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Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • The Vanilla Slice Kid – Adam Wallace & Jack Wodhams. Illustrated by Tom Gittus

    Ford St Publishing ISBN: 978-1-925272-02-4 Publication date: 1 October 2015 Extent: 144 pages Price: AUD$14.95 Well it’s clear we have our own contender to usurp Roald Dahl in the list of favourites for readers who love wacky and fantastical stories! When Archie Cunningham is born, it is apparent to his parents – a disgustingly greedy Read more

  • Display Time

    This year, rather than Halloween, I wanted to create a Day of the Dead feature. Of course,traditionally one would have photos of loved ones on the ofrenda but instead we have characters who have died in books. I found a fun free program which created ‘photo frames’ around each picture. They were laminated and a folded Read more

  • The Singing Bones – Shaun Tan

    Allen & Unwin Imprint; Allen & Unwin Children October 2015 ISBN 9781760111038 RRP $35.00 Along with many others a new work from Shaun Tan sends a frisson of expectation and the promise of delighted awe through me and The Singing Bones is no disappointment. From the first ‘picking up’, feeling the sleekness of the stylish Read more

  • Friday Barnes #3: Big Trouble – R. A. Spratt

    ISBN: 9780857986993 Published: 03/08/2015 Imprint: Random House Australia Children’s Extent: 272 pages RRP $15.99 Ace amateur super sleuth Friday Barnes just gets busier and busier! In the third of the series, young Friday finds a perfect swarm of mysterious goings on at Highcrest Academy. Firstly, there is the unexpected visit from her absentminded father when he brings the dreadful Read more

  • Happy Birthday to Me!

    Super birthday lunch yesterday with family – and yes that is my Mummy 🙂 Read more

  • The Taming of the Queen – Philippa Gregory

    Simon & Schuster UK | 448 pages | ISBN 9781471132971 | August 2015 List Price AU$ 45.00 NZ$ 49.99 Why would a woman marry a serial killer? Because she cannot refuse… Every now and again I lash out and actually read a ‘grown up’ book and being a very genuine admirer of Philippa Gregory’s historical Read more

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