Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe


  • I’m a Nipper Now – Sally Cordner. Illustrated by Lucy Sims.

    Boolarong Press June 2022 Imprint Boolarong Press ISBN 9781922643018 Just over three years ago I went on an errand to Bunnings and the local Redcliffe Peninsula Surf Lifesaving Club was holding the weekly sausage sizzle. I noticed the chalkboard that said ‘cadets up to 18 years old’ and struck up a conversation with the tireless…

  • Trouble in the Surf – Stephanie Owen Reeder and Briony Stewart

      National Library of Australia October 2019 Publisher:   National Library of Australia Edition:   1st Edition ISBN:   9780642279460 RRP: $24.99 Stephanie Owen Reeder always excels at creating engaging narratives that are underwritten with historical facts and this picture book is no exception. To all intents and purposes it is merely the story of two cousins who go…