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Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

Jonty Gentoo: The Adventures of a Penguin- Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

Scholastic Australia September 2024 Publisher: SCHOLASTIC LTD UK Imprint: Alison Green Books ISBN: 9780702329432 RRP: $26.99 Pesto is the biggest penguin the Melbourne aquarium has ever had — and he’s just a chick As the news about Pesto, the ‘chunky monkey’ penguin chick hits our news reports [first shared with me by The Kid] it’s perfect timing…

September 30, 2024
Flights of Fancy: stories, pictures and inspiration from ten Children’s Laureates 😉

Walker Books, April 2019, 80 pp., $27.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781403687858 Quentin Blake, Anne Fine, Michael Morpurgo, Jacqueline Wilson, Michael Rosen, Anthony Browne, Julia Donaldson, Malorie Blackman, Chris Riddell, Lauren Child. Naturally we are not the only ones to celebrate our creators of extraordinary children’s books and this compilation is a real treat. The above authors,…

August 25, 2019

Jonty Gentoo: The Adventures of a Penguin- Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler