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  • In times of bushfires and billy buttons – Steven Herrick

    Ford St Publishing October 2023 ISBN: 9781922696366 RRP: $19.95 Ethan’s early years were not the stuff of idyllic wholesome family stories. When both his parents went to jail for fifteen years, as the result of drug-dealing, it was either foster care as a ward of the state or living with his Aunt Helen in another Read more

  • Idiots, Follies & Misadventures – Mikey Robins

    Simon & Schuster Australia July 2023 As someone who has adored Horrible Histories – especially Stupid Deaths – and also Mikey Robins, since the days of Good News Week (I miss that show SO MUCH!), this was just comedy gold for me. Of course, I’m fascinated by history of all kinds, but it really is Read more

  • The Magician’s Nephew – C. S. Lewis

    Harper Collins Australia September 2023 ISBN: 9780007323135 RRP: $17.99 I was 11 years old when I read my first Narnia book, and it was this one, which had been a Sunday School prize (still have it!). Needless to say, I was, like so many other children over the past 70 years, absolutely entranced by the Read more

  • Impossible Creatures – Katherine Rundell

    Bloomsbury Australia September 2023 ISBN 9781408897409 Imprint Bloomsbury Children’s Books RRP: $18.99 After waiting for months to have this in my hands, there was never any doubt in my mind that it would be worth that wait. From the first page, it was as if the glimourie was flowing straight off the text and into Read more

  • First Game Back: Girls Change the Game #2 – Gabrielle Gloury and Michael Hyde

    Ford St Publishing July 2023 ISBN: 9781922696304 RRP: $14.99 Fact: Kids love ‘choose your own adventure’ books – the decades roll on and this genre is as popular as ever Fact: More and more girls are playing football – of all codes. And more and more spectators are watching these games. Fact: Your kiddos who Read more

  • Q&A with Lian Tanner…let’s visit beautiful Tassie a while

    Lian, I am so very happy to be able to welcome you to Just So Stories! I know you must be always so busy, so I really appreciate you taking time out for my readers. I want to start with your new series, The Dragons of Hallow and Spellhound, which I just absolutely loved. Can Read more

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