by admin | Oct 17, 2010 | 3rd/4th, Úrscéal Ranga
Is fuath le Thomáis bróga a chaitheamh. Is maith leis a bharraicíní beaga. Is breá leis siúl ar an bhféar agus ar na duilleoga. Ach, cad faoin sneachta? Cad a dhéanfaidh sé ansin? Tá an leabhar seo, scríofa ag Una Leavy, dírithe ar daltaí sa mheánranganna. Is féidir...
by admin | Oct 17, 2010 | 3rd/4th, Class Novel
When Mr Curry the headmaster announces The Great Gazebo is coming to visit the school, Albert’s big sister Fionnuala tells him awful tales of the powers of magicians, especially over seven-year-old boys. ‘They appear in a cloud of smoke and red sparks and...
by admin | Oct 17, 2010 | 3rd/4th, Class Novel
Adam’s Starling tells the story of a nine year old boy who is finding life difficult. At home, no-one has any time for him. At school things are even worse – a gang of bullies has singled Adam out for punishment. Life is becoming increasingly difficult for Adam....
by admin | Oct 17, 2010 | 1st/2nd, Class Novel
Mum goes out for the day and Dad is left in charge of twins Katie and Ted. That means anything could happen. Tuffy the dog tries to keep order. Katie and Ted play at dressing up. This is OK until they decide they need to go into Mum and Dad’s room. Tuffy knows...
by admin | Oct 17, 2010 | 1st/2nd, Class Novel
Grandad and Lenny are trying to paint the living-room. But Grandad’s paint is very old and it’s gone quite strange. It has stripes and patterns in it….. At first it seems like fun to make pictures with this weird paint. Lenny calls his picture ‘Fang’ because it looks...
by admin | Oct 17, 2010 | 1st/2nd, Class Novel
Lenny and his mad grandad buy a flying saucer and shoot into space together. But space is full of all sorts of creatures — some are friendly, some are not so friendly… Getting into space is easy. Getting home again — alive — is going to be a...
by admin | Oct 17, 2010 | 1st/2nd, Class Novel
Have you ever wondered where the other sock goes, or those keys or your earring or pen? Grandad wonders that all the time. Things keep disappearing down the back of Grandad’s sofa — who, or what, has taken them? When Lenny and Grandad discover the Kleptoes...
by admin | Oct 17, 2010 | 1st/2nd, Class Novel
When NESSIE arrives from Scotland to visit her monster cousin NOBLETT there is bound to be trouble. Noblett loves his peaceful secret garden and has little time for his troublesome cousin from Loch Ness. This book by Sam Mc Bratney is aimed at younger pupils....
by admin | Oct 17, 2010 | 1st/2nd, Class Novel
Laurence is a leprechaun who has been small for 1100 years and is sick of it! He wants to be TALL. He wants to be cool. Then he meet Phoebe, a large girl who wants to be small. When she invites him to live in her house, Laurence is delighted. He starts wearing jeans...
by admin | Oct 17, 2010 | 1st/2nd, Class Novel
Jack MacAnoolie is stuck in a snow storm with his little sister. The freezing weather has left their family without food. Eating the furniture keeps them going. But when Jack’s mother makes a stew out of a jigsaw, strange things start to happen. Can Jack save...
by admin | Oct 17, 2010 | 1st/2nd, Class Novel
Ed Cooper’s a senior infant now and that means using the big boys’ toilet. Ed needs ‘to go’ but he just can’t. The big white toilet is very different to the junior infants’ loo– with no lock on the door and goodness knows what...
by admin | Oct 17, 2010 | 1st/2nd, Class Novel
Ed Cooper has a problem with his big toes. The doctor says Ed needs ‘correction shoes’. Disaster! Everybody will laugh at him. Ed uses every trick he can think of not to wear the shoes. He even tries DIY foot-straighteners! But it’s no use. The shoes...
by admin | Oct 17, 2010 | 1st/2nd, Class Novel
Poor Ed Cooper seems to have one problem after another. From Going Potty to Ed’s Funny Feet, Ed’s life is never boring. This time around Ed is having problems in school, he just can’t get his head around his time-tables. At home things are bad too...
by admin | Oct 17, 2010 | 1st/2nd, Class Novel
Two boxes — one large, one small — arrive for Granny Lambert. But wily Belzoni, her cat, sees the note printed on the small box that reads: Don’t Open that Box, Open this one first! Unfortunately Granny doesn’t notice the sign and opens the big...
by admin | Oct 17, 2010 | 1st/2nd, Class Novel
A terrible war rages in Ireland — over the Great Brown Bull of Cooley. Cúchulainn, the young Ulster super hero, fights off many warriors — even the magical Morrígan. In the end he has to face his friend, Ferdia. Will Cúchuliann have to kill him? And what...
