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Contents All ISBNs listed in this
catalogue are ISBN-13
Black Flag: Picture Books 3
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About The O’Brien Press
Founded in 1974, The O’Brien Press is Ireland’s leading independent publisher of
books for readers big and small. We are family-owned and committed to putting
the best writing and illustration in to the hands of readers everywhere. Our books
for children have won many awards and been translated into many languages.
www.obrien.ie has loads of information about all of our titles (and previews of
most of them), information on international rights sold, sales and distribution, our
authors and more.
www.obrien.ie/schools has hundreds of classroom resources available for free The front cover image is
download. from Have You Seen the
Our books are available from www.obrien.ie, and wherever good books are sold. Dublin Vampire? by Una
Woods. See page 8.
A GUIDE TO READING LEVELS
Using O’Brien flags to select books for your home or classroom
Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland and Scotland England and Wales
Black flag Usable throughout the Usable throughout the school Usable throughout the
Picture books school (but especially (but especially Year 1 [P1]) school (but especially
Junior Infants) Reception)
Purple flag First Class (also Senior Year 2 [P2]. Key Stage 1 Year 1. Key Stage 1
Reading level 5+ Infants, Second Class)
Yellow flag Second Class (also Year 3 [P3]. Key Stage 1 Year 2. Key Stage 1
Reading level 6+ First Class, Third Class)
Red flag Third Class, Fourth Class Year 4, Year 5 [P4, P5]. Year 3, Year 4.
Reading level 8+ Key Stage 1 & Key Stage 2 Key Stage 1 & Key Stage 2
Blue flag Fifth Class, Sixth Class Year 6, Year 7 [P6, P7]. Year 5, Year 6. Key Stage 2
Reading level 10+ Key Stage 2
Green Flag First Year, Second Year Year 8, Year 9, Year 10 (sec- Year 7, Year 8, Year 9 (sec-
Reading level 12+ (second-level schools) ondary school). Key Stage 3 ondary school). Key Stage 3
Young Adult Older and more confident Older and more confident Older and more confident
readers readers readers
This is a general guide to reading levels. It will help you to choose suitable books for children and their abilities.
As children start school at different ages under the various educational systems listed here, and also begin formal reading at different
stages, this suggested guide to suitability for various ages differs for each system.
Black Flag: Picture Books
NEW
My First Book of Irish Vehicles Take the Lead How to Look After Your
My First Book of GAA Dog – A Fun & Practical Guide
By Elena Browne, Illustrated by Jennifer Farley
My First Book of Irish Wildlife
A fun and practical guide to caring for dogs and
My First Book of Ireland puppies. From exercise and play to comfort
Four great board books, full of the Irish way of and care this book is an ideal guide for children
life! Bright, colourful pages with photographs of who already have a dog, would like a dog or
all the things that make Ireland special.! love learning about dogs.
ISBN Vehicles 978-1-78849-126-6 ISBN 978-1-78849-081-8
GAA 978-1-78849-063-4 €11.99/£10.99/Paperback
Wildlife 978-1-78849-165-5 224x167 mm/48 pages
Ireland: 978-1-78849-188-4
€8.99/£7.99/Board book The Great Big Book of Irish
160x160 mm/18 pages Wildlife Through the Seasons
By Juanita Browne, Illus. Barry Reynolds
A beautiful picture book tracking nature through
the seasons in Ireland. It explores nature in
your back garden as well as weird and wonder-
ful natural phenomena, such as the metamor-
phosis from Tadpole to Frog; the Red Deer rut
in autumn; or a starling flock in winter.
Literacy Association of Ireland Award Winner
Where's Larry?
ISBN 978-1-84717-915-9
By Philip BarrettI
€19.99/£17.99/Hardback
Follow Larry the Leprechaun around Ireland,
285x225 mm/80 pages
and see if you can find him in Newgrange, at
The Rock of Cashel and in Dublin's St Pat- Let's See Ireland!
rick's Day Parade! But it won't be easy: he is By Sarah Bowie
hiding in the middle of Irish dancers, traditional Follow Molly's journey in this gorgeous picture
musicians, climbers, tourists, hurlers and many book that is sure to delight adults and children
others. Great fun for all the family. alike!
ISBN 978-1-84717-276-1 ISBN 978-1-84717-731-5
€9.99/£8.99/Paperback €12.99/£11.99/Hardback (also in paperback)
300x216 mm/32 pages 261x215 mm/32 pages
Where's Larry This Time? We're Going to the Zoo!
By Philip Barrett By Sarah Bowie
Follow Larry the Leprechaun around Ireland, Kitty’s excited to be going to the zoo. Her big
and see if you can find him in Belfast, the sister Clara thinks it will be boring! But when
Skelligs or viking Dublin! they get there, there’s so much going on!
ISBN 978-1-84717-745-2 Follow the sisters as they meet the cheeky
€9.99/£8.99/Paperback giraffe, the swimming tiger and lots, lots more.
300x216 mm/32 pages ISBN 978-1-84717-949-4
€12.99/£11.99/Hardback
261x215 mm/32 pages
Where's Larry? The Colouring
NEW P is for Poetry
Book
By Philip Barrett Poems from Irish Poets
Follow Larry the Leprechaun around Ireland, Compiled by Seamus Cashman, Illustrated
and see if you can find him in Newgrange, at by Corrina Askin, Illustrated by Alan Clarke
the Cliffs of Moher and in Dublin's St Patrick's Selected poems from bestselling Something
Day Parade. With this new colouring book you Beginning with P in a beautiful new format -
can find Larry as you colour! a perfect gift book for Irish children at home
ISBN 978-1-78849-007-8 and abroad.
€7.99/£7.50/Paperback ISBN 978-1-78849-178-5
300x216 mm/32 pages €12.99/£11.99/Paperback
235x195 mm/64 pages
3 Black flag: Picture Books
A Dublin Fairytale Socks for Mr Wolf
By Nicola Colton A Woolly Adventure Around Ireland
Once upon a time there was a little Dublin girl By Tatyana Feeney
called Fiona. The city is full of colourful char- Mr Wolf loves looking good. Mr Wolf loves to
acters and creatures from the fairytale realm. dance. But more than anything in the world Mr
Often not seen or heard, they reside in some of Wolf loves his beautiful socks. Until one day, a
Dublin’s most famous locations and landmarks! hole appears in one … WHAT can he do?
ISBN 978-1-84717-774-2 ISBN 978-1-84717-906-7
€12.99/£11.99/Hardback (also in paperback) €14.99/£13.99/Hardback
260x215 mm/32 pages 261x215 mm/32 pages
Where Are You, Puffling? Eva and the Perfect Rain
An IrishAdventure A Rainy Irish Tale
By Gerry Daly & Erika McGann By Tatyana Feeney
A puffling has gone in search of adventure – Eva spends the day searching and hoping for
now her parents can’t find her anywhere! the perfect umbrella rain that’s not too windy,
Can the animals of Skellig help them find their too thundery or too drizzly. Finally, she finds it
little puffling? in a sun shower and a rainbow shines making it
ISBN 978-1-78849-050-4 the most perfect rain of all.
€12.99/£11.99/Hardback Embrace rainy Ireland with Eva in this beautiful
215x260 mm/32 pages and delightful picture book!
ISBN 978-1-78849-145-7 ISBN 978-1-84717-978-4
€9.99/£8.99/Paperback €12.99/£11.99/Hardback
ISBN 978-1-78849-187-7 261x215 mm/32 pages
€9.99/£8.99/Paperback: Irish language,
translated by Muireann ní Chíobháin
It's Great Being Little
By Nita Fitzgerald, Illus. Francesca Carabelli
NEW Wee Donkey’s Treasure Hunt 'I don't want to be little,' Susie tells her granny.
An Adventure All Around Ireland 'I want to be BIG.'
By Erika McGann, Illus. Gerry Daly 'What?' says Granny. 'But It's GREAT being
Wee Donkey travels Ireland trying to find the little. Why, you can do all sorts of things ...'
perfect souvenir for her Grandad. A charming story for all little people who can't
ISBN 978-1-78849-180-8 wait to be big.
€12.99/£11.99/Hardback ISBN 978-1-84717-176-4
260x215 mm/32 pages €7.99/£7.50/Paperback
261x215 mm/32 pages
NEW
Irish Farm Animals The Sleeping Giant
By Glyn Evans & Bex Sheridan By Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick
A fun family adventure to meet Ireland’s Off the coast of Ireland there lies an island. It
farm animals! From cows, sheep, donkeys, looks just like a giant sleeping in the sea.
goats and chickens to a whole range of more But what if it really is a giant – and what if, one
unusual animals, such as alpacas, rhea and day, the sleeping giant wakes up?
rare-breed pigs. Discover fascinating facts ISBN 978-1-78849-089-4
about everyday life on the farm. €9.99/£8.99/Paperback
ISBN 978-1-78849-121-1 275x210 mm/32 pages
€14.99/£13.99/Hardback
261x215 mm/48 pages
The Day Henry Met ... a dog
By Gilly
Island of Adventures One day Henry meets a dog. Dog is sad
Fun things to do all around Ireland because she doesn’t have a best friend. This
By Jennifer Farley gives Henry a great idea! Join Henry and Dog
Ireland is full of adventures! Fun and ex- as they embark on their adventures to find a
citement wait around every corner – surf an best friend for Dog! Maybe, they don't need to
Atlantic wave, go horse-trekking through the look that far.
wilderness or dance to Irish music. ISBN 978-1-84717-999-9
ISBN 978-1-84717-971-5 €8.99/£7.99/Paperback
€16.99/£14.99/Hardback 256x205 mm/32 pages
280x220 mm/48 pages
Black flag: Picture Books 4
NEW Ulster Fairytales and Legends Magical Celtic Tales
By Peter & Nicola Heaney, Illus. Conor Busuttil By Una Leavy, Illustrated by Fergal O'Connor
Evocatively illustrated by Conor Busuttil, this Magical Celtic Tales is a collection of ten won-
collection of myths from Ireland’s northern derful stories - some well known, others almost
province will enthrall readers young and old. forgotten - from Brittany, Cornwall, Ireland, The
ISBN 978-1-78849-217-1 Isle of Man, Scotland and Wales.
€14.99/£12.99/Hardback ISBN 978-1-84717-546-5
280x220 mm/64 pages €14.99/£13.99/Hardback
265x205 mm/96 pages
The Children of Lir
Ireland’s Favourite Legend
By Laura Ruth Maher, Illus. Conor Busuttil
This charming rhyming story tells the legend
of The Children of Lir, who were turned into
swans by their wicked stepmother and forced
to wander across Ireland for 900 years.
ISBN 978-1-78849-106-8
NEW Eggcorns €12.99/£11.99/Hardback
From Bumbum Bees to Jellycopters 261x216 mm/32 pages
By Chris Judge
Have you ever seen a Bumbum bee, or an
Reindeer Down!
Elelamp? Does your pet wear Doggles? These An Irish Christmas Tale
are all Eggcorns, where a child’s mispronunci- By Natasha Mac a’Bháird, Illus. Audrey Dowling
ation can add a whole other level of meaning! Santa’s sleigh is flying over Ireland, delivering
Illustrator Chris Judge has brought his bizarre presents to all the boys and girls. But then
sense of humour to imagine them for us all. Dancer hurts her leg and can’t pull the sleigh.
ISBN 978-1-78849-192-1 ISBN 978-1-78849-099-3
€9.99/£8.99/Hardback €14.99/£13.99/Hardback
160x160 mm/48 pages 256x205 mm/32 pages
Brian and the Vikings Dublin
By Chris Judge & Mark Wickham My Ireland Activity Book
When the dangerous Vikings arrive it's up By Natasha Mac a’Bháird, Illus. Alan Nolan
to Brian to save the day with the help of his A bright and fun-filled activity book. Puzzles,
friends and his cleverest invention yet. games, colouring, stories and tons of facts.
ISBN 978-1-84717-687-5 ISBN 978-1-84717-892-3
€4.99/£4.99/Paperback
270x215 mm/24 pages
Brian and the Giant
Strange things are happening in Brian’s village
– horrible smells, no water in the river – and
The Wild Atlantic Way
Brian wants to find out why.
My Ireland Activity Book
ISBN 978-1-84717-834-3
ISBN 978-1-84717-773-5
Both titles €8.99/£7.99/Paperback Cliffs of Moher and the
220x280 mm/32 pages Burren
My Ireland Activity Book
ISBN 978-1-84717-770-4
The O'Brien Book of Irish Fairy
Tales and Legends
By Una Leavy, Illus. Susan Field The Pooka Party
Irish fairy tales and legends are full of enchant- By Shona Shirley Macdonald
ment, brave deeds and lost loves. Told from A madcap tale of what to do if you feel sad and
generation to generation, they are as fascinat- lonely, starring one shapeshifting hero with
ing now as they were to their original listeners. some musical monsters, flying cakes and a
With stunning illustrations to draw the reader guest appearance by the Moon.
back to a time of heroes and myth. ISBN 978-1-78849-000-9
ISBN 978-1-84717-313-3 €14.99/£13.99/Hardback
€12.99/£11.99/Paperback 280x220 mm/32 pages
265x205 mm/96 pages
5 Black flag: Picture Books
The Night-time Cat and the Plump, A Rosette for Maeve?
Grey Mouse By Anna McQuinn, Illus. Paul Young
A Trinity College Tale Join Lisa as she prepares her calf Maeve to
By Erika McGann, Illus. Lauren O’Neill compete at the local agricultural show with, and
Follow Pangur Bán as she searches Trinity find out how she does!
College for the plump grey mouse. Along the ISBN 978-1-84717-340-9
way she meets Oscar Wilde, Count Dracula €7.99/£7.50/Paperback/190x240 mm/32 pages
and others. Will Pangur Bán get her prize or The Story of Ireland
will the mischievous mouse evade capture? By Brendan O’Brien, Illus. Cartoon Saloon
ISBN 978-1-84717-945-6 An award-winning, spectacular tour of Ireland’s
€14.99/£13.99/Hardback history, from the ice age to the present day.
260x215 mm/32 pages Beautifully illustrated and a great read.
Ancient Ireland Colouring Book 96 pages
ISBN 978-0-86278-881-0
From Newgrange to the Vikings
€19.95/£17.99/Hardback/285x225 mm
By Conor McHale
ISBN 978-1-84717-184-9
Choose to colour from over sixty drawings of
€9.99/£8.99/Hardback (mini)/210x148 mm
famous ancient Irish people and landmarks,
ISBN 978-1-78849-149-5
historic battles, figures from mythology.
€12.99/£11.99/Paperback /250x197 mm
ISBN 978-1-84717-629-5
€6.99/£6.50/Paperback My Book of Kells Colouring Book
297x210 mm/32 pages Illustrated by Eoin O’Brien, David Rooney
NEW The Book of Kells is one of the world’s most
Aim High
famous illuminated manuscripts. Now you
Irish sports stars, trailblazers and can colour it in yourself, with this selection of
mavericks pictures big and small from this beautiful book.
By Donny Mahoney, Illus. Eoin Coveney ISBN 978-1-84717-274-7
Meet the Irish men & women who topped the €6.99/£6.50/Paperback
Sporting world. From heavyweight boxing 297x210 mm/32 pages
champion Dan Donnelly to our greatest runner,
Sonia O’Sullivan. From Brian O’Driscoll’s Bright Sparks Amazing Discoveries,
amazing rugby performances to Rosemary Inventions and Designs by Women
Smyth’s rally driving brilliance. Inspiring words By Owen O'Doherty
and pictures for children of all ages. Fifty extraordinary discoveries, inventions and
ISBN 978-1-78849-208-9 designs by inspirational women from around
€16.99/£14.99/Hardback the world. Learn learn how inventions happen
242x180 mm/64 pages from this beautifully illustrated guide.
Literacy Association of Ireland Award Winner
ISBN 978-1-78849-054-2
€14.99/£13.99/Hardback/
Best-Loved Irish Legends 197x260 mm/48 pages
By Eithne Massey, Illus. Lisa Jackson
Stories from long, long ago, part of an ancient NEW The Story of Croke Park
oral tradition, handed down from generation to By Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh, Illus. Graham
generation and written down by the Christian Corcoran
monks of medieval Ireland. Gaelic sports icon Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh
ISBN 978-1-78849-030-6 shares his lifelong passion for the GAA with
€12.99/£11.99/Paperback young readers, as he guides them through its
280x220 mm/64 pages history, and its most iconic stadium.
ISBN 978-1-78849-206-5
Irish Legends: Newgrange, Tara & €16.99/£15.99
the Boyne Valley Hardback
By Eithne Massey, Illus. Lisa Jackson 280x220 mm
Legends from the heart of ancient Ireland, with 48 pages
'The Origin of the Boyne', 'The Foster-child of
Aonghus' and 'The Salmon of Knowledge'.
ISBN 978-1-84717-683-7
€9.99/£8.99/Hardback
280x220 mm/64 pages
Black flag: Picture Books 6
Shooting for the Stars: My Journey Gulliver
to Become Ireland’s First Astronaut By Jonathan Swift, Retold by Mary
By Norah Patten, Illus. Jennifer Farley Webb, Illust. Lauren O'Neill
Travel high into space and learn about space Lost in a land of small people, Gulliver has to
travel, astronaut training & life without gravity. learn their ways and avoid starving! A beauti-
Irish Book Awards Winner: Irish Children’s fully illustrated retelling of Swift’s classic story.
Book of the Year (Senior) ISBN 978-1-84717-676-9
ISBN 978-1-78849-100-6 €14.99/£13.99/Hardback
€16.99/£14.99/Hardback 193x252 mm/80 pages
242x180 mm/44 pages Barney Goose
My Ireland Counting Book A Wild Atlantic Way Adventure
Illus. Eoin Ryan By Carol Ann Treacy
One Stone Castle.... Two Irish Wolfhounds ... Join Barney Goose as he travels from West
Add some Hurleys, Thatched Cottages, Tin Cork all the way to Donegal. See the sights
Whistles, Bodhráns, Connemara Ponies and and meet new friends in each new location.
Irish Dancers for lots of counting fun! ISBN 978-1-78849-142-6
ISBN 978-1-84717-931-9 €12.99/£11.99/Hardback
€7.99/£7.50/Paperback 261x215 mm/32 pages
215x270 mm/32 pages ‘a charming and attractive picturebook giving
lots of clever nods to tourist attractions along
My Little Album of Dublin the Wild Atlantic Way … the illustrations
An English / Irish Word Book capture the blues, greens and greys of the Irish
By Juliette Saumande, Illus. Tarsila Krüse
landscape beautifully’ Irish Independent
Takes the youngest of readers on a fun filled
tour of the Fair City. Along the way, they will
build up their vocabulary in English and Irish.
ISBN 978-1-84717-998-2
€12.99/£11.99/Hardback
261x215 mm/32 pages
The Little Black Sheep of
Connemara
By Elizabeth Shaw
This charming book tells the adventures of an
outcast little black sheep: A story about being
different, and being a hero.
ISBN 978-1-78849-179-2
€9.99/£8.99/Paperback Brendan and the Blarney Stone
242x180 mm/32 pages By Stephen Walsh & Marita
NEW O’Donovan, Illus. Diane Le Feyer
Go To Sleep, Hoglet When Brendan the leprechaun plays the tin
By Bex Sheridan whistle, the sound is sweeter than the sweetest
A baby hedgehog decides that he doesn’t want songbird. But if only he could speak as well as
to hibernate, and goes searching for Christ- he plays!
mas magic in the world of humans. A perfect ISBN 978-1-84717-723-0
bedtime story for animal lovers.
ISBN 978-1-78849-143-3 Oscar Wilde - Stories for Children
€12.99/£11.99/Hardback By Oscar Wilde, Illus. Charles Robinson
260x215 mm/32 pages A beautifully illustrated collection of Oscar
Wilde’s favourite children’s tales. It includes:
So he rolled back
Hill of Tara and
down the
that was when
The Happy Prince, The Selfish Giant, The
Nightingale and the Rose. Brings Wilde’s magi-
Hogle t tumb led
straig ht into Shee
p.
cal stories to a whole new generation.
ISBN 978-1-84717-589-2
€14.99/£13.99/Hardback
But Hogle t didn’
252x193 mm/80 pages
t
want to go to bed.
So he made a wish
‘You’d better go at
back to bed, Hogle Tara’s Fairy Tree.
t,’
Sheep baah ed, ‘befor
e you And that’s when
catch a winte r cold.’ he got
yet anoth er Brigh
t Idea!
He knew just how
to keep warm .
12
13
7 Black flag: Picture Books
Sarah Webb Inspiring Irish Lives
NEW Animal Crackers: Fantastic Facts Blazing a Trail
About Your Favourite Animals Irish Women Who Changed the World
With Alan Nolan Illus. Lauren O’Neill
A book of animal facts that will appeal strongly Salute the remarkable Irish women who
to children, illustrated with black & white animal changed history, both at home and worldwide.
art/doodles, activities and quiz pages – interac- From adventurers to inventors; explorers to
tive, fun and informative. warriors; rebel leaders to presidents.
ISBN 978-1-78849-065-8 Irish Book Awards Winner: Irish Children’s
€11.99/£10.99/Paperback Book of the Year (Senior)
190x153 mm/176 pages ISBN 978-1-78849-004-7
Favourite Rhymes from an Irish Childhood Dare to Dream: Irish People Who
Took on the World (and Won!)
Sally Go Round The Stars llus. Graham Corcoran
With Claire Ranson, Illus. Steve McCarthy Adventurers, explorers, inventors, dreamers:
A major, beautifully-illustrated collection of Irish people who had a huge impact interna-
favourite nursery rhymes known and loved tionally, from helping street children in India, to
throughout Ireland. It includes favourite inter- saving Jewish children during World War II.
national, British and Irish rhymes. ISBN 978-1-78849-127-3
ISBN 978-1-84717-211-2 Both titles €16.99/£14.99/Hardback
€14.99/£13.99/Hardback 242x180 mm/64 pages
ISBN 978-1-84717-675-2
€14.99/£13.99/Paperback NEW
Have You Seen the Dublin
280x220 mm/64 pages
Vampire?
A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea By Una Woods
Illus.Steve McCarthy A funny, warm picture book set in Dublin,
Owls and pussycats, cockles and mussels, home to Dracula’s creator, Bram Stoker.
golden stockings, wiggly worms and rattlin’ ISBN 978-1-78849-119-8
bogs – they’re all here, and more. Another €12.99/£11.99/Hardback
wonderful collection of delightful rhymes. 260x215 mm/32 pages
Irish Book Awards Winner: Irish Children’s
Book of the Year (Junior)
ISBN 978-1-84717-794-0
€16.99/£14.99/Hardback
280x220 mm/64 pages
NEW
The One With The Waggly Tail
Illus. Steve McCarthy
The Moon Spun Round
From spiders and fleas to pirates at sea; from
W. B. Yeats for Children
grasshoppers and worms to houses in trees –
By W. B. Yeats, Edited by Noreen
discover old and new favourites within these
Doody, Illus. Shona Shirley Macdonald
pages. .
Take children of all ages on an imaginative
ISBN 978-1-78849-151-8
journey through W.B. Yeats’s poetry, folktales
€16.99/£14.99/Hardback
and childhood writing. Beautifully illustrated.
280x220 mm/64 pages
ISBN 978-1-84717-738-4
€19.99/£17.99/Hardback
280x214 mm/64 pages
The Fridge in a Denim Jacket!
By Zig & Zag
Take a trip down memory lane, back to when
Zig and Zig filled the airwaves with their irrev-
erent humour! Their first book, back at last!
ISBN 978-1-84717-694-3
€12.99/£11.99/Paperback
297x210 mm/64 pages
Black flag: Picture Books 8
Purple Flag nd a s The perfect way to introduce the beginner reader
p aBooks: All titles 64 pages, B&W, €6.99, paperback
Reading Age
for Beginner 5+ towiththelotswonderful
Readers world of books. Exciting stories
of illustration and simple text.
Muckeen the Pig The Little Black Sheep
By Fergus Lyons By Elizabeth Shaw
Muckeen loves being dirty and muddy. And he This charming book tells the adventures of an
loves his food. But when he is taken to market outcast little black sheep: how he saved the
Muckeen does not like it at all! Still, Muckeen whole flock in a snowstorm, put Polo the bossy
is a smart pig too and he finds a way out! sheepdog in his place - and gave the shepherd
Panda 1 a great idea!
ISBN 978-0-86278-528-4 A story about being different, and becoming a
hero.
Panda 6
No Shoes for Tom ISBN 978-0-86278-463-8
By Una Leavy, Illustrated by Margaret Suggs
Tom just HATES wearing shoes! He has such A Garden for Tom
fun with his bare toes. But then the snow By Una Leavy, Illustrated by Margaret Suggs
comes … Panda 2 Tom would love to have his very own gar-
ISBN 978-0-86278-526-0 den and Dad arranges it for him. But Tom is
impatient. Things are not growing fast enough
for him …
Panda 7
ISBN 978-0-86278-568-0
Ribbit, Ribbit
By Anne Marie Herron, Illustrated by Stephen
Hall Sinead the Dancer
Freddy loves being a frog! 'Ribbit, ribbit,' he By Anna Donovan, Illustrated by Susan Cooper
says when anyone talks to him. It's great fun Sinead wants to learn dancing, but what type?
for a while, then everyone gets tired of Freddy Irish dancing? Ballet? Sinead just doesn't fit in.
and his antics. But he will not give it up. He is What can she do? Panda 8
a frog and he will stay a frog. Until Polly comes ISBN 978-0-86278-571-0
up with a good idea … Panda 3
ISBN 978-0-86278-527-7
Fireman Sinead
By Anna Donovan, Illustrated by Susan Katie's Caterpillars
Cooper By Stephanie Dagg, Illustrated by Stephen Hall
Sinead has decided what she will be when Katie just loves her pet caterpillars. Then she
she's big – a fireman. There are no women goes on holiday and can't wait to greet them on
fireman everyone tells her, but Sinead doesn't her return. To her dismay they have changed!
listen … Panda 4 Who wants silly old butterflies as pets? Not our
ISBN 978-0-86278-529-1 Katie …Panda 9
ISBN 978-0-86278-572-7
Amy's Wonderful Nest
By Gordon Snell, Illustrated by Fergus Lyons Katie's Cake
Amy, a little robin, is alone and has to fend for By Stephanie Dagg, Illustrated by Stephen Hall
herself. She decides to build a nest, but she Katie finds that it's not easy to replace icing
doesn't know how! Panda 5 once you've licked it all off the cake.
ISBN 978-0-86278-530-7 Panda 12
ISBN 978-0-86278-617-5
9 Purple flag books: Reading Age 5+
Granny Makes a Mess My Dog Lively
By Brianóg Brady Dawson, Illustrated By Patrick Deeley, Illustrated by Martin Fagan
by Michael Connor Jenny finally gets the puppy she has always
Why does everyone blame Danny for the longed for, but she soon realises that pets can
mess, when Granny did it? Panda 12 be a lot of hard work. Panda 19
ISBN 978-0-86278-612-0 ISBN 978-0-86278-723-3
Barry's New Bed Ducks in Trouble
By Una Leavy, Illustrated by Moira McNamara By Patrice Aggs, Illustrated by Patrice Aggs
Your first real bed is a big adventure – but a On the farm, some very strange noises are
little scary too! Panda 14 keeping the farmer awake!
ISBN 978-0-86278-644-1 ISBN 978-1-84717-154-2
Danny's Sick Trick Bad Hair Day
By Brianóg Brady Dawson, Illustrated By Catherine Doolan, Illustrated by Maeve
by Michael Connor Kelly
Danny hates Auntie Bessie's dinners so much Finn is trying desperately to be cool, but noth-
that he decides to get sick so that he won't ing works. Until he tackles his hair...Panda 22
have to visit her! Another hilarious Danny ISBN 978-0-86278-748-6
story. Panda 15
ISBN 978-0-86278-689-2
Spotty Sally Conor's Cowboy Suit
By Anne Marie Herron, Illustrated by Stephen By Gillian Perdue, Illustrated by Michael
Hall Connor
Sally ADORES spots and dots and she'll nev- When Conor's parents give him a present of a
er, ever get tired of them! Or will she? Panda cowboy suit he wants to wear it all the time -
16 even to school! Panda 23
ISBN 978-0-86278-640-3 ISBN 978-0-86278-778-3
Danny and Baby Do It All The Big Brother
By Brianóg Brady Dawson, Illustrated By Stephanie Dagg, Illustrated by Alan Clarke
by Michael Connor Dara will soon be a big brother! But what does
Why does Danny Brown want his baby sister a big brother do for a little baby?Panda 24
Susie's Baby Do-it-all? It can only mean more ISBN 978-0-86278-779-0
TROUBLE for poor Danny! Panda 17
ISBN 978-0-86278-690-8
Snip Snip! Conor's Concert
By Creina Mansfield, Illustrated by Maeve Kelly By Gillian Perdue, Illustrated by Michael
Erin loves to cut things with her scissors, but Connor
cutting things can cause lots of trouble. Panda Conor is learning the piano. He makes up his
18 own very special music. But will it do for the
ISBN 978-0-86278-722-6 concert?
Panda 26
ISBN 978-0-86278-847-6
Purple flag books: Reading Age 5+ 10Strawberry Squirt Pageboy Danny
By Patrice Aggs By Brianóg Brady Dawson, Illustrated
Strawberry Squirt is a great game, but the by Michael Connor
rabbits don't want Short Legs to play.Panda 27 Uncle Ted is getting married and Danny will
ISBN 978-0-86278-805-6 play a special part at the wedding. But, as
usual, Danny has other ideas...
Panda 34
ISBN 978-0-86278-950-3
Helpful Hannah Conor's Canvas
By Marie Burlington By Gillian Perdue, Illustrated by Michael
Hannah is amazing.She can fix anything. Connor
Granny would prefer her to knit and sew and Conor’s class are all painting special pictures
cook. for a show. Will Conor's painting be chosen to
But Granny is in for a surprise one stormy, hang in a real gallery?
snowy morning...Panda 29 Panda 35
ISBN 978-0-86278-837-7 ISBN 978-1-84717-875-6
Shoestring Soup Where's Murphy?
By Fergus Lyons By Anna Donovan, Illustrated by Tatyana
The poor man is TIRED of shoestring soup. He Feeney
tries eating a cookerybook sandwich -- yuck! Murphy is Rory’s best friend.
He even tries being a duck -- Quack Quack! Every day they play together.
-- to get some nice crusts of bread. But nothing But one day Rory cannot find Murphy ... Panda
works. What can he do? 36
Panda 30 ISBN 978-1-84717-081-1
ISBN 978-0-86278-871-1
Tina and the Tooth Fairy Danny's Crazy Christmas
By Gordon Snell, Illustrated by Peter Blodau By Brianóg Brady Dawson, Illustrated
Tina is always in trouble! And the tooth fairy? by Michael Connor
She is never in trouble. Oh dear! How will Danny decides to dispose of some unwanted
these two get on? Can they ever have fun presents in order to make room for more of his
together? Panda 31 own, with hilarious consequences...Panda 37
ISBN 978-0-86278-601-4 ISBN 978-1-84717-124-5
Lighthouse Joey Emma the Penguin
By Marie Burlington By Sarah Webb, Illustrated by Anne O'Hara
Lighthouse Joey and his friend Danny find a Emma has to be a penguin in the school play,
pair of strange boots. Could they belong to the but she is NOT happy about it.
old pirate Jumping Jack? Panda 33 Panda 38
ISBN 978-0-86278-945-9 ISBN 978-1-84717-195-5
Muckeen and the UFO Muckeen and the Big Freeze
By Fergus Lyons By Fergus Lyons,
A big silver spaceship beams Muckeen up into It's snowing and Muckeen is looking forward to
the sky! Panda 28 lots of fun! But - Oh! - trapped in his shed, he is
ISBN 978-0-86278-832-2 not happy at all.
Then Mr and Mrs Farmer dug their way to his
shed, bringing with them a duvet! And they
have a plan to help keep Muckeen and all the
other animals warm and comfy!
ISBN 978-1-84717-243-3
11 Purple flag books: Reading Age 5+A new look for Danny Brown: full co-
lour throughout, with speech bubbles
for added fun!
Danny Brown and the Talking Danny Brown and the Big Surprise
Teeth By Brianóg Brady Dawson, Illustrated
By Brianóg Brady Dawson, Illustrated by Michael Connor
by Michael Connor Danny’s back! And he’s in trouble with Gran-
Danny Brown is always in trouble. ny - again! This time he has to keep Granny’s
Why did he take Granny’s teeth to school? secret until Mum’s birthday, but Danny isn’t
Just WHAT was he thinking? very good at being good. Can he keep the
Now Mum is cross, teacher is cross, secret without getting into trouble? What do
and Granny is VERY cross. you think?
But Danny was only having fun, wasn’t he? ISBN 978-1-78849-010-8
ISBN 978-1-84717-879-4 €6.99/£6.50/Paperback
€6.99/£6.50/Paperback 196x130 mm/64 pages
196x130 mm/64 pages Danny Brown and his Daft Dog
Danny Brown and the Monster By Brianóg Brady Dawson, Illustrated
by Michael Connor,
Toothbrush It’s freezing at the park! Granny has warm
By Brianóg Brady Dawson, Illustrated
socks. Baby Susie has a warm hat. Poor
by Michael Connor
Keeno has nothing to keep him warm. Not
Danny hates brushing his teeth, so when he
to worry... Danny has a plan. What could go
gets a new toothbrush he wants to get rid of it!
wrong?
He tries flushing it down the toilet, burying it in
ISBN 978-1-78849-011-5
the garden and throwing it for Keano, his dog,
€6.99/£6.50/Paperback
but it keeps coming back!
196x130 mm/64 pages
A fun story about a boy who can’t help getting
into trouble. Illustrated in colour throughout.
ISBN 978-1-84717-880-0
€6.99/£6.50/Paperback
196x130 mm/64 pages
Purple flag books: Reading Age 5+ 12Yellow Flag Books: Reading Age 6+
Trouble for Tuffy Don't Open that Box
By Ann Bermingham, By Marie Burlington By Conor McHale
Katie and Ted get into serious trouble while Belzoni the cat and Greta the chicken try to get
Mum is out – but Tuffy the dog saves the day. to grips with a hungry crocodile that has just
ISBN 978-0-86278-554-3 eaten Granny.
€6.99/£6.50/Paperback ISBN 978-0-86278-705-9
130x196 mm/64 pages €6.99/£6.50/Paperback
130x196 mm/64 pages
The Big Fight Fishbum and Splat!
By Frank Murphy, Ill. Kieron Black By Conor McHale
The hero Cúchulainn is forced to fight his Fishbum and Splat are two demons whose
friend Ferdia in this epic story of Queen Maeve fondest wish is to stargaze. But there are no
and the Brown Bull of Cooley. A simple retell- stars where they live! A trip to Heaven gives
ing for younger readers. them the chance to collect a star.
ISBN 978-0-86278-451-5 ISBN 978-0-86278-735-6
€6.99/£6.50/Paperback €6.99/£6.50/Paperback
130x196 mm/64 pages 130x196 mm/64 pages
Ed's Funny Feet Robots Don't Cry!
By Eoin Colfer, Illustrated by Woody Fox By Bob Byrne
Ed Cooper has a problem with his big toes. Bimbot finds himself in a wood filled with
Even his DIY foot-straighteners don't work and unusual animals when he is thrown out of the
he has to wear very uncool 'correction shoes'. tree-house gang for crying.
ISBN 978-0-86278-650-2 Can his new friends help him out?
€6.99/£6.50/Paperback ISBN 978-1-84717-005-7
130x196 mm/64 pages €6.99/£6.50/Paperback
130x196 mm/64 pages
Anna's Secret Granny Blue, Where Are You?
By Stephanie Dagg, Illustrated by Phillip By Wes Magee, Ill. Margaret Suggs
Morrison On their first evening in their new home, Josh
Anna doesn't have a real granny, so she draws and Jo's cat Blue is nowhere to be found. Will
herself one. Then her Granny steps out of the Josh and Jo find their missing cat?
picture and comes to life! Flyer 5 ISBN 978-1-84717-009-5
ISBN 978-0-86278-686-1 €6.99/£6.50/Paperback
€6.99/£6.50/Paperback 130x196 mm/64 pages
130x196 mm/64 pages
Jigsaw Stew The Little Witch Who Can't Spell
By Conor McHale By Marie Burlington
Jack MacAnoolie tries to save his family when Little Willow Witch can’t spell. Her magic spells
they eat stew made from a jigsaw! are all mixed up. Then she finds a wand, a
ISBN 978-0-86278-688-5 powerful wizard’s wand...
€6.99/£6.50/Paperback ISBN 978-0-86278-982-4
130x196 mm/64 pages €6.99/£6.50/Paperback
130x196 mm/64 pages
Ed's Bed Mad Grandad's Doppelganger
By Eoin Colfer, Illustrated by Woody Fox By Oisín McGann
Ed Cooper's life is never dull. He has started to Grandad has lost his car and Lenny is helping
wet his bed and he can't learn his time-tables. him look for it. But Grandad is acting strange…
ISBN 978-0-86278-679-3 ISBN 978-1-84717-197-9
€6.99/£6.50/Paperback €6.99/£6.50/Paperback
130x196 mm/64 pages 130x196 mm/64 pages
13 Yellow flag books: Reading Age 6+Mad Grandad Alfie Green
Mad Grandad and the Robot Alfie Green and the Magical Gift
Garden By Joe O'Brien, Illustrated by Jean Texier
By Oisín McGann The first book in an enchanting series of ad-
A Mad Grandad story: the new robot gardener ventures featuring a boy whose life every child
looks like a great way to cut down on boring will want to have.
work: but the robot has other plans! ISBN 978-1-84717-041-5
ISBN 978-1-84717-869-5 €7.99/£7.50/Paperback
€6.99/£6.50/Paperback 130x196 mm/80 pages
130x196 mm/64 pages Alfie Green and a Sink Full of
Mad Grandad and the Flying Frogs
Saucer By Joe O'Brien, Illustrated by Jean Texier
By Oisín McGann The second book in an enchanting new series
Lenny and Mad Grandad take their new flying of adventures featuring a boy whose life every
saucer for its first flight. Getting into space is child will want to have.
easy: getting home alive might be harder! ISBN 978-1-84717-079-8
ISBN 978-1-84717-870-1 €7.99/£7.50/Paperback
€6.99/£6.50/Paperback 130x196 mm/80 pages
130x196 mm/64 pages Alfie Green and the Bee-Bottle
Mad Grandad and the Mutant Gang
River By Joe O'Brien, Illustrated by Jean Texier
By Oisín McGann The third book in an enchanting new series of
Lenny goes fishing with his grandad, and he is adventures featuring a boy whose life every
amazed when they drag up a mermaid in her child will want to have.
car! But then they find there is much, much ISBN 978-1-84717-054-5
worse waiting for them in the deep and dirty €7.99/£7.50/Paperback
river ... 130x196 mm/80 pages
ISBN 978-1-84717-960-9 Alfie Green and the Fly-Trapper
€6.99/£6.50/Paperback By Joe O'Brien, Illustrated by Jean Texier
130x196 mm/64 pages Alfie Green is back, this time grappling with a
Mad Grandad and the Wicked giant Venus Fly-Trap which threatens to eat
everything in his house.
Pictures ISBN 978-1-84717-072-9
By Oisín McGann
€7.99/£7.50/Paperback
Grandad and Lenny are trying to paint the
130x196 mm/80 pages
living-room. But Grandad's paint is very old
and it's gone all strange. Everything they paint
comes alive. And the pictures are evil …and Alfie Green and the Monkey
very hungry! Puzzler
ISBN 978-1-84717-961-6 The circus has come to town. But it's no
€6.99/£6.50/Paperback ordinary circus. All the kids from Budsville are
130x196 mm/64 pages really excited, except for Alfie who suspects all
Mad Grandad and the Kleptoes is not what it seems ...
By Oisín McGann ISBN 978-1-84717-174-0
Things keep disappearing down the back of €7.99/£7.50/Paperback
Grandad's sofa -- who, or what, has taken 130x196 mm/80 pages
them? When Lenny and Grandad discover the Alfie Green and the Conker King
Kleptoes and their hideout, things turn nasty. By Joe O'Brien, Illustrated by Jean Texier
ISBN 978-1-78849-046-7 It’s time for the Budsville Primary School
€6.99/£6.50/Paperback Conker Championship, and Alfie needs to find
130x196 mm/64 pages a special conker. Alfie Green Book 6
ISBN 978-1-84717-283-9
€7.99/£7.50/Paperback
130x196 mm/80 pages
Yellow flag books: Reading Age 6+ 14Alfie Green and the Supersonic Marco: Moonwalker
Subway By Gerry Boland, Ill. Áine McGuinness
When the Emerald Cactus in the Desert of In their latest escapade, Marco Moonwalker,
Doom explodes, Budsville is covered in spar- Patrick discovers that Marco can play the
kling green sand ... Soon the evil Desert Elves trombone, banjo and even dance like Michael
will arrive on their Scorpion Chariots. How can Jackson! But disaster strikes when he is spot-
Alfie stop them? ted without his mask: how will Patrick and Mum
ISBN 978-1-84717-592-2 get him out of the Zoo again?
€7.99/£7.50/Paperback ISBN 978-1-84717-301-0
130x196 mm/80 pages €7.99/£7.50/Hardback
142x210 mm/64 pages
Alfie Green and the Chocolate
Cosmos The Lough Neagh Monster
Budsville’s chocolate fair cancelled? No way, By Sam McBratney, Illustrated by Donald
Alfie decides. Chocolate seeds from Arcania Teskey
are the answer, but only if he can survive the When NESSIE arrives from Scotland to visit
Roaring Rainforest, the vicious Spider Plant her monster cousin NOBLETT there is bound
and the Forest Ogre. to be trouble.
ISBN 978-1-84717-196-2 Noblett loves his peaceful secret garden and
€7.99/£7.50/Hardback has little time for his troublesome cousin from
130x177 mm/76 pages Loch Ness.
ISBN 978-0-86278-375-4
Alfie Green and the Snowdrop €6.99/£6.50/Paperback
Queen 130x196 mm/80 pages
It’s Christmas Eve in Budsville and Alfie Green
wishes it would snow. Only the Snowdrop The Most Beautiful Letter in the
Queen can help his wish come true. World
ISBN 978-1-84717-120-7 By Karl O'Neill, Illustrated by Emma Byrne
€7.99/£7.50/Hardback Poppy finds a mysterious red envelope in the
130x177 mm/76 pages park - where did it come from and who is it for?
An extraordinary gift book - as seen on a park
A Rather Remarkable bench near you!
Grizzly Bear ISBN 978-1-84717-011-8
€9.99/£8.99/Paperback
Marco Moves In 140x196 mm/64 pages
By Gerry Boland, Illus. Áine McGuinness The Leprechaun Who Wished He
‘A grizzly bear walked all the way from the zoo
to my front door and not a single person no- Wasn't
ticed him. I suppose it helped that it was night, By Siobhán Parkinson, Illus. Donald Teskey
and that he was wearing a big black duffle Laurence is a leprechaun who has been small
coat.’ Patrick welcomes his unexpected guest for 1100 years and is sick of it! He wants to
and keeps him hidden from the neighbours, be TALL. He wants to be cool. Then he meet
police and his very distractable mum! Phoebe, a large girl who wants to be small.
ISBN 978-1-84717-229-7 ISBN 978-0-86278-334-1
€7.99/£7.50/Hardback €5.99/£5.50/Paperback
142x210 mm/64 pages 130x196 mm/80 pages
Marco: Master of Disguise Here, There and Everywhere
By Gerry Boland, Illus. Áine McGuinness Stories from Many Lands
‘Most of my class class had a pet of some sort. By Liz Weir
But no one I knew had a grizzly bear sleeping Why do skunks have an awful smell? What
in their garden shed. Marco wasn't a pet, of would the sky taste like? Was the snow always
course. He was my friend. My best friend.’ white?
Can Patrick stop Marco being sent back to ISBN 978-0-86278-869-8
the zoo? An absurd and hilarious tale of real €5.95/£5.50/Paperback
friendship. 130x196 mm/80 pages
ISBN 978-1-84717-273-0
€7.99/£7.50/Hardback
142x210 mm/64 pages
15 Yellow flag books: Reading Age 6+Red Flag Books: Reading Age 8+
Demon from the Deep End Jimmy's Leprechaun Trap
By James Allison, Illustrated by Dani Cruz By Dan Kissane, Illustrated by Angela Clarke
When Liam Brodie, his sister Sophie and Surely leprechauns are cute little fellows who
horror-movie fan Evan are offered a free trip do no harm to anyone? Be warned! They
to Spain they jump at the chance. They’re not are nasty little creatures, just waiting for the
expecting to star in their own real-life horror chance to trick someone ... like Jimmy!
story… ISBN 978-0-86278-512-3
ISBN 978-1-84717-134-4 €6.95/£6.50/Paperback
€6.99/£6.50/Paperback 196x130 mm/96 pages
196x130 mm/80 pages
Milo and One Dead Angry Druid Juliet's Story
By Mary Arrigan By William Trevor, Illustrated by Alan Clarke
When Shane’s gran digs up a weird ancient William Trevor's only book for children. Juliet
stone, best buddies Milo and Shane find them- loves stories, but she doesn't have any of her
selves face to face with its owner − one dead own.
angry druid. ISBN 978-0-86278-823-0
ISBN 978-1-84717-351-5 €6.50/£5.99/Paperback
€7.99/£7.50/Paperback 196x130 mm/128 pages
196x130 mm/112 pages
Milo and The Raging Chieftains Wolfgran
By Mary Arrigan By Finbar O'Connor, Illus. Martin Fagan
Two days before the Grand Opening of the A sequel to Little Red Riding Hood, Wolfgran
local restored Castle, Milo is whooshed back is a wonderfully irreverent take on the world
through time to sort out an ancient battle and of fairy tales. Disguised as a little old lady, the
save nice Miss Lee who has been abducted Wolf is causing mayhem as he prowls the city.
because she is descended from Macanbhaird, ISBN 978-0-86278-730-1
the Chieftain of the Castle. €6.50/£5.99/Paperback
ISBN 978-1-84717-561-8 196x130 mm/80 pages
€7.99/£7.50/Paperback
196x130 mm/176 pages
Ice Dreams
Milo and the Pirate Sisters By Grace Wells, Illustrated by Lisa Jackson
By Mary Arrigan Twins Nina and Alex live on the beautiful island
When ghostly Mr Lewis has to leave his cosy of Naxos. One day their grandfather senses
home in the castle, Milo and Shane help set something terrible is coming ...but when people
him up in a local ruined mill. Little do they work together anything is possible!
know the danger this puts him in, and the ISBN 978-1-84717-498-7
trouble it will cause for themselves –and this €5.99/£5.99/Paperback
time Mr Lewis can’t help them. 196x130 mm/128 pages
ISBN 978-1-84717-562-5
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196x130 mm/176 pages
The Poison Factory
By Oisín McGann
Diabolic Downloads When Gaz loses his football and his little
By Jim Halligan, Illus. Fabian Erlinghäuser brother there's nothing for it but to go into the
We all like to get something for free ... right? spooky chemical factory to get them back! But
But some gifts come with strings attached. Kanker & Byle is no ordinary factory...
ISBN 978-1-84717-065-1 ISBN 978-0-86278-941-1
€6.99/£6.50/Paperback €6.95/£6.50/Paperback
196x130 mm/80 pages 196x130 mm/96 pages
Red flag books: Reading Age 8+ 16The Clubhouse Mystery Charlie Harte and his Two-
By Erika McGann, Illustrated by Vince Reid Wheeled Tiger
There’s an intruder in the clubhouse! By Frank Murphy, Illus. Celine Kiernan
The gang find the door left open, crumbs on Charlie makes a strange-looking bike from
the table and hairs on the floor. Someone has old bits and pieces - not exactly cool, but
been sneaking in when nobody’s home. But full of character - which changes his life!
who? Join Cass and the Bubble Street Gang ISBN 978-0-86278-532-1
as they investigate. €6.50/£5.99/Paperback
ISBN 978-1-84717-920-3
196x130 mm/96 pages
€7.99/£7.50/Paperback
196x130 mm/160 pages
Making Millions Adam's Starling
By Gillian Perdue, Illus. Barry Reynolds
By Erika McGann, Illustrated by Vince Reid
Winner of the Eilís Dillon Memorial Award.
The gang need money and quick, and they
Adam's Starling tells the story of nine-year-
have some super-genius ideas on how to
old Adam who is finding life very diffficult.
make it! Like Operation Start a Company,
At home no-one has any time for him and
Make Loads of Money for Nicholas’s Project
at school bullies pick on him.
and Probably Also Become Millionaires!
ISBN 978-0-86278-685-4
ISBN 978-1-84717-921-0
€6.95/£6.50/Paperback
€7.99/£7.50/Paperback
196x130 mm/160 pages
196x130 mm/192 pages
Diary Detectives
By Erika McGann, Illustrated by Vince Reid
Tommy the Theatre Cat
By Maureen Potter, Illus. David Rooney
While helping with a car boot sale, Cass finds
Tommy lives an adventurous life, full of
a very old diary. It talks about picking on the
variety and fun. He gets entangled in
drama kids on the bus, and a horrible prank
events both onstage and offstage. He even
played during their end-of-year show. Who
co-stars in the show!
wrote the diary? Can the Bubble Street Gang
ISBN 978-0-86278-919-0
unmask the wicked writer?
€6.95/£6.50/Paperback
Cass and the Bubble Street Gang Book 3
196x130 mm/80 pages
ISBN 978-1-78849-022-1
€7.99/£7.50/Paperback ION
196x130 mm/192 pages NEW EDIT The Supermarket Ghost
By Gordon Snell
Scavenger Hunt
Maria thinks it is going to be a dull summer
By Erika McGann, Illustrated by Vince Reid
until she meets a strange boy with an unu-
When an elderly woman called Carmella loses
sual request. An exciting and unpredictable
her locket, Cass must put her detective skills
ghost story for younger readers that's a
to the test to solve the mystery of golden
little scary, but not too scary!
locket.
CBI Cover competition-winning cover
ISBN 978-1-78849-093-1
ISBN 978-1-78849-212-6
€7.99/£7.50/Paperback
€7.95/£6.99/Paperback
196x130 mm/224 pages
196x130 mm/80 pages
The Great Pig Escape Ice Dreams
By Grace Wells, Illustrated by Lisa Jackson
By Linda Moller
Twins Nina and Alex Popadopolus live on
Runtling the pig and his siblings narrowly
the beautiful island of Naxos. One day their
escape the terrible fate of being sold at the
blind grandfather senses something terrible
market. While making their way across coun-
is coming ...This delightful story reminds us
try, they learn all sorts of new things about
that when people work together anything is
themselves, about humans and about the
possible!
world outside the farmyard.
ISBN 978-1-84717-045-3
ISBN 978-0-86278-667-0
€7.99/£7.50/Paperback
€6.99/£6.50/Paperback
196x130 mm/128 page
196x130 mm/144 pages
17 Red flag books: Reading Age 8+Blue flag books: Reading Age 10+
Sheila Agnew Marita Conlon-McKenna
Under the Hawthorn Tree
Marooned in Manhattan The first book in the famine trilogy
After Evie Brooks’ mother dies, she is forced to Under the Hawthorn Tree is Ireland's top
go live with her uncle Scott, a vet in New York selling children's book and a classic for young
City: between the pets, their owners, Scott readers worldwide. Set during the Irish famine,
and his lawyer girlfriend, the Summer quickly it follows three children as they travel across
becomes a whirlwind of change and activity! the country to find their family.
ISBN 978-1-84717-558-8 ISBN 978-0-86278-206-1
€7.99/£7.50/Paperback €9.99/£8.99/Paperback
196x130 mm/224 pages 196x130 mm/160 pages
Central Park Showdown Wildflower Girl
With the arrival of her father from Australia, The second book in the famine trilogy
Evie’s life is thrown into turmoil. Not only has At seven, Peggy made a terrifying journey
she to contend with a new woman in Scott’s through famine-stricken Ireland. Now thirteen,
life, but now she has to face the prospect of a and determined to make a new life for herself,
custody battle between her uncle and her fa- she sets off alone to America …
ther. Can Evie’s friends rally and convince her ISBN 978-0-86278-283-2
father to withdraw his application for custody? €9.99/£8.99/Paperback
ISBN 978-1-84717-559-5 196x130 mm/176 pages
€7.99/£7.50/Paperback
196x130 mm/240 pages Fields of Home
The final book in the famine trilogy
NEW
Anna Carey For Eily, Michael and Peggy the memory of
the famine is still strong. But Mary-Brigid, Eily's
The Boldness of Betty first child, has the future to look forward to.
It’s summer 1913 and Betty Rafferty has had What kind of future is it?
to leave school aged 14. She is lucky to gets ISBN 978-0-86278-509-3
a job in a sweet shop, but is bored and looks €9.99/£8.99/Paperback
with envy at her customers who attend the 196x130 mm/192 pages
nearby posh girls school. But life in Dublin
The Blue Horse
becomes anything but boring when industrial
Katie's whole world is turned upside down
unrest brings the city to a halt.
when her family's home is destroyed by fire.
ISBN 978-1-78849-123-5
Everything they had is gone, and instead of
€9.99/£8.99/Paperback
pulling together it seems as though her family
196x130 mm/416 pages
is falling apart.
The Making of Mollie ISBN 978-0-86278-305-1
Mollie Carberry’s life seems pretty dull until €8.99/£7.99/Paperback
she discovers her older sister Phyllis is a 196x130 mm/176 pages
suffragette! When she and her friend Nora get
No Goodbye
involved they must face the question of how far
It's hard to pretend that everything is normal
a girl should go for her beliefs.
when your whole life has been turned upside
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down … Four children come to terms with their
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Mollie Carberry is a suffragette! Well, sort of. 196x130 mm/176 pages
Mollie and her best friend Nora have been
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though no one else really knows about it. But
when they hear a big protest is being planned,
they know they have to take part.
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Blue flag books: Reading Age 10+ 18A Girl Called Blue The Wish List
The orphanage is the only home Blue has ever Meg Finn dies after a botched attempt to rob
known. She is desperate to find out who she a pensioner, Lowry: her soul is up for grabs as
really is. The closed file in stern Sister Regina's the divine and demonic each want her! How
office holds the secret of her identity. And that can she tip the scales in her favour to save her
is forbidden territory ... soul? A tale of life, death and an unexpected
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Safe Harbour
Sophie and Hugh are left homeless when their
house is bombed during the London Blitz.
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is away fighting, so the children are sent to
Lily at Lissadell
The time has come for Lily and her friends to
their grandfather in Ireland.
leave school and find work; some are emigrat-
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Lily is going into service in the Big House –
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Lissadell. A warm and engaging story about
In Deep Dark Wood friendship, life in the early 20th century and
When Bella Blackwell moves in next door, life how the political world affects everyone.
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become real. A thrilling adventure story. NEW
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Lily Steps Up
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196x130 mm/208 pages Nellie is overjoyed when Lily and Maeve man-
age to track down her sister, Johanna, and fix it
so she comes to Lissadell. But when a valua-
Eoin Colfer ble locket goes missing, Johanna is the chief
Benny and Omar suspect; should Lily take the blame, so that the
Moving to Tunisia is a real eye-opener for a sisters can stay together?
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Alice and Megan series
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‘Hilarious -- there is hardly a page which will
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not have a reader laughing aloud’
The Irish Times Alice Next Door
Best friends NEED to be together. Don't they?
Megan's best friend Alice has moved away
Benny and Babe -- but the two friends hatch a risky plot to get
Benny suffers a severe blow to his pride when
back together.
he meets Babe. He may be a wise guy, but
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she is at least three steps ahead of him, and
they are on her territory.
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196x130 mm/240 pages Alice Again
‘there is a sequence ... of about twenty pages Alice and Megan are back!
[that] is one of the most sustained pieces of While enjoying spring mid-term together they
comic writing that I have come across in an plot to get rid of Alice's Mum's new boyfriend.
adult or children’s book. It’s brilliant.’ More fun with Alice and Megan!
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19 Blue flag books: Reading Age 10+The Eva series
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Eva's Journey
Eva is the girl with everything. Her parents
throw her lavish parties in their luxury home,
and her friends admire her designer clothes
and manicured nails. But Eva’s world is turned
Don't Ask Alice upside down when her father loses his job.
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trouble! Alice decides to try and get her parents back together, but
things don't go according to plan...
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Alice in the Middle Eva Gordon likes fashion, fun and hanging out
Megan can’t wait to go away to Summer Camp with her best friend with friends, so she can't believe she is stuck
Alice. But when Alice makes friends with Hazel, Megan begins to all summer with Kate, who doesn't care about
feel left out. ISBN 978-1-84717-673-8/256 pages being cool. But when the girls have to pull
together to solve a problem, Eva finds out that
Bonjour Alice there's more to life than having the right hair or
Megan’s really looking forward to the summer holidays – her whole clothes and sometimes 'weird' girls can make
family is going to France, and best of all Alice is coming! the best friends.
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Leave it to Eva
Fun, feisty Eva Gordon always tries to help her
friends, but this time she might have a problem
that’s too big even for her …
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Alice & Megan Forever
Megan and Alice are starting secondary school; with new subjects, Eva and the Hidden Diary
new teachers and new friends, it’s going to take a bit of getting When Eva and Kate find an old diary, they end
used to. up determined to right old wrongs! But they
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the present, too, is throwing all sorts of chal-
Alice to the Rescue, lenges at them …
Everyone in first year is really excited about the big prize in the
But when the girls get together they can handle
English essay competition - but it causes huge problems for Alice
anything!
and Megan's friendship.
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Viva Alice!, Only Eva
Alice and Megan go to Lanzarote with Grace, for some fun in the
Eva Gordon doesn't like mysteries – so when
sun. But life's never simple when Alice is around, and now she
new girl Aretta hurries away after school every
wants to fix Grace’s brother’s love life!
day Eva's determined to find out why. And
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Aretta's not the only person Eva's interested in
– her friend's granny has been parted from her
Alice & Megan's Cookbook beloved dog, so Eva decides to cheer her up.
A fun-filled cookbook, packed with brilliant But can she?
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es . Super Snacks . Marvellous Main Courses .
Delicious Desserts . Cakes & Cookies.
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