by admin | Oct 16, 2010 | 1st/2nd, Class Novel
It’s boring, boring, BORING! Danny does NOT want to visit Auntie Bessie: she makes horrible dinners. How can he get out of it? Easy, peasy! Get sick, of course! What will happen to Danny next? This book by Brianóg Brady-Dawson is aimed at younger pupils....
by admin | Oct 16, 2010 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, Class Novel
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...
by admin | Oct 16, 2010 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, Class Novel
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...
by admin | Oct 16, 2010 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, Class Novel
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...
by admin | Oct 14, 2010 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, Class Novel
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...
