Thank you Simon and Schuster Australia and Netgalley for this ARC.

I was hooked to read this book from the introduction when Jane describes her love of all things bookish. I fondly smiled at the anticipation of getting a book as a gift (and still do) as well as the regular trips to the library.

Some of the books I hadn’t heard of but if the ones I too have read as a child I enjoyed reading Jane’s literary thoughts and critiques on them. I especially loved how she described the Magic Pudding as an English reader with Australian dreams. I could smell and feel the Eucalypts as I read this chapter.

A great book for readers who love reading about books.
Thank you for this ARC in return of my honest review.

I really liked the initial idea of reading about my favorite children's books, getting some background info on the author and story itself, but I don't agree with quite a few points the author is making especially about negative "rumors and theories" about some of the children's book author's.
If you don't have proof of anything and you're just throwing out your theories and opinions out there, you're just taking the fun away from the work itself.
Without all that this would have been a much more charming and enjoyable read. Leave the conspiracy theories out.