Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe



  • Why I Love the Earth – Daniel Howarth

    Harper Collins Australia February 2020 ISBN: 9780008389109 ISBN 10: 0008389101 Imprint: HarperCollins – GB RRP: $17.99 This is another one to add to your collection for a unit of work on the environment although I also think this would work perfectly for little ones’ Christian Studies if yours is a church school as mine is. It’s not just Read more

  • Searching for Cicadas – Lesley Gibbes and Judy Watson

      Walker Books Australia August 2019 ISBN: 9781922244420 Imprint: Walker Books Australia Australian RRP: $26.99 New Zealand RRP: $28.99 This one had slipped through the cracks and I’m terribly sorry about that because it really should have had its promotion during the summer months. That being said with so many families taking advantage of the ‘stay at home’ Read more

  • Azaria: a true history – Maree Coote

    Walker Books Australia March 2020 ISBN: 9780648568407 Imprint: Melbournestyle Books Australian RRP: $29.99 New Zealand RRP: $32.99 I’ll be frank. When I first received this book I thought initially that it was odd subject matter for a picture book – in spite of my immense admiration for the fortitude and forgiving nature of Lindy Chamberlain (and if you missed Read more

  • Trouble in the Surf – Stephanie Owen Reeder and Briony Stewart

      National Library of Australia October 2019 Publisher:   National Library of Australia Edition:   1st Edition ISBN:   9780642279460 RRP: $24.99 Stephanie Owen Reeder always excels at creating engaging narratives that are underwritten with historical facts and this picture book is no exception. To all intents and purposes it is merely the story of two cousins who go Read more

  • The Lost Tide Warriors – Catherine Doyle

    Bloomsbury September 2019 ISBN: 9781408896907 Imprint: Bloomsbury Children’s Books Series: The Storm Keeper Trilogy   The first in this trilogy The Storm Keeper’s Island was a fantastic read and this sequel equally stacks up in the page-turning excitement department. Fionn Boyle is now six months into his acknowledged role as the new Storm Keeper of Read more

  • Unlocking the Universe- Stephen [& Lucy] Hawking

      Penguin Australia Published: 21 January 2020 ISBN: 9780241418864 RRP: $26.99 Stephen Hawking was arguably the world’s most respected scientist and certainly one of the iconic figures of our lifetime.  What a loss to us his brilliant mind was – and further, what an absolute inspiration to any who followed his career. Curated by his equally brilliant daughter Read more