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Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Marge in Charge Isla Fisher, illustrated by Eglantine Ceulemans

      Allen & Unwin Australia ISBN 9781848125339 Publisher:Bonnier Imprint:Piccadilly Books Pub Date:August 2016 RRP $14.99 Comedian, actress, mother and now author, Isla Fisher takes domestic anarchy to a new level with these stories about a baby sitter who is definitely not average. Jemima and Jake do not want a new babysitter. They especially don’t want Read more

  • You Choose… – George Ivanoff

    RRP $14.99 Oh George, why do you do this to me? I continually bomb out – repeatedly. I must be the most hopeless ‘choose-your-own-adventurer’ ever! But they are great fun – and the kids are eating them up. I have a bunch of girls who just love the interactivity of this series – and I Read more

  • (Axel Scheffler’s) Flip Flap Pets – Axel Scheffler

    July 2016 Allen & Unwin Imprint: Nosy Crow ISBN 9780857636805 RRP $ 15.99 Flip flap books have always been popular with kids as they make all kinds of crazy combinations. I knew this one was going to be a sure fire winner at our house for sure because we are the household with the menagerie. Read more

  • My Feelings – Sarah Jennings

    Bloomsbury August 2016 ISBN: 9781408869048 Imprint: Bloomsbury Activity Books RRP $12.99 As Small continues with her counsellor and actively begins to articulate her feelings, increasing her emotional awareness (which is very much helping her work through many issues including grief and anxiety), this little book is a very timely review. Designed for younger children, it Read more

  • Six – M. M. Vaughan

    Simon & Schuster Margaret K. McElderry Books ISBN 9781481420709 | May 2016 This is speculative fiction for your young readers at its best. If you have kids who are into the whole premise of technology and scientific discoveries at their best – or worst – they will gobble this up. Parker Banks hates that he Read more

  • The Stupendously Spectacular Spelling Bee – Deborah Abela

    Random House Australia ISBN: 9781925324822 Published: 01/08/2016 Imprint: Random House Australia Children’s   RRP $14.99 In small country towns there is often a vigorous community spirit, especially for the ‘battlers’ and this story exemplifies that. India Wimple lives with her family – Dad, Mum, little brother Boo and Nanna Flo – in Yungabilla. Nanna came to live with Read more

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