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Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Can I Touch Your  Hair? : Poems of Race, Mistakes and Friendship – Irene Latham & Charles Waters,  Sean Qualls & Selina Alko

      January 1st 2018 by Carolrhoda Book ISBN: 9781512404425 ISBN-10: 151240442X Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group RRP $29.99   I’ve been fortunate enough to have a few children’s poetry books come my way of late and this is certainly one of the most interesting. In a world where we are constantly reminded of the intolerance and bigotry of some Read more

  • The Dream Bird –  Aleesah Darlinson/Emma Middleton

    Wombat Books ISBN: 9781925563337 Release: 1 April 2018 Price: $19.99 Hardback   For a family of insomniacs no explanation is needed about the difficulties sometimes of going to sleep – no matter how busy the day, or the level of tiredness. Young and old in my crew this is something we deal with constantly. Over Read more

  • The 1, 000-Year-Old Boy – Ross Welford

    Harper Collins Australia January 2018 ISBN 10: 0008256942 Imprint: HarperCollins – GB ISBN: 9780008256944 Pages: 400 List Price: 14.99 AUD   Alfie Monk is not your average eleven year old boy. He is ‘proficient in Old Norse, Old English, Middle English and Modern English, plus French, Latin and Greek (ancient and modern, though they are not so dissimilar), and [has] Read more

  • Fabio the World’s Greatest Flamingo Detective: The Case of the Missing Hippo – Laura James

    Bloomsbury March 2018 ISBN: 9781408889312 Imprint: Bloomsbury Children’s Books RRP  : AU$12.99 Like many others I am addicted to great detective fiction be it books or TV shows and also like many others my favourite sleuth is the one and only Hercule Poirot (as in David Suchet not – you know who KB bleuggh). So Read more

  • Planet Middle School – Nikki Grimes

    Bloomsbury ISBN: 9781619630123 ISBN-10: 1619630125 Format: Paperback Imprint: Bloomsbury Childrens Books Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Publish Date: 2-Jan-2018 Country of Publication: United States RRP AU $14.99 Joylin Johnson has an uncomplicated life at 12 years old as she has had all her life. Baggy jeans and t-shirts, plain ponytail and a passion for basketball which she regularly plays with the neighbourhood boys Read more

  • Count with Little  Fish – Lucy Cousins

    Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781406374193 Imprint: Walker April 1, 2018 Australian RRP: $11.99 New Zealand RRP: $13.99 This has to be one of the cutest board books I’ve seen in a long time! We all know Lucy Cousins vibrant and expressive illustrative style and this underwater journey with some very funky fish is just a delight. Babies and toddlers Read more

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