Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Awesome Animal Stories for Kids – Aleesah Darlison

    ISBN: 9780857989680 Published: 01/12/2015 Imprint: Random House Australia Children’s Extent: 208 pages – RRP $14.99 One thing we know as teacher-librarians is that you can never have too many animal stories. Younger readers especially eat up such tales whether crazy, realistic, whimsical or humorous. This new collection from Aleesah Darlison covers all those bases and with a text that…

  • Henry Lawson Treasury – illustrated by Oslo Davis

    Random House Australia ISBN: 9780857985132 Published: 03/11/2014 Imprint: Random House Australia Children’s Extent: 160 pages RRP $19.99 I grew up with a dad who loved both Lawson and Paterson and I loved them too. Standard party pieces were recitations from these two legendary Australian writers. And now, we are able to introduce the ‘Poet of the People’ to a…