Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

Pugnacious & Scuttlebutt #2: S.M.Ellybutt Strikes Back – Adam Wallace/Wayne Bryant

Larrikin House May 2023 ISBN: 9781922804495 RRP: $14.99 This is definitely not your feel-good, cute and fluffy dog story, not that you would imagine it to be, knowing Adam’s rather – let’s say – quirky brand of creativity. Following on from the heroic pound rescue (#1 book), these two dysfunctional doggos are cruising the streets,…

June 11, 2023
Pirate Pug: The Dog who Rocked the Boat – Laura James/Eglantine Ceulemans

Bloomsbury Australia February 2019 ISBN 9781408895948 Imprint: Bloomsbury Children’s Books Series: The Adventures of Pug RRP $12.99 This is the fourth in this hugely funny series for newly independent readers and just as hilarious as the earlier ones. Pug and his owner, Lady Miranda, seem to encounter all kinds of mischief and mishaps whenever…

March 4, 2019
Captain Pug: The Dog Who Sailed the Seas – Laura James/Eglantine Ceulemans

Allen & Unwin Australia Published: 01-06-2016 Format: Paperback Edition: 1st Extent: 128 ISBN: 9781408866368 Imprint: Bloomsbury Childrens RRP $12.99 I told you didn’t I – pugs are the rage! And this pug is every bit as cute as the real thing! Pug is the jam-tart eating companion of Lady Miranda who is a freckled…

June 3, 2016
Pugly Bakes a Cake – Pamela Butchart, illustrated by Gemma Correll

ISBN: 9780857635990 Publisher: Nosy Crow Imprint: Nosy Crow Pub Date: March 2016 I guess we all know that pugs are pretty cute (and pretty fashionable) right now. If I hadn’t got a toy poodle myself I probably would have got a pug – although my eccentric teaching colleague who had a wardrobe…

April 4, 2016