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Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Animasaurus – Tracey Turner, illustrated by Harriet Russell

    Bloomsbury UK Imprint: Bloomsbury Child ISBN 9781408884850 RRP:  $26.99 Did you know: A shark as long as a bus roamed the oceans? Hamsters with horns once burrowed the Earth? Giant armadillos grew to the size of a family car?  Oh yes, this very much satisfies my love of engaging information books for children!  Explore the Read more

  • Mimi

    By: Fatima Sharafeddine Illustrator: Rasha Mounib Al Hakim Bloomsbury Publishing January 2017 While I’m on this note of promoting intercultural understandings, I think it’s timely to add these two books to the blog. They are quite simply written with bold illustrations and perfectly capture small adventures in a little girl’s life. The important thing to my mind is Read more

  • Pack your bags – we’re going on a trip!

      Tania McCartney and Tina Snerling EK Publishing RRP $19.99 Tania and Tina have once again triumphed as they continue their “A Kid’s Year Series”.  Children are celebrated and cultures, customs and festivities are explored in each book via the group of children featured.  What an absolutely marvellous way for us to spread the joy Read more

  • Never Say Die – Alex Rider

    Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781406377040 June 1, 2017 Australian RRP: $16.99 New Zealand RRP: $18.99 How absolutely apt that as we mourn the loss of the suavest Bond of them all – vale Sir Roger Moore – the new Alex Rider explodes into our reading lives with every bit of excitement that we have come to anticipate from Read more

  • The Adventures of Miss Petitfour –    Anne Michaels. With illustrations by Emma Block

    Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781408868058 Imprint: Bloomsbury Childrens May 2017-05-20 RRP $14.99 The second delicious instalment of Miss Petitfour’s adventures has arrived and is every bit as delightful as the first. Who could possibly resist this unique individual and her ‘furry rope’ of cats? With first an introduction to Miss P and her numerous feline Read more

  • The Fall – Tristan Bancks

    9780143783053 May 29, 2017 Random House Australia Children’s RRP $16.99   Well, after much impatient anticipation I could just say ‘WOW’! But that’s hardly the review this new action-packed novel deserves so I shall continue. Tristan has a superlative ability to write everyday all-too-human imperfect characters and transform them into inspirational heroes. Sam has never Read more

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