Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Milbi: Aboriginal Stories from Queensland’s Endeavour River – Told and Illustrated by Tulo Gordon.

    Translated, edited and additional material by John B. Haviland. Aboriginal Studies Press New South Books 9781922102904/ August 2021/AUD$24.95, NZD$29.99 Somehow or other this book had escaped my attention altogether, until I saw it in the Museum of Brisbane bookshop the day The Kid and I did our walking history tour. And now I’m only sorry… Read more

  • Sleeping in the Land – Jasmine Seymour

    Wild Dog Books July 2026 LIST PRICE: AU$ 26.99 / NZ$ 29.99 This stunning book was particularly synchronistic as I had not long ago been collating information about the resurgence of our First Nations languages for some resources I was writing, and indeed was doing so again last week [as of writing this review]. Some… Read more

  • Possum Skin Cloak – Aunty Fay Muir & Sue Lawson. Illustrated by Leanne Jones.

    Wild Dog Books Simon & Schuster July 2026 Your readers will learn about the cultural tradition of possum skin cloaks with this gorgeous book but more than that, they will learn of the special lifelong connection. between new life and the Dreaming, clan and Country, ancestors and the recording of one’s own story, incised by… Read more

  • Colour Me – Ezekiel Kwaymullina & Moira Court

    Fremantle Press August 2026 ISBN: 9781760996666 RRP: $19.99 ‘There’s a book for that!’ – teaching your Smalls about diversity and inclusion? teaching your smalls about figurative language like similes? teaching your Smalls about verbs? teaching your Smalls about animals? teaching your Smalls about cross-cultural perspectives? teaching your Smalls that some books are just like a poem… Read more

  • Bookish fun over just a couple of weeks ……

    Reading Between the Wines Term 3 at Quick Brown Fox with wonderful creators: Zanni Louise, Allison Rocca, Samantha Wheeler and Matt Stanton with Andy Geppert popping in briefly. Then after a postponed writing workshop at Quick Brown Fox which was disappointing, I still had the joy of meeting the wonderful Kristin Darrell today for lunch… Read more

  • Spud and Snowball and Chattercat: Spud and Snowball #2 – Judith Rossell

    Harper Collins Australia They’re back! And just as funny as the first episode as these two felines of dubious talents find themselves faced with a mechanical nemesis in the shape of Chattercat. I don’t know about you but our resident mini-panther disdains any kind of cat-toy tomfoolery, mechanical or not. And while Spud and Snowball… Read more

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