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| Book Reviews - Irish / Gaelic Books |
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| Little Croker |
Joe O'Brien
€7.99, O'Brien Press
'How do you play every game?' yelled Mick.
'Like the All-Ireland final!' cheered the whole dressing room.
Danny Wilde wants one thing more than anything else in the world and that’s to get his GAA team, Littlestown Crokes, to the top of the League.
But when things go horribly wrong, can they make it after all? Danny comes up with a brilliant plan, but needs a whole lot of help to make it work...
The first title in a fantastic new GAA fiction eries from the popular author of Alfie Green - with real boy-appeal!
With convincing and authentic action on the pitch and a unique GAA theme that will appeal to reluctant readers aged nine years and over. |
| Ultimate Guide to Gaelic Football |
Gavin Mortimer
€9.99, Gill & Macmillan
Want to know how to score goals like Peter Canavan? Or how to save them like Diarmaid Martin? Top tips throughout this book show children how to improve their playing skills.
· Learn how to perfect hand and fist passes
· Improve tackling skills including the shoulder charge and slapping the ball from an opponent’s hand
· Practise punt, hook and penalty kicks
· Learn what the referee, umpires and linesmen do and what their signals mean
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| Henny Penny Tree, The |
Siobhán Parkinson
€5.99, O'Brien Press
A new tale in a traditional style!
Great Uncle Fergus gives a gold coin, a silver coin and a copper coin to his three nieces, Tall One, Middling and Littlest.
Now, you can buy lots of lovely things with gold and silver, but what can the Littlest girl do with her copper coin?
Why did she get stuck with that one?
Large print and uncomplicated text with illustrations on every page make this ideal for beginner readers.
Purple Flag reader for ages five years plus. |
| The Riddle |
Felicity Hayes-Coy
€5.99, O'Brien Press
A new version of a Goban Saor story.
The Gobán Saor is the best craftsman in the whole world. But he is in big trouble.
He must use his secret weapon: a special riddle.
Will it save him from the King of Greece?
Large print and uncomplicated text with illustrations on every page make this ideal for beginner readers.
Purple Flag reader for ages five years plus.
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| Finn's Thumb |
Felicity Hayes-McCoy
€5.99, O'Brien Press
A new version of The Salmon Of Knowledge.
Why is Finn’s thumb special? When Finn needs to know something all he has to do is bite hard on his thumb!
How did Finn come to have such a special thumb?
Large print and uncomplicated text with illustrations on every page make this ideal for beginner readers.
Purple Flag reader for ages five years plus.
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| Story of Ireland, The |
Brendan O'Brien - Illustrated by Cartoon Saloon
€19.99, O'Brien
The O’Brien Press is one of the few Irish publishers willing to take a
chance on ambitious illustrated projects – think of their award-winning
poetry collection, ‘Something Beginning With P’ (2005). The Story of Ireland
is another O’Brien Press book which is bound to win praise from children and
adults alike. Written in a lively, informal style its attractive pages are
full of informative facts broken down into child-friendly, bite-sized
pieces, ideal for internet savvy modern youngsters. From Celts to the Celtic
Tiger, it’s a rollercoaster ride through Irish history.
The excellent illustrations by Cartoon Saloon, a group of highly talented
young artists and animators based in Kilkenny, are full of witty, authentic
detail. Their work has an almost child-like exuberance and I particularly
like the delicate, wafting verdigris ‘statue’ heads and the chubby American
tourists in tartan trousers outside the GPO, both in the ‘Statues with a
Story’ chapter. There are also maps and photographs, old and new. Every
household in Ireland should have a copy, not to mention libraries and
schools. I can’t recommend it highly enough. A triumph! [SW]
SEE ALSO: www.cartoonsaloon.ie
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| Éasca Péasca |
AINE NÍ GHLINN
€6.95, CLÓ UÍ BHRIAIN/THE O’BRIEN PRESS
Féachann Niamh agus Aonghus ar Mharie-Claire, an au pair nua, is cuireann
said seift le chéile chun fáil réidh leí. D’éirigh leo fáil réidh le
seachtar au pair roimpi is tá Marie-Claire ‘petite’ is óg go leor. Ach, ní
ghnáthbhean óg í Marie Claire, mar a fhaigheann an bheirt amach. Tá an
cinéal scéal seo coitianta i litríocht pháistí is níl tosach an leabhair
ró-iontach. Feabhasaíonn sé de réir mar a théann sé ar aghaidh is tá críoch
taitneamhach is éagsúil ag an scéal. [TÓD]
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| Faery Nights Oícheanta Sí |
Mícheál Mac Liammóir
€6.34, O'Brien Press
These lively stories, written in both Irish and English, tell of the extraordinary goings-on of ancient Ireland's festival nights. Written in the style of a seanchaí, this enchanting collection is in the very best tradition of fairy tales.
Mícheál Mac Liammóir (1899-1978) founded the Gate Theatre in Dublin with his partner Hilton Edwards in 1928. For fifty years afterwards their names were by-words for style in Irish life.
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| An Tain |
Colman O Raghallaigh
€10.00, Clo Mhaigh Eo
This is the story of Cuchulainn, Queen Meabh and the cattle-raid in which the brown bull of Cooley was captured, and it's told in graphic novel format. It's an ancient, familiar tale of smouldering jealousy, greed and war, given a contemporary twist with snappy dialogue, racy illustration, high colour and high drama. Seo e leabhar eile san sraith "The Cartoon Saloon" atá tosnaithe ag Colman Ó Raghallaigh chun léitheoreach san Gaeilge a spreagú dosna daoine óga agus atá maraon leis an tradisiún "Bandes Dessinés" a bhfuil comh tréan sin san bhFrainnc. Seo é insinnt thar bharr don scéal iontach sin An Táin Bó Cuailgne and tógtar beocht nua don scéal lena learaidi briomhar on ealainteoirí an Cartoon Saloon. |
| Irish Tales of Mystery & Magic |
Eddie Lenihan
£14.50, Mercier Press
A stunningly illustrated compilation by seanchaí Eddie Lenihan, which will charm, entertain and amuse children of all ages. From the story of Fionn McCumhaill’s bunions, to the Fianna’s concern over their rotting teeth, these stories tell of the adventures and bravery of the ancient Irish heroes in the face of scary and spooky challenges. |
| A Dublin Christmas |
Dan Boyd
£9.99, Mercier Press
On the day before Christmas Eve, two children, Niamh and Michel Clery, are accidentally separated from their parents while shopping. They discover a passageway down to Santa’s wonderland, which unbeknownst to Dubliners, has been under their city streets since the Ice Age slid the entire North Pole south, millions of years earlier. There, they go on a guided tour of the Wonderland by Santa himself, they discover the ‘truth’ about various Dublin landmarks, they learn about Santa’s amazing network of helpers that help him pull off the ‘impossible’ and Niamh, with her level-headed computer genius, manages to save Christmas! It is at the end however, that Santa’s Magic becomes most apparent, when his gift to the whole family is revealed. With their priorities straight, the Clery family know more than most ... that things in life aren’t always what they seem to be. |
| Mo Mhadra Beoga |
Patrick Deeley
£6.49, O'Brien
Ba bhreá le Jenny madra dá cuid féin. Ach is trioblóid an madra seo!
Bíonn sé ag tochailt sa ghairdín i gcónaí!
Bíonn sé i dtrioblóid i ‘Scoil na Madraí'!
Cad a dhéanfaidh Jenny? Sos 12 |
| An Buachaill Bó |
Gillian Perdue
£6.49, O'Brien
Is breá le Conor a chulaith Buachalla Bó.
'Yee Haw!' a deir sé.
Láha in airde!' Is í culaith Conor an rud is fearr ar domhan.
Ach an mbeidh sé ábalta í a chaitheamh ar scoil?
When Conor's parents give him a present of a cowboy suit he wants to wear it all the time. At school Conor is teased for his cowboy outfit, but he doesn't care. Then the other children in his class think it's great fun and they want to dress up too. So their teacher decides that all the class may dress up on Fridays. Even Teacher dresses up – as the sheriff - Conor and his cowboy suit started it all! Sos 13
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