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Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • 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

  • RealReads: All Quiet on the Western Front & The 39 Steps

    I am not sure how others may be using these retold classics from RealReads but they have now published dozens of titles across a wide range of authors and genres, and have sales in excess of 280,000 in many different countries. There is certainly an argument that these condensed retellings with their illustrations, notes and… Read more

  • Behind and running to catch up……..

    Have got several reviews to write – but have a family crisis happening – which involves a small person whose mummy is in hospital so Gran is being a working mum and juggling a whole heap of *stuff*!!! Maybe on the weekend…………Thank you to new followers – I promise I will catch up asap!! Read more

  • Sea Dog – Claire Saxby/Tom Jellet

    June 1st 2013         Random House Australia                           ISBN13: 9781742756509 With impeccable timing this delightful picture book arrived in my review parcel just as Small and I were impatiently awaiting the arrival of one small black toy poodle (anything better than being with Gran? Yes, being with Gran AND a lively little pup!). We pounced on… Read more

  • The Terrible Thing that Happened to Barnaby Brocket – John Boyne

    Barnaby Brocket is unusual – very unusual indeed. His parents on the other hand, are normal – well, they are in their own view. In fact, his parents strive so hard to be normal that they are actually quite abnormal. John Boyne’s new fable is a delightful whimsy about a boy who floats and the… Read more

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