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Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Bugs in Danger – Mark Kurlansky

    Bloomsbury Australia Published: 07-01-2020 ISBN: 9781547600854 Imprint: Bloomsbury Children’s Books RRP: $20.00 I think there are many of us who are looking out for books that will both engage our students as well as inform them with the intention of developing their environmental conscience. I think there would be many who are already hanging bee Read more

  • A Swag of Magabala!

    Opening a parcel from Magabala Books is always such a joy! I love seeing what our First Australian authors and illustrators have created and they enable me to share rich culture and boundless talent with my readers. First up is the absolute little treasure of a book: Girls Can Fly – Sally Morgan/Ambelin Kwaymullina March Read more

  • Plenty of Peppa!

      Penguin Random House Australia More for the Peppa Pig fans coming your way! The Pig family and their happy adventures are the stuff little people’s dreams are made of really so it’s just as well the books just keep on coming to complement the television show. George and the Dinosaur January 2020 ISBN: 9780241392478 Imprint: Ladybird Read more

  • Willy Wonka’s Everlasting Book of Fun – Roald Dahl

    Penguin Australia February 2020 ISBN: 9780241428139 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $14.99 What a legacy Roald Dahl left to us!  His books still remain some of the most heavily borrowed in the library, they are a staple of read-alouds in the classroom and the fun just keeps on coming to one generation after another. While the long holidays might be Read more

  • Women Artists A to Z – Melanie LaBarge. Illustrated by Caroline Corrigan

    Penguin Random House Australia February 2020 ISBN 9783760896357 Imprint: Puffin RRP $24.99 No matter if you are looking for something biographical and ‘easy’ or as an introduction to outstanding and diverse artists or to supplement your Mighty Girl collection this is a very welcome addition. These are the women who, in each of their disciplines, Read more

  • Freefall:  Kensy & Max #5 –– Jacqueline Harvey

    Published: 3 March 2020 ISBN: 9780143796985 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $16.99   Hold onto your seats for another major adrenalin rush in this new top-notch adventure of twins Kensy and Max, young agents-in-training! In this latest episode there is a continuing thread from the previous book in which a thoroughly evil villain was unmasked. The outwardly charming Dash Chalmers has Read more

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