Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Tell it to the Moon- Siobhan Curham

    Walker Books ISBN: 9781406366150 1 Aug 2017 RRP $16.99   Readers of The Moonlight Dreamers will be delighted to receive this second book in the series – I know I was!   The four girls who formed the Moonlight Dreamers club because none of them felt like they fitted in anywhere else are back and…

  • The Diamond Horse – Stacey Gregg

    Harper Collins           ISBN: 9780008124403          ISBN 10: 000812440X          Imprint: HarperCollins – GB 01/05/2017          List Price: 14.99 AUD I’ve bought two of the previous books in this series for my library but not had the chance to read either so I was very glad to receive this one for review. Of course the horsey girls will love…

  • Friday Barnes 7: Bitter Enemies – Rachel Spratt

    Penguin Random House 9780143784197 July 31, 2017 Random House Australia Children’s RRP $15.99   Beginning of term at Highcrest Academy has never been so dreary and desolate. Melanie and Ian are both depressed and missing their quirky best friend Friday, who has been whisked off to Switzerland to be with her family and attend Europe’s…

  • The Shop at Hoopers Bend – Emily Rodda

    Harper Collins       ISBN: 9781460753668       ISBN 10: 1460753666       Imprint: HarperCollins – AU      On Sale: 24/07/201      List Price: 16.99 AUD When you go to bed feeling a little tired and start reading a new book and then just keep reading it until you’re finished, you know it’s a terrific piece of writing. It’s been a while since…

  • Harry Potter 20 years on

    So last night I took time out from review books to re-read HP & the Philosopher’s Stone – my brand new beautiful Hufflepuff edition. Yes, I’m proud to be a Hufflepuff and yes I do mentally say ‘Alohomora’ every time I unlock a door. I also mentally release my Tonkinese cat patronus when the need…

  • The Cherry Pie Princess – Vivian French

    Walker Books ISBN: 9781406368970 May 1, 2017 Australian RRP: $14.99 Vivian French has put her skills of lively and fun storytelling to work in this new book which stirs up lots of elements from favourite fairy tales. Readers will find a cranky king, a hysterical queen, seven princesses (six nasty and one not), a mean governess, dwarves,…

  • Exchange of Heart – Darren Groth

    Penguin Random House 9780143781578 July 31, 2017 Random House Australia Children’s $19.99 If you were impressed with Groth’s 2014 novel Are You Seeing Me? you will be likewise taken with his new one and his ability to blend heartbreak and humour into one splendid story. Munro Maddux has taken a desperate step in his grief…

  • Wreck – Fleur Ferris PLUS Q&A with Fleur

    Penguin Random House 9780143784319 July 3, 2017 Random House Australia Children’s RRP: $19.99   Bad things happen. Fight to make them right. Or let it wreck your life.   Once again Fleur Ferris has delivered a gripping and tension filled narrative which will have readers impatient to turn each page. Tamara Bennett is about to…

  • Third Witch – Jackie French

    Harper Collins       ISBN: 9780732298531       ISBN 10: 0732298539       Imprint: HarperCollins – AU 19/06/2017      RRP 16.99 AUD Macbeth has been my favourite Shakespearean play ever since studying it at school and being taken to a very atmospheric production for an excursion. Of course I knew that Shakespeare had totally fibbed about the whole thing but then he…

  • Laugh-out-loud Awesome Jokes for Kids – Rob Elliott

    ISBN: 9780062497963 ISBN 10: 0062497960 Imprint: HarperCollins  14/02/2017 List Price: 3.99 AUD   Just a quickie as there’s not a great deal to say about a joke book except – well it’s full of jokes which your kids will love and will, no doubt, drive you completely bonkers! Rob Elliott’s other collection have been best-sellers…