by Colin Thiele · Flammarion · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782081618251
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«Mary, la rivière et le serpent» is the young-adult novel by Colin Thiele, published by Flammarion in paperback (192 pages, in French).
Mary lives with her parents on an Australian farm and enjoys a free life among the work in the orchards and long hours rowing on the Murray River. Her encounter with a tiger snake, which fascinates and frightens her at once, will force her to face the overflowing waters of the river in flood.
Originally published in English as «River Murray Mary» in 1979, this 1985 French edition belongs to Flammarion's Castor Poche collection.
For child readers aged 6 to 9 who enjoy adventure and nature stories.
Colin Milton Thiele was an Australian author and educator. He was renowned for his award-winning children's fiction, most notably the novels Storm Boy, Blue Fin, the Sun on the Stubble series, and February Dragon. As Vice Principal and Principal of Wattle Park Teachers College and Principal of Murray Park CAE for much of the 1960s and 1970s he had a significant impact on teacher education in South Australia.
