have been published in many languages.

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