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Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • My Family Kitchen- Tommy Pham

    Penguin Australia July 2023 ISBN: 9781761340888 Imprint: Penguin RRP: $32.99 Ok, I freely admit it. I’m one of those tragics who loves looking at beautiful cookbooks without necessarily making any of the dishes – but there are exceptions to that. This is truly a very beautiful cookbook with loads of colour pages, with, also, full page colour photographs… Read more

  • Being Jimmy Baxter – Fiona Lloyd

    Penguin Australia ISBN: 9781760148515 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $16.99 This is often a very funny book. This is often a very moving book. I ate it up in one sitting because Jimmy’s story is one that demands to be read. Jimmy is not so good with school stuff, and he has a kind of innocence in his thinking… Read more

  • Nanette’s Baguette – Mo Willems

    Walker Books Australia March 2017 ISBN13:9781406376210 Australia RRP:$16.99 New Zealand RRP:$18.99 Honestly, the kiddos go nuts for Mo’s books – which you probably already know. This one is my absolute favourite of all and I have used it several times. This past week I’ve been back in my happy place being teacher-librarian for a one… Read more

  • This Spells Trouble – Paul Collins/Sean McMullen

    Ford St Publishing July 2023 ISBN:9781922696311 RRP: $17.95 This is just a riotous, joyful comic adventure from the very first page, and, I tell you now, your kids from middle school to upper will eat it up with relish! 14 year old Winton is apprenticed to a very dodgy wizard named Faramond – a lazy,… Read more

  • One Little Duck – Katrina Germein/Danny Snell

    Harper Collins Australia July 2023 ISBN: 9781460761649 ISBN 10: 1460761642 Imprint: HarperCollins AU RRP: $22.99 This is a sweet picture book with a fun twist on an old rhyme and illustrated delectably, which will be an engaging read for your teenies and easily segue into some useful learning activities. Mother Duck is, as you would expect, a nurturer… Read more

  • The Bravest Word – Kate Foster

    Walker Books Australia May 2022 ISBN13:9781760654719 Australia RRP:$18.99 New Zealand RRP:$20.99 Message: Half of all the mental health conditions we experience at some point in our lives will have started by age 141  Message: Over 75% of mental health problems occur before the age of 25. 3 Message: One in seven young people aged 4 to 17… Read more

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