Irish artists

Frankie Finkleton’s world is a very busy one. She’s a typical eleven-year-old with a loving family and lots going on at school. Frankie also has a sideline as a very secret investigator and from time to time goes on adventures to an imaginary world called Thoughtopolis with her younger brother Fred and her dog Blue.

The Eternal Return of Clara Hart, a timely exploration of toxic masculinity, is structured around two time loops: the loop in which the narrator, Spence, is forced to repeat the same day over and over again until he learns something about himself and his milieu; and the loop of grief in which he and his father have been stuck since the sudden death of his mother exactly one year ago.

An bhfuil tú go cinnte anseo? Sin an cheist mhór fealsúnachta a chuirtear roimh an gcailín óg ag tús an scéil, ceist a spreagann a haistear ó leathanach go leathanach. Dá bharr, téann an príomhcharachtar sa tóir ar chuid thábhachtach di: a scáil atá ar iarraidh.

Léirítear draíocht, lúcháir agus simplíocht an tsaoil i meon an pháiste sa leabhar cumasach, taitneamhach seo. Dánta le téamaí uilíocha a oireann do ghnáthshaol an pháiste.

Tiger is sleepy. Crocodile is sleepy. Both animals just need their bedtime kiss and then they can rest. However, the animals they meet seem afraid of their sharp teeth and aren’t forthcoming with bedtime kisses. Just when both animals are about to cry at their predicament, a sharp-toothed shadow comes towards them.

Aistriúchán é seo ar ‘Your Little Sleep’. Leabhar an-fiúntach é a chuideoidh le tuismitheoirí a bhfuil páistí dá gcuid ag dul faoi ainéistéiseach ginearálta (ain-éis-téis-each). Míníonn an t-údar cad a tharlaíonn nuair a théann tú isteach in ospidéal na bpáistí le haghaidh obráide nó chun scanadh a fháil. Taispeántar cuid de na daoine agus na rudaí a fheictear san ospidéal (máinlianna agus masc ocsaigine, mar shampla).