Book Reviews

Léirmheas: Ailfí agus an Vaimpír

by admin on 30/04/2013

Ailfí agus an VaimpírIs buachaill óg é Ailfí. Oibríonn a athair sa phictiúrlann agus tá a mháthair i dteach altranais , an-thinn. Is í Lindsí feiglhí an tí agus tugann sí aire do Ailfí. Tagann Ailfí ar Mharius sa scioból don chéad uair agus faigheann sé amach gur vaimpír é. Tá Ailfí chun cabhair a thabhairt do Mharius cónra a fháil agus a mhuintir a aimsiú mar tá siad áit éigin i dTrasalváin. Deireann Ailfí le Lindsí go bhfuil Marius chun fanacht leis agus cuireann siad bréagriocht air. [click to continue…]

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Book Review: SOS Lusitania

by admin on 13/03/2013

SOS LusitaniaI 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 work all over the world and Finbar misses him greatly whenever he has to go. He decided to sneak onto the Lusitania and follow his father to America. [click to continue…]

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Rabhlaí Rabhlaí

by admin on 13/01/2013

“Rabhlaí Rabhlaí“ is a collection of 31 traditional poems and rhymes “as Gaeilge”, a copy of which should be in every primary school in the country. It is especially suitable to be used in junior classes. Pupils in these classes will undoubtedly find the rhymes engaging and they will certainly motivate them to learn and have fun with rhymes as Gaeilge. [click to continue…]

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Book Review: And the Blood Flowed Green

by admin on 12/12/2012

We really enjoyed this futuristic and funny book.

It’s probably more suitable for boys than girls and those with an interest in space and science-fiction.

The action is fast-paced and the illustrations really add to this.

The plot is forever twisting but there’s lots of humour in them too.

We loved all the different creatures and planets. [click to continue…]

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Book Review: Secrets and Shadows

by admin on 02/10/2012

Secrets and Shadows by Brian Gallagher is set during World War Two. Barry Malone is a twelve year old boy from Liverpool, sent to Dublin by his mother after the Luftwaffe air-raid in 1941. There he meets Grace Ryan – an outgoing adventurous Dublin girl forced to move in with relatives on Arbour Hill after her home in the North Strand was bombed by a Nazi aircraft. [click to continue…]

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Book Review: The Demon Notebook

September 30, 2012

“The Demon Notebook”, published by O’ Brien Press, is the first book written by author Erika McGann. The book is about five girls who want to be witches. They try to cast spells but they never work until one day, after using a Ouija board, one of the girls becomes possessed by a demon. Suddenly [...]

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Book Review: Leave it to Eva

September 4, 2012

“Leave it to Eva” is the latest book by the author Judi Curtin. This story is about a girl called Eva Gordon who is looking forward to returning to Seacove with her family for the second summer in a row! She can’t wait to see her friends Kate and Lily. Seacove is a place that [...]

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Marco Moonwalker Book Review

August 14, 2012

Marco Moonwalker was written by Gerry Boland and illustrated by Áine McGuinnes. Marco the bear has escaped from the zoo and is living with Patrick and his mum. Marco is very smart and intelligent; he also has a talent for music. He can play the banjo and the trombone. He also likes to dance to [...]

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Book Reviews

August 3, 2012

Do you have young readers at home who are looking for some new reading material during this dismal summer? Seomra Ranga has advance copies of three children’s novels, all by Irish authors, that young readers may be delighted to get their hands on. The catch is that the young reader must be prepared to read the [...]

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The Cave of Secrets

June 4, 2012

The Cave of Secrets by Morgan Llewellyn is a story about Tom Flynn, the rejected son of an indebted land owner. One day, running from his father’s temper, he stumbles across a cave in Roaring Water Bay and there he meets Donal, who is different to Tom in every way. While Tom has been raised [...]

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Faoin Sceach Gheal

May 28, 2012

Like most school libraries we had a copy of Under the Hawthorn Tree in our classroom. It was one of those books that I loved to curl up with and read. One that I read a few times a year and loved it more even more each time I read it. So when I was [...]

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Megan and the Money Tree

May 9, 2012

Although published in 2011, I only recently came across Megan and the Money Tree in one of my local book stores. (Yes, I still buy real books!) In terms of structure, it is an unusual book, but it works very well. Written by Emma Kennedy, the personal finance correspondent with the Sunday Business Post, its stated aim [...]

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The Táin

April 6, 2012

The story of The Táin (cattle raid) is well known, but this new version of the tale makes the story accessible to younger readers. Re-told by Celtic scholar Liam Mac Uistin, the story is revealed to the reader in easily-understood language that brings the famous tale to life. The story is told at a cracking [...]

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Cathal Can Sign

February 11, 2012

I just came across this book in a bookstore yesterday. Even though it’s been in print since 2010, I hadn’t heard of Cathal Can Sign before. Written by Brenán Mooney, it is a beautifully produced book with 60 glossy pages filled with colourful illustrations. The primary purpose of the book is to teach children Irish [...]

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Ghosts of the Faithful Departed

January 21, 2012

I recently saw a feature on the RTÉ programme Nationwide on the work of the photographer David Creedon, and especially about one of his latest projects, the photographing of images of a forgotten Ireland, culminating in the publication of his widely acclaimed book, Ghosts of the Faithful Departed. It’s a wonderful hardback book which I [...]

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