The Man from Snowy River

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Scholastic Press, 2004 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 30 pages
There is no greater Australian bush hero than the man from Snowy River, and no greater bush legend than his famous downhill ride. Award-winning illustrator Freya Blackwood takes a stunning new approach to Banjo Paterson's most famous bush ballad. She brilliantly captures the drama of this much-loved poem, as well as the romance and dizzying landscape of the Australian alpine country. A must for all good bookshelves.

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About the author (2004)

Freya Blackwood was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1975 and grew up in Orange in New South Wales, Australia. She earned a Bachelor of Design degree (Visual Communications) at the University of Technology, Sydney and then worked for several years in the film industry in Sydney and Wellington, New Zealand. She is a full-time illustrator. Her illustrations for Two Summers won the Crichton Award in 2004. She won The Territory Read Awards 2016 for Children's literature/YA fiction with author Irena Kobald. Her 2017 book, The Great Rabbit Chase, was named an Honour Book in the 2018 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards, for Picture Book.

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