Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Pippa and the Troublesome Twins – Dimity Powell/Andrew Plant

    Ford St Publishing June 2023 ISBN: 9781922696298 RRP: $17.95 Pippa is back in a new story and it is one with which many young readers will make connections. Being a big sister or brother is a very exciting time but it can also be very frustrating and leave an older sibling feeling quite resentful, no…

  • Two Puggles – Michelle Guzel and Andrew Plant

    Ford St October 2022 ISBN 9781922696168 RRP $16.95 Over the years there have been numerous books about adoption or foster families which, of course, are terrific for both children to whom that applies as well as those who can gain an understanding of the differences in families. This is a really adorable ‘switched at birth’…

  • Good Night, Ivy Bright – Ben Long/Andrew Plant

    Ford St Publishing April 2021 RRP: $16.99 ISBN: 9781925804720 What I didn’t realise while I was writing this story was the importance of the moose.Everyone needs a moose. We all have times when we’re challenged – when we are tired,troubled, or in tears. And it’s at those times when we need someone to sit down…

  • Float or Sink? – Kylie Covark. Illustrated by Andrew Plant

    Ford St Publishing February 2021 ISBN: 9781925804621 [paperback] RRP: $16.95 This rhyming story is as cute as the bugs who star in it! When a stick falls into the creek the reader is invited to guess whether it will float or sink and when first a ladybird lands on it, followed by an assortment of…

  • Jump – Andrew Plant

    Ford St Publishing March 2020 ISBN: 9781925804461 RRP: $16.99 Andrew’s books are always such a joy and this one is no exception. For everyone who has felt as though they didn’t ‘quite fit’ in with everyone else here is the entree to embracing that difference. Stumpy is not like the other Quigs. While they  are…

  • 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…

  • Spark – Adam Wallace/Andrew Plant

    Ford St Publishing ISBN: 9781925272406 (HC) 9781925272413 (PB) Publication date: October 2016 (HC) March 2017 (PB) Price: AUD $24.95 “Adam Wallace was 11 years old when the Ash Wednesday bushfires threatened his home. Forced to leave with his grandmother, no car and a budgie in a cage, it was only a wind change that saved…