Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • The First Easter – Illustrated by Jess Racklyeft

    Penguin Australia January 2026 It does not matter if you don’t celebrate Easter in a religious sense, this is still a book that is most definitely worth sharing with Smalls as it does explain the ‘why’ of Easter, and it does it in a purely narrative manner. Retelling the Bible story in a very simple…

  • The Magician’s Nephew – C. S. Lewis

    Harper Collins Australia September 2023 ISBN: 9780007323135 RRP: $17.99 I was 11 years old when I read my first Narnia book, and it was this one, which had been a Sunday School prize (still have it!). Needless to say, I was, like so many other children over the past 70 years, absolutely entranced by the…