Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Spectacular Snakes – Emma Flannery and Professor Tim Flannery. Illustrated by Katie Melrose.

    Hardie Grant Australia December 2024 ISBN:9781761211737 Price:AU$26.99, NZ$29.99 Imprint:Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing This is big, bold and beautiful ,and younger K would have adored this book as she has been an ophiophilist from the time she was toddling after our garden skinks and geckos. Your readers from Smalls to Not-so-smalls will love it too. Katie…

  • Rain on the Rock – Jodie Toering. Illustrated by Valerie Brumby.

    Hardie Grant January 2025 ISBN:9781760509880 Price:AU$27.99, NZ$30.99 Imprint:Hardie Grant Children’s PublishingPublish Date:Jan 29th, 2025 Rising above the desert plain, Uluṟu stands,ancient feet planted deep within the dry red earth.For much of the year, Uluṟu bakes in the kuḻi.But on rare days when rain-song beats,waterfalls cascade down the rock,creatures stir …and Uluṟu and Kata Tjuṯa burst…

  • Baby’s First Christmas – Cheryl Orsini

    Little Hare/Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing October 2024 ISBN 9781761213335 RRP: $19.99 It’s the perfect gift for any new Small human in your circle. And it’s certainly going to be perfect for Little Miss M Daisy, who gave me the sweetest smiles when I saw her last week – showing off her four tiny teeth ❤️.…

  • The Truck Cat: National Simultaneous Storytime 2025- Deborah Frenkel and Danny Snell

    Hardie Grant Australia November 2024 ISBN:9781761212291 Price:AU$24.99, NZ$27.99Page Publisher:Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing At a time when the world is in turmoil, much of it due to ignorance, intolerance and bigotry, there could not be a more timely choice for a book that will bring children right across the country together, in a glorious celebration and…

  • Afloat – Kirli Saunders/Freya Blackwood

    Hardie Grant October 2024 Imprint: Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing/Little Hare ISBN:9781760505899 Price:AU$24.99, NZ$27.99Page When two award-winning creators join forces we can expect astonishing results, and here is the proof of that. Roam the water with me. We are here to learn.Here to spin wisdom, to grow … Gunai woman, Kirli Saunders, uses the traditional practice…

  • The Midwatch – Judith Rossell

    Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing October 2024 ISBN:9781761212369 Price:AU$24.99, NZ$27.99 Holy Mackerel!! This is literally just WOW! The sleek and stylish binding is sensational and I’ve not seen such an enticing invitation to open a book for some time. We may have been waiting a while for a new book from Judith Rossell, but trust me,…

  • School of Monsters series- Sally Rippin. Art by Chris Kennet.

    Hardie Grant Children’s October 2024 Leggy Peggy ISBN: 9781761213496 RRP: $10.99 Super-fast Skelly October 2024 ISBN: 9781761213489 RRP: $10.99 Fairly recently I had the pleasure of sharing an online discussion with our Laureate, Sally Rippin (thanks to YKR) in which much of her content was focused on the need for us all to support those…

  • Hello Twigs series : Andrew McDonald/Ben Wood

    Hardie Grant Imprint: Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing August 2023 RRP: $9.99 If you have the littles constantly wanting to borrow graphics, then this series will be a godsend to you. From the dynamic creative team that brought us The Real Pigeons, these new books tick a lot of boxes: develop reading skills, encourage a love…