Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Grandma’s First Tattoo – Phillip Gwynne and Tony Flowers

    Yaffler Press October 2023 RRP: $19.99 Well, I was 45, and a grandmother of 2 when I got my first tattoo so I have taken great interest in the development and progress of this book from the very start. Tony’s sharing ideas and concepts for the artwork has been an ongoing pleasure, and I was…

  • Scout and the Rescue Dogs – Dianne Wolfer. With Illustrations by Tony Flowers.

    Walker Books June 2023 ISBN13: 9781760655860 Australia RRP: $15.99 New Zealand RRP: $17.99 Dianne Wolfer’s books are always so full of heart I find, there is a ‘feel good’ thread to them that is warming and reassuring. This new title is certainly no exception. Scout has been struggling to fit in at her new boarding…

  • Small Town – Phillip Gwynne and Tony Flowers

    Penguin AustraliaAugust 2020 ISBN: 9781760893484 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $24.99 This is just a delightful and heart-warming picture book which is based on the true story of how small rural towns with dwindling populations have opened their community and hearts to welcome refugees and re-invigorate their townships. The narrator is Milly who loves her town and her netball team…

  • MoonFish  [Poems to make you & Think] – Harry Laing. Various Illustrators

    Ford St Publishing May 2019 9781925804256 RRP: $16.95 Sharing poetry with kiddos is one of my favourite things to do – and even the ones who kind of screw their noses up at first really get into it with the right selection. This will definitely be one of those and I know that many teachers…

  • Series-ly Super Stocking Stuffers

    We all know that there are many of our children who absolutely eat up their favourite series. And what a way to keep them hooked on reading! I’ve had a stack of new episodes come in recently so thought I would run through them all for your stocking filling information. Not in any particular order…

  • Woot! An arvo with Nick Falk & Tony Flowers

    Megan’s fabulous themed cupcakes – Hostess with the Mostest! What a blast! Lots of laughing from kids and grown ups alike. So much fun to catch up with Megan Daley  in her delightful library, the amazing Zoe Bechara from Random House Australia and the lovely Louise Brooks!

  • How to Stop an Alien Invasion Using Shakespeare – Nick Falk & Tony Flowers

    ISBN: 9780143780328 Published: 28/03/2016 Imprint: Random House Australia Children’s   RRP $14.99 Hast thou ever feared the imminent arrival of strange googly-eyed alien monsters? Dost thou fret over total destruction of the known world by hideous extra-terrestrials of extraordinary ugliness? You may rest assured that the solution is at hand. Join Sid, his little sister Wendy and evil-genius…

  • Samurai vs Ninja (#1 & #2) – Nick Falk & Tony Flowers

    Samurai vs Ninja 1: The Battle for the Golden Egg – Nick Falk & Tony Flowers ISBN: 9780857986054 Published: 01/04/2015 Imprint: Random House Australia Children’s Extent: 96 pages Samurai vs Ninja 2: The Race for the Shogun’s Treasure ISBN: 9780857986368 Published: 01/04/2015 Imprint: Random House Australia Children’s Extent: 96 pages RRP: $9.99 From the dynamic duo that brought us the Billy is a…