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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.

Speakers

Supported by the Arts Council of Ireland - Literature

Niamh Sharkey

Niamh Sharkey is an award-winning picturebook creator and former Children’s Laureate of Ireland.  Her books have won numerous awards including the prestigious Mother Goose Award. Niamh’s books have been translated into over twenty-eight languages. Her titles include The Ravenous Beast, Santasaurus and On the Road with Mavis and Marge. Niamh is the creator and executive producer of Disney Junior’s Henry Hugglemonster, an animated show based on her picturebook I’m a Happy Hugglewug (Walker Books). Niamh is also the creator and executive producer of Eureka! which launches this November on Disney Junior. She is really excited to be working on a new series of picturebooks with her husband Owen.

Books by this speaker which feature at the festival

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A Field Guide to Leaflings
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Events with this speaker

New Irish Books 2021 Showcase - Teachers' Night - Non-fiction and Novels for Primary School Children
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Meet the Leaflings with Niamh Sharkey and Owen Churcher
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