Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Allen the Alien – Stephanie Ward & Aleck Morton

    Yellow Brick Books/Riveted Press June 2024 ISBN13: 9780648492511 Distributed by Simon & Schuster RRP: $24.99 If you love J.Lo (Oh), from the movie Home (and the books The True Meaning of Smekday/Smek for President) as much as I do, you are certainly going to love Allen. And your kiddos will also love this quirky character…

  • The Supernatural Survival Guide – George Ivanoff

    Penguin Australia September 2021 ISBN: 9781761043635 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $24.99 Here is the third in George’s Survival Guides and it’s not just in our house that each has been so anticipated. This one is totally going to tick boxes for a lot of your readers – and dare I say it, the geeky, the preppers, the curious, the…

  • Super Nova – Krys Saclier/Rebecca Timms

    Ford St Publishing October 2019 ISBN: 9781925804300 RRP: $16.95 Here’s another terrific book to add to your discussions about sibling rivalry as well as Mighty Girls.  Nova’s brother knows she’s up to no good. He’s getting quite fed up with copping the blame for her nefarious actions like taking Dad’s freshly baked muffins or tangling…

  • The Kid Who Came From Space – Ross Welford

    Harper Collins Australia January 2020 ISBN: 9780008333782 ISBN 10: 0008333785 Imprint: HarperCollins – GB List Price: 14.99 AUD This is the second Ross Welford book I have read and reviewed [The 1, 000 Year Old Boy] and once again I am tremendously impressed in his story-telling which takes something unbelievable and makes it completely feasible. A small village in…

  • Attack of the Meteor Monsters [Maudlin Towers #3] – Chris Priestley

    Bloomsbury October 2019 ISBN: 9781408873120 Imprint: Bloomsbury Children’s Books RRP: $15.99   If you or your readers haven’t caught onto this series yet I would urge you to do so. While we all know it’s important to have narratives which deal with significant issues or concepts, it’s equally important to just have a chuckle in…

  • How to Stop an Alien Invasion Using Shakespeare – Nick Falk & Tony Flowers

    ISBN: 9780143780328 Published: 28/03/2016 Imprint: Random House Australia Children’s   RRP $14.99 Hast thou ever feared the imminent arrival of strange googly-eyed alien monsters? Dost thou fret over total destruction of the known world by hideous extra-terrestrials of extraordinary ugliness? You may rest assured that the solution is at hand. Join Sid, his little sister Wendy and evil-genius…