Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe


  • The First Easter – Illustrated by Jess Racklyeft

    Penguin Australia January 2026 ISBN: 9781761352430 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $24.99 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…

  • Are you the Easter Bunny? – Janeen Brian. Lucinda Gifford

    Harper Collins Australia January 2026 ISBN: 9781460765494 ISBN 10: 1460765494 Imprint: HarperCollins AU RRP: $24.99 What a sublime pairing of creators here! Janeen’s rhyming text is just a delight, and especially her descriptive bilby body parts e.g. sniffer-snout, scritcher-scratchers and bottom-wiggler. Although an aficionado of rabbits in general – obviously, given the family name! – I am completely…