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Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Lots of B books today beginning with B for Birthday: I’m Very Busy: a (nearly forgotten) birthday book – Oliver Jeffers

    Harper Collins Australia October 2025 Who doesn’t love Oliver Jeffers’ books? They are always amusing but also have real depth to them, and it’s those layers that make them all the more special. It’s Bridget’s birthday and she wants to spend it with friends because that’s always more fun. I can vouch for this, my Read more

  • Picture Book Month Bonus; False Versus Facts – Dan Marshall

    Walker Books Australia August 2025 ISBN13:9781760659721 Australia RRP:$19.99 New Zealand RRP:$24.99 This is a terrific fun and fascinating read for your kiddos from around Year 3 to Year 5/6 who like this type of quick grab info books. Each topic covered starts off with a fallacy and then provides 3 actual facts about the subject. Read more

  • Frogs are Our Friends – Toni d’Alia. Madeline White.

    Hardie Grant June 2025 ISBN:9781761212987 Price:AU$24.99, NZ$27.99 Series:Our Friends in the Garden Publisher:Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing Finishing off today with a splash that is not in the ocean – here’s a really cute rhyming book featuring so many kiddos’ favourite – the frog! This is third in a series, which I have not unfortunately seen Read more

  • The AR in Sydney Harbour – Judith Barker Illustrated by Janie Frith.

    Woodslane Series: A Fun Phoneme Story ISBN: 978192335045 Imprint: Woodslane Pty Ltd Publisher: Woodslane Pty Ltd Country of Publication: Australia I haven’t seen all of this series though I did review The Ng in Ningaloo earlier this year but I do know it has been very popular in clAssrooms as educators ARe always keen to make learning enjoyable and memorable. Read more

  • Heading for the ocean today with a watery cast starting with:

    So perhaps you’ve noticed (or not) that during this Picture Book Month, I’ve been attempting to group together like titles in one day’s posting. I’m determined to reduce the piles of dozens of PBs that have been growing like Topsy all year into nothing to start with a clean slate in the new year. So Read more

  • Lucky’s Star – Mark Greenwood. Illustrated by Lucia Masciullo.

    CSIRO Publishing June 2025 Last ‘sky’ book for the day and I have to be honest. I’d not even heard of the Murchison’s Meteorite, but it’s not really a topic that would often grab my attention, and to be fair at the time of the event, I was only just starting high school – so Read more

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