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Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • 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

  • Five Children on the Western Front – Kate Saunders

    Allen & Unwin Australia ISBN: 9780571310951 Australian Pub.: November 2014 Publisher: Faber Imprint: Faber Child Trade Subject: Children’s fiction Suitable for ages: 9-12 If you, like me, love E. Nesbit’s Five Children and It stories, then this new book will thoroughly delight you. Time has passed and the children are grown up – well the Read more

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