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Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • My Culture and Me – Gregg Dreise

    Penguin May 2019 ISBN: 9780143789376 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $24.99 Gregg’s first picture books were contemporary styled versions of traditional stories told to him by his family and elders. They were beautiful, joyous and hugely popular with my readers. This latest diverges a little but is a glorious celebration of First Australian culture. As readers of this blog are Read more

  • Hooray for Book Week!

      We wear ourselves out getting ready for it – with planning over months and are thoroughly but satisfyingly over it by the time it’s done and yet we wait impatiently for the next year’s theme so we can do it all over again! Our preparations have been underway for weeks and our library looks Read more

  • Bear Out There – Jacob Grant

    Bloomsbury July 2019 ISBN: 9781526607416 Imprint: Bloomsbury Children’s Books   RRP: $14.99 We all need a friend who will help us out at times and when that friend goes way beyond their ‘comfort zone’ it’s even more special. Bear and Spider are great friends but they are very different. Spider loves being outdoors with the Read more

  • Roald Dahl’s Beastly Brutes & Heroic Human Beans

    A Brilliant Press-out Paper Adventure Roald Dahl: Illustrations by Quentin Blake Penguin August 2019 ISBN: 9781760891589 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $39.99 Roald Dahl is really like the ‘gift that keeps on giving’ don’t you think? For decades thousands of children have been eating up his stories which all remain as fresh and funny as when they were first published. Read more

  • Murder Most Unladylike #8: Top Marks for Murder – Robin Stevens

    Penguin August 2019 ISBN: 9780241348383 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $16.99 Yes there are seven previous books but this series has been somewhat of a ‘sleeper’ in my library. Now, however, due to the enthusiasm of several devoted fans it is steadily growing in its popularity. I know that this newest volume will be avidly sought after and the reservation Read more

  • Lucky and Spike – Norma MacDonald

    Magabala Books February 2019 ISBN: 9781921248177 RRP: $17.99 Back in 2013 Norma MacDonald introduced us to the sprightly joy of a little Spinifex mouse, elusive tiny creature of the Pilbara region in Western Australia– a creature many of us will never otherwise know or see. Now Norma turns our attention full square onto the dangerous Read more

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