Book Review – Standing on One Leg is Hard

Book Review – Standing on One Leg is Hard

I read this story with my Junior Infant class and also my 5 year old son at home. The children were engaged in the story straight away as they liked the pictures. As I began to read, I was surprised to find out that not one of my 29 pupils had ever heard of a heron...
Book Review – Dodos Are Not Extinct

Book Review – Dodos Are Not Extinct

This is a humorous children’s book that has a fun and lighthearted feel, wherein the protagonist, Dodo, wants to let us in on a big secret about ‘extinct’ animals that are here and there among us incognito! The illustrations are amusing and visually pleasing and there...
Book Review – You Can Do It Rosie

Book Review – You Can Do It Rosie

I read this book to two classes of 29 Junior Infants and it was a big hit with both! The book tells the tale of Rosie, an older (or more mature!) dog who sets out on a very special walk. Rosie is old and tired, but still open to adventures and, with a little help and...
Book Review – Fox and Son Tailers

Book Review – Fox and Son Tailers

Fox & Son Tailers, by the author Paddy Donnelly is a heartwarming tale. It invites the reader into a world about family members working together in a little town called Ballybrush to make tails for the various animals who visit the Tail shop. The shop  has been in the...
Book Review – A Spooktacular Place To Be

Book Review – A Spooktacular Place To Be

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...