by admin | Apr 14, 2014 | Book Reviews
Eoin Madden is young boy who aspires to play for Ireland’s rugby squad in the future. While becoming captain of his school rugby team he has to put up with his friends and the dilemma of whether or not to tell the coach to put them in the starting 15. Eoin Madden goes...
by admin | Oct 16, 2013 | Hallowe'en, Reading
This is a Hallowe’en-themed guide to scary stories for children compiled by South Dublin Libraries. It contains a list of twenty books that are suitable for the Hallowe’en season. The usual array of seasonal creatures feature in the list – ghosts,...
by admin | May 13, 2013 | Competitions
To coincide with the publication on this website of the Study Guide for “The Sleeping Baobab Tree” by Paula Leyden, the author and her publisher, Walker Books, have given us four copies of the book to give away on the site. “The Sleeping Baobab Tree”, like...
by admin | Mar 13, 2013 | Book Reviews
I just couldn’t put it down! The standard of writing is brilliant! I would absolutely recommend this book to my friends. Thirteen year old Finbar is from Queenstown, Co.Cork. His father is the staff captain of a huge liner called the Lusitania. Finbar’s father has to...
by admin | May 3, 2012 | Competitions
Thanks to all of the teachers and student teachers who entered our competition for a copy of “The Butterfly Heart” by Paula Leyden. Thanks also to both Paula herself and Walker Books, her publisher, for sponsoring the prizes. Some people found one or two of the...
