THE SILVER BRUMBY

Centenary Edition - 4 classic Silver Brumby titles

The Silver Brumby ~ Silver Brumby′s Daughter ~ Silver Brumbies of the South ~ Silver Brumby Kingdom

by ELYNE MITCHELL

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New large softcover book. Published 2012, 624 pages. Reading age: Primary school age and older.

To many people, the name Elyne Mitchell is synonymous with The Silver Brumby, the timeless classic that has captivated the hearts and imaginations of young readers since it was first published in 1958.

This special edition has been published to commemorate the centenary of Elyne Mitchell′s birth in 1913 and contains The Silver Brumby and three other favourite Brumby books: Silver Brumby′s Daughter, Silver Brumbies of the South and Silver Brumby Kingdom. These much-loved classics tell the story of Thowra, the magnificent silver stallion, king of the brumbies. Whether you are enjoying the Silver Brumby series for the first time or rediscovering it after many years, this is a book to be read and treasured.

Also included in this beautiful edition is a specially commissioned biography of Elyne Mitchell, who was born in 1913 and went on to become one of Australia′s most successful and popular authors. The biography also contains photographs that depict Elyne in many other areas of her long and distinguished life, including that of daughter, wife, mother, sportswoman, horsewoman, farmer and environmentalist.

About the author

Elyne Mitchell was born Sibyl Elyne Chauvel on 30 December 1913 Melbourne, Victoria. She was an Australian author, and her most popular and well-known books are the Silver Brumby series of children's novels. She was educated at St Catherine's School, Toorak. She married lawyer, and later parliamentarian, Thomas Walter Mitchell, and moved with him to the mountains. He taught her to ski, and they had four children. Elyne was a keen skier and horsewoman. The Silver Brumby series arose from Mrs Mitchell's difficulties in finding suitable reading material for her youngest daughter who was then 10 and being raised in some isolation on the Mitchell family property Towong Hill, a remote cattle station in the Snowy Mountains.

Elyne Mitchell was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia OAM for services to literature in 1988, and in 1993, Charles Sturt University awarded her an Honorary Doctorate of Letters. She also won Children's Book Council awards. She often illustrated her work with her own photographs. She died on 4 March 2002 in Corryong, Victoria.

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The Silver Brumby Centenary Edition - Elyne Mitchell