Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Picture Book Month bonus: Runt and the Diabolical Dognapping – Craig Silvey

    Allen & Unwin September 2025 ISBN:9781761181597 Publisher:A&U Children’s Imprint:A & U Children RRP: $26.99 Teaching resource Activity sheet It’s hysterical, hilarious, heart-warming, happy-making, high-spirited, hopeful and heroic – and that’s just the H’s!! …that was my comment to Craig Silvey last night, after having read about 2/3 the day before. Last night I went to…

  • Emma Memma: Twirly Tuesday

    Penguin Australia February 2025 Honestly, every Emma Memma book is just pure joyfulness! I defy anyone, no matter how staid and grumpy, to ignore Emma’s natural exuberance and zest. You only had to see her in her former role as Yellow Wiggle pouring sunshine and happiness over Grey Wiggle, Simon Cowell, to raise a smile.…

  • The Dog who Danced on the Moon – John Boyne. Illustrated by Ashling Lindsay.

    Penguin Australia July 2024 This a rather charming rhyming story with a special leaning towards bedtime, exploring aspirations and determination in a warm and inspirational way. Jeremy’s dreams of space exploration are scoffed at by his peers, and even his teachers, but that doesn’t stop his absorbing as much information about the topic as possible,…

  • Hello, Emma Memma – Emma Memma

    Penguin Australia We no longer have anyone little enough to be a Wiggles fan in our family – in fact, just recently I was recalling taking my oldest grandson to see the colorful four at the Kingaroy Town Hall (cost $5, and we all sat on the floor – circa 1997) but the last time…