by admin | Oct 18, 2021 | Book Reviews
Thank you so much for sending me out the book! Our class really enjoyed this book and we followed the bus on our class map, also, so the children looked up all of the places in the book! They especially loved the Skeleton driver and all of the illustrations in the...
by admin | Sep 23, 2021 | Book Reviews
Eliza and Jonty, her little brother, move to Henrietta Street from the beautiful suburbs of Rathmines after their father loses his business and to say that their lives change indescribably is an understatement. Eliza doesn’t love her new home to begin with but when...
by admin | Sep 16, 2021 | Book Reviews
This book is about Jason Sherlock, an Irish sports’ legend, and his journey to the All-Ireland final. Jason grew up in Finglas, County Dublin. His father was Asian and his mother was Irish. He had no brothers or sisters, but lived with his mom, grandmother and two...
by admin | Sep 8, 2021 | Book Reviews
This book was extremely good!! I love the way that it is based on something very important in Irish history and I also loved all the cool names that the characters had. I think my favourite character was probably Fionn, although I also liked Cana and Iolla. Fionn,...
by admin | Jul 8, 2021 | Book Reviews
“Whether the weather be hot, or whether the weather be not, we’ll weather the weather, whatever the weather whether we like it or not! Growing up in Ireland we have learned that this old Irish saying is true. I am sitting down on a wet Summer’s evening to write...
by admin | Jun 26, 2021 | Book Reviews
This book is about a girl who lives at the edge of the world who’s awful relatives get her to go down the wall at the edge of the world to do the shopping, bake a birthday cake most days of the week, make them dinner and of course on top of that they treat her...
by admin | Jun 21, 2021 | Book Reviews
I read the book ‘Chasing Ghosts: An Arctic Adventure’ by the author Nicola Pierce and I really enjoyed it. My favourite genre of book is historical fiction and my favourite author is Michael Morpurgo so I was excited to read this book because I thought it would be...
by admin | Jun 16, 2021 | Book Reviews
This was an amazing must-read book, that totally transported me to 1880’s Ireland. I actually believed I was there with the characters, witnessing evictions, and forming secret friendships. My favourite character was Molly, the daughter of an RIC Policeman. The other...
by admin | Jun 16, 2021 | Book Reviews
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. I didn’t know a lot about Sonia O’Sullivan before I read it, so it was interesting to learn about her life and achievements. I thought the book gave great insight into Sonia’s life. This is a very interesting non-fiction book...
by admin | May 4, 2021 | Book Reviews
The book is about an Irish fairy, Flossie Mc Fluff. She teaches the litterbugs a lesson in it. I like the chapter “As Good as Gold”, the leprechaun in it, he was really cool. I score this book 10 out of 10. by Jake Age 7 ...
by admin | May 4, 2021 | Book Reviews
This is a charming, funny and informative book written by John Farrelly. It is written about the Celts in Iron Age Ireland. “Irish history isn’t boring … It’s Deadly!” •Did you know that the Celts were the first people to invent the traffic...
by admin | May 3, 2021 | Book Reviews
Story: This book tells you all about important things that happened years ago in Ireland. It starts with the Ice Age all the way up to Riverdance! Every chapter isn’t long, about 1-2 pages and each chapter is about something new. I liked that because it didn’t get...
by admin | Apr 30, 2021 | Book Reviews
I really loved this book ‘Lilly Steps Up’ by Judy Curtin. In this book review I am going to tell you a bit about the story and characters. I will tell you about my favourite part and I will also give the book an overall score out of ten. The story takes place in the...
by admin | Mar 20, 2021 | Book Reviews
“The Kidds of Summerhill” is the story of Nancy Kidd, who is trying to juggle her friends, her family and her guilt. When Nancy’s mother dies, the Pig Farmer shows no remorse and even tries to get rid of her. But is there more to this rivalry than meets the eye? It...
by admin | Mar 3, 2021 | Book Reviews
Introducing the characters – There is Finn, his Mam & Dad and all of the Sea Creatures Did you enjoy the book? I enjoyed it, it was good. Finn gets to meet lots of new friends. The story tells you about different types of fish and what makes each one...
