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Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Please Open This Book – Adam Lehrhaupt/Matthew Forsythe

    Simon & Schuster Australia List Price AU$ 24.99 NZ$ 27.99   The expression ‘more fun than a barrel of monkeys’ has never been as evident as in this crazy chaotic new picture book from the duo who brought you Warning, Do Not Open This Book!. Completely giggle-making for young readers, a bunch of monkeys plus Read more

  • Out of My Mind – Sharon Draper

    Simon & Schuster Australia Atheneum Books for Young Readers | 320 pages | ISBN 9781416971719 | August 2013 | Grades 5 and up | Lexile 700 List Price AU$ 11.99 NZ$ 13.99   This is an older title which I have only just read and if you loved ‘Wonder’ (R. J. Palacio) you will also love Read more

  • Not a book – a movie

    Many of you will have read articles particularly fairly recently about the real life bear who inspired A. A. Milne’s classic stories about Winnie-the-Pooh. A recently published picture book sparked some of these. I was so delighted to pick up the DVD of the movie ‘A Bear Named Winnie’ at the local  Km*** last Friday Read more

  • Awesome Animal Stories for Kids – Aleesah Darlison

    ISBN: 9780857989680 Published: 01/12/2015 Imprint: Random House Australia Children’s Extent: 208 pages – RRP $14.99 One thing we know as teacher-librarians is that you can never have too many animal stories. Younger readers especially eat up such tales whether crazy, realistic, whimsical or humorous. This new collection from Aleesah Darlison covers all those bases and with a text that Read more

  • Nightbird – Alice Hoffman

      Simon & Schuster Children’s UK | 208 pages | ISBN 9781471124211 | March 2015 List Price AU$ 16.99 NZ$ 18.99 Yes this one had remained incognito on the shelf for a long time and really I am sorry I did not read it sooner. If you have girls aged around 12 years and up Read more

  • Deadly D & Justice Jones: #3 The Search – Dave Hartley & Scott Prince

      Magabala Books Published:Oct 2015 Pages:192pp ISBN:9781925360011 Ages:Middle primary, Upper primary Format:Paperback RRP $12.95 The legion of fans that were captured by the first two Deadly D books will lap this one up as well! And who wouldn’t be delighted to picture legendary coach Wayne Bennett caught up in a circus act? In this new Read more

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