I’d also highly recommend The Blue Book of Nebo, and Me and Aaron Ramsey. They are all nice and short but they pack a lot into the pages. I love a good short book. All age 11/12+, teens and adults.
All published by @fireflypress.bsky.social
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This beautifully illustrated collection of classic Irish poems, illustrated by the
talented Erin Brown will bring you from bee-loud glades to fields of light,
from purple glens to caves beneath the glittering waves.
A beautiful gift for Christmas. #BookElves2024
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Purple, blue and green cover with stag carrying two people at centre.
Book 3. Flying horse with boy on its back. Sea in background and ice bergs on right.
Purple backdrop and silver glow with harp at top and decorative corners. Galloping horse at far top right and children in boat at the centre.
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Exciting & imaginative fantasy reads by Irish authors. Get lost in myths & world building. 9+
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Dark sky, planets and chemistry
Green, blue and pink palette. Two inclined heads with writing about love and peace.
Purple, pink and yellow with blue writing. Girl and boy on flying trapeze.
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Emotive stories
Engaging characters
Vivid imagery.
Little Bang & Flying Tips for F B by Kelly McCaughrain
Guard Your Heart by Sue Divin
Books listed above
It's the final day of #Bookelves2024 and today we're sharing more Irish books!
🌙 Gealach agus Grian (2+ yrs)
🧪 Germs (5+ yrs)
🏐 The Great Irish Book of Gaelic Games (8+ yrs)
💛 Freya Harte is Not a Puzzle (13+ yrs)
🌀Catfish Rolling (15+ yrs)
Happy reading!
Last day of #BookElves2024
We'll be recommending Irish books for children and teens of all ages today.
Thanks to everyone who took part this year - such great recommendations from all the Book Elves!
A very happy, book-filled Christmas to all!
My Irish Children's Novel of the Year is Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher, illustrated by Dermot Flynn, a brilliant verse novel set in snowy prehistoric Ireland. A beautifully written, compelling adventure story, with outstanding illustrations. Age 9/10+
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What a year for Irish children's books! From picture books, to teen and YA novels, there are so many favourites to choose from.
My Non-Fiction Irish Children's Book of the Year is The History of Information by Chris Haughton. Age 9/10+ and all ages. #BookElves2024 #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
Books listed above
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Day 7 of #Bookelves2024 and today we're sharing comic books!
💫 The Comet (2+ yrs)
🦄 Bumble and Snug and the Excited Unicorn(6+ yrs)
💜 Nightlights (9+ yrs)
🎨 Primer (12+ yrs)
🧺 Sheets (14+ yrs)
Happy reading!
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Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy. Covers have shades of blue, purple and pink with iconic images on the front. Bear & Lyra (Book 1), Scoresby’s Balloon (Book 2) Seated figures of Lyra & Will(Book 3)
Iconic train steaming across cover with flying owl beside.
Red diamond on centre. Hold lettering. Iconic Wonderland characters at each edge with reimagined Alice in centre.
12th- #BookElves2024 are rec illustrated books for all ages
1.Pullman’s HDM trilogy is enhanced by Wormell’s emotive & striking woodcut style 2. Kay’s intuitive interp of HP’s world 3. Chris Riddell’s rewarding version of Alice resembling the original photos of Carroll’s inspiration Alice Liddell.
Today #BookElves2024 are celebrating graphic novels. Here are some of my favourites for older readers. 11+ Handy for students reading the originals to see cinematically visual representations. #graphicnovels
Bright orange cover with doodles about Frankie’s interests & her stickered black back pack at the centre. Caption about being brave & bold.
Bright yellow cover. Frankie in blue, orange and black looking directly at reader.
Orange, blue & yellow palette. Frankie rocking out to music in series of panels.
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Frankie’s World by Aoife Dooley.
Wonderfully bright, positive, warm & funny #MG graphic novels about self discovery, celebrating friendship, enjoying your interests & not allowing others to define you.
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Red background with Batpig in blue being lifted by green tendrils of a sea monster.
Deep purple background. Batpig in blue and purple with flowing black cape flying up over buildings.
Blue background of sky and green forefront of grass. Bat pig on top of yellow block letters of title about to jump into the sky.
Today #BookElves2024 are recommending Comic books & illustrated books for all ages.
Starting with funny, the Bat Pig comics by Rob Harrell are gloriously vibrant & silly & will delight fans of super heroes, alter egos & comic mishaps.
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Running out of time now as the day beckons but I'll post more #BookElves2024 recommendations later! But I'll leave you with the amazing graphic novel version of Lord of the Flies. SO SO GOOD. Age 13+
One of my favourite comic books of all time is Mexikid by Pedro Martin - which has won all the awards going and is in a word BRILLIANT. A family road trip to collect a Mexican grandfather brings all kinds of adventure and memories. Age 10/11+ and all ages #BookElves2024
The Milly McCarthy books by Leona Forde and Karen Harte continue to be wildly popular with children of age 7+ and it's easy to see why - they are super funny and relatable for Irish kids. #BookElves2024 #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
Today with #BookElves2024 we are all about comic books & illustrated books.
Comic books 1st - here are some of my favourites. The Peanut, Butter and Crackers books by Paige Braddock - they are so cute and cheery and all about animals and friendship. Age 7+
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Blue background of sea and sky. Goose flying overhead with swan, dolphin, seal and fluke of whale’s tale below.
Red cover with white goose. Figure with red hair, green jumper and jeans on its neck. Mother Goose rhymes.
Blue background. White & black dog with man with white hair and glasses. Dressed in yellow and blue with black socks.
Today 📚🧝♀️are recommending
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Stories feat animals Barney Goose, Mamai Ge & The President’s Dog.
Soft yellows. Farm animals in manger depicted.
A gorgeous classic about three little owls. Dark night sky, green leaves. Owlets pictured on tree branch.
Soft blues and greens. Dancing brown bear on river rocks. Green frog.
Soft purples. Big bear pictured with lamp and little bear is turned towards his parent. Orange title.
Today 📚🧝♀️are recommending
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Celebrating Martin Waddell stories illustrated by Barbara Firth, Patrick Benson & Jason C. Tender bed time stories for youngsters perfect for sharing.
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The Tiger Skin Rug is a fav picture book I remember from childhood. It’s about fortitude & belonging. Gerald Rose, who won the Greenaway Medal in 1960,was born in Hong Kong.His mother was from Borneo.He also illustrated James Joyce’s 🐈⬛ & 👹
Books as listed above
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It's day six of #Bookelves2024 and today we're sharing baby books!
🌊 Goodnight Ocean
🚂 Five Little Trains
🦅 Bí Fiáin a Chroí
🌈 Rain Before Rainbows
🌍 It's Your World Now
Happy reading!
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Boy in wheelchair sending a heart as a virtual hug during Pandemic. Blue, yellow & green colours.
Striped orange tiger on white background. Multi Coloured bird on tail.
Blue background. Skunk with toy frog with purple and green scent trails at front of cover.
Today #BookElves are rec Irish books for babies, toddlers & younger children
A Hug for You, The Tiger Skin Rug & Scunc agus Smuirin
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Two green frogs in blue river beside giant leafy green lily pads. One is armed with a stick.
Hungry orange tiger is outwitted by a clever muskrat. Blue background. Title in block animal print.
More hilarious read alouds full of suspense- Two Frogs 🐸 🐸by Chris Wormell & Wait, I Want to tell you a Story by Tom Willans. #BookElves2024 #FunnyBooks #PictureBooks 4+
Some #BookElves2024 recommendations for today.
Time for Bed, Fred and Be Wild, Little One - age 2+
The Summer I Robbed a Bank and Starfish (a verse novel) - age 9+
All highly recommended!
Cover of Nina Peanut Is Amazing written and illustrated by Sarah Bowie shows title in big letters on a bright yellow background. Surrounding the title are small images of characters and quotes from the book.
Two pages of the inside of the book. Left page shows two panels of Les the cat and a poodle running down stairs. Right page shows Nina feeding Les some cat food while not noticing that he's wearing underpants on his head.
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“Nina Peanut is Amazing” by Sarah Bowie
Fully illustrated funny book. Nina and stinky cat Les accidentally become video sensations. Is it what it’s cracked up to be? Great if you enjoy comic-book style books. Age 7+
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Cover of “This Book Won’t Burn” by Samira Ahmed Art by grey318 design by Karina Granda Cover shows title of book in white text with fire coming from the letters on a black background. Author's name is in red letters below the title.
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“This Book Won’t Burn” by Samira Ahmed
Noor Khan is new at school. YA novel shows the power of teens taking action against censorship when books are banned. This book sizzles with drama and tension. Age 15+
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Cover of Irish children's book called Dinosaur Pie written by Jen Wallace and Illustrated by Alan O'Rourke
Image by Alan O'Rourke shows Rory as a dinosaur looking at himself in a mirror. The image takes up a full page and is in black white and grey colours. The opposite page contains text from the story.
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“Dinosaur Pie” by Jen Wallace and Alan O’Rourke
Funny book for 6-8 year olds about Rory who turns into a dinosaur after eating a pie! He is having a weird day when his life is upended. Can he get back to being human?
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I get irritated when people talk about children's books as a 'genre'. They cover many ages, forms & genres.
There are historical picture books & board books like Peepo by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Complete with WW2 details for tiny eyes to spot like barrage balloons. What a book! #BookElves2024
Books as listed above
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Day Five of #BookElves2024 and today we're sharing international books!
💕 Alma and How She Got Her Name (0+ yrs)
🍞 Fry Bread (5+ yrs)
🐝 How To Bee (9+ yrs)
🎶 Solo (13+ yrs)
🪶 The Astonishing Colour of After (16+ yrs)
Happy reading!
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Mint green and black cover with pale border depicting musical instruments & typewriter.Ape’s head in Indian turban at the top above title’s writing in red.
Black and white drawing of Sally Jones, the amazing ape at the centre of the story.
Orange and purple cover. Follow up book featuring same characters on a different adventure.
#BookElves2024 are celebrating favourites from around the globe today.The Murderer’s Ape by JW, a Swedish writer & illustrator, is an amazingly imaginative animal centric adventure with a murder mystery, & travelogue & a quest. Compulsive read. @pushkinpress.com
