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Celebrating Irish Children’s Books | Online School and Family Book Festival.
WonderFest is over for 2021. Thank you to everyone who took part. See you in 2022!

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Supported by the Arts Council of Ireland - Literature

3pm | Creativity Bootcamp with Tarsila Krüse and Juliette Saumande

November 20, 2021 3:00 pm
Cost: €5 per family
Until 4:00 pm
AGE 7+

Did you know that creativity is a muscle? That’s right; like your brain, your heart, your abs, the more you exercise it, the more creative you get! Join Tarsila Krüse and Juliette Saumande, the creators of My Little Album of Ireland, in a fun and interactive workshop where you’ll use drawing, stories and more to pump up this most important muscle!

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Tarsila Kruse

Tarsila Krüse is an award-winning children's books illustrator born in Brazil and Irish at heart. She loves languages, books and drawing (and pistachio ice-cream). Her favourite things to draw are people and animals, especially dogs! Tarsila has illustrated for a wide variety of media and has several picturebooks published as Gaeilge and English.

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Juliette Saumande

Juliette Saumande is a writer and translator of children’s books, including My Little Album of Dublin and My Little Album of Ireland (with Tarsila Krüse). A Book Doctor with Children’s Books Ireland, Creative Associate for Creative Schools and creative writing teacher, Juliette is at heart a professional bookworm who loves using words, stories and books to help kids (re)discover and grow their creativity.

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My Little Album of Ireland

Name all the things you can see around the Island of Ireland! Discover nature on the Wild Atlantic Way, dig for treasure at Trim Castle, pick some treats in Cork's English Market, spot the Titanic in Belfast, join in a wild Halloween parade in Galway... My Little Album of Ireland will whisk you off on a whistle-stop tour of the island of Ireland. Discover new spots, revisit old haunts, learn some words in English and as Gaeilge and enjoy the trip!

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My Little Album of Dublin

Name all the things you can see around Dublin's fair city! Measure yourself against the Spire on O'Connell Street, spot seals at the seaside, zoom down the slide in Stephen's Green playground, enjoy a match in Croke Park... My Little Album of Dublin takes readers on a tour of the Irish capital, giving them a chance to explore exciting places, pick up new words in English and as Gaeilge, and have lots of fun along the way!

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Wonderfest Wonderfest · 3 months ago
@WonderFestIre
This looks terrific - we'll be there! A must for any children's writers or illustrators and anyone who wants to find out more about children's books. https://t.co/6LtaWDfkBp
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Sarah Webb@sarahwebbishere
Join us at the next online #ChildrensBookSalon on Thurs 24 Feb 7.30pm with
@HGold_author
@gerrydalyart
@Erika_McGann
@markbradleyart + @KatiaCotton
talking about their new books.
A must for all who love children's books.
Tickets available here: https://t.co/p4MTKyBEHh https://t.co/6B92dpQzlg
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Wonderfest Wonderfest · 6 months ago
@WonderFestIre
Watch out for #BookElves2021 from today until 2nd Dec - lots of great recommendations from children's writers, illustrators, librarians, teachers and more.
If you're looking for a children's book, the elves are there to help! https://t.co/MXGLs3Zeve
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Sarah Webb@sarahwebbishere
🚨The #BookElves2021 are back!🚨
We are children's writers, illustrators, booksellers, reviewers, librarians and teachers and we LOVE children's books.
Today we'll be recommending some of our favourite #IrishBooks
Watch out for us during @RTELateLateShow #LateLateToyShow too! https://t.co/wxNdd7sxli
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Wonderfest Wonderfest · 6 months ago
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And that’s a wrap! #WonderFest21 has officially come to an end and we’ve had an incredible time celebrating the best of children’s books in Ireland over the last five days. https://t.co/Inkm4UrgpU
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