Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe


  • Clarice Bean Smile – Lauren Child

    Harper Collins Australia April 2024 ISBN: 9780008623098 ISBN 10: 0008623090 Imprint: HarperCollins GB RRP: $17.99 Yesterday was a very grumpy day. Although there was lots of good stuff in it, I was extremely annoyed to find out that someone has literally passed my own words off as their own, and, not for the first time, used my work…

  • Begin Again: The Story of How We Got Here and Where We Might Go – Our Human Story. So Far. – Oliver Jeffers

    Harper Collins Australia November 2023 ISBN: 9780008579593 ISBN 10: 0008579598 Imprint: HarperCollins GB RRP: $29.99 Oh yes, I know it’s taken me some time to get to this one, but it was quite deliberate. I’d heard a lot about it – though I haven’t read any actual reviews. I knew it was going to be profound and powerful,…

  • Seeds – Carme Lenniscates

    Candlewick Press March 2020 Imprint: Candlewick  Studio ISBN 9781536208443 Another timely book – certainly for us – as we’ve been re-invigorating and re-planting our veggie patch after a long hot summer. Magical seeds are popping up in the propagator on our front verandah waiting until they are sturdy enough to be planted out in the…

  • For Tweens and Teens – a selection

    You Are Awesome: Find Your Confidence and Dare to be Brilliant at (Almost) Anything: The Number One Bestseller – Matthew Syed Hachette APR 24, 2018 | 9781526361158 | RRP $19.99   This positive and empowering guide, by bestselling mindset author Matthew Syed, will help boys and girls build resilience, fulfil their potential and become successful, happy, awesome adults. I…

  • Peggy and Me – Miranda Hart

    Hachette Australia ISBN: 9781444769135 Publication date: 11 Oct 2016 Page count: Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton   Many readers will be familiar with Miranda Hart’s work as a comedic actress; appearances in Absolutely Fabulous, Smack the Pony and of course, Call the Midwife and her own self-titled sitcom Miranda. She had long been more a cat person than a…