Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe


  • 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…

  • Grace’s Mystery Seed – Juliet M Sampson/Karen Erasmus

    Ford St Publishing March 2019 $16.95 Have you ever had your children (or grandies) garden with you? I used to garden with my girls and now I have my beautiful granddaughter growing up here also loving planting and watching things grow. She especially loved planting radish seeds to spell her name and only having to…

  • What Will Grow? – Jennifer Ward. Illustrated by Susie Ghahremani

    Bloomsbury Publishing Australia Imprint: Bloomsbury USA Childrens February 2017 ISBN: 9781681190303 RRP: $19.99   In my experience children love to garden and they are fascinated to see seeds sprout and grow – especially when they can eat the end results! This charming book with a very simple but engaging rhyming text and fabulous richly coloured…