Inis is the magazine of Children's Books Ireland. Within these pages you will find features and articles on Irish and international children's books as well as in-depth reviews of new titles for children and teenagers. With its range of expert contributors, this is a key resource for teachers, writers, illustrators, librarians, parents/guardians and everyone interested in children's books.
When things change, it can feel as though everything is different. Especially when we move home and all around is unfamiliar.
The Fabric of Us is a gentle story where grief and heartache are delicately explored through the eyes of a little girl who has lost her parent. We move through the mourning alongside her, sitting with the feelings and catching a glimpse of hope along the way.
Amelia Eggheart is a chicken with an ambition to boldly go where no chicken has gone before and to fly for longer than thirteen seconds. Can she achieve her dream? Or will she chicken out?
A prequel story to Angie Thomas’ lauded and adapted The Hate U Give, Concrete Rose follows Starr’s father, Maverick, in his teenage years as he tackles his premature introduction to fatherhood. Its appeal is threefold, deepening the story for fans who read and loved their first foray into Garden Heights, providing another entry point to the Carter family’s chronology, and standing strongly on its own merit as a solo narrative.
A space portal is opening in front of our very eyes, we might get to see aliens! Except, in this very clever reversal of perspective, we are on the outside and have become someone else’s aliens. Addressing the reader directly and inviting plenty of audience participation, Zrg and Blrg zoom through all the emotions from fear to relief to excitement and even cheekiness as an unusual inter-species friendship grows over the pages.
A girl on the beach holds a red ball up for her dog. ‘Are you ready? Are you steady? Fetch!’ and she throws the red ball across the page. The dog dashes, chasing after the ball. Then more dogs from the beach follow suit. But the ball keeps bouncing from page to page, across a range of landscapes: park, museum, city, apartment block. On each page, the boundless red ball catches the attention of more dogs, who join in on this suspenseful chase.
This memoir offers an honest and unfiltered insight into the realities of growing up mixed-race in Ireland. Diop’s heartfelt exploration of his identity, upbringing and connection to his roots takes readers on a journey that transcends borders. His story and experiences are unique, but the issues and revelations he shares will surely resonate with many readers – both young and old, and of any background.
Like her namesake, Amelia Cheeseheart is an intrepid adventurer who loves to fly. Unlike the real Amelia Earheart, she is a mouse who lives inside the gift shop of a museum with her best friend; a timid banana loving spider called Webster.
An excitable Cosmo gets to test out a prototype of a new rocket jet pack. However, when the jet pack malfunctions and communication breaks down with his team back at base, Cosmo has to find his own way home. But of course, the journey is not that straightforward; Cosmo is helped along the way by an entertaining and certainly interesting cast of characters. Think magicians, sewer mutants, aliens, each wackier than the next whilst travelling from cities to spaceships to jungles on this epic, immersive and humorous adventure.
