Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • What Zola did on Tuesday – Melina Marchetta

    Penguin Australia August 2020 ISBN: 9781760895167 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $12.99 I reviewed the first in this joyful series a little while back and now we have the delight of the second instalment which is just as gorgeous! Zola and her cousin over the back fence, Alessandro, would love to get to meet their new neighbours – more playmates!…

  • Harry Potter Knitting Magic: The Official Harry Potter Knitting Pattern Book – Tanis Gray

    Harper Collins Australia January 2020 ISBN: 9781911641926 ISBN 10: 1911641921 Imprint: Pavilion – GB List Price: 39.99 AUD I hadn’t done any knitting for about eight years but these holidays (of stay-at-home instead of the planned week in Thailand) I have been knitting some ANZAC Day poppies as a little project. This sumptuous book is inspiring me further. I’d…

  • Stanley the Amazing Knitting Cat – Emily McKenzie

    Category:Picture books ISBN:9781408860489 Allen & Unwin Publisher:Bloomsbury Imprint:Bloomsbury Child Pub Date:February 2016 RRP $15.99 Stanley is most definitely not your average moggy. He doesn’t do any of the usual cattish things like chasing mice or having hassles with dogs.  He’s not even lazing around sleeping in the sun all day. In fact, he’s always busy…