Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Finding My Culture – Scott Bromley Johnson & Suzie Johnson and Thomas Readett.

    Little Book Press Distributed by Simon & Schuster June 2026 Reading the preface of this poignant and impactful book, the reader realises the enormity of the past wrongs, as is the case with so very many First Nations families. The loss of family connection, the erasure of family history and the absence of the knowledge…

  • Our Flowers/Our Marsupials – Bronywn Bancroft

    Hardie Grant Australia July 2026 Our Flowers ISBN:9781761216541 Price:AU$19.99, NZ$22.99 Our Marsupials ISBN:9781761216558 Price:AU$19.99, NZ$22.99 Two new extremely attractive board books from Bundjalung woman Bronwyn Bancroft in her series introducing Australian wildlife to Smalls. Each image is paired with a rhyming couplet making this both a visual and auditory experience for little humans and with…

  • One Word – Melissa-Jane Fogarty

    : a girl’s quest to learn her grandfather’s hidden first language. Hachette Australia Imprint: Lothian Children’s Books July 2026 ISBN: 9780734423337 RRP: $26.99 This brilliantly simple but deeply meaningful new book from Melissa-Jane Fogarty as both author and illustrator, underlines one of the multiplicity of injustices and losses suffered by our Australian First Nations peoples,…

  • The Drover’s Son – Leah Purcell. Dub Leffler.

    Penguin Australia March 2026 This one may have waited a while but it is all the more timely for having done so as I can share it to mark 2026 NAIDOC Week on this 50th anniversary of the event. This is particularly so because of this being a collaboration between two such incredibly talented First…