Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Edwina the Emu : 30th Anniversary Edition : Sheena Knowles/Rod Clement.

    Harper Collins Australia July 2026 ISBN: 9781460769591 ISBN-10: 1460769597 RRP: $24.99 Yes indeed, another anniversary edition that makes me think OH MY! it’s been that long I’ve been a librarian!! And another book that so many of us have read dozens of times, now coming to an entirely new audience and generation. With it’s absolutely perfect rhyme…

  • Feathered Philosophy…

    It was quite a curious thing that on Friday, I chose two books from my review shelf to share with a Year 1 class I was taking, and they both complemented each other so perfectly. One I chose because I knew how well it is always received, the other because the title made me giggle.…

  • What a Lot of Nonsense – Sheena Knowles/Jonathan Bentley

      Harper Collins Australia ISBN: 9781460756140 ISBN 10: 1460756142 Imprint: HarperCollins – AU List Price: 24.99 AUD Lots of fun with this one – but then you would expect no less from the author who gave us Edward and Edwina Emu! While little ones will love this for it’s rollicking rhyming text and wonderfully colourful and quirky illustrations, teachers…