by admin | Feb 5, 2026 | Book Reviews
As a 4th class teacher, I thought this was a great book for teaching pupils about myths and legends. It has six different stories in it, and what I really liked is that they are more unusual and less common than the ones we usually hear when we think of this topic....
by admin | Jan 30, 2026 | Book Reviews
We read the book “Milly McCarthy and the Sports Day Shambles” by Leona Forde and we really enjoyed it. It is a funny and exciting story. We both thought that Milly was a magnet for mayhem! The book is about a girl called Milly McCarthy and her class...
by admin | Jan 4, 2026 | Book Reviews
Fixing Mum And Dad is a good book. The book is about a girl called Quinn and she has to stay at her grandads with her brother and mum because her parents are fighting. Her parents are fighting because the dad is in Africa being a medic in a warzone. Her mum is afraid...
by admin | Jan 4, 2026 | Book Reviews
Heroes of Light and Shadow is an exciting new novel by Conor Forrest. It tells the story of Oisín, who finds himself thrown into the world of Irish Mythology. Set in modern Ireland, Oisín discovers that all of the Irish mythological figures that he has read about...
by admin | Dec 19, 2025 | Book Reviews
“Enchanted Ireland” is a great book about old Irish legends from every county in Ireland. The 32 stories have been handed down from generation to generation. The book is written by Kieran Fanning and illustrated by Julia Iredale. I thought it was a very...
by admin | Dec 15, 2025 | Book Reviews
“Run Home Little Fox” is a picture book written by renowned wildlife writer Tom McCaughren (“Run Wild Series”) and childrens’ author Erika McGann (“Where are you Puffling?”). In this beautifully illustrated story McCaughren returns to writing about foxes, telling the...
by admin | Dec 9, 2025 | Book Reviews
Our Senior Infants absolutely loved reading this charming festive tale together. Flossie McFluff, the feisty forest fairy, is busy decorating her cosy woodland home for Christmas when disaster strikes. A fierce storm floods the animals’ burrows, leaving all her...
by admin | Dec 3, 2025 | Book Reviews
Milly Mc Carthy and the Christmas Calamity is the newest story in the Milly McCarty series. The main character is Milly. She lives with her mum, her dad, her two brothers called Ryan and Zack and her baby sister Izzy. Milly is the oldest. They live in a town called...
by admin | Nov 28, 2025 | Book Reviews
‘‘Twas the Match Before Christmas’ is a lovely read, with the classic Christmas poem updated to bring in a uniquely Irish perspective. The story is set on Christmas Eve, in Croke Park, with a lone security guard as witness to a magical game of Gaelic football. There...
by admin | Nov 25, 2025 | Book Reviews
This is another offering from Leona Forde in the series of books about Emily Maureen McCarthy, better known to one and all as Milly. The Milly McCarthy novels are a firm favourite with my Rang 4 girls and to say they were excited to read this latest offering is an...
by admin | Nov 25, 2025 | Book Reviews
This book is a must for every classroom library. Whether you are situated along the Wild Atlantic Way, as we are, or in landlocked Laois, this beautifully illustrated book is a treasure trove of information for every child and every classroom. Illustrated in a...
by admin | Nov 14, 2025 | Book Reviews
I read and used this book with some 4th class pupils and my daughter. It’s a wonderfully simple retelling of the traditional Irish legend of the same name. In this retelling, Niamh is the beautiful, forever young protagonist of Tír na nÓg who notices the kind...
by admin | Nov 14, 2025 | Book Reviews
I have recently read “Snow Pony Express” from the Rowan Tree Stables series, by former champion amateur National Hunt Jockey Nina Carberry. It’s a fun, adventurous book about two close friends, Grace and Aaron, and their ponies, Daisy and Nipper. The...
by admin | Nov 5, 2025 | Book Reviews
The most recent book that I read was ‘The Vanished Girl’ written by author Natasha Mac A’ Bháird. Clare, the main character in the book, is brave, kind and has a positive personality. Clare is a pupil at Sycamore Hill Secondary School, which is an...
by admin | Nov 4, 2025 | Book Reviews
This book features the many different lighthouses dotted around our coast. It explains how they were built and how they work. It explains interesting features such as why lighthouses are painted in different colours. It also explores the life of a lighthouse keeper....
