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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.

Festival books - 2020

Supported by the Arts Council of Ireland - Literature

Only a Tree Knows How to be a Tree

A tree has leaves that turn sunshine into tree food. Amazing! Dogs, fishes, birds, water… they are all themselves, yet they fit together to make

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To The Island

Fia looks out her window and across the bay. She longs to see the mythical island of Hy Brasil, which appears and disappears in the

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The Picture Book Sketchbook and Planner

Sketch, thumbnail, write and plan your children’s Picturebook. Paperback A planner and sketchbook for kids Picture Book illustrators and writers.Plan out your pages and spreads with

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What Wondrous Shapes We Are

Wondorous Shapes by Ashwin Chacko is a fun book to help you teach kids that we all come in many shapes, sizes & colours but in the end we are just people.

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The Monsters of Rookhaven

Sometimes the monsters take us. Sometimes we become the monsters. Mirabelle has always known she is a monster. When the glamour protecting her unusual family

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Boot: The Creaky Creatures

For fans of Toy Story and Charlie Changes into a Chicken, this is the third hilarious, warm-hearted story about a small robot on a big

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Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers: Fantastic Facts About Your Favourite Animals

Which are the biggest and smallest animals? Which are the most dangerous? Why do dogs love people so much? What animals can live in the

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Take the Lead: How to Care for Your Dog

A fun and practical guide to caring for dogs and puppies. How to be your best friend’s best friend For thousands of years, dogs and

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Pígin’s Unexpected Adventure

Join Pigín on an unexpected trip – all the way to London! Pigín is enjoying a wonderful summer party at the fairies’ place behind Howth

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Holy Shocking Saints

Holy Shocking Saints is a beautifully illustrated book celebrating the extraordinary lives of twelve remarkable people. Whether mystics, healers or holy people, their strong belief

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Lily Steps Up

From the author of Lily at Lissadell and the ‘Alice & Megan’, ‘Eva’ and ‘Time After Time’ series Lissadell House, Sligo, 1913 Friends Lily and

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Chasing Ghosts: An Arctic Adventure

An enthralling novel of two intertwining stories based on real events in 19th century Ireland and the Canadian Arctic. Two ships Arctic-bound, HMS Erebus and Terror, leave London in

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The Boldness of Betty: A 1913 Dublin Lockout Novel

Dublin 1913 My name is Betty Rafferty. A few weeks ago I had to leave school and go out to work in a cake shop,

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Gordon’s Game: Blue Thunder

Gordon is back for more mayhem and mischief in the second book in the laugh-out-loud Gordon’s Game series!__________ Gordon D’Arcy – the only kid at school with

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Have You Seen the Dublin Vampire?

In an old part of Dublin, right down by the sea, There’s a moon-shaped park with a creepy old tree.The Dublin Vampire lives there. The

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Skulduggery Pleasant: Seasons of War

War is coming. To avert catastrophe, Skulduggery and Valkyrie are sent on a secret mission that takes them away from everything they know, to a

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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.

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Once Upon A Reader: Raising Your Children With a Love of Books

Fostering a love of reading is one of the most important things we can do for our children and finding the right books is key!

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The One with the Waggly Tail: Favourite Rhymes from an Irish Childhood

‘How much is that doggie in the window — The one with the waggly tail?’ From spiders and fleas to pirates at sea; from grasshoppers

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Don’t Worry, Little Crab

From the multi award-winning picture book maker of A Bit Lost, Oh No, George!, Shh! We Have a Plan and Goodnight Everyone comes a bold new picture book about

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Little Owl and the Christmas Star

A joyous version of the nativity story told by a curious little owl. It is a silent night and Little Owl is sitting in their

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Eggcorns: From Bumbumbees to Jellycopters

Have you ever seen a Bumbum bee, or an Elelamp? Does your pet wear Doggles? These are all Eggcorns, where a child’s mispronunciation can add

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Mermaid School

It is Marnie Blue’s very first day at Lady Sealia Foam’s Mermaid School, and she’s terrified. What if she can’t make any new friends, or

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Mermaid School: The Clamshell Show

Marnie Blue has settled into Lady Sealia Foam’s Mermaid School and become best friends with Pearl and Orla. And now might be her chance to

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Mermaid School: Ready, Steady, Swim!

Marnie Blue and her friends are horrified to discover they have a new P.E. teacher at Mermaid School, and he’s very keen to improve everyone’s

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Fizzy and Bandit

A fun, heartwarming and humorous story, ideal for children practising their reading at home or in school.Fizzy wants a dog. Not just any dog though

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Jasper and Scruff: The Treasure Hunt

Smart cat. Messy puppy. Here comes trouble… Meet Jasper and Scruff, an unlikely pair as they learn about friendship, determination, and working together. When Jasper

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Girls Play Too: Inspiring Stories of Irish Sportswomen

Irish sportswomen have been breaking the mould for a very, very long time. In 1956, Maeve Kyle became our first female Olympian, and in 1978

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Go, Johnny, Go! Johnny Sexton, Irish Sporting Legend

Johnny Sexton dreamed of becoming a rugby legend from the moment he was born. He enjoyed success from a young age, playing on school teams

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The Dead Zoo

Mr Gray is a very serious man. And he is in charge of a very old, very serious museum filled to the brim with stuffed

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The Haunted Lake

In famed author-illustrator P.J. Lynch’s gorgeous tale, he creates two worlds—underwater and above—to tell an epic and haunting love story. Jacob and his father are

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Irish Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends

A complete collection of much loved Irish fairy tales, myths and legends, bound into a beautiful new edition. Enjoy the rich mythical history of Ireland from

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Rónán and the Mermaid: A Tale of Old Ireland

An Irish storyteller revisits the little-known legend of the Mermaid Saint in a haunting, beautifully illustrated tale of kindness, music, and longing. Long ago, on

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Wulfie: Stage Fright

Wulfie is just like a puppy – fluffy and adorable. But unlike a puppy, he talks. And he’s purple. His favourite food is smelly socks.

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The Miracle on Ebenezer Street

An enchanting and exciting tale of Christmas magic from multi-award-winning and bestselling writer Catherine Doyle. ‘Old Marley’s magic was beginning to stir…’ George is about

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The Promise Witch (The Wild Magic Trilogy, Book Three)

Third and final instalment in a middle-grade fantasy adventure about witches and forbidden magic from a beloved Irish writer. In the third book in The

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Elsetime

A haunting story of friendship, courage, time-travel and a very special crow. It is January 6th 1928, the day before the Great Flood. There’s a

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Wee Donkey’s Treasure Hunt: An Adventure All Around Ireland

A wee donkey sat in the shade of a tree.‘If you had one wish, Grandad, what would it be?’‘I’d fix this old back and these

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Mór agus Muilc

Leabhar pictiúir do pháistí, bunaithe ar scéal traidisiúnta as Tír Chonaill. Cuireann sé síos ar an bheirt charachtar, Mór agus Muilc, agus na heachtraí a

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Go to Sleep, Hoglet!

One misty morning, in their cosy little nests, down by the banks of the river Boyne, all the hedgehogs were snuggling up for the Big

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I Say Boo, You Say Hoo

‘There’s something I need you to help me with. When I say BOO, you say HOO. Are you ready?’ Boo is little ghost who lives

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The Accidental Adventures of Onion O’Brien: The Secret Scientist

Onion and the gang are at it again. This time they’ve stumbled across a Russian scientist at an old folks’ home whose crazy experiments are

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Molly and the Lighthouse

One night, Molly realises the lighthouse isn’t working, wakes up her friend Dylan, and sets off to help. But will Molly and Dylan be able

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The Fowl Twins: Deny All Charges

The second book in the blockbusting new series from the bestselling author of Artemis Fowl. The second Fowl Twins adventure starts with a bang –

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What We’ll Build

From internationally bestselling and world-renowned picture book creator Oliver Jeffers comes the companion to the #1 New York Times bestseller Here We Are! What shall we build, you

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Geansaí Ottó

Tá stíl ag Ottó agus is breá leis éadaí deasa. Ach ní thuigeann Mamó rud ar bith faoi chúrsaí faisin. Nuair a thagann geansaí gránna

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Would You Like a Banana?

Award-winning illustrator Yasmeen Ismail’s delightfully funny picture book featuring a very stubborn gorilla will have the whole family laughing! Gorilla is hungry but there is

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An t-Oileán Thiar

Is fada le Fia go dtabharfaidh sí cuairt ar an oileán draíochta, áit a bhfuil an t-aer lán le rúin. ​Oíche amháin, síneann ga gealaí

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