Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • 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…

  • The Great Dragon Bake Off – Nicola O’Byrne

    Allen & Unwin Australia ISBN: 9781408839560 Publisher :Bloomsbury Imprint: Bloomsbury Child Pub Date: August 2016 RRP $14.99   With the surfeit of cookery shows most children will have seen at least part of one if not actually The Great British Bake Off. And they may well also be familiar with Jamie Oliver. Now they can…

  • Be a Friend – Salina Yoon

    Bloomsbury August 2016 ISBN 9781408809093 RRP $14.99   There are plenty of children who are different in some way or another and often they are subject to being ‘left out’. Dennis is quite an ordinary boy but he communicates in somewhat an extraordinary way. When his classmates do ‘show and tell’ Dennis mimes his news.…