Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Pugly Bakes a Cake – Pamela Butchart, illustrated by Gemma Correll

        ISBN: 9780857635990 Publisher: Nosy Crow Imprint: Nosy Crow Pub Date: March 2016   I guess we all know that pugs are pretty cute (and pretty fashionable) right now. If I hadn’t got a toy poodle myself I probably would have got a pug – although my eccentric teaching colleague who had a wardrobe Read more

  • The Selected Adventures of Bottersnikes and Gumbles

    by S A Wakefield illustrated by Desmond Digby   ISBN: 9781460751923 ISBN 10: 1460751922 Imprint: HarperCollins – AU On Sale: 01/01/2016 Pages: 224 List Price: 14.99 AUD   I think I have lost count of how many times over the years as both a classroom teacher and a teacher-librarian I have shared S. A. Wakefield’s classic stories about the Bottersnikes and Gumbles. I Read more

  • Seahorse – Bruce Pascoe

    Magabala Books August 2015 ISBN:9781921248931 RRP $16.95 Both boys and girls in middle primary or thereabouts will enjoy this exciting story set on the beach of Seahorse Bay. Camping, fishing, snorkelling and a sunken boat are all the makings of a terrific family adventure. Jack is making real progress with his snorkelling with his dad, Read more

  • The Cloudspotter – Tom McLaughlin

    Allen & Unwin Australia Bloomsbury March 2016 ISBN 9781408854976 RRP $15.99 Franklin is always alone but never lonely because he always has his clouds. That’s why he’s known as the Cloudspotter. When he is with his clouds he can be anywhere and anyone, do anything and imagine endlessly. When Scruffy Dog comes along, Franklin is Read more

  • I’ll Never Let You Go – Smriti Prasadam-Halls/Alison Brown

    Allen & Unwin Australia Bloomsbury March 2016 ISBN 9781408839010 RRP $14.99 If you have a special little person with whom you want to share your unconditional love or simply to read aloud to your little humans as a reminder of how much they are cared for, this is a perfect and heartfelt book.   When Read more

  • The Grumpy Lighthouse Keeper – Terrizita Corpus/Maggie Prewett

      Magabala Books Published:Apr 2016   ISBN:9781925360189 RRP $17.99   Coincidentally following my last review from Magabala our water creature theme continues with a story inspired by the Broome lighthouse built in 1905. On a very wet and stormy night some fed up sea creatures decide they have had enough of the torrent and make Read more

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