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Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Wonderful news from our friends at Beetle Bottoms!!

    Check this out!! We are so excited to announce the launch of our crowd funding campaign to raise money for the production of our dolls.  We have put together some extra special perks for our funders and you have the chance to pre-order the dolls and be one of the first families to have them Read more

  • Apocalypse Bow Wow – James Proimos III illustrated by James Proimos Jr

    ISBN: 9781408854983 Australian Pub.: January 2015 Publisher: Bloomsbury Imprint: Bloomsbury Child Subject: Children’s fiction With the plethora of dystopian fiction that has been overwhelming readers in recent years, this very amusing graphic novel is a welcome relief.  A hilarious spin on the whole genre, this is perfect for Middle School readers with a discerning sense of Read more

  • Diary of a Basketball Hero –Shamini Flint

    ISBN: 9781760111502 Australian Pub.: January 2015 Publisher: Allen & Unwin Imprint: A & U Children Suitable for ages: 7-11 The popularity of this series was very evident last year with my Year 5 boys. Written in an illustrative diary style by Marcus the main character, they tell of the poor boy’s trials and tribulations in Read more

  • The Girl from Sandy Desert – Jukuna Mona Chuguna and Pat Lowe illustrated by Mervyn Street

    Magabala Books Published:Feb 2015 Pages:112 ISBN:9781922142054 Ages:Upper primary Format:Paperback RRP $16.99 This is a quite different book very suitable for Upper Primary/Middle School with firsthand accounts of traditional indigenous desert life told through the eyes of a young Walmajarri girl, Mana. Pat Lowe is an Englishwoman who moved to Broome in 1979, fulfilling a lifelong Read more

  • Love Always Everywhere – Sarah Massini

    ISBN: 9780857632494 Australian Pub.: January 2015 Publisher: Nosy Crow Imprint: Nosy Crow Suitable for ages: 2-5 How do I love thee? Let me count the ways… Well, let me see……… Loud Quiet Shy Proud Lose Miss Giggle Hug And several others……!! What a delightful book to share with little ‘uns. Expressive illustrations matched with minimal Read more

  • The Book with No Pictures – B. J. Novak

    Penguin Australia Published:17/11/2014 Format: Hardback, 48 pages price: AUD $19.99 ISBN-13:9780141361789 ISBN-10:0141361786 Publisher: Penguin UK Imprint: Puffin Well, you all know it goes. You hear so much hype about a book (or a movie, or a theatrical show blah blah blah) that you almost convince yourself that either you won’t like it or it will Read more

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