Under the Hawthorn Tree Book Covers

Under the Hawthorn Tree Book Covers

  This Powerpoint presentation is for pupils to look at and respond to covers for various editions of Marita Conlon Mc Kenna’s award-winning book in countries around the world. It gives a little information on the book as well as question prompts. (.ppt file...
Strongbow

Strongbow

The dramatic story of the Norman conquest of Ireland in the 12th century. Full of battles and warfare, but a story of love, too, between an unlikely pair – wilful and wild Irish princess Aoife, and Strongbow, the greatest of the Norman knights to come to...

Six Haunted Hairdos

If you’ve read Seven Spiders Spinning you’ll have met the class divided in two — the boys versus the girls — except for Pearl Hotchkiss, who maintains an independent position. Forever trying to outwit each other, the two gangs become embroiled...

The Silver Notebook

Timothy Finn is a boy with two dreams and a mystery to solve. The notebook that arrives out of the blue on Timothy’s birthday changes his life forever. It is a gift from Timothy’s father. But who is his father, and why has he suddenly entered Timothy’s life? His...

Seven Spiders Spinning

Seven baby Siberian snow spiders, frozen since the Ice Age, defrost on their way to a science lab. They wake up in a wood where the Tattletales girls club are planning for the school Halloween Horror Pageant. Their goal is to wipe the floor with their arch-enemies the...