Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Picture Book Month Bonus #5: Secret Sparrow – Jackie French

    November 2023 ISBN: 9781460760468 ISBN 10: 1460760468 Imprint: HarperCollins AU RRP: $17.99 Yet again, Jackie brings her extraordinary talent for both unearthing hidden history, and weaving it into gripping narrative to readers. It seems that shedding light on the long-lost life stories of women in action of all kinds, is a particular passion. I have been waiting for…

  • Becoming Mrs Mulberry – Jackie French

    Harper Collins Australia ISBN: 9781867243502 ISBN 10: 1867243504 Imprint: HQ Fiction AU List Price: 32.99 AUD When this arrived, I was, as you would expect, tremendously excited – given my love of Jackie’s books, both for kids and adults. I had great plans to relish reading it over the Easter break but then the whole pesky moving house thing…

  • When the War Came Home – Lesley Parr

    Bloomsbury Australia March 2022 ISBN: 9781526621009 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing. Imprint: Bloomsbury Children’s Books RRP: $14.99 A year ago I reviewed my first Lesley Parr historical fiction and absolutely loved it – I book-talked it for weeks afterwards to my kiddos, many of whom also enjoyed it hugely. So I was most excited to receive this…

  • Interned – Pamela Rushby

    Walker Books March 2022 ISBN: 9781760653019Imprint: Walker Books AustraliaAustralian RRP: $17.99New Zealand RRP: $19.99 I absolutely love Pam’s writing, and her historical fiction is especially satisfying in my eyes, particularly when she incorporates history of Brisbane and Australia. I moved to Queensland in 1985 and while that’s a long time ago, and I’ve been teaching here since 1993, there…