The Romanian Builder

Joe had so many questions for the new builder: Which tool was the most important? What if you were afraid of heights? How do you put scaffolding together? He is really disappointed when he finds out that Radu doesn’t speak any English. Now he will never find out about...

Olanna’s Big Day

There’s great excitement when the school band is chosen to march in the Saint Patrick’s Day Parade. Olanna practises really hard on her tin whistle. At last the big day arrives and they line up with the stilt-walkers, the bagpipers, the dancing leprechauns. Then...

I Won’t Go to China

Poor Chang-ming! He has been picked for the school team but his family will be in China then, visiting his grandma. It’s not fair. ‘I won’t go to China,’ he decides. But what about Grandma? And isn’t a visit to China the most exciting thing ever? Especially when it’s...

The Dreaming Tree

Back home in Brazil, Roberto loved playing football. Now he lives in Ireland, and he’d really like to have a game with the boys in the park, but he’s too shy.  When his granny reminds him of the Brazilian story of the dreaming tree, he doesn’t see how a story can help...

Whose Feet?

A fun colourful lift the flap book series which will help children identify whose ears, nose and feet belong to which animal. This book by Jeanette Rowe is aimed at younger pupils. There are also companion books, “Whose Nose?” and “Whose Ears?” This document for the...

What Are Friends For?

Jefferson the big brown bear and Figgy Twosocks the little red fox are friends. They play together in the sunny green woods, they share the sky and the hills and the trees and they help each other. They know that that’s what friends are for. But when Figgy plays a...