Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe


  • Float or Sink? – Kylie Covark. Illustrated by Andrew Plant

    Ford St Publishing February 2021 ISBN: 9781925804621 [paperback] RRP: $16.95 This rhyming story is as cute as the bugs who star in it! When a stick falls into the creek the reader is invited to guess whether it will float or sink and when first a ladybird lands on it, followed by an assortment of…

  • Bugs in Danger – Mark Kurlansky

    Bloomsbury Australia Published: 07-01-2020 ISBN: 9781547600854 Imprint: Bloomsbury Children’s Books RRP: $20.00 I think there are many of us who are looking out for books that will both engage our students as well as inform them with the intention of developing their environmental conscience. I think there would be many who are already hanging bee…

  • Tulip and Brutus – Liz Ledden/Andrew Plant

    Ford St Publishing October 2019 9781925804348 $14.99 This is such a perfect book for going back to school time as small children find themselves in a classroom full of disparate personalities and temperaments – many of them for the first time. Tulip and her ladybird friends live in the flowers and play in the sunshine…

  • Bonkers About Beetles – Owen Davey

    Walker Books ISBN: 9781911171485 Imprint: NB – Flying Eye Release Date: August 1, 2018 Australian RRP: $27.99 New Zealand RRP: $29.99 I love Flying Eye books (I may have mentioned that once or twice) I love Owen Davey’s wonderful non-fiction series which brings a world of nature, science and history to kids in a remarkably attractive way. My own girl,…

  • Animal Activity: Cut , fold and make your own wild things – Isabel Thomas

    Bloomsbury May 2017 ISBN: 9781408870068 Imprint: Bloomsbury Activity Books RRP $14.99 Bloomsbury just has the BEST activity books for all ages! This is a super treat for lovers of science and nature. It’s described as a ‘self-destructing, action-packed activity book’ and it certainly is. So much to cut, fold, create, share, display and think about…