Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Hannah Backwards – Kim Rackham

    Riveted Press August 2025) Distributed by Simon & Schuster ISBN13: 9781764007139 RRP: AU$ 14.99 / NZ$ 16.99 I think this is very possibly the first verse novel for younger readers I’ve come across to review, and I think it will be very popular with many of them. Much of the action in this narrative is…

  • Hatch – Heidi Cooper Smith

    CSIRO Publishing Hardback | April 2025 | $ 26.99ISBN: 9781486318278 This gorgeous narrative non-fiction book makes me think of my Year 1s, 30 years ago as we had the fun of watching chickens hatch, and frogspawn develop, investigating how life begins for many creatures. I know there are many ELC and Prep classes that still…