Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe



  • KBR: Moonlight Mums – Laura Stitzel

    Read my review of this beautiful new picture book on Kids Book Review now 🙂 Read more

  • Heroes of the Secret Underground – Susanne Gervay

    Harper Collins Australia April 2021 ISBN: 9781460758335 ISBN 10: 1460758331 Imprint: HarperCollins – AU List Price: 16.99 AUD What an absolute privilege to review Susanne’s new historical fiction inspired by, and a tribute to her own family’s history in Budapest during the last years of World War II. 12 year old Louie lives with her two younger brothers, Bert Read more

  • Funny Kid Belly Flop: Funny Kid #8- Matt Stanton

    Harper Collins Australia September 2020 ISBN: 9780733340604 ISBN 10: 0733340601 Imprint: ABC Books – AU List Price: 14.99 AUD Ok so it took a while to get to this one but I laughed my way through it today while waiting patiently at my doctor. Pretty sure that others in the waiting room were slightly bemused by my stifled giggles. Read more

  • KBR Review: Listen, Layla

    You can read my review of the second book about indomitable Layla on Kids Book Review now. Read more

  • KBR Review: Can We Talk About Consent? A Book About Freedom, Choices and Agreement

    You can read my review of this important new non-fiction book at Kids Book Review now! Read more

  • The Cousins – Karen M. McManus

    Penguin Australia December 2020 ISBN: 9780241376942 Imprint: Penguin RRP: $17.99 Attention all of you who loved One of Us is Lying! This YA thriller will get you and your readers in from the first page. I literally ate it up over just a couple of nights. Three cousins all the same age who barely know each other, having Read more