Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Wombat Waiting – Katherine Applegate

    Harper Collins Australia Imprint: Harper Collins UK May 2026 ISBN: 9780008814144 RRP: $17.99 I’ve been following this book’s journey via Katherine’s socials with great interest, knowing full well that it would be another of her totally captivating and heart-warming animal-centric narratives. And that it is. Wombat is a street dog and always has been. She’s…

  • Pocket Bear – Katherine Applegate

    Scholastic Australia February 2026 ISBN: 9781760266622 RRP: $18.99 Like many others I follow Katherine Applegate on her social media, I think probably I started when I first read Ivan. I was tremendously interested as she wrote about this title but didn’t expect to see it unless it came to the library. So I was absolutely…

  • The One and Only Family – Katherine Applegate

    Harper Collins Australia ISBN: 9780008702465 ISBN 10: 0008702462 Imprint: HarperCollins GB RRP: $17.99 All good things must come to an end so they say [and of course, as a Buddhist, I do know that everything is impermanent], but I am, along with many others I have no doubt, sad to say goodbye to Ivan and his friends, and…

  • The One and Only Ruby – Katherine Applegate

    Harper Collins Australia June 2023 ISBN: 9780008470746 ISBN 10: 000847074X Imprint: HarperCollins GB RRP: $16.99 We first fell in love with Ivan and his friends over ten years ago (yes! I know!!), and I still defy anyone to read the gentle gorilla’s story with dry eyes. Then, the amazing Katherine Applegate followed up with The One and Only…

  • The One and Only Bob – Katherine Applegate

    Harper Collins Australia ISBN: 9780008390662 ISBN 10: 0008390665 Imprint: HarperCollins – GB List Price: 14.99 AUD For all of us who fell in love with the story of Ivan and his friends, this is such an exciting new release – and all I can say is if you haven’t read The One and Only Ivan – what are you…