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Celebrating Irish Children’s Books | Online School and Family Book Festival. This year we are part of the Dublin Book Festival.

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Supported by the Arts Council of Ireland - Literature

[FINISHED] 10am | Míp agus a Chairde/ Míp and Friends le Máire Zepf agus Paddy Donnelly (Dual Language – Irish/English – Imeacht Beo/Live Event)

November 21, 2020 10:00 am
Cost: €5 per family
Until 10:40 am
AGE 4 TO 6

Note: This event is from a previous year.
Please visit this year’s festival programme for the latest 2021 events.

Míp was inspired by the real-world Mars Rover called Opportunity. Love space and robots? This is the event for you!

Ar mhaith leat dul ar mhisean spáis le húdar Máire Zepf, maisitheoir Paddy Donnelly agus a bpictiúrleabhar nua, Míp? Beidh roicéid, róbait agus eachtráin ann, i bhfís-cheardlann idirghníomhach Zoom a bheas lán le scéalaíocht, líníocht bheo agus spraoi. Beidh an cheardlann seo dátheangach, i nGaeilge agus i mBéarla.

Join author-illustrator team Máire Zepf and Paddy Donnelly on a journey into space with their new picture book, Míp. If rockets, robots and aliens are your thing, then buckle up for an interactive Zoom workshop that will combine storytelling, brainstorming and live illustration. This will be a bilingual session in Irish and English. 

Á chur i láthair ag/ Introduced by Laureate na nÓg Áine Ní Ghlinn.

Fís-cheardlann idirghníomhach/ A live, interactive event.

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Máire Zepf

Máire Zepf is from County Down and has written eleven books for children, from picture books to YA verse-novels. She was the first Children’s Writing Fellow for Northern Ireland, based at the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry. She is one of Ireland’s most acclaimed children’s writers and has won many awards: a KPMG Children’s Book of the Year, two Children’s Book Awards from the Literacy Association of Ireland, an IBBY Honour Award and two Oireachtas Awards for Fiction.

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Paddy Donnelly

Paddy Donnelly is an Irish author and illustrator living in Belgium. Míp is Paddy’s fifth picture book. A group of scientists send Míp blasting off towards Mars in search of alien life. However, no matter how hard she looks, she can’t seem to find anything. Just rocks, rocks and more rocks. But perhaps eagle-eyed children will be able to spot some …

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Míp

Is í MÍP an róbat is cliste dár déanadh riamh. Tá sí á seoladh go Mars, le fáil amach an bhfuil eachtráin ina gcónaí ann. Tógann sí go leor pictiúr ann agus cuireann ar ais chuig an Domhan iad, ach cá bhfuil na heachtráin? Ansin, tarlaíonn tubaiste. “Tá Míp bhocht réidh,” a deir na heolaithe. Ach an bhfuil? Based on real events, (mostly!), the story of brave MÍP, the hardest-working robot in the solar system, is a tale that will inspire earthlings of all ages.

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Book your crew in for some wonder… And they’ll all read happily ever after!

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Watch out for the #BookElves2022 during the @RTELateLateShow #latelatetoyshow2022
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And my favourite #picturebook this year is the amazing #BeWildLittleOne by Irish author @Hopewrites and illuminated by the marvellous art of @DanielEgneus. It's a definite #IrishBooks recommendation for #BookElves2022. A perfect gift for little readers - and not-so-little ones! https://t.co/1zjERJ3FRO
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We have a full morning of online events for schools tomorrow with @DublinBookFest - we can't wait!
Drawing with @AlNolan and @whackochacko
Writing with @Erika_McGann and Debbie Thomas
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THIS SATURDAY! 12th Nov 11am @DLR_Libraries @dlrLexIcon
Want to write or illustrate for children. This event is for you!
The latest in the #ProperBook from @KidsBooksIrel in partnership with @DublinBookFest - with some terrific speakers.
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