From the magical world of the Friendship Fairies comes a heartwarming story especially for younger readers. Jess Gets Her Wings is a prequel to the widely enjoyed Friendship Fairies series and follows fairy Jessica Dixon and the story of how she finally gets her wings. Jess has dreamt of the day she will learn how to use her wings. To realise her dreams however, her teacher Mr. Bat-Wing tells her she must complete three acts of kindness.
Haunted Ireland is a captivating collection of thirty-two terrifying tales, with each story written for a county of Ireland. Inside its pages lie spooky stories of poltergeists, witches and vengeful spirits haunting each of the counties.
Incredibly powerful, this book masterfully tells the story of the Irish Famine. Without focusing on a single character, or set of characters, the book compiles the succession of events that Irish people endured during the famine. The text is strong, direct and vividly descriptive, capturing the emotional weight of the topic.
Sally’s story, set in early 1900s America, is a very evocative telling of the emigrant experience for so many Irish people and, indeed, has resonances for the many people from other countries who now make their home in Ireland.
If you have ever casually wondered what lighthouse in Ireland is the most Easterly, or why lighthouses are not all painted the same colours and patterns, or even wondered if you could tell what lighthouse you are seeing at night as its beam of light crosses the horizon, you will find out in this wonderful encyclopedia.
Packed with the adventure that time travel promises, readers experience how one small change can alter the course of history in this historical fiction story bringing readers back to the difficult times of the Great Irish Famine.
Mr Gray and the denizens of the Dead Zoo have returned! And this time they’re going on an excavation with some truly gigantic results.
This heartwarming picturebook following Little Goose’s migratory adventure is a linguistic and visual delight for the young reader.
Set in 1925 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, this adventure takes place at Fernside, an old ivy-covered house, which is an inspirational school that clearly wants the best for its girls. The house and grounds of Rowanbank next door bring the girls together to uncover a mystery that is not what it seems ...
Following on from last year’s I Am The Wind, Sarah Webb is back with another verse anthology, this time with The O’Brien Press, and one ‘designed to be read to children from birth upward’. This jaunty, lavish book, lovingly illustrated by Paul Delaney, is a cornucopia of silliness and sentiment. Composed to a significant degree of items that are the common inheritance of our culture, it also contains nursery rhymes, nonsense poems and song lyrics from specific authors, from Longfellow to Lisa O’Neill.
