Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • A First Book of Animals – Nicole Davies

    Walker Books ISBN: 9781406359633 Imprint: Walker October , 2016 Australian RRP: $29.99 New Zealand RRP: $32.99 Divided into five sections: Big and Small, Colours and Shapes, Animal Homes, Animal Babies and Animals in Action, over fifty animals are presented in poems and simply glorious illustrations in this beautiful book. The author is both a biologist and a children’s writer…

  • Lexi & Lottie #1: Trusty Twin Detectives – Melanie Alexander

    Penguin Random House 9780143784135 May 29, 2017 Random House Australia Children’s RRP $12.99   If you’re looking for something new for your early independent readers this might be just the thing. Ignorant as I am of TV shows in the main, apparently this is based on a kids’ show of the same name.  The author…

  • Vet Cadets : Bks 3 & 4 – Rebecca Johnson

    Penguin Random House 31 July 2017 Imprint : Puffin (AU YR) RRP $14.99 This new series from Rebecca Johnson is perfect for those who have graduated from Juliet Nearly a Vet with girls who are just a little older and perhaps with a slightly more exciting setting. The three main characters – Abbey, Talika and…

  • Truly Tan: Trapped! (Truly Tan, Book #6) – Jen Storer

    Harper Collins         ISBN: 9780733334122       ISBN 10: 0733334121       Imprint: ABC Books – AU 01/05/2017      RRP 16.99 AUD   Confession time: Truly Tan is up to number 6 and I’ve not read any. In my defence, they are never on the library shelves long enough to snaffle one and since I taught my students how to…

  • Animasaurus – Tracey Turner, illustrated by Harriet Russell

    Bloomsbury UK Imprint: Bloomsbury Child ISBN 9781408884850 RRP:  $26.99 Did you know: A shark as long as a bus roamed the oceans? Hamsters with horns once burrowed the Earth? Giant armadillos grew to the size of a family car?  Oh yes, this very much satisfies my love of engaging information books for children!  Explore the…

  • Fright Club – Ethan Long

    Bloomsbury Publishing Australia Published: 01-09-2016 ISBN: 9781681190433 Imprint: Bloomsbury USA Childrens RRP: $9.99   – This is one of the cutest board books I’ve seen for ages. Forget about sweet and pretty – this one is just in time for Halloween and a fun story for little people. The local Fright Club led by Vladimir…

  • Mulga’s Magical Musical Creatures – Mulga

    Hachette Australia ISBN: 9780734416711 Publication date: 27 Sep 2016 Imprint: Lothian Children’s Books RRP $19.99   What a joyous riotous romp through the creative process of a musician! A dream of all kinds of animals playing every type of instruments inspires a musician to write a new performance piece.   There is so much to genuinely like about…

  • A Hungry Lion or a Dwindling Assortment of Animals – Lucy Ruth Cummins

    Simon & Schuster Atheneum Books for Young Readers | 40 pages | ISBN 9781471147074 May 2016   There once was a hungry lion, a penguin (Well he was just here…), a little calico kitten (I could have sworn I just saw him…), a brown mouse (Now wait a second…), a bunny with floppy ears and…

  • I’ll Never Let You Go – Smriti Prasadam-Halls/Alison Brown

    Allen & Unwin Australia Bloomsbury March 2016 ISBN 9781408839010 RRP $14.99 If you have a special little person with whom you want to share your unconditional love or simply to read aloud to your little humans as a reminder of how much they are cared for, this is a perfect and heartfelt book.   When…