Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe



  • Frog Squad: #1 Dessert Disaster- Kate and Jol Temple

    Harper Collins Australia May 2024 People who know me are well aware of my love of wordplay, especially puns, so this hilarious new series is right up my alley. You might say I almost jumped for joy and honestly, your kiddos will find it un-frog-ettable as well. The Frog Squad is an elite group of Read more

  • Tweet – Morris Gleitzman

    Penguin Australia April 2024 This arrived last Friday (22/3), and on Sunday I took it with me when we went up the coast for two days of R&R to celebrate The Kid’s birthday. I read 240ish pages the first evening with only a break to head out for the birthday celebration dinner. I was a Read more

  • The Kindness Project – Deborah Abela

    Penguin Australia May 2024 I have followed Deborah’s progress with this one for the duration of its development, and been eager to read it. And yayyy! it arrived the day before yesterday (27/3). As it happens, I had done a day’s relief teaching in Christian Studies at my local Lutheran primary that same day, and Read more

  • The Secret Lives of Dragons Prof Zoya Agnis. Alexander Ulkin.

    Walker Books December 2023 Imprint: Flying Eye Books ISBN13: 9781838741174 Australia RRP: $24.99 New Zealand RRP: $27.99 Who doesn’t love dragons? Am I right? You know I am. Young or old, so many of us are fascinated by them and whether they are straight out of Berk or Pottermore or ancient China, their stories, habits Read more

  • Easter Bunny’s Secret Diary – Adam Wallace/Shane McG

    Scholastic Australia February 2024 ISBN: 9781760266363 Rather like the contretemps that happen during EB’s lead-up to Easter, as read in this secret diary, I was unable to get a review copy of this newbie from Adam Wallace because there were NONE left at the warehouse. But this bunny is made of sterner stuff and managed to Read more

  • Our Shellharbour – Karen Hendriks/Emma Stuart

    Little Shell Books November 2023 ISBN: 9780645822410 RRP: $20.00 Available at Karen Hendriks Children love to explore their local area – especially when it’s very beautiful with much to see. And they also love to see their locale in a book and read about it. Somehow it makes their own neighbourhood take on a greater sense Read more