by admin | Apr 11, 2018 | Book Reviews
Book title: Tiger Boots; Author: Joe O’Brien. 1. Summary: Danny is an amazing footballer but one day his Dad comes home looking upset. Danny asks him what’s up and it turns out his Dad’s best friend’s daughter, Clara, has been diagnosed with...
by admin | Apr 11, 2018 | Book Reviews
In this book the author aims to give the reader insights into three revolutions in three different countries through three different characters. In my opinion she executes this in a manner King Louis 16th of France would be proud of! In Boston in the 1780s there is...
by admin | Mar 25, 2018 | Book Reviews
“The Girl Who Thought in Pictures”, written by Julia Finley Mosca and illustrated by Daniel Rieley, is a picture book published in 2017 based on the story of Dr. Temple Grandin, known in equal measures as a world authority on animal welfare as well as...
by admin | Mar 12, 2018 | Book Reviews
This colouring book makes history and geography fun! I was always excited to find out what place Larry was going to next and where he would be hiding. I loved the way every place was Irish, and not some other place you have never heard of. When Larry is talking about...
by admin | Mar 10, 2018 | Book Reviews
Book Name – We’re Going to the Zoo by Sarah Bowie The Story – The Story is about two sisters going to the Zoo called Clara and Kitty. The little sister was drawing and the older sister was just taking pictures. The older sister wanted to draw when they saw the...
by admin | Mar 7, 2018 | Book Reviews
‘World Religions’ is a non-fiction book written by Brian Doyle & illustrated by Derry Dillon. In this book Doyle covers six of the largest religions in the world; Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism. Each chapter looks in depth into each...
by admin | Feb 26, 2018 | Book Reviews
‘Let’s Colour Ireland’ is a non-fiction colouring book written and illustrated by Alan Nolan, published in 2018 by O’Brien Press. Each page of the book has an interesting colouring activity based on an Irish landmark along with some interesting information about it. I...
by admin | Feb 20, 2018 | Book Reviews
I absolutely loved this book and I’m sure a lot of people will!!! The story is about a 14 year old girl fighting for women’s rights. It is summer 1912 and Mollie and Nora have lots of exciting plans for the suffragette movement. Phyllis, Mollie’s older sister [who is...
by admin | Feb 18, 2018 | Book Reviews
The title of my book is Danny Brown and the Big Surprise. The author is Brianóg Brady Dawson. This story is about a boy called Danny who goes to visit his Granny at the weekend. She has a surprise which she shows to Danny. She has a big birthday cake for his mom but...
by admin | Feb 14, 2018 | Book Reviews
This book is about a boy called Danny and his dog Keeno. They both are on a walk in the park with his Grandad and his baby sister Suzie. Grandad is telling them about how some animals grow thick woolly coats and hibernate. This gets Danny thinking about his dog Keeno...
by admin | Oct 1, 2017 | Book Reviews
This book (Red Rover, Red Rover! By Kunak McGann – Games from an Irish Childhood [That You Can Teach Your Kids]) took me on a trip down memory lane as it provoked fond childhood memories of playing Rounders, Hide and Seek, Jacks and other games with kids in my...
by admin | Sep 28, 2017 | Book Reviews
I really enjoyed this book. When I first saw it, it didn’t look like a book that I would usually pick in a library. I thought that the cover wasn’t very interesting. All it had was a picture of boxes and books. I had no idea what the story would be about. When I...
by admin | Sep 25, 2017 | Book Reviews
The story is about socks and a wolf. The wolf likes wearing socks. He dances and dances, and he gets a hole in his sock. It gets bigger and bigger. He tries to fix it himself but he can’t. He goes to the library because he wants to learn how to fix it himself....
by admin | Sep 17, 2017 | Book Reviews
I really enjoyed ‘Making Millions’ by Erika Mc Gann. I consider it a humorous adventure book that keeps you wanting to turn the page and keep reading. This book shows one great life lesson, never give up. If at first you don’t succeed try (and try) again. Cass, a ten...
by admin | Sep 5, 2017 | Book Reviews
Tá ceithre leabhar le Isabel Thomas sa tsraith seo, foilsithe ag “An Gúm” – “Gaiscí Snámha agus Tumadóireachta”, “Gaiscí Gleacaíochta”, “Gaiscí Nirt agus Troda” agus “Gaiscí Lúthchleasaíochta”. Is leabhair fhíricí iad...
