Irelandopedia: Weather

Irelandopedia Weather is one of four new boardbooks from the creators of Irelandopedia.

Weather is an Irish/English edition, allowing grown-up readers to teach little ones about the weather, and to have fun saying the words in Irish. This book and its companions are a lovely starter pack for parents who want to introduce and encourage speaking cúpla focal at home.

The square books are cleverly sized for smaller hands and pre-readers will love the childlike illustrations and colourful pages. These are perfect books to have packed in the nappy bag for journeys, appointments, or just quiet playtime.

While this can absolutely be appreciated by non-Irish speakers, as the English words are above the Irish, it would have been lovely to see the phonetic pronunciation printed too. Perhaps it would invite non-Irish speakers to start learning the Irish language with their little ones.

About the Author

John Burke is a retired primary school teacher and was Teaching Principal of Passage East National School from 1980 to 2009. He has taught all age groups during his career, but focused most of his teaching on the older classes. He lives in Waterford and has collaborated with his daughter Fatti on numerous books.

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About the Illustrator

Kathi ‘Fatti’ Burke is an award-winning illustrator and artist. Her first book, Irelandopedia, won the Tubridy Show Listeners’ Choice Award at the Irish Book Awards 2015. She is also the illustrator of Foclóiropedia, Historopedia and the Little Library series, written by her dad, John Burke. Having lived in Amsterdam and Dublin, she is now back home in Waterford City.

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