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Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Deadly D & Justice Jones: #3 The Search – Dave Hartley & Scott Prince

      Magabala Books Published:Oct 2015 Pages:192pp ISBN:9781925360011 Ages:Middle primary, Upper primary Format:Paperback RRP $12.95 The legion of fans that were captured by the first two Deadly D books will lap this one up as well! And who wouldn’t be delighted to picture legendary coach Wayne Bennett caught up in a circus act? In this new…

  • My Life and Other Massive Mistakes – Tristan Bancks: illustrated by Gus Gordon

    ISBN: 9780857985293 Published: 02/03/2015 Imprint: Random House Australia Children’s RRP : $15.99   Oh dear Tristan, you’ve done it again. So there I am sitting in the hair salon, goop on my hair waiting patiently to be transformed and reading this. Cue falling about laughing – out loud! Strange looks from both the girls and the other clients.…

  • How to Train Your Dragon #12: How to Fight a Dragon’s Fury – Cressida Cowell

    Hachette Australia Imprint: Hodder Children’s Books ISBN: 9781444916584 Publication date: Sep 2015 RRP: $19.95 Without doubt the How to Train Your Dragon series has been a runaway success with avid readers from all over the world eagerly anticipating each subsequent instalment. The Dreamworks franchise which produced the movies has only built on the huge popularity…

  • Phyllis Wong and the Waking of the Wizard – Geoffrey McSkimming

    ISBN: 9781760113384 Publisher: Allen & Unwin Imprint: A & U Children Pub Date: June 2015 Page Extent:400 Format: Paperback RRP $15.99 Here comes the indomitable Phyllis Wong again! Geoffrey McSkimming’s savvy young conjuror (who is also a superb mystery solver) is such a likeable character; no wonder then, that this series has taken off with…

  • New Boy – Nick Earls

    Penguin Australia Puffin Imprint Published: 25/03/2015 Format: Paperback, 176 pages RRP: $14.99 price:AUD $14.99 ISBN-13:9780143308393 Yes, it’s true, Nick Earls is one of my very most favourite authors 🙂 no matter if it’s kid lit or adult fiction. Aside from that, he is such a lovely human and very funny.  When he graciously did a…

  • Watch This Space: #1 Out to Launch – Colin Thompson

    Random House Australia ISBN: 9781742756202 Published: 01/05/2015 Imprint: Random House Australia Children’s Extent: 256 pages RRP: $15.99 Last year when I had the good fortune of a blog Q&A with Colin Thompson, following the publication of the final book about The Floods, he told us about his forthcoming series called Watch This Space and after…

  • Samurai vs Ninja (#1 & #2) – Nick Falk & Tony Flowers

    Samurai vs Ninja 1: The Battle for the Golden Egg – Nick Falk & Tony Flowers ISBN: 9780857986054 Published: 01/04/2015 Imprint: Random House Australia Children’s Extent: 96 pages Samurai vs Ninja 2: The Race for the Shogun’s Treasure ISBN: 9780857986368 Published: 01/04/2015 Imprint: Random House Australia Children’s Extent: 96 pages RRP: $9.99 From the dynamic duo that brought us the Billy is a…

  • The True Meaning of Smekday/Smek for President – Adam Rex

    The True Meaning of Smekday – Adam Rex ISBN: 9781408844915 Australian Pub.: October 2013 Publisher: Bloomsbury Imprint: Bloomsbury Child Subject: Children’s and Young Adult RRP $12.99 Smek for President – Adam Rex ISBN: 9781408855461 Australian Pub.: January 2015 Publisher: Bloomsbury Imprint: Bloomsbury Child Subject: Children’s fiction RRP $14.99 Allen & Unwin Australia Many readers will…