<p>"With graceful, rhyming poetry Cowley articulates the connectedness of nature, while Andrews renders the rush and earnestness of the boy's journey through striated light, city smoke, and the broad, blue sea."—<em>Publishers Weekly</em></p>
<p>". . . [A] beautiful picture book. . . .The descriptive language draws readers in and envelops them in the story."—<em>School Library Journal</em></p>
<p>"A lovely homage to nature."—<em>Kirkus Reviews</em></p>
In this resonant story, Cam the mountain boy follows the river from its trickling source in the mountain snow all the way to the coast. The river leads him through forest, farms, and towns to the salty wind of the sea. Dramatic landscape illustrations evoke a North American landscape and are packed with detail to explore the world of the river.