Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Leaf-Light: a story about caring for each other – Trace Balla

    Allen & Unwin August 2023 ISBN:9781760526207 Publisher:A&U Children’s Imprint:A & U Children RRP: $27.99 We have come to know Trace’s books as eloquent and evocative explorations of important themes, with a deep connection to nature and to country. This new one is, I think, my favourite so far as it narrates the interconnections of a…

  • Wandi – Favel Parrett

    Hachette September 2021 ISBN: 9780734420633 RRP: $19.99 When Wandi, the tiny dingo pup, was found in a Victorian backyard in 2019, it was unlikely that anyone would have predicted the lucky canine’s rise to social media superstar status. “Since then he is currently on about 47,000 followers on Instagram — and that’s across the world.”…

  • Nala’s World: One man, his rescue cat and a bike ride around the globe – Dean Nicholson

    Hachette Australia SEP 29, 2020 | 9781529327991 | RRP $32.99 When Dean Nicholson set off on his cycling journey around the world he had little idea that his epic trip and his life would become an Instagram sensation after he picked up a tiny stray kitten in a remote area of the mountains between Montenegro and Bosnia. Thirty-year-old Dean…