Journey to the River Sea
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This issue's cover illustration is from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's A Squash and a Squeeze. Julia Donaldson is interviewed by Lindsey Fraser. Thanks to Macmillan Children's Books for their help with this May cover.
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Journey to the River Sea
Read by Sophie Ward
A wonderfully complete story of adventure and intrigue, Journey to the River Sea also celebrates the importance of childhood freedom. At almost eight hours of listening it's a book to wallow in as the many strands of the story are delicately interwoven and then spun out. Accompanied by her governess Miss Minton, Maia is sent to relatives in the Amazon basin. While Maia and Miss Minton wonder at the beauty of the rain forest and the array of possibilities, human and natural, that it offers, Maia's aunt and uncle and her mean-spirited cousins shrink further and further from it. Maia's boldness leads her on adventures that bring her great happiness as well as helping those around her. The vivid detail of the sights and smells of the Amazon are richly evoked by Eva Ibbotson and well conveyed in Sophie Ward's reading.
