Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe


  • The Hullabaloo about Elephant Poo – Dee White. Illustrated by Christopher Nielsen.

    Harper Collins Australia December 2024 ISBN: 9781460766194 ISBN 10: 1460766199 Imprint: HarperCollins AU RRP: $24.99 To finish off this year’s Picture Book month – ta dah!!! I’ve been waiting and waiting to share this one and I was really hoping that the notes I wrote for it would be already up in their published format [fingers crossed they…

  • Little Axel’s Axolotl – Juliette MacIver. Illustrated by Christopher Nielsen.

    Walker Books Australia July 2024 ISBN13:9781760656195 Australia RRP:$25.99 New Zealand RRP:$27.99 Anyone who has owned an axolotl, or indeed even just seen one, knows that they are such quirky little animals, they are begging to have stories written about them. I loved this picture book which is pure fun and kookiness. With it’s bouncing rhythm…

  • Your Brain is a Lump of Goo – Idan Ben-Barak. Illustrated by Christopher Nielsen.

    Allen & Unwin January 2024 ISBN: 9781761180156 Imprint: Allen & Unwin Children’s RRP: $24.99 It’s difficult (for me at least) to realise that it’s now seven years since Idan burst into our libraries and classroom with the award-winning Do Not Lick This Book. This was a completely different interactive information book that blew away adults…

  • A Very Dinosaur Birthday – Adam Wallace. Illustrated by Christopher Nielsen.

    Harper Collins Australia July 2023 ISBN: 9781400242054ISBN 10: 1400242053 Imprint: Thomas Nelson US RRP: $24.99 We know most kids are wild about dinosaurs. Certainly The Kid, and her mother before her were besotted with them as littles, but right up to loving every gritty, Velociraptor moment of the Jurassic Park franchise. And who wouldn’t want to have a…

  • Jelly-Boy – Nicole Godwin/Christopher Nielsen

    Walker Books February 2020 ISBN: 9781760651237 Imprint: Walker Books Australia Australian RRP: $24.99 New Zealand RRP: $27.99   Thirty years ago today the Clean Up Australia event started and has gone from strength to strength helping our country become cleaner. Though the world at large is struggling under the massive impact of increased populations and waste there are still…