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Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • UnBEARable – Kathryn Apel/Beau Wylie

    Scholastic Australia January 2026 We love a fractured fairytale – we do, we do!! By ‘we’ I mean those of us who teach and regularly teach fairytales. And that’s as much a part of secondary literacy as it is primary-based. Traditional tales – in all their guises: fairytale, folk tale, myths, legends, Dreaming stories –… Read more

  • I can’t review my own book..

    Well, I suppose I could but I won’t. However, I was super-excited yesterday to get a box from America with my author copies of my first book for the Creative Company which is also the first ever book written about the Roulettes. It is a beautiful hardback (library quality in US publishing jargon) and it… Read more

  • Ten-Word Tiny Tales – Joseph Coelho and Friends

    An anthology of brilliantly illustrated tales only ten words long, from former Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho and friends Walker Books Australia October 2025 ISBN13:9781529502688 Australia RRP:$27.99 New Zealand RRP:$29.99 A JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTIONSHORLISTED FOR THE ENGLISH 4-11 BOOK AWARDS LEICESTERSELECTED AS A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR I am so sorry that… Read more

  • The Sunbird: Young reader’s edition – Sara Haddad. Illustrations by Baraa Awoor.

    UQP February 2026 February 2026 ISBN: 9780702271076 RRP: $14.99 Sara Haddad has adapted her well-received and highly topical adult novella to this edition for younger readers. While most would try to shield children from the horrors of wars and genocides, there is no doubt that there would be some who know of the struggle for… Read more

  • For Little Jarjums

    Two delightful little board books for your Smallest of Smalls from Fremantle Press today. SO cute!!! Kep Barna: Water Creatures [#2 Noongar First Words series} – Jayden Boundry/Tyrown Waigana February 2026 ISBN: 9781760995591 RRP: AU$16.99/NZ$21.00/US$12.95 Once again your Smalls can learn some new words in Noongar accompanied by their English counterparts, this time of a variety… Read more

  • Easter Cuddle – Kate Mayes. Sara Acton

    Harper Collins Australia Imprint: ABC Books January 2026 ISBN: 9780733343711 ISBN 10: 0733343716 RRP: $24.99 Two talented creators team up again for this one which will delight tiny readers, and would make a superb Easter gift for a newly arrived little human.  The Easter Bunny at our house always delivered a new book each as well as… Read more

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