Susannah Lloyd (author) Paddy Donnelly (illustrator) Here Be Dragons Frances Lincoln Children’s Books, February 2021 Paperback, 40PP, £6.99 ISBN: 9780711256613 Picturebook, 0-4, 5-7 years. Review by Joanna Geoghegan. Here Be Dragons is a charming medieval fantasy picturebook about a clueless knight and his intelligent steed, who are on a quest to find and slay aContinue reading “Review: Here Be Dragons”
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Review: The Dead Zoo
Peter Donnelly The Dead Zoo Gill Books, September 2020 Hardback, 32PP, €14.99 ISBN: 9780717189724 Picturebook, age 0-4 Review by Joanna Geoghegan. Mr Gray is a very serious man who works in a museum called the Dead Zoo, which is full of animals who are very quiet, and very still. Imagine Mr Gray’s surprise when oneContinue reading “Review: The Dead Zoo”
Review: Have You Seen the Dublin Vampire?
Úna Woods Have You Seen the Dublin Vampire? The O’Brien Press, September 2020 Hardback, 32PP, €12.99 ISBN: 9781788491198 Picturebook, 0-4, 5-7 years Review by Joanna Geoghegan. The Dublin Vampire loves to go for night-time walks around Dublin. Some of his favourite spots include O’Connell Street, Trinity College, Stephen’s Green and the Natural History Museum. Along theContinue reading “Review: Have You Seen the Dublin Vampire?”
Review: My Friend Earth
Patricia McLachlan Illustrated by Francesca Sanna My Friend Earth Chronicle Books, February 2020 Hardback, 44 PP, £12.99 Picturebook, 0-4, 5-7 years Review by Joanna Geoghegan. Within the pages of this book, the narrator tells the story of their friend, Earth, from the moment she wakes up from a winter nap, to her next naptime theContinue reading “Review: My Friend Earth”
Review: Chasing Ghosts: An Arctic Adventure
Nicola Pierce Chasing Ghosts: An Arctic Adventure The O’Brien Press, March 2020 Paperback, 320PP, €8.99 ISBN: 9781788490177 Middle Grade Review by Joanna Geoghegan. Chasing Ghosts: An Arctic Adventure is a gripping new tale by Nicola Pierce that follows two series of true events that unfolded thousands of miles apart yet are inextricably linked. At theContinue reading “Review: Chasing Ghosts: An Arctic Adventure”
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