Making it Up as you Go Along is a guide for children who are interested in creative writing, featuring great advice and practical exercises to ignite the imagination and answer that eternal question from children to authors – ‘Where do you get your ideas?’
When the PSI team is called aboard a luxury cruise ship to help with seemingly inexplicable yet terrifying incidents, they are hopeful that this case won’t be as destructive as their last. But, with tensions rising as the team tries to investigate, the chilling incidents send them tumbling into a downward spiral. Still wary and wounded from the events of their last case, the team finds themselves in deep water.
In Solve It, you play just as much of a role in solving the case as Detective O’Malley and his loyal seagull sidekick, Twist. Fanning draws the reader into a puzzling interactive adventure across Ireland as you try to outwit the thief behind the mystery of the stolen Irish crown jewels.
The beloved Friendship Fairies are back again with another exciting adventure, this time – they must work together to save the circus. Emme, Holly, Jess and a symphony of quirky characters come together to help Diogo the clown get his smile back and remind him that what makes us happiest is often right in front of our eyes.
They say that sport is a unifying phenomenon, bringing people together from diverse backgrounds and giving them a common purpose. Sport shows us that we can all can achieve greatness through cooperation and inclusion. This is the inspiring message of Gerard Siggins’s latest book.
Riley’s Dad has died suddenly, leaving Riley and her mother behind. This would be devastating enough but the family are also in dire financial circumstances, something Riley’s Dad hid from his family. The story opens with the very real threat that Riley and her Mum will lose their house and the reader soon witnesses the heartbreaking move from their home to living in a car.
Compiled by the LGBTQ+ charity ShoutOut, Faithfully Queer is a pamphlet aiming to show the connection between queer identities and faith. Funded as part of the LGBTI+ Community Services Fund 2023 from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, it’s a free resource available in both printed and digital format.
In this instalment of the Nightmare Club series, O’Sullivan inhabits the voice of Annie Graves, master of ceremonies of a spooky sleepover society, where the price of admission is a scary story, and it’s Jack’s turn to tell his.
Once again, Kids’ Own have provided a lovely resource to help provide an insight into the lives of young people and communities. In this case, eleven young people from the Traveller community have shared experiences of their own lives inside and outside of school. The children focus on their hopes and dreams for the future and how it is important for their peers and especially adults to recognise they are just like everyone else.
Fans of the intrepid trio of Clare, Rose and Molly will be delighted to make their acquaintance again in this second instalment of the Sycamore Hill Mystery series.
