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Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Love From the Crayons – Drew Daywalt/Oliver Jeffers

    Harper Collins Australia January 2020 ISBN: 9780008384920 ISBN 10: 0008384924 Imprint: HarperCollins – GB List Price: 14.99 AUD You would be hard pressed to find someone who doesn’t love the crayons books! Now you can give the gift of love AND crayons to someone special whether that’s a big or a small person. What colour do you think love…

  • My Folks Grew Up in the ‘80s – Beck and Robin Feiner

    HarperCollins Australia September 2019 ISBN: 9780733339417 ISBN 10: 0733339417 Imprint: ABC Books – AU List Price: 24.99 AUD Well of course it is great fun for kids to have a laugh at their parents but there’s also that more serious side of researching  personal or modern history – sounds good don’t you think? Any of us who lived through…

  • Top Koala – Jackie French. Illustrated by Matt Shanks

    HarperCollins Australia November 2011 ISBN: 9781460754818 ISBN 10: 1460754816 Imprint: HarperCollins – AU List Price: 24.99 AUD Following the huge success of Koala Bare this favourite furry friend returns with enough self-confidence to power the whole country! I am top of every tree! Top is always best to be. With the terrible outcome of bushfires and the dire predicament…

  • Ten Minutes to Bed: …. Rhiannon Fielding/Chris Chatterton

    Penguin Random House Australia There would not be many parents (or grandparents/carers) who haven’t had to coax a small one to bed at some time and if that’s you right now this little series which has been brought to my attention would be a perfect shared read to give that heads up that it’s sleep…

  • Eight Princesses and a Magic Mirror – Natasha Farrant/Lydia Corry

    Harper Collins November 2019 ISBN: 9781788541152 ISBN 10: 1788541154 Imprint: Head Of Zeus – Zehpyr – GB List Price: 29.99 AUD Whether you are looking for alternative princesses or fairy tales or just looking for a beautiful book for the Mighty Girls in your readership this stunning gift book ticks all the boxes. When an enchantress prepares for a…

  • Aussie Kids

      Introducing an absolutely fabulous new series for your newly independent/emerging readers that will take them all over Australia to meet a diverse array of characters and visit iconic destinations. Not only will this be the perfect share for those units on Australia for Junior school kiddos but is a superb introduction to diversity, inclusion…

  • All of Us [a history of SouthEast Asia] – Jackie French and Virginia Hooker. Illustrated by Mark Wilson

    Harper Collins October 2019 ISBN: 9781460750025 ISBN 10: 1460750020 Imprint: HarperCollins – AU List Price: 29.99 AU Is it a history book? Poetry? A work of art? Geographical work? Actually it’s pretty much all of these wrapped up in one stunning picture book. The incomparable Jackie French teams up with Emeritus Professor Virginia Hooker, social historian, to take readers…

  • Wibble Wobble – Jen Storer/Lisa Stewart

    Harper Collins July 2019 ISBN: 9780733339196 ISBN 10: 0733339190 Imprint: ABC Books – AU RRP:  24.99 AUD Whether you have a little person in your circle or perhaps are in an early childhood centre this delightful book is perfect for those toddlers who are taking their first steps, literally, in the wider world. Wibble wobble, walking tall. Wibble…

  • Dr Karl’s Random Road Trip Through Science – Dr Karl Kruszelnicki

    Harper Collins October 2019 ISBN: 9780733340321 ISBN 10: 0733340326 Imprint: ABC Books – AU RRP:  35.00 AUD There can be no denying Dr Karl’s contribution to making science hip and fun for all ages. In this, his 45th book (!!!), he takes readers on an amazing and colourful journey through many different aspects of science particularly topics that…

  • Tulip and Brutus – Liz Ledden/Andrew Plant

    Ford St Publishing October 2019 9781925804348 $14.99 This is such a perfect book for going back to school time as small children find themselves in a classroom full of disparate personalities and temperaments – many of them for the first time. Tulip and her ladybird friends live in the flowers and play in the sunshine…