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Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • The Space We’re In – Katya Balen

    Bloomsbury November 2019 ISBN: 9781526610942 RRP $14.99 What an absolutely stunning debut novel from Katya Balen! Simultaneously heart-breaking and uplifting Balen examines the difficulties faced by a child living with a special needs sibling. Frank is ten years old. He loves soccer and space, he loves secret codes and playing in the ‘Wilderness’ with his two Read more

  • The Kid Who Came From Space – Ross Welford

    Harper Collins Australia January 2020 ISBN: 9780008333782 ISBN 10: 0008333785 Imprint: HarperCollins – GB List Price: 14.99 AUD This is the second Ross Welford book I have read and reviewed [The 1, 000 Year Old Boy] and once again I am tremendously impressed in his story-telling which takes something unbelievable and makes it completely feasible. A small village in Read more

  • Love From the Crayons – Drew Daywalt/Oliver Jeffers

    Harper Collins Australia January 2020 ISBN: 9780008384920 ISBN 10: 0008384924 Imprint: HarperCollins – GB List Price: 14.99 AUD You would be hard pressed to find someone who doesn’t love the crayons books! Now you can give the gift of love AND crayons to someone special whether that’s a big or a small person. What colour do you think love Read more

  • My Folks Grew Up in the ‘80s – Beck and Robin Feiner

    HarperCollins Australia September 2019 ISBN: 9780733339417 ISBN 10: 0733339417 Imprint: ABC Books – AU List Price: 24.99 AUD Well of course it is great fun for kids to have a laugh at their parents but there’s also that more serious side of researching  personal or modern history – sounds good don’t you think? Any of us who lived through Read more

  • Top Koala – Jackie French. Illustrated by Matt Shanks

    HarperCollins Australia November 2011 ISBN: 9781460754818 ISBN 10: 1460754816 Imprint: HarperCollins – AU List Price: 24.99 AUD Following the huge success of Koala Bare this favourite furry friend returns with enough self-confidence to power the whole country! I am top of every tree! Top is always best to be. With the terrible outcome of bushfires and the dire predicament Read more

  • Ten Minutes to Bed: …. Rhiannon Fielding/Chris Chatterton

    Penguin Random House Australia There would not be many parents (or grandparents/carers) who haven’t had to coax a small one to bed at some time and if that’s you right now this little series which has been brought to my attention would be a perfect shared read to give that heads up that it’s sleep Read more

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