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Book Cover - Little Explorers Let's Go Building Site

Little Explorers: Let’s Go Building Site

This book is fun! Readers will learn all about the different jobs, machines and materials that are used on a building site. A bonus to this book is the more than 30 flaps that readers can open, explore and learn in more detail about the object they are looking at.

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Things That Go: My First Peek-Through Flaps

From cars and buses to boats, submarines and soaring aircrafts, this innovative board book is packed with vehicles of every kind.

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Beacons of Light: A Journey Through the World of Lighthouses

This is an atmospheric and informative picturebook that explores the history, technology and human ingenuity behind the world’s lighthouses. Koomen’s lively prose propels her readers to sail the seven seas and encounter these marvellous beacons of light, from the fist century’s Roman Tower of Hercules to the twenty-first century’s automated lighthouses.

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Scream (If You Wanna Go Faster!) The History and Science of Amusement Parks

This delightfully quirky book explores an alternative world, loved by generations – the world of the funfair!

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The World According to Sharks

Did you know sharks never stop growing, they’re older than trees, and Greenland sharks can live to be 500 years old? Neither did I, and now I can’t un-know it! But this is more than a ‘Did you know?’ book. The author takes a much-feared animal and make it likeable, even accessible. The facts are plentiful: conveyed through child-friendly descriptions and quirky and relatable shark characters, including the Irish basking shark.

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Whirby

Whirby is a robot who loves school. His favourite subject is gadgeteering because he gets to compete in bot battles. However, Whirby gets so excited the night before a contest that he can’t stop thinking about it. Instead of plugging himself in and recharging his battery, he practices all night long. But the following day his battery runs out – how will he compete in the contest?

Book Cover – Irelandopedia: Weather

Irelandopedia: Weather

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

Book Cover – Irelandopedia: ABC

Irelandopedia: ABC

A beautiful boardbook, readers and parents may recognise the colourful illustrations and design from the original Irelandopedia, which taught young readers all about Ireland. Now, John and Kathi Burke have created a wonderful boardbook for pre-readers.

Book Cover – Irelandopedia: 123

Irelandopedia: 123

Anyone familiar with the Burkes’ previous work will recognise the style of the striking illustrations. This boardbook is a welcome addition to the Irelandopedia series, and is aimed at the youngest readers, featuring the numbers 1–10. The numerical form as well as the word in English and in Irish appears in clear white font on brightly coloured pages. This dual language format makes it easy for parents to introduce small children to numbers in two languages simultaneously.

Inis 78 Cover

Inis magazine: issue 78, July 2026

Inis is the magazine of Children's Books Ireland. Within these pages you will find features and articles on Irish and international children's books as well as in-depth reviews of new titles for children and teenagers. With its range of expert contributors, this is a key resource for teachers, writers, illustrators, librarians, parents/guardians and everyone interested in children's books.