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Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • 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

  • Sleep tight, Platypup – Renee Treml

    Penguin February 2019 ISBN: 9780143789697 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $19.99 I always find something entirely magical about Renee’s books. Both her text and her illustrations are equally charming and so beautifully suited to little readers. As a child I knew what it was to be afraid of the dark. I did eventually grow out of it (well except for Read more

  • Toffle Towers #1: Fully Booked – Tim Harris/James Foley

    Penguin August 2019 ISBN: 9780143795421 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $14.99 Tim Harris, creator of the remarkable Mr Bambuckle, presents an equally daffy protagonist in this new series. Chegwin Toffle may be only ten years old but he is one very determined entrepreneur albeit prone to wild imaginings and daydreams. Chegwin is the sole beneficiary of his hitherto unknown great-uncle Read more

  • Jack and the Jungle – Malachi Doyle/Paddy Donnelly

    A Bloomsbury Young Reader Bloomsbury May 2019 ISBN: 9781472959614 Imprint: Bloomsbury Education Series: Bloomsbury Young Readers RRP: $9.99 Many of us are continually searching for quality stories and books that will not only engage our struggling readers but help them progress in their reading journey. Certainly this stands for me as I help No-Longer-Small in Read more

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