Tattie's River Journey

by Shirley Rousseau Murphy, Tomie dePaola (Illustrator)

When Tattie's house floats away on a flooded river, she takes in several animals and people and has a wonderful ride.

32 pages, Hardcover

First published May 26, 1983

About the author

Shirley Rousseau Murphy is the author of over 40 books, including 24 novels for adults, the Dragonbards Trilogy and more for young adults, and many books for children. She is best known for her Joe Grey cat mystery series, consisting of 21 novels, the last of which was published when she was over 90. Now retired, she enjoys hearing from readers who write to her at her website www.srmurphy.com, where the reading order of the books in that series can be found.

Murphy grew up in southern California, riding and showing the horses her father trained. After attending the San Francisco Art institute she worked as an interior designer, and later exhibited paintings and welded metal sculpture in the West Coast juried shows. "When my husband Pat and I moved to Panama for a four-year tour in his position with the U. S . Courts, I put away the paints and welding torches, and began to write," she says. Later they lived in Oregon, then Georgia, before moving to California, where she now enjoys the sea and views of the Carmel hills.
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Reviews

[Michelle Farella · Rating 4 out of 5]

You can't go wrong when Tomie dePaola illustrates your book ;-)

[Pushkar Deshmukh · Rating 4 out of 5]

:)

[Chuck Ledger · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very fine story with excellent pictures.