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Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • 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

  • KBR review: The Diary of William Shakespeare, Gentleman – Jackie French

    You can read my latest review for Kids Book Review here – another fabulous Jackie French historical fiction! Read more

  • KBR: Little Gem – Anna Zobel

    You can read my review of this first in an adorable new series on Kids Book Review now Read more

  • The Tram to Bondi Beach [40th anniversary edition] – Libby Hathorn. Illustrated by Julie Vivas.

    Harper Collins Australia January 2021 ISBN: 9781460759660 ISBN 10: 1460759664 Imprint: HarperCollins – AU List Price: 24.99 AUD The one problem with book anniversaries is just how old it makes one feel! The amazing creative partnership of these two literary talents resulted in the CBCA Highly Commended Picture Book award for 1982 and forty years after publication it is Read more

  • Poo! and other words that make me laugh – Felice Arena/Tom Jellett

    Harper Collins Australia January 2020 ISBN: 9780733341427 ISBN 10: 073334142X Imprint: ABC Books – AU List Price: 19.99 AUD Kids love words – there’s no doubt about that all – and they particularly love rambunctious words I have found. One time, when I taught my darling Year 1/2 class about onomatopoeia in our little school (just 100 kids), they Read more

  • The Fire Wombat – Jackie French. Illustrated by Danny Snell.

    Harper Collins Australia October 2020 ISBN: 9781460759332 ISBN 10: 1460759338 Imprint: HarperCollins – AU List Price: 19.99 AUD A year ago Australia was gripped by the raging fires that were sweeping through so many areas with ferocity causing so much devastation in their wake that the whole world was gasping as the scenes were broadcast. According to sources the Read more

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