Green and blue. Wolf cub in centre of forest.

Grey cave opening lit by lantern. . Big bear with night light for little bear.

Patchwork. Different types of animals from land, sea and air featured in each square.

Lilac background. Yellow dog shaking.

Wed 10th Dec
@irishkidsbooks.bsky.social @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social

Books for babies, toddlers & younger children.
#PictureBooks #BooksforBabies #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks #BookElves2025

Dark Blue sky with stars. Small boy standing on moon.

White, blue, yellow. Boy in red & blue flying colourful dragon 🐉 kite 🪁

Boy looking in window of toy shop. Green, blue, red, yellow, orange.

#InternationalBooks #BookElves2025 #YuRong #AntoinedeSaintExpurey #SatoshiKitamura #PictureBooks
#BookBloggers #Librarians

Turquoise background. Ape, elephant , steam ship, type writer, musical instrument, keyboard, gun, harmonica

Black and white sea scape. Little boat on waves.

Green jungle. Boy with stick.

Purple, pink & yellow. School setting. Girl wearing head phones walking positively along. Musical notes & hearts.

9th December- #InternationalBooks #BookElves2025  @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social #JakobWegelius #PeterVandenEnde #AimeedeJongh #NoraDasnes #bookbloggers #librarians #graphicnovels #illustratedbooks

Today's #BookElves2025 theme is funny books. Here are some of my favourites from this year and also one of my all time favourite Irish children's books, The Summer I Robbed a Bank by David O'Doherty, illustrated by Chris Judge (age 9+), which is funny, wise and moving - such a great read!

Book logo with green & purple.

Purple background with bear parent🐻 & bear cub

Snowy scape with scurrying figures in fur coats with walking poles. Leaping dog. Overcast sky. Ball of golden light between grey peaks. Falling snow. 🥶Chill factor. Setting of Klondike.

Orange & yellow sky. Rabbit in pink & purple standing outside caravan.

📚🧝‍♀️Sun 7th Dec – Irish Fiction for all ages
#PictureBooks
#Fiction #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks #BookElves2025 @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social @sarahwebb.bsky.social #bookbloggers #librarians

Three headed Celtic Goddess (3 ages) , snarling hounds, Celtic lattice, amphibian & yellow flowers.

Blue. Black silhouettes on chimney tops. Swirling stars.

Two girls, one with a notebook, one with binoculars. Wild weather. Light house & tree & weather vane.

📚🧝‍♀️Sun 7th Dec – Irish Fiction for all ages
#IrishYA
#Fiction #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks #BookElves2025 @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social @sarahwebb.bsky.social Middle Grade marvels
Myth, magic, history, adventure, excitement & intrepid characters.

Ink blue sea with swimmer & reflection of moon & turquoise light on footprints on beach. Astounding expertly crafted read reimagining a Celtic myth.

Purple & pink dawn light. Clouds. Two people connected by light, myth & magic. Ethereal look. Fleeing fox & village in background.

Green & purple. Celtic knot. Swans.

📚🧝‍♀️Sun 7th Dec – Irish Fiction for all ages
#IrishYA
#Fiction #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks #BookElves2025 @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social @sarahwebb.bsky.social Myths, tortured souls, strong characters & atmospheric locations
Great selection for 16 + @kelmenton.bsky.social

Great to see 2 pages of Irish children’s books in The Sunday Times today. Well done Ruth Concannon from @childrensbooksireland.ie
#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks #BookElves2025

Today's #BookElves2025 theme is Irish fiction. One by Sarah Crossan is an outstanding verse novel for teens, beautifully crafted and compelling. It's about conjoined twins and it captures their hopes and fears perfectly. HIghly recommended for age 14+.
#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks

#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks #irishauthor #irishillustrator #bookblogger #BookElves2025 #BookswithPictures

Age 0 - 5
Badger Books by Paddy Donnelly

Age 10+
The Doomsday Club by Kevin Moran

Confident/ Teenage readers
How To Love The Whole World by Henry Martin

Book logo. Green & purple.

Yellow, green & purple. Boy leaning against the front of giant ice cream cone model outside Ice cream shop. Three other people standing nearby, including two teens holding ice creams.

Reddish orange background. Shape of ice cream cone with machine cogs ⚙️in yellow & orange lettering & lightning bolt

Blue background with yellow & white lettering. People running after white ice cream van driven by man with ginger hair being shouted at by girl with blond hair in pony tail while another one with dark hair watches.

#BookElves2025 @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social 📚I Scream for Ice Cream 🍦 Books featuring ice cream 🍨 #latelate #latelatetoyshow 🍦@rtelatelatetoyshow.bsky.social

Green & purple book logo.

Pink background. Coco Chanel with black waved hair in striped top with doll and thread.

Rainbow coloured Star ⭐️ like background with title in centre.

Face of brunette with brown hair in a blunt style surrounded by coloured flowers in pinks, oranges and purples.

#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks #BookElves2025 @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social 📚Books featuring stories of Iconic people inspired by Coco Chanel shout out on ☘️#latelate #latelatetoyshow #fashiondesign #shoedesign @rtelatelatetoyshow.bsky.social @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social

Pink, yellow and orange background. Masked duck in orange jumpsuit sittig on nest 🪹 on top of a volcano. Minions flying around . Rocket 🚀 ship bladting off.

Yellow and pink. Explosions. Bunny 🐰 & monkey🙉 .

Purple sky. Flying pig with pale green top & purple shorts & black cloak flying ovet tops of coloured buildings.

Blue and green background. Masked duck in red holding a feather. Rocket 🚀 ship. Lightning streak. Bee 🐝 & duck minions.

#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks #BookElves2025 @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social 📚GNs featuring zany silliness & quirky animal characters inspired by Jake’s review of #EvilDuck @chrisjudge.bsky.social ☘️ #latelatetoyshow @rtelatelatetoyshow.bsky.social @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social #bookbloggers

Blue & gold. Figures on rooftop.

Snowy frosty 🥶 scape. Side profile of girl’s face in snow hood.

Blue & yellow cover. Girl abseiling down letters . Silhouettes of man & woman in black on left and right.

📚🔎Spy selection- Inspired by Lauren on #LateLate @rtelatelatetoyshow.bsky.social
#BookElves2025 @peterburnsauthor.bsky.social @mazevansauthor.bsky.social @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social
#RTELateLateShow #Spies 📚

Open book logo. Green & purple.

Blue & green landscape. Ethereal style. Girl holding charm depicted in blue dress & orange shawl with hair blown back on left hand side of cover. Wispy faerie in white watching her from tree.

Yellow and green background. Selkies with long red hair on rocks, 🦭 seals, flittering faeries.

Blue & white. Couple with flowing hair curled up on rug journeying through the night on horse.

#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks #BookElves2025 @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social 📚Books featuring Faeries 🧚 inspired by communion dress design #fashion ☘️#latelate #latelatetoyshow @rtelatelatetoyshow.bsky.social @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social

Purple & green book elves logo.

Red, yellow & blue background. Girl with red hair in a white Irish dancing costume trimmed with red. Stars.

Girl & boy dancing. Girl in pink Irish dancing costume. Boy in green & purple.

Yellow & white background. Hearts, shamrocks & musical notes. Red haired girl in fancy green Irish dancing costume with white socks & black pumps sitting cross legged on grass.

#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks #BookElves2025 @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social 📚Books featuring Irish dancing ☘️#latelate #latelatetoyshow @rtelatelatetoyshow.bsky.social @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social @leonaforde1.bsky.social 🇮🇪🤣🎶

Book Elves logo. Purple & green. Open book.

Frosty blue sky. Snowy white scape slope with a group of penguins 🐧 watching an intrepid penguin wearing flight goggled flying above in a flying apparatus.

Yellow and blue sky. Greeny Blue capped waves with icebergs . Boat in the distance. Seals in the waves 🌊 Penguin standing on iceberg side profile.

Penguin with wings up standing on a small ice berg floating on sea. Other bergs & parasols in the distance.

#BookElves2025 @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social 📚Book Elves 🧝‍♀️Penguin reads 📚 for Christmas 🐧 Jonty featured on #latelate #latelatetoyshow @rtelatelatetoyshow.bsky.social #bookbloggers #librarians #LitaJudge

Day 2 of #BookElves2025 and we are recommending books with illustrations.
Here are three of my favourites from the last 2 years - Letters to a Monster, Don't Trust Fish and Beanie the Bansheenie.
#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks

Thanks to everyone who took part in #BookElves2025 during the #LateLateToyShow
To lots of us in Ireland Christmas means magical stories and books. Night all!

Green & purple. Book Elves logo.

Grey background. Panda with box of doughnuts 🍩

Yellow and orange. Footprints. Panda 🐼 with can of paint & another Panda up a ladder with a brush about to be mischievous.

Grey background. Brush painting of bamboo stalks in white. Panda with green shoots. Butterflies above.

#BookElves2025 @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social 📚Book Elves 🧝‍♀️ Tumbling panda 🐼 🇮🇪 #latelate #latelatetoyshow @rtelatelatetoyshow.bsky.social @swapnahaddow.bsky.social

A note from your friendly bookseller watching the #LateLateToyShow – here are all the books featured so you can show your local bookshop exactly which one you’re looking for 📚

Be sure to follow #BookElves2025 for more book recommendations all week long!

Books books books!! #LateLateToyShow

(For even more book recs check out #BookElves2025)

I mean this book was MADE for Layla #LateLateToyShow #BookElves2025

Some brilliant Irish comic books for age 7/8+
#BookElves2025 #LateLateToyShow

Well we are celebrating a milestone birthday, and it is the most exciting night of the year so here's something from us to you. 📚
Mol an óige agus léifidh siad!
#FutaFata20 ##LateLateToyShow #BookElves2025

A brilliant non-fiction book for children by Irish author @niamhgarvey.bsky.social for age 9+. It's easy to read, fun and full of information. Great comic book style illustrations by Rachel Burgess make it a real winner.
#LateLateToyShow #BookElves2025

Some of my favourite Irish books for age 9+ this year. #BookElves2025 #LateLateToyShow
Hope they bring on the books soon - books engage children's imaginations and Irish children's writers and illustrators are some of the best in the world.

The Cloud Kingdom by @mairezepf and Andrew Whitson is a remarkable collection of interlinked short stories, full of imagination and wonder. Ideal for reading out loud. Age 7+. #BookElves2025 #LateLateToyShow

One of the best books of the year is this beauty - a brilliant picture book called Don’t Trust Fish by Neil Sharpson and Dan Santat.
#BookElves2025 #LateLateToyShow #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks

Rainbow 🌈, blue stormy sea, cute black & white puffling. Puffins flying in sky above.

Forest scene with cute fox 🦊 cub. Green & orange colours.

Bookshop with a fox 🦊, badger 🦡 (in green jacket and purple waistcoat with a yellow tie) and mice 🐭 (peeking out from book shelves) & sitting on a book. Purple, red, orange, green & yellow books.

#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks #BookElves2025 @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social 📚Starting off Book Elves 🧝‍♀️ with a selection of picture books 🇮🇪 featuring animals #latelate #latelatetoyshow @RTELateLateShow @irishkidsbooks @bookelves2025 @erikamcgann.bsky.social