by admin | May 7, 2016 | Book Reviews
“My Ireland Activity Book: The Wild Atlantic Way” – This book would be brilliant for keeping children entertained in the car if you are going on the Wild Atlantic Way. It is full of fun activities for children like word searches, crosswords, dot to...
by admin | Apr 12, 2016 | Book Reviews
Storm Weaver is about four friends who go on a journey between realms. They set out on a quest to kill the evil Queen Maeve – she wants to be the Queen of the Gods. They want to stop her because she will only use her powers for evil. One of the four friends...
by admin | Feb 29, 2016 | Book Reviews
“One Good Turn” by Brian Gallagher is about when the Easter Rising is just over and Gerry Quinn’s life is tough. He is living with his uncle. His uncle does not treat him well and he doesn’t know that Gerry took a jacket and got caught. Then...
by admin | Feb 23, 2016 | Book Reviews
“Let’s See Ireland” is both written and illustrated by Sarah Bowie. I really enjoyed this book. I read it with my Granny and then again with my mom. She helped me with some of the hard words like Glendalough! This book is about a girl called Molly who...
by admin | Feb 15, 2016 | Book Reviews
I loved this book. It has really fun activities and games in it. But my favourite pages are 12 + 13 (Where’s Larry) and my least favourite page is page 19/20 (postcard). I haven’t done much in it though and I don’t like the tricky things in it either. I would give...
by admin | Feb 14, 2016 | Book Reviews
This is the fourth book in the series. If you’ve read ‘Rugby Spirit’, ‘Rugby Warrior’ or ‘Rugby Rebel’ then I’m sure you will love this book as well. But rest assured you do not need to read the others to enjoy Rugby...
by admin | Jan 20, 2016 | Book Reviews
I read the book “Gulliver” which is a kids story based on a classic book written by Jonathan Swift. This story which has been retold by Mary Webb. The story is about a man called Gulliver who gets stranded on the island of Lilliput. The people living on the island are...
by admin | Nov 10, 2015 | Book Reviews
I recently read “The Midnight Carnival” by Erica Mc Gann. It is a very detailed book about six teenage girls, all of whom study the art of witchcraft. The girls’ names were Grace, Jenny, Delilah, Adie, Una and Rachel. The story is mainly about the...
by admin | Oct 31, 2015 | Book Reviews
“Conor’s Caveman” is an enthralling book written by Alan Nolan. It is about a young boy named Conor who is part of a team of scouts. Every weekend the scouts go camping at different destinations. Conor is so shy it cripples him. Conor only has one friend called...
by admin | Sep 20, 2015 | Book Reviews
I started to read “A Hollow in the Hills” by Ruth Frances Long with great anticipation and the powerful prologue really captured my attention but, I have to confess that I found it difficult to complete the book. However, I have great respect for the...
by admin | Aug 29, 2015 | Book Reviews
This book was written by Chris Judge and Mark Wickham. I really liked the cool pictures in this book. These were drawn by illustrator Mark Wickham. The story was about a giant who was really smelly. He wanted to take a bath so he broke up the villagers’ houses. Then...
by admin | Aug 8, 2015 | Book Reviews
The “Butterfly Shell” by Maureen White is an interesting book, full of emotions. The main character Marie has just moved into secondary school and is having trouble adjusting. She spends her days at school being bullied by the “Stupid Six”. She foolishly reveals to...
by admin | Jun 27, 2015 | Book Reviews
Only Eva is the latest book from Judi Curtin. It’s about a girl called Eva and her friend Ella. One day Eva and Ella are at school and a new girl comes from Nigeria, called Aretta. When Eva and Ella make friends with Aretta , they want to hang out with her after...
by admin | Jun 9, 2015 | Book Reviews
I recently read “The Lost Fairy” by Marian Broderick to my three and half year old sisters. This highly entertaining fairytale follows Flora on a journey as she realises that she needs friends to help her regain her rightful perch on the Christmas tree....
by admin | May 22, 2015 | Book Reviews
Friend or Foe is set in Dublin in the 1916 Easter Rising. The main characters are Emer Davey and Jack Madigan both of whose families are on different sides, Emer’s family being on the side of the Volunteers, and Jack’s family being on the side of the law. The minor...
