Category Archives: books

Queenie. One Elephant’s Story.

Queenie:One Elephant’s Story. Corinne Fenton, ill. Peter Gouldthorpe. ISBN 9781742032153(2012) paperback, $16.95, Walker Books. This book (reprinted from the 2006 edition) is based on the real life story of an elephantwho was born in India toward the very end of the 19th century, wascaught when… the hunters found herand  shipped to Australia to live herContinue reading “Queenie. One Elephant’s Story.”

Children’s book review, ‘A Bus called Heaven’ by Bob Graham.

‘A Bus called heaven’ by Bob Graham, Walker books 2011, ISBN:978 1 4063 3419 7, RRP $27.95 Hb.. With current discussions going on in literary (and otherinterested) circles about whether the electronic readers will eventually leadto the demise of books, it is a welcome relief that this latest book from wellknown children’s author/illustrator Graham provesContinue reading “Children’s book review, ‘A Bus called Heaven’ by Bob Graham.”