Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • 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…