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Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • What a Lot of Nonsense – Sheena Knowles/Jonathan Bentley

      Harper Collins Australia ISBN: 9781460756140 ISBN 10: 1460756142 Imprint: HarperCollins – AU List Price: 24.99 AUD Lots of fun with this one – but then you would expect no less from the author who gave us Edward and Edwina Emu! While little ones will love this for it’s rollicking rhyming text and wonderfully colourful and quirky illustrations, teachers Read more

  • The Happy Prisoner – Monica Dickens

      First published in 1946 I originally read this when a friend gave me  a copy as a birthday gift many (many!) years ago. I loved it so much and re-read it so often that the paperback disintegrated over time and was reluctantly abandoned. A few weeks ago the wonderful Pat Pledger of ReadPlus invited Read more

  • His Name was Walter – Emily Rodda

    Harper Collins Australia March 2020 ISBN: 9781460756195 ISBN 10: 1460756193 Imprint: HarperCollins – AU List Price: 17.99 AUD Back in October 2018 I had the immense privilege of reviewing Emily Rodda’s new book His Name was Walter and immediately fell in love with it. I promoted it heavily with my kiddos and was very excited to be one of Read more

  • What Stars Are Made Of – Sarah Allen

    Penguin Random House April 2020 ISBN: 9780241427965 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $14.99 This is just a wonderful heart-warming book on many levels and has introduced me to not only a new author but new information. Libby Malone is 12 years old and passionate about science so much so that she wants to be a scientist when she grows up. Read more

  • The Book of Chance – Sue Whiting

    Walker Books Australia April 2020 ISBN: 9781760651367 Imprint: Walker Books Australia Australian RRP: $17.99 New Zealand RRP: $19.99 For Chance Callahan life has always been simple and straightforward. She and her mum and her dog, Tige, have a happy existence with their almost-family next door including Chance’s best friend Alek.   The two girls are about to start second term Read more

  • Fantastically Great Women Who Saved the Planet – Kate Pankhurst

    Bloomsbury Australia March 2020 ISBN:9781408899298 Imprint: Bloomsbury Children’s Books RRP: $14.99 Emmeline Pankhurst must look over her descendant Kate very proudly as she brings to light the stories of so many ‘mighty girls’ to young readers. In this, the third in her series, Kate informs her audience of such outstanding and well-known environmentalists as Jane Read more

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