Picturebooks

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.

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.

A beautifully illustrated and engaging story about a dog who wants to have friends and to feel like he belongs. He tries very hard to understand how to make friends and to play with others but he isn’t sure.  He is looking for others who are just like him but then discovers a friend who is fun and warm but different.

Clasaic mhór na Nollag ar fáil i gcló i nGaeilge den chéad uair. Leabhar gleoite amach is amach atá anseo, é maisithe go healaíonta lándaite le léaráidí Willcox Smith (ó 1912) agus clúdach láidir crua air. Níl aon chlúdach deannaigh leis, rud atá an-oiriúnach le leabhar mar é; bheinn ag súil leis go bpacáilfear suas é le cuid de na maisiúcháin Nollag le tarraingt amach ó bhliain go bliain. Níltear ag iarraidh an forchlúdach a stróiceadh!

Inspired by the Endangered Alphabets project, Winston tells a story of many languages of the world, represented in soft water-coloured bubbles filled with different script patterns. The bubbles start to be devoured by a black and white bubble that decides it is the most important story in the world. As The One and Only Story consumes all the other stories, the illustrations move from many colourful bubbled pages to a growing black blob, to a solid black page.

Polly Faber’s bright, colourful picture book delightfully demonstrates how one person’s actions can impact others. As the story takes readers through every floor of the Park View Rise apartments, we learn about everyone who lives there and why it is important to remember to always be kind and considerate towards our neighbours.