Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • How to Raise Your Grown Ups (Hubert Horatio #1) – Lauren Child

    Harper Collins October 2018 ISBN: 9780008264086 ISBN 10: 0008264082 Imprint: HarperCollins – GB RRP:  $19.99   Sometimes I surprise myself. When I started reading this two nights ago I got halfway through and thought how enjoyable it is and that it reminds me so much of the marvellous Ronald Searle and his Nigel Molesworth books (albeit with far Read more

  • Something Rotten: A Fresh Look at Roadkill – Heather L. Montgomery

    Bloomsbury November 2018 ISBN 9781681199009 Imprint: Bloomsbury Children’s Books   RRP: $22.99 Yep, you did read that title correctly! It’s not for the ‘squeamish or faint-hearted) but it is completely and utterly engrossing (haha grossing!) and often rather humorous. Wildlife researcher Montgomery passes a tyre-treaded rattlesnake as she is jogging one day and on the Read more

  • Tuck Everlasting – Natalie Babbit

    Bloomsbury December 2018   9781408897676 Imprint: Bloomsbury Children’s Books RRP: $16.99 In 1975 Tuck Everlasting was first published to great acclaim garnering accolades and awards. It has since been twice adapted to film and once to stage, and been voted repeatedly as being amongst the top 100 children’s books. Particularly, I would say from my Read more

  • The Girl, the Dog and the Writer in Provence (The Girl, the Dog and the Writer, Book 2) – Katrina Nannestad

    Harper Collins Australia ISBN: 9780733338182 ISBN 10: 0733338186 Imprint: ABC Books – AU October 2018 RRP: 16.99 AUD Young Freja, sensitive and intelligent, along with the hairy hound Finnegan and eccentric crime writer Tobby have left Rome to go to the picturesque village of Claviers in Provence, where it just happens their beautiful friend Vivi has also moved to Read more

  • Mary Poppins –  P. L. Travers. Illustrated by Lauren Child

    Harper Collins Australia ISBN: 9780008289362 ISBN 10: 0008289360 November 2018 List Price: 39.99 AUD On a similar note to the previous post about re-invigorating classics for today’s children, what about this absolutely stunning edition of Mary Poppins which will tie in beautifully with the upcoming movie.   Lauren Child’s instantly recognisable style gives this glorious and magical story Read more

  • Just So Stories for Little Children: Rudyard Kipling’s stories retold. Illustrated by John Joven.

    Harper Collins Australia ISBN: 9781474938051 ISBN 10: 1474938051 Imprint: Usborne – GB October 2019 RRP $24.99 Astute readers of this blog may have suspected that I have affection for the writing of Rudyard Kipling – yes, very old-fashioned I know – but it is what it is. Therefore I was rather delighted to have this lovely new revamp Read more

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