Festival books - 2021

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

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

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

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

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

The circus has seen better days, but for Bastjan it’s home. He will do anything he can to save it, even if it means participating

Up on the mountain we followed a small path through the woods … So begins the latest story from the award-winning author and illustrator Peter

A spooky bus tour around Ireland, with our favourite Dublin Vampire! He travels to well-known places all over the country, including St. Michan’s church (where

Welcome to the world of Leaflings, the secret guardians of the trees. Among the branches and roots of some of our planet’s most important inhabitants,

“‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse…” P.J. Lynch brings his rich and atmospheric

A captivating and utterly unique picturebook with interactive, transparent pages about a girl who lives in a haunted house from world-renowned artist Oliver Jeffers. A

Fifteen-year-old Penny longs for something better. Better than a small, damp flat. Better than her bullying classmates and uninterested teachers. Better than misery and poverty

It’s Mouse’s first day of school, and she is so nervous. She can’t eat her cereal, and she wonders what the children will be like.

Gorgeously illustrated and with a classic feel, this is a brilliantly funny story of a rabbit and a bear … and how to defeat an

How far will a young girl go to keep her family together? It is spring 1945. Orphaned Nancy Kidd has a lot on her plate

This is the story of humans and fire and how we’ve changed the world. It’s a story about our civilisation and our environment, about wildfires

Ireland, 2020. As Garrett traces his family history, he discovers that some secrets just can’t be kept. Ireland, 1880s. Can three children stay friends when

Indigo McCloud’s sister Peaches is every adult’s favourite child: pretty, golden-haired, polite and charming. But the children of Blunt know better: Peaches and her sisters

Monster Hunting isn’t as easy as it looks. And Jack should know. Because an ogre has just appeared in his garden and tried to EAT

Morgana loves robots and longs to attend robotics school in the city. But she’s a witch, living in a magical woodland community: the closest she

A helpful little puffling lives on Skellig Michael When she finds a lost egg, she must get it back to its nest. But the wind

When their father’s business fails, Eliza and Jonty Kane move to a tenement flat in Dublin city, number 16 Henrietta Street. From a crowded tenement

Eoin Madden and his friends are back at school. After three years on the Junior Cup rugby team, there’s time to play soccer for a

Aldrin Adams is an ordinary boy with an extraordinary superpower. When he eats cheese, just before he goes to sleep at night, he can enter

It is the time of The Great Configuration, a once in a hundred years event. Family and monsters descend on Rookhaven from all over the

Libby has only three days to create the best ever eco-project for school. So the last thing she needs is Wulfie showing off his ‘super’

All sorts of labels are put on my brotherbut that doesn’t mean he’s any one thing.At the end of the day, they’re just words.A pile

All-Ireland Winner, 7-time Leinster Football Champion, Represented Ireland in U-21 Soccer and Basketball. Jason Sherlock’s journey from sports-mad boy to Hill 16 icon wasn’t a

Irish sportswomen continue to make headlines! Whether it is Kellie Harrington’s dominance in the boxing ring, or Rachael Blackmore’s phenomenal success in 2021, as the

Squeeeak … Thwop … Thwop … Dwoooooerrrp! Dad sings his magical whale songs to Mum and baby Finn, far, far away across the huge ocean.

Join David McCullagh as he guides you through all the things that make our country work. Why do we have a president and a Taoiseach?

This book is about a knight on a mission: to find and slay a dragon. The other knights have told him that there’s no such

A young girl doesn’t like it when other children laugh at her for having brown skin and fuzzy hair. She doesn’t like being different. But

As Pippa watches her friends express themselves through their special dance moves, she wonders if she will ever find the dance in herself. With gentle

Hom is the last of his kind. I don’t know what kind of creature he is, and nobody knows he exists… apart from me. When

Bronntanas breá samhraidh is ea Gairdín Mháire na mBláth, an saothar is déanaí ó Tatyana Feeney. Scéal aoibhinn cairdis agus comhluadair! Leabhar é seo a

Hello, puppy! We don’t know where you came from. We don’t know what kind of dog you are. We’ve been waiting and waiting for you

An unmissable paraquel to the internationally bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series, The Skulduggery Pleasant Grimoire is at once a thrilling recap of the books so far, a reference

Justice can be a difficult thing to understand, even for a grownup. So give your kid a head start on the conversation and help them

Milo is thrilled to be starting at the country’s fanciest, shiniest, most prestigious school. But it soon becomes clear that something sinister is going on.

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,

Skulduggery, Valkyrie and Omen return in the 14th and penultimate novel in the internationally bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series – and their most epic test yet… In a

Deep in the dark North Atlantic night, the majestic ocean liner Titanic strikes ice and quickly begins to sink. It radiates out an “S-O-S” distress

Eoinín has a beautiful new kite. But making it fly is a tricky business! Little ones will love helping Eoinín in this fun, interactive adventure.

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

The further adventures of Lily: life as a maid in Lissadell House is always interesting, but with her friendship with Maeve under strain, a war

A trio of misbehaving, mango-loving monkeys have a close call as the creator of Don’t Worry, Little Crab gives readers a taste of vicarious mischief. Three little

Twins Myles and Beckett, Artemis Fowl’s younger brothers, return in their third and most outrageous adventure yet. For almost two years, Lord Teddy Bleedham-Drye has

Written by Wenda Shurety, Illustrated by Paddy Donnelly The Sea-ple live in the ocean and the Tree-ple live in the jungle. When the Tree-ple start

Everyone in Aoife’s house is obsessed with History- everyone except Aoife! She does not understand why her Mother spends all day at the old local

Something mysterious is happening at Grandad’s lake. There are days the lake is beautiful, shimmering, and full. And then there are other days . .

Join brilliant young naturalist Dara McAnulty – winner of the 2020 Wainwright Prize for his book Diary of a Young Naturalist – on a nature walk and

Be warned, Reader, this book isn’t about a normal spice bag, nor is it about a normal boy. Quite the opposite. This book is about the Spice Bag, and

Are you sick of being utterly adorable?Tired of being cuddled and hugged?Fed up of having your head confused for your bottom because you just so

To Orla, Christmas means Gran, so when it looks like Gran won’t make it this year, everything feels a lot less festive. And with Christmas