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Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

Saturday is Pancake Day – Bernadette Green/Daniel Gray-Barnett

Scribble Kids Books / Scribe February 2024ISBN: 9781761380389 $24.99 I got some work with a Year 1 class last week and, as I do, picked a couple of new books from my review shelves to share. This was a choice simply because of its bright and happy feeling cover. With complete serendipity, it worked perfectly Read more

March 13, 2024
Aggie Flea Steals the Show – Tania Ingram. Illustrated by A. Yi

When Tania told me that she thinks #2 Aggie is even funnier than the first, I said that’s a tough act to follow (and clearly, since it’s now a CBCA Notable, I’m not the only one to have a high opinion of #1) but I do think she could be right. Aggie is back and Read more

March 13, 2024
Pidge’s Poppies – Jan Andrews/Timothy Ide

Ford St Publishing April 2024 ISBN: 9781922696380 RRP:$26.99 It is often strange how the planets align themselves at times. It was only a few months that I took The Kid to Canberra and we spent quite a bit of time at the War Memorial discussing points of interest such as her great-grandfather, Lancaster Bombers, the Read more

March 12, 2024
The Wonder of Small Things (Young Readers edition) – Vince Copley with Lea McInerney

Harper Collins Australia January 2024 Most readers of this blog know that my kids and grandies are Aboriginal – Wiradjuri mob. For my thirty+ years of teaching, I’ve been a learner of cross-cultural knowledge, embedded these perspectives in my teaching programmes and availed myself of every opportunity to find out more. But, I’ll be honest, Read more

March 10, 2024
Square Me, Round World: stories of growing up in a world not built for you – Chelsea Luker. Illustrated by Eliza Fricker.

Connect Us Pyschology March 2024 ISBN: 978-0-646-88697-8 (Hardcover) RRP: $29.99 When asked if I was interested in reviewing this book, I was very pleased to accept. As many know, The Kid is one of those ‘Square Me’ people for whom we have been trying to find the right fit, it seems, almost all her life. Read more

March 8, 2024
Fledgewitch: A Dragons of Hallows #2 – Lian Tanner. Illustrated by Martina Heiduczek.

Allen & Unwin April 2024 ISBN:9781761067365 Publisher:A&U Children’s Imprint:A & U Children RRP: $17.99 I absolutely fell in love with all things Hallow when I read Spellhound last year, and have been impatiently waiting for this second instalment to arrive (as Lian knows), [while The Kid has resigned herself to being called a minch-wiggin as Read more

March 7, 2024

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