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Children’s catalogue<br />
2012-2013<br />
www.obrien.ie
CONTENTS<br />
New books, pages C4-6<br />
Connect With Us C7<br />
Picture Books C8-11<br />
Information Books C11<br />
Art & Craft Books C11<br />
Panda Cubs C12<br />
Panda Legends C13<br />
Joke Books C13<br />
Panda Series C14-17<br />
Yellow Flag Books C18-19<br />
Flyers Series C20-21<br />
Graphic Novels C22<br />
Bridges C23<br />
Red Flag Books C23-25<br />
Blue Flag Fiction C26-37<br />
Green Flag Fiction C38-40<br />
Young Adult Books C41<br />
Leabhair Ghaeilge C42-44<br />
A Guide to Reading Levels C44<br />
www.obrien.ie<br />
O’Brien for Schools C45-47<br />
Trade Distribution List A40<br />
Rights Agents A41<br />
All ISBNs listed in this<br />
catalogue are ISBN-13<br />
eBook editions of titles<br />
with this logo are available<br />
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<strong>The</strong> O’Brien <strong>Press</strong> Ltd<br />
12 Terenure Road East<br />
Dublin 6, Ireland<br />
Tel: +353 1 4923333<br />
Fax: +353 1 4922777<br />
E-mail: books@obrien.ie<br />
Website: www.obrien.ie<br />
indicated under each entry<br />
as follows:<br />
W = world rights, all<br />
languages, all territories<br />
AL = Albanian<br />
AR = Arabic<br />
AU/NZ = Australia, New<br />
Zealand<br />
B = Britain (excludes<br />
Northern Ireland)<br />
BA = Bahasa<br />
B/C = Britain and Commonwealth<br />
CAN = Canada<br />
CA = Catalan<br />
CH = Chinese<br />
CR = Croatian<br />
CZ = Czech<br />
DA = Danish<br />
DU = Dutch<br />
Aggs, Patrice C15, C16<br />
Allison, James C23<br />
Barber, Irene C11<br />
Barrett, Philip C8<br />
Bermingham, Ann C20<br />
Blackwood, Gary C30<br />
Boland, Gerry C19<br />
Brady Dawson, Brianóg C14-17,<br />
C42-43<br />
Broderick, Marian C20, C24<br />
Bruzzone, Catherine C43<br />
Burlington, Marie C16, C21<br />
Byrne, Bob C21<br />
Carey, Anna C38<br />
Carroll, Mary C11<br />
Carroll, Michael C36<br />
Cashman, Seamus C11<br />
Clarke, Judith C40, C41<br />
Class P3, Scoil Chiaráin C9<br />
Colfer, Eoin C20, C28<br />
Conlon-McKenna, Marita C27<br />
Conroy, Don C19, C30<br />
Curtin, Judi C28-C29<br />
Dagg, Stephanie C14-16, C20, C42<br />
Deeley, Patrick C15-16, C43<br />
Dillon, Eilís C25, C30<br />
Donohue, David C24<br />
Donovan, Anna C9, C12, C14, C17,<br />
C42, C43<br />
Doolin, Catherine C15, C42<br />
Doolin, Catherine C42<br />
Doyle, Malachy C30<br />
Dunbar, Robert C33<br />
Fitzgerald, Nita C9<br />
Fitzpatrick, Tom C11<br />
Flegg, Aubrey C30, C40<br />
Gallagher, Brian C26<br />
Gerstein, Mordicai C36<br />
Gliori, Debi C9<br />
Gogarty, Brian C8<br />
Granström, Brita C9<br />
Grindley, Sally C9<br />
RIGHTS AVAILABLE AND SOLD<br />
EL = English language<br />
only<br />
ES = Estonian<br />
EU = European Union<br />
F = French<br />
F/C = French (Canada<br />
only)<br />
FI = Finnish<br />
G = German<br />
GR = Greek<br />
H = Hungarian<br />
HE = Hebrew<br />
IL = Irish language<br />
I = Italian<br />
IN = India (EL)<br />
J = Japanese<br />
IC = Icelandic<br />
KO = Korean<br />
LA = Latvian<br />
LI = Lithuanian<br />
AUTHOR INDEX<br />
Grogan, Jerry C11<br />
Halligan, Jim C23<br />
Hannigan, Dave C35<br />
Hayes-McCoy, Felicity C13<br />
Healy, Shay C13<br />
Herron, Anne Marie C14-15, C42<br />
Hourican, Bridget C40<br />
Kelleher, Annette C25<br />
Kiely, Kevin C36<br />
Kiernan, Celine C41<br />
Kingston, Mary C11<br />
Kissane, Dan C25<br />
Kostick, Conor C39<br />
Leavy, Una C10, C12, C14-C15,<br />
C42<br />
Lennon, Tom C41<br />
Lisson, Deborah C32, C40<br />
Llywelyn, Morgan C32<br />
Long, Katie C11<br />
Lyons, Fergus C14, C16-17<br />
Mac a’Bháird, Natasha C23<br />
Mac Liammóir, Micheál C33<br />
Mac Uistin, Liam C35<br />
Magee, Wes C21<br />
Maguire, Brenda C10<br />
Maguire, Gregory C31<br />
Manning, Mick C9<br />
Mansfield, Creina C15, C31<br />
Massey, Eithne C10, C23, C26, C31<br />
May, Judy C33<br />
McAuley, Leon C25<br />
McBratney, Sam C19, C40<br />
McDonnell, Vincent C36<br />
McGann, Erika C26<br />
McGann, Kunak C12<br />
McGann, Oisín C13, C21, C23, C36<br />
McHale, Conor C20<br />
Meaney, Roisin C29, C33<br />
Michael, Jan C30<br />
Moller, Linda C24<br />
Moore, Tomm C31<br />
Moore-Mallinos, Jennifer C11<br />
<strong>The</strong> front cover image is from<br />
<strong>The</strong> Demon Notebook<br />
See page C26<br />
NO = Norwegian<br />
P = Portuguese<br />
PO = Polish<br />
RO = Romanian<br />
RU = Russian<br />
SA = South Africa (EL)<br />
SC = Scots Gaelic<br />
SE = Serbian<br />
SL = Slovene<br />
Slo = Slovak<br />
SP = Spanish<br />
SW = Swedish<br />
T = Turkish<br />
TH = Thai<br />
U = Ukrainian<br />
US = United States<br />
IR = rights for Ireland only,<br />
including Northern Ireland<br />
Murphy, Frank C20, C25, C30<br />
Ní Dhonnchú, Dairíne C44<br />
Ní Ghlinn, Áine C42-C44<br />
Ní Mhurchú, Caitríona C43<br />
Nolan, Alan C22<br />
Novak, Matt C9<br />
Ó Siochfhrada, Pádraig C33<br />
O’Brien, Brendan C10<br />
O’Brien, Joe C18, C35<br />
O’Connor, Finbar C24<br />
O’Leary, Seán C C11<br />
O’Neil, Catherine C37<br />
O’Neill, Karl C19<br />
Parkinson, Siobhán C13, C19,<br />
C25, C34<br />
Perdue, Gillian C16-17, C24, C43<br />
Pierce, Nicola C26<br />
Potter, Maureen C25<br />
Prendergast, P.R. C39<br />
Prendergast, Peter C23<br />
Ranson, Claire C8<br />
Ray, Jane C10<br />
Rowe, Jeannette C9<br />
Roy, James C41<br />
Scott, Michael C36<br />
Sexton, John W C37<br />
Shaw, Elizabeth C12, C14, C42<br />
Siggins, Gerard C35<br />
Snell, Gordon C14, C16, C25<br />
Somers, Ian C38<br />
Stewart, Maddie C12<br />
Strelkoff, Tatiana C41<br />
Tarrant, Margaret C10<br />
Taylor, Marilyn C34<br />
Trevor, William C25<br />
Waddell, Martin C9<br />
Webb, Sarah C8, C17<br />
Weir, Liz C19, C25<br />
Wells, Grace C24<br />
Whelan, Gerard C37<br />
Winthrop, Elizabeth C37<br />
Wyley, Enda C12, C23, C32
A Note from the Publisher<br />
Great celebrations here at O’Brien <strong>Press</strong> with Celine Kiernan’s unique double win for Into the Grey at<br />
the national CBI awards (chosen by both the children’s jury and the judging panel), and the continued<br />
success of Nicola Pierce’s Spirit of the Titanic which has now reprinted no less than five times. Anna Carey<br />
also scooped an Irish Book Award for <strong>The</strong> Real Rebecca and follows up on this success with the terrific<br />
Rebecca’s Rules. Our Bridges series of multicultural books collectively scooped a prestigious Reading<br />
Association of Ireland award.<br />
Our policy of uncovering exciting new talent continues with Ian Somers’ rip-roaring fantasy Million Dollar<br />
Gift and Erika McGann’s thrilling <strong>The</strong> Demon Notebook, which sit nicely alongside new titles from favourites<br />
Alan Nolan, Gerry Boland and Brian Gallagher. And let’s not forget our twelfth Judi Curtin title, Leave it to<br />
Eva, which is eagerly awaited by her massive fan base and our international publishing partners.<br />
10 Scary Monsters C9<br />
17 Martin Street C34<br />
Across the Divide C26<br />
Adam’s Starling C24<br />
Adventures of Shamrock<br />
Sean, <strong>The</strong> C8<br />
Al Capsella and the<br />
Watchdogs C40<br />
Albert and the Magician C25<br />
Alfie Green and a Sink Full of<br />
Frogs C18<br />
Alfie Green and the Bee Bottle<br />
Gang C18<br />
Alfie Green and the Chocolate<br />
Cosmos C18<br />
Alfie Green and the Conker<br />
King C18<br />
Alfie Green and the Fly-<br />
Trapper C18<br />
Alfie Green and the Magical<br />
Gift C18<br />
Alfie Green and the Monkey<br />
Puzzler C18<br />
Alfie Green and the Snowdrop<br />
Queen C18<br />
Alfie Green and the<br />
Supersonic Subway C18<br />
Alice & Megan’s Cookbook<br />
C29<br />
Alice Again C29<br />
Alice and Megan Forever C29<br />
Alice in the Middle C29<br />
Alice Next Door C29<br />
Alice to the Rescue C29<br />
All About Gaelic Football C11<br />
All About Hurling C11<br />
Allison C41<br />
Amelia C34<br />
Amy’s Wonderful Nest C14<br />
And <strong>The</strong> Blood Flowed<br />
Green C22<br />
Animals Don’t Have Ghosts<br />
C25<br />
Anna’s Secret Granny C20<br />
Art and Craft Adventures 1<br />
& 2 C11<br />
Art and Craft Explorer<br />
Collection 2 C11<br />
Baby Giant, <strong>The</strong> C13<br />
Bad Hair Day C15<br />
Bad Karma Diaries, <strong>The</strong> C40<br />
Barry’s New Bed C15<br />
Battle for the Castle, <strong>The</strong> C37<br />
Beastly Jokes C13<br />
Benny and Babe C28<br />
Benny and Omar C28<br />
Bertie Rooster C12<br />
Best-Loved Irish Legends C10<br />
Beyond the Cherry Tree C35<br />
Big Break Detectives<br />
Casebook, <strong>The</strong> C22<br />
Big Brother, <strong>The</strong> C16<br />
Big Fight, <strong>The</strong> C20<br />
Blue Horse, <strong>The</strong> C27<br />
Blue Lavender Girl C33<br />
Blue, Where Are You? C21<br />
Bonjour Alice C29<br />
Boo and Bear C12<br />
Boom Chicka Boom C25<br />
Boyne Valley book and tape of<br />
Irish Legends, <strong>The</strong> C10<br />
Brian Boru C32<br />
Bróga Thomáis C42<br />
Buachaill Bó, An C43<br />
Busy Fingers C11<br />
Cá Bhfuil Murchú? C43<br />
Cáitín sa Chistin C42<br />
Call of the Whales C34<br />
Castle in the Attic, <strong>The</strong> C37<br />
Cave of Secrets C32<br />
Celestial Child, <strong>The</strong> C30<br />
Celtic Magic Tales C35<br />
Celtic Tales of Enchantment<br />
C35<br />
Charlie Harte and his Two-<br />
Wheeled Tiger C25<br />
Cherokee C31<br />
Chieftain’s Daughter, <strong>The</strong> C40<br />
Children of the Famine<br />
Trilogy C27<br />
Chill Factor C36<br />
Cinders C12<br />
Cinnamon Tree, <strong>The</strong> C40<br />
Conor’s Canvas C17<br />
Conor’s Concert C16<br />
Conor’s Cowboy Suit C16<br />
Copper Girl C33<br />
Crowded Shadows, <strong>The</strong> C41<br />
Daifní Dineasár C42<br />
Dancing in the Dark C39<br />
Danny and Baby Do It All C15<br />
Danny’s Crazy Christmas C17<br />
Danny’s Pesky Pet C16<br />
Danny’s Sick Trick C15<br />
Danny’s Smelly Toothbrush<br />
C15<br />
Death by Chocolate C22<br />
Deirdre agus an Fear Bréige<br />
C42<br />
Demon from the Deep<br />
End C23<br />
Demon Notebook, <strong>The</strong> C26<br />
Destination: Homicide C22<br />
Diabolic <strong>Download</strong>s C23<br />
Diamond Star Girl C33<br />
Dochtúir Dan, An C44<br />
Don’t Ask Alice C29<br />
Don’t Even Think About It C33<br />
Don’t Open That Box C20<br />
Dream Invader C37<br />
Dreaming Tree, <strong>The</strong> C23<br />
Drochlá Gruaige C42<br />
Ducks in Trouble C15<br />
Éasca Péasca C44<br />
TITLE INDEX<br />
Ed’s Bed C20<br />
Ed’s Funny Feet C20<br />
Edda C39<br />
Emma Says Boo! C12<br />
Emma Says Oops! C12<br />
Emma the Penguin C17<br />
Enchanted Journeys C33<br />
Epic C39<br />
Eva’s Holiday C28<br />
Eva’s Journey C28<br />
Evil Hairdo, <strong>The</strong> C23<br />
Faery Nights/Oícheanta<br />
Sí C33<br />
Fantastic Far-Flung Facts For<br />
Fun C11<br />
Faoin Sceach Gheal C27<br />
Faraway Home C34<br />
Féile Fever C35<br />
Fiacla Mhamó C42<br />
Fields of Home C27<br />
Fight for Plover Hill, <strong>The</strong> C25<br />
Finn’s Thumb C13<br />
Fireman Sinead! C14<br />
Fishbum and Splat C20<br />
Five Alien Elves C31<br />
Four Kids, Three Cats, Two<br />
Cows, One Witch (maybe)<br />
C34<br />
Four Stupid Cupids C31<br />
Friend of my Heart C41<br />
Fugitives! C30<br />
Garden for Tom, A C14<br />
Gemini Game C36<br />
Girl Called Blue, A C27<br />
Glac Sos! Uimhir a hAon C43<br />
Gods and their Machines,<br />
<strong>The</strong> C36<br />
Going Potty C20<br />
Granny Makes a Mess! C15<br />
Granny’s Secret C15<br />
Granny’s Teeth C14<br />
Great Pig Escape, <strong>The</strong> C24<br />
Guns of Easter, <strong>The</strong> C37<br />
Hal’s Sleepover C12<br />
Harvest Tide Project, <strong>The</strong> C36<br />
Hazel Wood Girl C33<br />
Hedgehog’s Prickly Problem,<br />
<strong>The</strong> C19<br />
Helpful Hannah C16<br />
Henny Penny Tree, <strong>The</strong> C13<br />
Here, <strong>The</strong>re and Everywhere<br />
C19<br />
Heroic Life of Al Capsella,<br />
<strong>The</strong> C40<br />
Hide & Speak Irish C43<br />
Horse Called El Dorado,<br />
A C36<br />
Hunt for Diarmaid and<br />
Gráinne, <strong>The</strong> C35<br />
I Won’t Go To China C23<br />
Ice Dreams C24<br />
In Deep Dark Wood C27<br />
In <strong>The</strong> Claws of the Eagle<br />
C40<br />
Into the Grey C41<br />
Island of Ghosts, <strong>The</strong> C30<br />
It Wasn’t Me C31<br />
It’s Called Dyslexia C11<br />
It’s Great Being Little C9<br />
Jigsaw Stew C20<br />
Jimeen C33<br />
Jimmy’s Leprechaun Trap<br />
C25<br />
Johnny Coffin School-Dazed<br />
C37<br />
Juliet’s Story C25<br />
Just Joshua C30<br />
Kate C34<br />
Katie’s Cake C15<br />
Katie’s Caterpillars C14<br />
Katie’s War C30<br />
Kicking On C35<br />
Lámhainní Glasa C43<br />
Leave it to Eva C28<br />
Leprechaun on the Loose C25<br />
Leprechaun Who Wished He<br />
Wasn’t, <strong>The</strong> C19<br />
Leprechaun’s Challenge,<br />
<strong>The</strong> C37<br />
Leprechaun’s Riddle, <strong>The</strong> C37<br />
Lighthouse Joey C16<br />
Little Black Sheep, <strong>The</strong> C14<br />
Little Croker C35<br />
Little Witch Who Can’t Spell,<br />
<strong>The</strong> C21<br />
Lockie and Dadge C30<br />
Lost Fairy, <strong>The</strong> C20<br />
Lough Neagh Monster,<br />
<strong>The</strong> C19<br />
Mad Grandad and the<br />
Kleptoes C21<br />
Mad Grandad and the Mutant<br />
River C21<br />
Mad Grandad’s Doppelganger<br />
C21<br />
Mad Grandad’s Flying Saucer<br />
C21<br />
Mad Grandad’s Robot Garden<br />
C21<br />
Mad Grandad’s Wicked<br />
Pictures C21<br />
Marco Master of Disguise C19<br />
Marco Moonwalker C19<br />
Marco Moves In C19<br />
Million Dollar Gift C38<br />
Missing Sisters C31<br />
Mo Mhadra Beoga C43<br />
Molly’s Night Out C12<br />
Moncaí Dána C42<br />
Moon King, <strong>The</strong> C34<br />
Moonlight C36<br />
More Beastly Jokes C13<br />
Most Beautiful Letter in the<br />
World, <strong>The</strong> C19<br />
Mouse TV C9<br />
Move C39<br />
Mr Bear to the Rescue C9<br />
Mr Bear’s Picnic C9<br />
Muckeen and the Big Freeze<br />
C17<br />
Muckeen and the UFO C16<br />
Muckeen the Pig C14<br />
My Book of Kells Colouring<br />
Book C9<br />
My Dog Lively C15<br />
My Ireland Counting Book<br />
C10<br />
My Nasty Neighbours C31<br />
My Nutty Neighbours C31<br />
No Goodbye C27<br />
No Peace for Amelia C34<br />
No Shoes for Tom C14<br />
Noah’s Ark C10<br />
Nursery Rhymes C10<br />
O’Brien Book of Irish Fairy<br />
Tales & Legends, <strong>The</strong> C10<br />
October Moon C36<br />
Olanna’s Big Day C23<br />
Old Country, <strong>The</strong> C36<br />
Out of Nowhere C37<br />
Pageboy Danny C16<br />
Páidí Péintéir C44<br />
Pirate Queen C32<br />
Póga the Dragon C9<br />
Poison Factory, <strong>The</strong> C23<br />
Poison Throne, <strong>The</strong> C41<br />
Rainbow Bridge, <strong>The</strong> C40<br />
Real Rebecca, <strong>The</strong> C38<br />
Rebecca’s Rules C38<br />
Rebel Prince, <strong>The</strong> C41<br />
Red Hugh C32<br />
Ribbit Ribbit! C14<br />
Riddle, <strong>The</strong> C13<br />
Robots Don’t Cry C21<br />
Romanian Builder, <strong>The</strong> C23<br />
Rugby Spirit C35<br />
Rún Mór, An C43<br />
Safe Harbour C27<br />
Saga C39<br />
Sailí na Spotaí C42<br />
Sailor Bear C9<br />
Sally Go Round the Stars C8<br />
Scuab Fiacal Danny C43<br />
Secret of Kells, <strong>The</strong> C31<br />
Secrets and Shadows C26<br />
See If I Care C29<br />
Shakespeare Stealer, <strong>The</strong><br />
C30<br />
Shakespeare’s Scribe C30<br />
Shamrock Sean and the<br />
Wishing Well C8<br />
Shoestring Soup C16<br />
Silver Notebook, <strong>The</strong> C32<br />
Silver Stag of Bunratty,<br />
<strong>The</strong> C26<br />
Sinéad ag Damhsa C42<br />
Sinead the Dancer C14<br />
Sisters ... no way! C34<br />
Six Haunted Hairdos C31<br />
Six Million Ways to Die C22<br />
Skimming C33<br />
Sky Wings C30<br />
Snip Snip! C15<br />
Snobby Cat C16<br />
Something Beginning with<br />
P C11<br />
Spirit of the Titanic C26<br />
Spotty Sally C15<br />
Star Dancer C32<br />
Story of Ireland, <strong>The</strong> C10<br />
Story of the Creation, <strong>The</strong><br />
C10<br />
Strawberry Squirt C16<br />
Strongbow C32<br />
Supermarket Ghost, <strong>The</strong> C25<br />
Swap C30<br />
‘S’ Word, <strong>The</strong> C41<br />
Táin, <strong>The</strong> C35<br />
Taking Sides C26<br />
Thar an Trasnán C44<br />
Tiger Boots C35<br />
Timid Rabbit, <strong>The</strong> C12<br />
Tina and the Tooth Fairy C16<br />
Tommy <strong>The</strong> <strong>The</strong>atre Cat C25<br />
Train Driver, <strong>The</strong> C12<br />
Trouble for Tuffy C20<br />
Truth Seeker C40<br />
tUan Beag Dubh, An C42<br />
Twelve Dancing Princesses,<br />
<strong>The</strong> C10<br />
Under Fragile Stone C36<br />
Walter Speazlebud C24<br />
War Children C37<br />
What Are Friends For? C9<br />
When Love Comes to Town<br />
C41<br />
Where the Stones Sing C26<br />
Where’s Larry? C8<br />
Where’s Murphy? C17<br />
Whose Ears? C9<br />
Whose Feet? C9<br />
Wildflower Girl C27<br />
Wings over Delft C40<br />
Winter of Spies, A C37<br />
Wired Teeth C23<br />
Wish List, <strong>The</strong> C28<br />
Witch Apprentice, <strong>The</strong> C24<br />
Witch in a Fix, A C24<br />
Witch in the Woods, <strong>The</strong> C24<br />
Wolf Moon C36<br />
Wolfgran C24<br />
Wolfgran Returns C24<br />
world is full of Babies!, <strong>The</strong> C9<br />
Young Rebels, <strong>The</strong> C32
NEW BOOKS FOR CHILDREN<br />
PICTURE BOOKS<br />
SEE PAGE C8<br />
Where’s Larry?<br />
A delightful adventure and<br />
puzzle book for young readers,<br />
with fantastic full-colour<br />
illustrations throughout. Great<br />
fun for all the family and perfect<br />
for long journeys!<br />
GALWAY BAY This regatta is great fun altogether.<br />
I love regattas and I go to loads of them ever year<br />
all around the country. But I like the ones with old<br />
boats best. <strong>The</strong> oldest boats in Galway are called<br />
‘hookers’ (I swear). <strong>The</strong>y’re the black boats with the<br />
red sails. <strong>The</strong>y’re great on the windy seas around<br />
here with their one big sail and two sma l ones in front. Bu there are<br />
loads of di ferent boats in the bay today. That’s because it’s a rea ly<br />
sunny day (for Ireland) and everyone wants to be on the water.<br />
Including ME!<br />
ISBN: 978-1-84717- 276-1/€9.99 pb<br />
6 7<br />
YELLOW FLAG FICTION<br />
SEE PAGE C18-21<br />
Marco: Master of Disguise<br />
<strong>The</strong> fantastic sequel to Marco<br />
Moves In – nominated for an Irish<br />
Book Award<br />
‘A beautifully told, engaging<br />
tale, about Ireland’s favourite,<br />
lovable grizzly bear’ Armadillo<br />
Poetry Magazine<br />
Marco: Moonwalker<br />
<strong>The</strong> latest adventure<br />
of this rather remarkable<br />
grizzly bear! Patrick<br />
discovers that Marco is<br />
a musical genius,and he<br />
soon becomes a huge<br />
star. <strong>The</strong>n disaster strikes!<br />
ISBN: 978-1-84717-273-0/€7.99 hb<br />
ISBN: 978-1-84717-301-0/€7.99 hb<br />
GRAPHIC NOVELS<br />
SEE PAGE C22<br />
Destination Homicide<br />
In the third instalment of the<br />
hilarious Murder can be Fatal<br />
Mystery series hard-boiled but<br />
ham-fisted Hood City Homicide<br />
detectives Ricky Nixon and Eddie<br />
Ribbs have a lot on their plates –<br />
a serial killer is targeting chicken<br />
mascots and they’re in charge.<br />
And the Blood Flowed Green<br />
Marion Mulligan is a down-atheel<br />
private investigator abducted<br />
by aliens and abandoned<br />
on a distant planet with only a<br />
robotic Remote Universal Translator<br />
Unit (RUNT) for company.<br />
But he needs to call on all of his<br />
skills when a murderer strikes.<br />
ISBN: 978-1-84717-256-3/€7.99 pb<br />
C4<br />
ISBN: 978-1-84717-257-0/€7.99 pb<br />
See also new Graphic Novels in the General catalogue page A17
NEW BOOKS FOR CHILDREN<br />
BLUE FLAG FICTION<br />
SEE PAGE C26-37<br />
ISBN: 978-1-84717-207-5<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
Cave of Secrets<br />
A thrilling new adventure<br />
from internationally renowned<br />
author, Morgan Llywelyn.<br />
Full of adventure, suspense,<br />
deadly enemies and great<br />
friendships, and featuring real<br />
historical characters from the<br />
time, Cave of Secrets is a<br />
fantastic new historical novel<br />
set in Ireland in the 1700s.<br />
Perfect for young readers<br />
aged 10+.<br />
‘Llywelyn has established<br />
herself as the leading writer<br />
of Irish historical novels for<br />
children’ Books Ireland<br />
Rugby Spirit<br />
Full of action and mystery,<br />
and featuring detailed<br />
training sessions and match<br />
descriptions, young sports<br />
fans, and especially rugby<br />
fans, will adore Rugby Spirit.<br />
‘A brilliant story for rugbymad<br />
youngsters ... its simple<br />
approach ensures it can<br />
be enjoyed just as much<br />
by those new to the game’<br />
Sunday Independent<br />
ISBN: 978-1-84717-350-8<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
Secrets and Shadows<br />
Can you trust anyone in a time<br />
of war?<br />
From the author of Across the<br />
Divide and Taking Sides comes<br />
an exciting tale of friendship and<br />
loyalty set in WWII.<br />
‘Gallagher manages to deal with<br />
the historical issues of the day<br />
like social injustice, industrial<br />
unrest and women’s suffrage in a<br />
story that is exciting, gripping and<br />
occasionally humourous’ Books<br />
Ireland<br />
<strong>The</strong> Demon Notebook<br />
An exciting debut novel from<br />
Erika McGann. Grace and her<br />
four best friends, Jenny, Rachel,<br />
Adie and Una, are failed witches<br />
– and they have a notebook full<br />
of useless spells to prove it. But<br />
one night, they stumble upon<br />
real magical powers - and their<br />
notebook takes on a diabolical<br />
life of its own.<br />
ISBN: 978-1-84717-333-1<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
ISBN: 978-1-84717-295-2<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
Leave it to Eva<br />
Fun, feisty Eva Gordon’s never been one<br />
to shy away from helping her friends –<br />
whether they want her help or not! – but this<br />
time she might have found a problem that’s<br />
too big even for her …<br />
JUDI CURTIN<br />
ISBN: 978-1-84717-347-8<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
<strong>The</strong> third book in the bestselling Eva series.<br />
Praise for Eva’s Holiday<br />
‘Curtin has a deliciously warm touch and<br />
this book is perfect for girls aged 8+...highly<br />
recommended’ Irish Independent<br />
‘A sharply-observed study of the values<br />
and attitudes of the Irish pre-teen girls who<br />
make up much of her readership’ Evening<br />
Echo<br />
Judi Curtin is the hugelypopular<br />
author of the<br />
bestselling Alice and<br />
Megan books.<br />
C5
NEW BOOKS FOR CHILDREN<br />
GREEN FLAG and<br />
YOUNG ADULT FICTION<br />
SEE PAGE C38-40<br />
A fantastic new debut from Ian Somers and the sequel to<br />
Anna Carey’s award-winning <strong>The</strong> Real Rebecca: some great<br />
reading for older children!<br />
Rebecca’s Rules<br />
My name is Rebecca Rafferty,<br />
and there are lots of things<br />
wrong with my life right now.<br />
Rebecca’s back in her latest<br />
adventure!<br />
‘Carey’s teen voice is<br />
spot-on ... will delight any<br />
Louise Rennison fan’ Irish<br />
Independent<br />
Million Dollar Gift<br />
A fast-paced ride into a<br />
hidden world of extraordinary<br />
gifts and deadly enemies.<br />
Stunning debut from new<br />
Irish author, Ian Somers, that<br />
has been praised as<br />
‘a modern day Catcher in the<br />
Rye’ Inis<br />
ISBN: 978-1-84717-344-7<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
ISBN: 978-1-84717-313-3/€11.99 pb<br />
ISBN: 978-1-84717-307-2<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
New editions and new covers<br />
<strong>The</strong> O’Brien Book of Irish Fairy Tales &<br />
Legends<br />
Irish fairy tales and legends are full<br />
of enchantment, brave deeds and<br />
lost loves. Told from generation to<br />
generation, they are as fascinating<br />
now as they were to their original<br />
listeners.<br />
Now available in paperback.<br />
Four Kids, Three Cats, Two Cows, One<br />
Witch (maybe)<br />
Introducing a special new edition of<br />
Siobhán Parkinson’s classic children’s<br />
story with a brand new cover designed<br />
by Alicia Premkumar from Co. Carlow,<br />
winner of the Children’s Books<br />
Ireland/O’Brien <strong>Press</strong> ‘Design A Cover’<br />
Competition.<br />
Children of the Famine Trilogy<br />
This beautifully packaged collection<br />
showcases all three books in the<br />
Children of the Famine Trilogy: Under<br />
the Hawthorn Tree, Wildflower Girl<br />
and Fields of Home.<br />
‘ ... beautiful and moving ...<br />
historically true and fictionally vivid.’<br />
<strong>The</strong> Sunday Times<br />
ISBN: 978-0-86278-515-4/€7.95 pb<br />
<strong>The</strong> Táin<br />
<strong>The</strong> most famous Irish legend of all<br />
in an exciting and easily understood<br />
version. Read about the feats of<br />
the famous warrior Cúchulainn who<br />
singlehandedly defends Ulster against<br />
the army of Queen Maeve. War, peace,<br />
love, greed, fate are the stuff of an epic,<br />
and in <strong>The</strong> Táin they are present in full.<br />
ISBN: 978-1-84717-292-1/€14.95 pb slipcase<br />
Faoin Sceach Gheal<br />
New Irish language edition of bestselling<br />
classic Under the Hawthorn<br />
Tree .<br />
‘<strong>The</strong> Irish translation adds to the<br />
pleasure of reading this classic Irish<br />
children’s novel ... This would be an<br />
ideal class novel to read together and<br />
enjoy as a group’ seomraranga.com<br />
ISBN: 978-1-84717-288-4/€6.99 pb<br />
C6<br />
ISBN: 978-0-86278-653-3/€7.99 pb
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Picture Books<br />
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NEW<br />
Shamrock Sean and<br />
the Wishing Well<br />
By Brian Gogarty<br />
Sean wants to make a<br />
wish, but he is too small<br />
to see into the well ... so<br />
he climbs up on the rim<br />
... and FALLS IN! How<br />
will the little leprechaun<br />
get out?<br />
12 pages/colour<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-967-1<br />
€4.95 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
Where’s Larry?<br />
Philip Barrett<br />
Larry the Leprechaun is on his travels around Ireland. It’s great fun,<br />
and very difficult, to find him. <strong>The</strong>re are lots of others to find too – Irish<br />
dancers, the skateboarder, Cúchulainn and more. He visits all the<br />
favourite places: Cliffs of Moher, Galway Bay, Croagh Patrick, Giant’s<br />
Causeway, Newgrange, Croke Park, St Patrick’s Day Parade on<br />
O’Connell Street, College Green, Glendalough, Rock of Cashel, Puck<br />
Fair, Bunratty Castle.<br />
32 pages/colour<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-276-1<br />
€9.99 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
Sally Go Round the Stars<br />
Favourite Rhymes from an Irish Childhood<br />
By Sarah Webb & Claire Ranson<br />
Illustrated by Steve McCarthy<br />
A major, beautifully illustrated collection of favourite<br />
nursery rhymes known and loved throughout Ireland. It<br />
includes popular international, British and Irish rhymes<br />
as well as special Irish favourites.<br />
‘Every nursery rhyme you have ever forgotten the<br />
words to ... wacky and inventive illustrations ... children<br />
from three years upwards will be rapt - as will parents<br />
reliving their childhoods’ Sunday Business Post<br />
64 pages/colour<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-211-2<br />
€14.99 hb/Rights available W<br />
Shamrock Sean and the<br />
Bird’s Nest<br />
By Brian Gogarty<br />
Sean spots an egg in the<br />
bird’s nest. Suddenly, it<br />
cracks open and out pops<br />
a little chick. Where can<br />
he find worms to feed the<br />
hungry baby? In his garden,<br />
of course.<br />
12 pages/colour<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-969-5<br />
€4.95 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
GALWAY BAY This rega ta is great fun altogether.<br />
I love rega tas and I go to loads of them ever year<br />
a l around the country. But I like the ones with old<br />
boats best. <strong>The</strong> oldest boats in Galway are ca led<br />
‘hookers’ (I swear). <strong>The</strong>y’re the black boats with the<br />
red sails. <strong>The</strong>y’re great on the windy seas around<br />
here with their one big sail and two sma l ones in front. Bu there are<br />
loads of di ferent boats in the bay today. That’s because it’s a rea ly<br />
sunny day (for Ireland) and everyone wants to be on the water.<br />
Including ME!<br />
Shamrock Sean Goes<br />
Fishing<br />
By Brian Gogarty<br />
Sean hopes to catch a BIG<br />
fish. Instead he lands the<br />
River Witch’s treasure. <strong>The</strong><br />
little leprechaun is terrified<br />
that she will put him under<br />
a spell. But all is not as it<br />
seems!<br />
12 pages/colour<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-968-8<br />
€4.95 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
6 7<br />
<strong>The</strong> Adventures of Shamrock Sean<br />
By Brian Gogarty<br />
Going fishing, helping a baby bird or<br />
looking in the wishing well might sound<br />
harmless, but not when Sean is involved!<br />
Three exciting stories, vividly illustrated.<br />
32 pages<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-192-4<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
Rights available W
My Book of Kells Colouring Book<br />
<strong>The</strong> Book of Kells is one of the<br />
world’s most famous illuminated<br />
manuscripts. Now you can colour<br />
it in yourself, with this selection of<br />
pictures big and small from this<br />
beautiful book.<br />
32 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-274-7<br />
€6.99 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
Póga the Dragon<br />
By Anna Donovan<br />
Illus. Jean Texier<br />
Póga, the baby dragon, faces<br />
a huge challenge. Only he can<br />
rekindle the flame that will save the<br />
world. But Póga is afraid ... can his<br />
friends help?<br />
12 pages/colour<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-845-2<br />
€4.95 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
What Are Friends For?<br />
By Sally Grindley<br />
Illus. Penny Dann<br />
A heart-warming tale about Bear and<br />
Fox, who are the best of friends. But<br />
what does a friend actually do?<br />
FREE teaching ideas online<br />
32 pages/colour<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-654-0<br />
€7.61 pb<br />
Rights available IR<br />
10 Scary Monsters<br />
Class P3, Scoil Chiaráin<br />
10 Scary Monsters came knocking<br />
at my door.<br />
One Scary Monster fell through<br />
the floor!<br />
Fun-filled counting book created by<br />
the young ‘monster makers’ of P3,<br />
Scoil Chiaráin, Dublin.<br />
32 pages/colour<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-002-6/€7.99 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
Colourful guessing-game books for younger readers.<br />
With vivid illustrations and lift-the-flap fun!<br />
Whose Ears?<br />
By Jeannette Rowe<br />
16 pages/colour<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-670-0<br />
€5.07 pb<br />
Rights available IR<br />
Whose Feet?<br />
By Jeannette Rowe<br />
FREE teaching ideas online<br />
16 pages/colour<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-671-7<br />
€5.07 pb<br />
Rights available IR<br />
It’s Great Being Little<br />
By Nita Fitzgerald<br />
Illus. Francesca Carabelli<br />
Susie wants to be big. But<br />
Granny shows her all the<br />
reasons why it’s great being<br />
little. A charming story for all<br />
small people.<br />
32 pages<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-176-4<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
Sailor Bear<br />
By Martin Waddell<br />
Illus. Virginia Austin<br />
Sailor Bear is lost and has no one<br />
to play with, so he goes to sea all<br />
on his own.<br />
FREE teaching ideas online<br />
32 pages/colour<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-363-1<br />
€6.98 pb/Rights available IR<br />
<strong>The</strong> world is full of Babies!<br />
By Mick Manning and<br />
Brita Granström<br />
All kinds of babies to meet<br />
and learn about: foals, puppies,<br />
kittens ...<br />
32 pages/colour<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-479-9<br />
€7.61 pb<br />
Rights available IR<br />
Mouse TV<br />
By Matt Novak<br />
A family of mice sit down to<br />
watch TV, but each mouse has<br />
a favourite programme – how<br />
will they decide what to watch?<br />
32 pages/colour<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-699-1<br />
€5.99 pb<br />
Rights available EU • BC x CAN<br />
By Debi Gliori<br />
Enchanting stories about the lovable Mr Bear, who always<br />
means well, but somehow manages to end up in a muddle!<br />
Mr Bear’s Picnic<br />
FREE teaching ideas online<br />
32 pages/colour<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-434-8<br />
€6.98 pb<br />
Rights available IR<br />
Mr Bear to the Rescue<br />
FREE teaching ideas online<br />
32 pages/colour<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-498-0<br />
€6.98 pb<br />
Rights available IR<br />
Black Flag – Picture Books www.obrien.ie<br />
C9
Black Flag – Picture Books www.obrien.ie<br />
C10<br />
<strong>The</strong> Boyne Valley book and<br />
tape of Irish Legends<br />
By Brenda Maguire<br />
Illus. Peter Haigh<br />
Ireland’s favourite legendary<br />
tales read by Gay Byrne,<br />
Cyril Cusack, Maureen Potter,<br />
John B Keane, Rosaleen<br />
Linehan and Twink.<br />
48 pages/colour<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-140-8, incl. tape<br />
€10.00 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
Best-Loved Irish Legends<br />
By Eithne Massey<br />
Illus. Lisa Jackson<br />
Beautifully told versions of all the favourite legends, with splendid<br />
colour illustrations. Includes <strong>The</strong> Salmon of Knowledge,<br />
How Cú Chulainn Got His Name, <strong>The</strong> Children of Lir, <strong>The</strong> King<br />
with Donkey’s Ears and Fionn and the Giant. Children as young<br />
as 4 will enjoy these traditional stories, and age 6+ will be able<br />
to read them themselves. Now available in a new mini-edition.<br />
64 pages/colour<br />
Large edition: ISBN 978-1-84717-137-5/€12.99 hb<br />
Mini-edition: ISBN 978-1-84717-237-2/€4.99 hb<br />
Rights available W<br />
Noah’s Ark<br />
By Jane Ray<br />
A stunningly illustrated version of this<br />
much-loved bible story. Overflows with<br />
life, colour and activity.<br />
32 pages/colour<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-430-0<br />
€6.34 pb/Rights available IR<br />
<strong>The</strong> Story of the Creation<br />
By Jane Ray<br />
Filled with animals, oceans and<br />
forests, this beautiful book retells the<br />
story of creation for young readers.<br />
WINNER Smarties Award<br />
32 pages/colour<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-483-6<br />
€6.98 pb/Rights available IR<br />
<strong>The</strong> Twelve Dancing Princesses<br />
By Jane Ray<br />
A delightful tale about twelve princesses<br />
who love to dance – then<br />
the King uncovers a secret ...<br />
32 pages/colour<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-476-8<br />
€6.98 pb<br />
Rights available IR<br />
NEW PAPERBACK<br />
<strong>The</strong> O’Brien Book of Irish Fairy<br />
Tales & Legends<br />
By Una Leavy<br />
Illus. Susan Field<br />
A captivating and beautifully<br />
illustrated collection of the best-loved<br />
traditional Irish stories, including ‘<strong>The</strong><br />
Children of Lir’, ‘How Cúchulainn Got<br />
His Name’ and ‘Oisín in Tír na nÓg’.<br />
A book to be treasured.<br />
96 pages/colour<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-313-3<br />
€11.99 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
<strong>The</strong> Story of Ireland<br />
By Brendan O’Brien<br />
Illus. <strong>The</strong> Cartoon Saloon<br />
Chronicles invasions, wars and famine, mixed with tales of Celtic<br />
head hunters, mysterious stone tombs, the Vikings, Ivar the<br />
Boneless, the Black Death, life in castles and the Titanic tragedy.<br />
Filled with historical images, maps, ‘population trees’ and fun<br />
illustrations. A true family book.<br />
FREE activities online<br />
AWARD Irish Children’s Book of the Year (Irish Book Awards)<br />
96 pages/colour<br />
Large edition: ISBN 978-0-86278-881-0/€19.95 hb<br />
Mini-edition: ISBN 978-1-84717-184-9/€9.99 hb<br />
Rights available W<br />
My Ireland Counting Book<br />
Illustrated by Eoin Ryan<br />
One Stone Castle ...Two Irish<br />
Wolfhounds ... Add some Hurleys,<br />
Thatched Cottages, Tin Whistles,<br />
Bodhráns, Connemara Ponies and<br />
Irish Dancers (as well as lots of<br />
lively leprechauns) ... and you get a<br />
whole lot of counting fun!<br />
32 pages/colour<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-278-5<br />
€7.99 pb/Rights available W<br />
Nursery Rhymes<br />
By Margaret Tarrant<br />
Beautifully illustrated collection of<br />
favourite nursery rhymes from one<br />
of Britain’s greatest illustrators. First<br />
published in 1941, this lovinglycrafted<br />
edition is a must have for<br />
children everywhere.<br />
32 pages/colour<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-235-8<br />
€12.99 hb/Rights available EU (EL)
Something Beginning with P<br />
Editor Seamus Cashman<br />
A specially commissioned collection of new poems for children between the ages of 5 and<br />
12 years from Ireland’s favourite poets. This wonderful volume of poetry includes work by<br />
Heaney, Muldoon and Kinsella, and Irish language poems by Gabriel Rosenstock. Beautiful<br />
full colour illustrations from Alan Clarke and Corrina Askin throughout.<br />
FREE activities and teaching ideas online<br />
AWARD Bisto Merit Award<br />
160 pages/colour<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-092-7<br />
€14.99 pb/Rights available W<br />
Information Books<br />
It’s Called Dyslexia<br />
By Jennifer Moore-Mallinos<br />
Illus. Marta Fabrega<br />
Whoever said that learning to read<br />
and write is easy? Sarah has dyslexia<br />
and finds it much harder than the other<br />
children. But she discovers a special<br />
talent she never knew about before!<br />
36 pages/colour<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-203-7<br />
€9.99 pb<br />
Rights available EU (EL)<br />
All About Hurling<br />
By Irene Barber<br />
An introduction to the history of hurling<br />
and camogie, from the sliotar to the<br />
trophies – all you could possibly want<br />
to know about the sport of hurling.<br />
FREE activities online<br />
32 pages/full colour<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-808-7<br />
€9.99 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
Art and Craft Books<br />
Art and Craft Explorer<br />
Collection 2<br />
By Mary Carroll & Katie Long<br />
Suitable for age 8+. Clay modelling,<br />
printing, origami, quilling and a range<br />
of other art and craft activities. Full<br />
colour.<br />
32 pages/colour<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-614-4<br />
€6.34 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
Art and Craft Adventures 1 & 2<br />
By Mary Carroll & Katie Long<br />
A whole range of art and craft projects suitable<br />
for children age 5 and up. Full-colour throughout.<br />
Fantastic Far-Flung Facts For Fun<br />
By Mary Kingston<br />
Mary Kingston, presenter with RTE’s<br />
Disney Club, travels near and far<br />
to bring us fantastic facts about the<br />
animals, people and landscape of the<br />
world. Packed with photos, illustrations,<br />
maps and stories.<br />
32 pages/full colour<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-905-3<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
All About Gaelic Football<br />
By Tom Fitzpatrick & Jerry Grogan<br />
A comprehensive, clearly written,<br />
excitingly illustrated book about the<br />
game of Gaelic football, from the kit to<br />
the players, from the best teams to the<br />
little-known trivia.<br />
FREE activities online<br />
32 pages/full colour<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-892-6<br />
€9.99 pb/Rights available W<br />
Busy Fingers<br />
Text & illus. Seán C O’Leary<br />
A book for each season – each one<br />
packed with exciting art-and-craft ideas.<br />
Each book 16 pages B&W/€3.95 pb<br />
Spring: ISBN 978-0-86278-128-6<br />
Summer: ISBN 978-0-86278-125-5<br />
Autumn: ISBN 978-0-86278-126-2<br />
Winter: ISBN 978-0-86278-127-9<br />
Each book 32 pages<br />
€6.34 pb<br />
Book 1:978-0-86278-683-0<br />
Book 2:978-0-86278-684-7<br />
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Black Flag – Picture Books www.obrien.ie<br />
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Orange Flag – Reading Level 4+ www.obrien.ie<br />
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Good stories<br />
Easy reading, with full-colour illustrations<br />
A lead-up to the popular Panda series<br />
Boo and Bear<br />
By Enda Wyley<br />
Illus. Greg Massardier<br />
Boo is afraid.<br />
Boo is afraid of the dog.<br />
She is afraid of the dark.<br />
Will she ever learn to be brave?<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-806-3<br />
Emma Says Boo!<br />
By Anna Donovan<br />
Illus. Woody Fox<br />
Emma is angry.<br />
Her big brother loves to scare her.<br />
He jumps at her in the dark. What<br />
can she do?<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-795-0<br />
Cinders<br />
By Maddie Stewart<br />
Illus. Alison Spencer<br />
Poor Cinders is all alone.<br />
Miss Moll finds a new friend for her.<br />
But will Cinders like Tiger?<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-027-9<br />
Hal’s Sleepover<br />
By Maddie Stewart<br />
Illus. Greg Massardier<br />
Poor Hal! His big brother is going<br />
to a sleepover party. But he and<br />
Granny have a wonderful sleepover<br />
party of their own!<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-034-7<br />
<strong>The</strong> Train Driver<br />
By Kunak McGann<br />
Illus. Greg Massardier<br />
A lovely addition to this charming<br />
series. Dara is taken on a steam train<br />
and saves the day when he sees a<br />
sheep on the line!<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-083-5<br />
where reading begins<br />
All 48 pages full colour<br />
€5.99 pb<br />
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where noted<br />
Bertie Rooster<br />
By Maddie Stewart<br />
Illus. Patrice Aggs<br />
Bertie is sad.<br />
He hides in the corner.<br />
He will not crow.<br />
But can he help the little lost chicken?<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-798-1<br />
Emma Says Oops!<br />
By Anna Donovan<br />
Illus. Woody Fox<br />
Emma is clumsy.<br />
She drops her food. She drops her toys.<br />
Will she ever learn to juggle – like<br />
Peter?<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-902-2<br />
<strong>The</strong> Timid Rabbit<br />
Text & illus. Elizabeth Shaw<br />
Timid Timmy lives with his timid Granny.<br />
But when the terrible fox comes, it is<br />
Timmy who must save the day.<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-062-0<br />
Rights available W (EL)<br />
Molly’s Night Out<br />
By Una Leavy<br />
Illus. Woody Fox<br />
Molly is scared of the strange noises –<br />
and silence – in the country. She’s sure<br />
there’s a monster out there! She and<br />
Granny and Grandad go out to explore<br />
the dark night.<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-068-2<br />
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Magic, fun and adventure<br />
A mix of ancient Irish legends retold and magical new ones,<br />
O’Brien Panda Legends are truly legendary!<br />
<strong>The</strong> Riddle<br />
By Felicity Hayes-McCoy<br />
Illus. Randall Stephen Hall<br />
<strong>The</strong> Gobán Saor is the best<br />
craftsman in the whole world.<br />
But he is in big trouble. Will his<br />
riddle save him from the King<br />
of Greece?<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-036-1<br />
Joke Books<br />
Finn’s Thumb<br />
By Felicity Hayes-McCoy<br />
Illus. Randall Stephen Hall<br />
When Finn needs to know<br />
something all he has to do<br />
is bite hard on his thumb!<br />
How did Finn come to<br />
have such a special<br />
thumb?<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-035-4<br />
Beastly Jokes<br />
More Beastly Jokes<br />
By Shay Healy<br />
Cats, kangaroos, dogs, elephants,<br />
frogs, alligators – here’s a whole<br />
zoo full of great animal jokes that<br />
are guaranteed to quack you up!<br />
200 jokes with zany cartoons.<br />
A companion to the popular O’Brien Panda series, O’Brien<br />
Panda Legends are ideal for beginner readers, with exciting<br />
stories and illustrations throughout.<br />
All titles 64 pages<br />
Black & white illustrations<br />
€5.99 pb<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Henny Penny Tree<br />
By Siobhán Parkinson<br />
Illus. Lisa Jackson<br />
Great-Uncle Fergus gives<br />
special coins to his three<br />
nieces: Tall One, Middling<br />
and Littlest. What can the<br />
Littlest girl do with her copper<br />
coin?<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-966-4<br />
Both 96 pages/black & white<br />
€4.99 pb<br />
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Beastly Jokes<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-923-7<br />
More Beastly Jokes<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-924-4<br />
<strong>The</strong> Baby Giant<br />
Text & illus. Oisín McGann<br />
Giants are huge, right? Well,<br />
this one is a bit different. <strong>The</strong><br />
Irish Giant looks like a big<br />
baby! Will the Scottish Giant<br />
eat him for breakfast?<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-088-0<br />
Purple Flag – Reading Level 5+ www.obrien.ie<br />
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<strong>The</strong> perfect way to introduce the beginner<br />
reader to the wonderful world of books.<br />
Exciting stories with lots of illustration and<br />
simple text.<br />
anda<br />
p s<br />
for Beginner Readers<br />
All titles 64 pages with black & white illustrations throughout.<br />
€5.99 pb<br />
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Purple Flag – Reading Level 5+ www.obrien.ie<br />
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Muckeen the Pig<br />
Text & illus. Fergus Lyons<br />
Muckeen is a very happy little pig.<br />
But when he is taken to market,<br />
Muckeen does not like it at all. He<br />
plans a daring escape!<br />
FREE teaching ideas & discovery<br />
challenge online<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-528-4<br />
Ribbit Ribbit!<br />
By Anne Marie Herron<br />
Illus. Stephen Hall<br />
Freddy is pretending he’s a frog! It’s<br />
great fun for a while, but everyone<br />
soon gets tired of it ...<br />
FREE teaching ideas online<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-527-7<br />
Amy’s Wonderful Nest<br />
By Gordon Snell<br />
Illus. Fergus Lyons<br />
Amy decides to build a nest, but she<br />
doesn’t know how! So she does it<br />
her own way.<br />
FREE teaching ideas online<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-530-7<br />
A Garden for Tom<br />
By Una Leavy<br />
Illus. Margaret Suggs<br />
Tom wants a garden of his very own.<br />
He plants his seeds and watches<br />
them closely. But why is nothing<br />
growing?<br />
FREE teaching ideas online<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-568-0<br />
Katie’s Caterpillars<br />
By Stephanie Dagg<br />
Illus. Stephen Hall<br />
Katie has her very own special pets<br />
– caterpillars. But what’s happening<br />
to them?<br />
FREE teaching ideas & activities online<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-572-7<br />
No Shoes for Tom<br />
By Una Leavy<br />
Illus. Margaret Suggs<br />
Tom just HATES wearing shoes!<br />
He has such fun with his bare toes.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n the snow starts falling ...<br />
Also available in Irish: see page C42<br />
FREE teaching ideas online<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-526-0<br />
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Fireman Sinead!<br />
By Anna Donovan<br />
Illus. Susan Cooper<br />
Sinead wants to be a fireman when<br />
she’s big. ‘Girls can’t be firemen,’<br />
she’s told. But Sinead has her own<br />
ideas on that!<br />
FREE teaching ideas & activities online<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-529-1<br />
<strong>The</strong> Little Black Sheep<br />
Text & illus. Elizabeth Shaw<br />
<strong>The</strong> little black sheep finally finds a<br />
way to be accepted by the flock.<br />
An international bestseller.<br />
Also available in Irish: see page C42<br />
FREE teaching ideas online<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-463-8<br />
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Sinead the Dancer<br />
By Anna Donovan<br />
Illus. Susan Cooper<br />
Sinead just loves dancing, but she<br />
doesn’t like the dancing class. No,<br />
Sinead has her very own style ...<br />
Also available in Irish: see page C42<br />
FREE teaching ideas online<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-571-0<br />
Granny’s Teeth<br />
By Brianóg Brady Dawson<br />
Illus. Michael Connor<br />
Danny thinks Granny’s teeth are<br />
amazing. So he takes them to<br />
school! Granny is NOT happy ...<br />
Also available in Irish: see page C42<br />
FREE teaching ideas online<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-570-3<br />
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Danny’s Smelly Toothbrush<br />
By Brianóg Brady Dawson<br />
Illus. Michael Connor<br />
Danny has some very original<br />
ideas about disposing of his shiny,<br />
new, AWFUL toothbrush!<br />
Also available in Irish: see page C43<br />
FREE teaching ideas online<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-611-3<br />
Katie’s Cake<br />
By Stephanie Dagg<br />
Illus. Stephen Hall<br />
Katie discovers that it’s not so easy<br />
to replace icing once you’ve licked it<br />
all off the cake!<br />
Also available in Irish: see page C42<br />
FREE teaching ideas & activities online<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-617-5<br />
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Granny Makes a Mess!<br />
By Brianóg Brady Dawson<br />
Illus. Michael Connor<br />
Why does everyone blame Danny<br />
for the mess when Granny did it?<br />
FREE teaching ideas online<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-612-0<br />
Danny’s Sick Trick<br />
By Brianóg Brady Dawson<br />
Illus. Michael Connor<br />
Danny HATES Auntie Bessie’s<br />
dinners so much that he decides<br />
to make himself sick so he won’t<br />
have to visit her!<br />
FREE teaching ideas & activities online<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-689-2<br />
Danny and Baby Do It All<br />
By Brianóg Brady Dawson<br />
Illus. Michael Connor<br />
Why does Danny want his little<br />
sister Susie’s Baby Do-It-All doll?<br />
It can only mean more trouble for<br />
poor Danny!<br />
FREE teaching ideas online<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-690-8<br />
My Dog Lively<br />
By Patrick Deeley<br />
Illus. Martin Fagan<br />
Jenny is sick of boring toy dogs.<br />
She wants a real live dog that’s all<br />
her own. But real pets can be a lot<br />
of hard work!<br />
Also available in Irish: see page C43<br />
FREE teaching ideas online<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-723-3<br />
Granny’s Secret<br />
By Brianóg Brady Dawson<br />
Illus. Michael Connor<br />
Danny has to keep Granny’s<br />
secret until Mum’s birthday, but, as<br />
you know, Danny isn’t very good at<br />
being good.<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-726-4<br />
Barry’s New Bed<br />
By Una Leavy<br />
Illus. Moira McNamara<br />
Barry’s first real bed is a big adventure<br />
– and a little scary too!<br />
FREE teaching ideas online<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-644-1<br />
Spotty Sally<br />
By Anne Marie Herron<br />
Illus. Stephen Hall<br />
Sally ADORES spots and dots and<br />
she’ll never, ever get tired of them.<br />
Or will she?<br />
Also available in Irish: see page C42<br />
FREE teaching ideas online<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-640-3<br />
Snip Snip!<br />
By Creina Mansfield<br />
Illus. Maeve Kelly<br />
Erin loves to cut things with her little<br />
scissors. One day she cuts her hair<br />
and Mum is very cross. Can Grandad<br />
help?<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-722-6<br />
Ducks in Trouble<br />
Text & illus. Patrice Aggs<br />
On the farm some very strange<br />
noises wake the farmer. <strong>The</strong> ducks<br />
are singing and banging ‘instruments’<br />
– what a racket! But their noise has<br />
woken up someone else – wily Mr<br />
Fox ...<br />
FREE activities online<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-154-2<br />
Bad Hair Day<br />
By Catherine Doolin<br />
Illus. Maeve Kelly<br />
Finn really wants to be cool. He tries<br />
very hard, but nothing works – until<br />
he tackles his hair. Now he’s too cool<br />
for school!<br />
Also available in Irish: see page C42<br />
FREE teaching ideas online<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-748-6<br />
Purple Flag – Reading Level 5+ www.obrien.ie<br />
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Conor’s Cowboy Suit<br />
By Gillian Perdue<br />
Illus. Michael Connor<br />
When Conor gets a cowboy suit<br />
he is very happy. ‘Yee haw!’ he<br />
says. ‘Stick ’em up!’ Conor’s suit<br />
is the best thing ever. But can he<br />
wear it to school?<br />
Also available in Irish: see page C43<br />
FREE activities online<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-778-3<br />
<strong>The</strong> Big Brother<br />
By Stephanie Dagg<br />
Illus. Alan Clarke<br />
Dara’s mum is going to have a baby<br />
soon, and Dara will be a big brother.<br />
But what does a big brother do?<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-779-0<br />
Purple Flag – Reading Level 5+ www.obrien.ie<br />
C16<br />
Danny’s Pesky Pet<br />
By Brianóg Brady Dawson<br />
Illus. Michael Connor<br />
Poor Keeno the dog has nothing<br />
to keep him warm. But troublemaker<br />
Danny has a plan ...<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-803-2<br />
Strawberry Squirt<br />
Text & illustrations by Patrice Aggs<br />
Strawberry Squirt is a great game,<br />
but the rabbits don’t want Short<br />
Legs to play. Oh dear! What can<br />
Short Legs do?<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-805-6<br />
Helpful Hannah<br />
Text & illustrations by Marie<br />
Burlington<br />
Hannah is amazing. She can fix<br />
anything. Granny would prefer her<br />
to knit and sew and cook.<br />
But Granny is in for a surprise one<br />
stormy, snowy morning.<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-837-7<br />
Tina and the Tooth Fairy<br />
By Gordon Snell<br />
Illus. Peter Blodau<br />
Tina is always in trouble!<br />
And the tooth fairy is never in<br />
trouble. Oh dear! How will these<br />
two get on?<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-601-4<br />
Lighthouse Joey<br />
Text & illustrations by Marie<br />
Burlington<br />
Lighthouse Joey and his friend<br />
Danny find a pair of strange boots.<br />
Could they belong to the old pirate<br />
Jumping Jack?<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-945-9<br />
Conor’s Concert<br />
By Gillian Perdue<br />
Illus. Michael Connor<br />
Conor is learning to play the piano.<br />
But he doesn’t like the boring tunes<br />
he must practise. Conor has his own<br />
special way – as usual!<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-847-6<br />
Muckeen and the UFO<br />
Text & illustrations by Fergus Lyons<br />
A big silver spaceship beams the<br />
little pig up into the sky. What can the<br />
aliens want with Muckeen?<br />
FREE teaching ideas online<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-832-2<br />
Shoestring Soup<br />
Text & illustrations by Fergus Lyons<br />
<strong>The</strong> poor man is TIRED of shoestring<br />
soup. He tries eating a cookery book<br />
sandwich - yuck! He even tries to be<br />
a duck to get nice crusts of bread. But<br />
nothing works. What can he do?<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-871-1<br />
Snobby Cat<br />
By Patrick Deeley<br />
Illus. Tatyana Feeney<br />
Orlando is a snob. He drinks cream,<br />
not milk. He won’t eat ordinary fish.<br />
But what happens when he has to<br />
catch mice?<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-946-6<br />
Pageboy Danny<br />
By Brianóg Brady Dawson<br />
Illus. Michael Connor<br />
Uncle Ted is getting married and<br />
Danny will play a special part at the<br />
wedding. But, as usual, Danny has<br />
other ideas ...<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-950-3
Conor’s Canvas<br />
By Gillian Perdue<br />
Illus. Michael Connor<br />
Conor’s class is to have an art<br />
exhibition. Conor’s painting is<br />
full of splashes and splodges.<br />
It’s a MESS – or is it?<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-043-9<br />
Where’s Murphy?<br />
By Anna Donovan<br />
Illus. Tatyana Feeney<br />
Rory’s best friend, his dog Murphy,<br />
goes on a bit of a wander. Rory is<br />
bereft and the family try to find him.<br />
In the end they do and Rory and<br />
Murphy are re-united.<br />
Also available in Irish: see page C43<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-081-1<br />
Danny’s Crazy Christmas<br />
By Brianóg Brady Dawson<br />
Illus. Michael Connor<br />
Danny is getting ready for<br />
Christmas. Oh no! What kind of<br />
chaos can he make this time?<br />
A lot ...<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-124-5<br />
What the experts say about Panda books:<br />
Muckeen and the Big Freeze<br />
Text & illustrations by Fergus Lyons<br />
It’s snowing and Muckeen is looking forward to<br />
lots of fun! But - Oh! - where is his dinner? And<br />
the water has frozen. What will poor Muckeen do?<br />
Trapped in his shed, he is not happy at all.<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-243-3<br />
Emma the Penguin<br />
By Sarah Webb<br />
Illus. Anne O’Hara<br />
It’s the school play: Noah’s Ark.<br />
Emma has to play the part of a<br />
penguin, and she is NOT happy<br />
about it. But she discovers it’s fun,<br />
after all.<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-195-5<br />
‘... <strong>The</strong>se easy stories with their simple texts and lively illustrations should encourage even the most<br />
recalcitrant reader to curl up by the fire’ Sunday Independent<br />
‘<strong>The</strong> beauty in the Panda series lies in the humorous stories, the abundance of illustrations, the large<br />
print for first-time readers and the great sense of achievement for children on reading a ‘big book’ all by<br />
themselves’ Sunday Business Post<br />
Purple Flag – Reading Level 5+ www.obrien.ie<br />
‘Should appeal to children learning to read, including older children who are struggling’<br />
<strong>The</strong> School Librarian<br />
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WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF ALFIE GREEN<br />
Joe O’Brien lives in Dublin with his wife and children. He is the<br />
author of nine Alfie Green books as well as three books in the<br />
Danny Wilde GAA series for older readers and fantasy novel,<br />
Beyond the Cherry Tree. His book Alfie Green and the Chocolate<br />
Cosmos was shortlisted for Children’s Book of the Year at<br />
the Irish Book Awards in 2010.<br />
All by Joe O’Brien<br />
Illustrated by<br />
Jean Texier.<br />
All 80 pages/B&W<br />
Rights available W<br />
Yellow Flag – Reading Level 6+ www.obrien.ie<br />
C18<br />
Alfie Green and the Magical Gift<br />
Grandad has left Alfie an old book<br />
with special powers. Alfie must cross<br />
Sleepy Meadows, past Snapping<br />
Dragons to a crooked tree guarded<br />
by Giant Hogweeds in order to claim<br />
his own magic gift.<br />
FREE activities & discovery challenge<br />
online<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-041-5<br />
€6.99 pb<br />
Alfie Green and the Bee Bottle<br />
Gang<br />
Alfie stops Whacker Walsh and his<br />
gang from trapping bees in the park.<br />
Now they are out to get him. Alfie<br />
needs protection from the Queen<br />
Bee’s warriors in Honeycomb Mountain.<br />
But how will he get past the<br />
blazing bushes of Firethorn Valley?<br />
FREE teaching ideas & activities online<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-054-5<br />
€6.99 pb<br />
Alfie Green and the Monkey<br />
Puzzler<br />
A FREE circus comes to town, and<br />
all the performers are MONKEYS!<br />
What’s going on? Alfie and Fitzer<br />
must discover the truth behind<br />
Monty’s Marvellous Circus.<br />
FREE teaching ideas & activities online<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-174-0<br />
€6.99 pb<br />
Alfie Green and the Supersonic<br />
Subway<br />
How can Alfie stop the evil Desert<br />
Elves on their Scorpion Chariots? A<br />
very special lawnmower hidden in<br />
a secret subway under Grandad’s<br />
shed might do the trick!<br />
FREE activities online<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-095-8<br />
€7.99 hb<br />
Alfie Green and the Snowdrop<br />
Queen<br />
Alfie’s granny has wished for a white<br />
Christmas, but it’s Christmas Eve<br />
and there’s no sign of snow. If only<br />
Alfie could reach the Snowdrop<br />
Queen in Arcania! And who can help<br />
him get there? Santa, of course!<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-120-7<br />
€7.99 hb<br />
Alfie Green and a Sink Full of Frogs<br />
<strong>The</strong> old sink in Alfie’s garden has been<br />
invaded by hundreds of frogs! Alfie<br />
needs help – fast. Alfie’s magical book<br />
suggests a very unusual way to solve<br />
the problem ...<br />
FREE teaching ideas & activities online<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-079-8<br />
€6.99 pb<br />
Alfie Green and the Fly-Trapper<br />
Alfie’s house is invaded by flies. His<br />
fly-trap plant is too small to eat them<br />
all so the wise old plant uses magic to<br />
make it bigger. <strong>The</strong>n it gets BIGGER<br />
and BIGGER!<br />
FREE teaching ideas & activities online<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-072-9<br />
€6.99 pb<br />
Alfie Green and the Conker King<br />
Alfie’s team is in the Budsville School<br />
Conker Championships final. But how<br />
can they win when Whacker Walsh<br />
keeps cheating and they lose one of<br />
their conkers? Alfie needs a new one –<br />
fast. Can the Conker King of Skeleton<br />
Woods help?<br />
FREE activities online<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-283-9<br />
€6.99 pb<br />
Alfie Green and the Chocolate<br />
Cosmos<br />
Budsville’s chocolate fair cancelled?<br />
No way, Alfie decides. Chocolate<br />
seeds from Arcania are the answer,<br />
but only if he can survive the Roaring<br />
Rainforest, the vicious Spider Plant<br />
and the Forest Ogre.<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-196-2<br />
€7.99 hb<br />
‘Alfie Green is a scampish new character …<br />
gorgeous books beautifully illustrated… Perfect<br />
for six-to-seven year olds’ Sunday Independent<br />
‘An instant hit with children’ Sunday World<br />
‘Highly recommended’ Irish Independent
Introducing a Rather Remarkable Grizzly Bear ...<br />
NEW<br />
NEW<br />
Marco Moves In<br />
A grizzly bear escapes from<br />
the zoo and arrives at Patrick’s<br />
house, asking for a cup of tea!<br />
Now, if only Patrick can hide<br />
Marco from his nosey neighbours<br />
and throw the police off the<br />
scent, maybe he’ll stay?<br />
64 pages<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-229-7<br />
€7.99 hb<br />
Rights available W<br />
Marco Master of Disguise<br />
<strong>The</strong> zoo is still looking for Marco and<br />
there are ‘wanted’ posters all over<br />
town. So, when FIVE unexpected visitors<br />
turn up, one after the other, on the<br />
same day, just how will Marco manage<br />
to fool them all?<br />
You’ll be surprised!<br />
64 pages<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-273-0<br />
€7.99 hb<br />
Rights available W<br />
<strong>The</strong> Leprechaun Who Wished He<br />
Wasn’t<br />
By Siobhán Parkinson<br />
Illus. Donald Teskey<br />
A tall tale about Laurence the leprechaun,<br />
who is tired of being small and<br />
uncool, and Phoebe, who is tired of<br />
being tall!<br />
FREE teaching ideas online<br />
80 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-334-1<br />
€5.99 pb<br />
Rights available W/Rights sold F • LA<br />
<strong>The</strong> Most Beautiful Letter in the<br />
World<br />
By Karl O’Neill<br />
Illus. Emma Byrne<br />
Poppy finds a mysterious red envelope<br />
in the park. It’s addressed ‘to you’ … It<br />
could be for me, she thinks!<br />
She opens it and finds the most<br />
beautiful letter in the world.<br />
64 pages/colour/ISBN 978-1-84717-011-8<br />
€9.95 pb/Rights available W<br />
<strong>The</strong> Hedgehog’s Prickly Problem<br />
Text & illus. Don Conroy<br />
Harry Hedgehog is bored with his<br />
life and he joins the circus to find<br />
adventure. But he ends up in a very<br />
prickly situation! Can his woodland<br />
friends rescue him?<br />
80 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-415-7<br />
€5.07 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
All by Gerry Boland<br />
Illustrated by Áine McGuinness<br />
Marco Moonwalker<br />
When Patrick discovers that Marco is a musical<br />
genius,he has a great idea. <strong>The</strong>y form a<br />
band, <strong>The</strong> 3Ms, and Marco, in cape and mask,<br />
becomes a huge star: Cool Dude Giant. <strong>The</strong>n<br />
disaster strikes. He is spotted without his mask<br />
and brought back to the zoo. How will Patrick<br />
and Mum get him out again?<br />
64 pages<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-301-0<br />
€7.99 hb<br />
Rights available W<br />
<strong>The</strong> Lough Neagh Monster<br />
By Sam McBratney<br />
Illus. Donald Teskey<br />
Everyone has heard of the Loch<br />
Ness Monster, but what about the<br />
Lough Neagh Monster? Noblett’s<br />
quiet life is thrown into chaos when<br />
Nessie pays a visit.<br />
FREE teaching ideas online<br />
80 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-375-4<br />
€5.95 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
Here, <strong>The</strong>re and Everywhere<br />
By Liz Weir<br />
Illus. Tomm Moore<br />
Why do skunks have an awful smell?<br />
What would the sky taste like? Was<br />
the snow always white?<br />
Stories can answer lots of questions.<br />
All around the world people have<br />
great tales to tell. Meet the clever<br />
rabbit who faces up to a big bully;<br />
the mother owl who protects her<br />
babies; meet lions, monkeys, elephants, mermaids and<br />
fairies. Liz Weir is a master storyteller, and these stories are<br />
guaranteed to enchant any child.<br />
Book: 80 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-869-8<br />
€5.95 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
CD: ISBN 978-0-86278-895-7<br />
€8.95 CD<br />
Rights available W<br />
Yellow Flag – Reading Level 6+ www.obrien.ie<br />
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Specifically designed for children who have graduated from picture books and first readers, Flyers are<br />
aimed at more advanced readers, age 6+. Flyers are longer – with ‘proper’ chapters – and are slightly more<br />
challenging than Pandas, but still great fun to read, with engaging storylines and vibrant, lively illustrations.<br />
All titles 64 pages, Black & white illustrations, €5.99 pb, Rights available W except where noted<br />
Yellow Flag – Reading Level 6+ www.obrien.ie<br />
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Going Potty<br />
By Eoin Colfer<br />
Illus. Woody<br />
Why is going to Big School driving Ed<br />
Cooper potty?<br />
Granny understands, and she has a<br />
wacky solution.<br />
FREE teaching ideas & discovery<br />
challenge online<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-602-1<br />
<strong>The</strong> Big Fight<br />
By Frank Murphy<br />
Illus. Kieron Black<br />
Cúchulainn is forced to fight his best<br />
friend, Ferdia, in this simple retelling<br />
of the epic story of Queen Maeve and<br />
the Brown Bull of Cooley.<br />
FREE teaching ideas, activities & discovery<br />
challenge online<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-451-5<br />
Anna’s Secret Granny<br />
By Stephanie Dagg<br />
Illus. Phillip Morrison<br />
Anna doesn’t have a real granny, so<br />
she draws herself one. <strong>The</strong>n, one<br />
day, her paper granny comes to life<br />
and steps out of the picture!<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-686-1<br />
RIghts sold F<br />
Ed’s Bed<br />
By Eoin Colfer<br />
Illus. Woody<br />
Ed is having problems – he simply<br />
cannot learn his tables and he is<br />
wetting the bed. Ed can’t hide his<br />
secret forever. Mum and Dad come<br />
to the rescue, and Ed is the star of<br />
the class once more!<br />
FREE discovery challenge online<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-679-3<br />
<strong>The</strong> Lost Fairy<br />
By Marian Broderick<br />
Illus. Aileen Caffrey<br />
Flora knows her proper place – right<br />
at the TOP of the tree. But when she<br />
falls off, the family are too busy to<br />
notice. Oh no! Not the dog! Will Flora<br />
be rescued in time for Christmas?<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-725-7<br />
Trouble for Tuffy<br />
By Ann Bermingham<br />
Illus. Marie Burlington<br />
Katie and Ted are causing havoc!<br />
Tuffy, their smart little dog, tries to<br />
keep order, but it’s very hard! <strong>The</strong>n<br />
disaster strikes when they lose<br />
Mum’s best necklace!<br />
FREE teaching ideas online<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-554-3<br />
Ed’s Funny Feet<br />
By Eoin Colfer<br />
Illus. Woody<br />
Ed Cooper has a problem with his<br />
big toes. So he takes matters into<br />
his own hands and invents DIY footstraighteners.<br />
But will they work?<br />
FREE teaching ideas & discovery<br />
challenge online<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-650-2<br />
Jigsaw Stew<br />
Text & illus. Conor McHale<br />
Jack MacAnoolie has to save his<br />
family when they eat a stew made<br />
from a jigsaw puzzle and suffer dire<br />
consequences!<br />
FREE teaching ideas & discovery<br />
challenge online<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-688-5<br />
Rights sold SP<br />
Don’t Open That Box<br />
Text & illus. Conor McHale<br />
<strong>The</strong>re’s bad news in the post for<br />
Granny. <strong>The</strong> bad news has sharp<br />
teeth and scales, and is very, very<br />
hungry! Watch out for those teeth,<br />
Granny, and whatever you do …<br />
Don’t Open that Box!<br />
FREE teaching ideas & discovery<br />
challenge online<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-705-9<br />
Fishbum and Splat<br />
Text & illus. Conor McHale<br />
Star-gazing is BAD for demons, but<br />
Fishbum and Splat cannot resist.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n they are caught by an angel<br />
and frogmarched to Heaven. Dancing<br />
angels, exploding stars, angry<br />
dogs – how will the demons ever get<br />
back to cosy Hell?<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-735-6
Mad Grandad’s Flying Saucer<br />
Text & illus. Oisín McGann<br />
Lenny and his mad grandad buy a<br />
flying saucer and shoot off into space<br />
together to explore the galaxy. But<br />
getting home from space isn’t quite<br />
so easy ...<br />
FREE discovery challenge online<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-822-3<br />
Rights sold SL<br />
Mad Grandad’s Robot Garden<br />
Text & illus. Oisín McGann<br />
Lenny’s mad grandad has a new toy:<br />
a robot gardener. No more weeding<br />
or cutting the grass for Grandad! But<br />
the robot seems to have plans of its<br />
own ...<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-821-6<br />
Rights sold SL<br />
Mad Grandad and the Kleptoes<br />
Text & illus. Oisín McGann<br />
Things keep disappearing down the<br />
back of Grandad’s sofa. Who, or<br />
what, has taken them? When Lenny<br />
and Grandad discover the Kleptoes<br />
and their hideout, things turn nasty.<br />
And Kleptoes can be very nasty<br />
indeed ...<br />
FREE activities online<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-938-1<br />
Robots Don’t Cry<br />
Text & illus. Bob Byrne<br />
Bimbot is thrown out of the treehouse<br />
gang for being a crybaby.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n he meets a skunk with no<br />
smell, a bee with no stripes and a<br />
bear who is afraid of heights. Can his<br />
new friends help him?<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-005-7<br />
Mad Grandad’s Wicked Pictures<br />
Text & illus. Oisín McGann<br />
Grandad and Lenny are painting the<br />
living-room. But Grandad’s paint is<br />
very old and it’s gone all strange. It<br />
has stripes and spots and patterns<br />
in it. <strong>The</strong> pictures they make with it<br />
come alive, and they are evil, and<br />
they are … hungry. Grandad and<br />
Lenny have to come up with some<br />
clever moves to outwit the wicked<br />
pictures.<br />
FREE activities online<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-063-7<br />
Mad Grandad’s<br />
Doppelganger<br />
Text & illus. Oisín McGann<br />
Grandad has lost his car and<br />
Lenny is helping him look<br />
for it. But Grandad is acting<br />
strange… What Lenny doesn’t<br />
know is that Grandad is not<br />
Grandad at all. He is a doppelganger<br />
- a look-alike. But that’s<br />
not the only problem for Lenny.<br />
Something is definitely following<br />
Lenny and fake Grandad – and it’s<br />
not very friendly ...<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-197-9<br />
Mad Grandad and the Mutant River<br />
Text & illus. Oisín McGann<br />
Lenny is amazed when Grandad<br />
fishes a mermaid out of the river.<br />
Bully Barry Cooder wants the mermaid<br />
for his trophy collection. Our<br />
heroes escape beneath the river only<br />
to encounter something much, much<br />
worse.<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-939-8<br />
Blue, Where Are You?<br />
By Wes Magee<br />
Illus. Margaret Suggs<br />
Jo and her brother, Josh, don’t like<br />
their new home. It’s cold and a bit<br />
scary. <strong>The</strong>n their cat, Blue, disappears.<br />
But when she does turn up,<br />
Blue has a special surprise for the<br />
family!<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-009-5<br />
<strong>The</strong> Little Witch Who Can’t Spell<br />
Text & illus. Marie Burlington<br />
Little Willow Witch can’t spell. Her<br />
magic spells are all mixed up.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n Willow finds a powerful wizard’s<br />
wand.<br />
‘Oh no!’ meows Spooky her cat,<br />
as he runs for cover. And Spooky<br />
is right. Little Witch and a powerful<br />
wizard’s wand spell only one thing<br />
and that’s …T-R-O-U-B-L-E!<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-982-4<br />
Yellow Flag – Reading Level 6+ www.obrien.ie<br />
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ALAN NOLAN<br />
Alan Nolan is a comics writer, graphic<br />
designer, artist and co-creator of the horror<br />
series Sancho. He lives in Bray, County<br />
Wicklow, with his wife and three sons.<br />
Graphic Novels<br />
Here at O’Brien <strong>Press</strong>, we are passionate about graphic<br />
novels and have a range of titles for both children and<br />
adults. <strong>The</strong>se graphic novels by Alan Nolan will encourage<br />
even the most reluctant reader to find out what<br />
happens next. See some of our graphic novels for adults<br />
in the General catalogue on page A17.<br />
A new series of hilarious graphic novel who-dunnits. Perfect for<br />
reluctant readers. See murdercanbefatal.com for more!<br />
Graphic Novels www.obrien.ie<br />
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NEW<br />
Destination: Homicide<br />
A Murder Can Be Fatal Mystery<br />
When Hood City’s superheroes start<br />
to turn up dead the city’s worst detectives,<br />
Ricky Nixon and Eddie Ribbs,<br />
are chosen to head up the case.<br />
With reporter Abigail Fletcher and<br />
blind bluesman Tonedeaf Roosevelt,<br />
they battle giant sewer alligators,<br />
mind-controlled zombies and the<br />
mysterious kingpin Mister Fogg in a<br />
mission to find out – WHO’S KILLING<br />
THE SUPERHEROES?<br />
80 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-256-3<br />
€7.99 pb/Rights available W<br />
Death by Chocolate<br />
A Murder Can Be Fatal<br />
Mystery<br />
Marcel Petit-Pois the famous,<br />
but bumbling Swiss detective,<br />
and his sidekick Tesla, the<br />
second cleverest chimp<br />
in Europe, are on a case.<br />
<strong>The</strong> mysterious Chocolatier<br />
has committed a series of<br />
confectionery-related killings.<br />
In a rollercoaster adventure,<br />
Petit-Pois teams up with old<br />
friends, follows clues, uncovers<br />
gruesome murders and eventually finds out that although<br />
he believes himself to be an investigative genius, he’s actually<br />
second banana to a chimp.<br />
80 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-254-9<br />
€7.99 pb/Rights available W<br />
And <strong>The</strong> Blood Flowed Green<br />
A Murder Can Be Fatal<br />
Mystery<br />
Mick Mulligan dreams of escaping<br />
his humdrum life, but he<br />
didn’t bank on being abducted<br />
by extraterrestrials! With his<br />
alien buddies Mulligan must<br />
lead a daring jailbreak, battle<br />
robots and much more as he<br />
desperately tries to find his way<br />
home to Earth.<br />
80 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-257-0<br />
€7.99 pb/Rights available W<br />
Six Million Ways to Die<br />
A Murder Can Be Fatal<br />
Mystery<br />
Six months after Rex ‘Thunderclap’<br />
Aldrin, the famous<br />
daredevil stuntman, is horribly<br />
injured in a near fatal crash while<br />
attempting to jump Lucifer’s Canyon<br />
in his dragster, he wakes<br />
up in a deserted underground<br />
facility to find that the world has<br />
changed, and so has he.<br />
In a mind-warping adventure that<br />
brings him time-travelling back to<br />
the Titanic, Rex must use his new-found biotronically-enhanced<br />
powers to right the wrongs of the past, solve a series of gruesome<br />
on-board murders, and return his present day to normal<br />
by preventing Japan from winning the Second World War.<br />
80 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-255-6<br />
€7.99 pb/Rights available W<br />
<strong>The</strong> Big Break Detectives Casebook<br />
Text & illus. Alan Nolan<br />
<strong>The</strong> Big Break Detectives are three school friends, Danny, Kate and her brother, Tom, who,<br />
from their secret base under the school, solve crimes, right wrongs, unravel mysteries and<br />
nab evil-doers – all on their lunch break!<br />
An exciting graphic novel<br />
for children of all ages which<br />
includes four mind-boggling<br />
mysteries: <strong>The</strong> Case of the<br />
Rude Parrot • <strong>The</strong> Case<br />
of the Sabotaged Circus •<br />
<strong>The</strong> Case of the Invisible<br />
Penguins • <strong>The</strong> Case of the Phantom Lollipop Lady<br />
64 pages/full colour/ISBN 978-1-84717-252-5<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
NEW
AWARD WINNER<br />
Bridging Cultures, Building Reading Success<br />
A series of books for children celebrating ethnic and cultural diversity. Beautiful full-colour hardback<br />
books with high quality stories and engaging illustrations, Bridges can help children with their understanding<br />
of different cultures and of the many different experiences<br />
of living in Ireland today in a fun and enjoyable way.<br />
All titles 32 pages/full-colour, €7.99 hb<br />
Rights available W/Rights sold KO<br />
I Won’t Go To China<br />
By Enda Wyley<br />
Illus. Marie Thorhauge<br />
A charming story of Chang-ming, who<br />
does not want to visit his grandma in<br />
China because he has been chosen<br />
for the school team. But, he discovers,<br />
China is full of wonderful surprises.<br />
FREE teaching guide, class project and<br />
activities online<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-159-7<br />
Olanna’s Big Day<br />
By Natasha Mac a’Bháird<br />
Illus. Ray Forkan<br />
<strong>The</strong> school band is going to play in the<br />
Saint Patrick’s Day parade. Olanna<br />
practises really hard on her tin whistle.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n disaster strikes. But Olanna – with<br />
her granny back in Nigeria – saves the<br />
day!<br />
White Ravens International Youth Library<br />
Selection 2010<br />
FREE teaching guide & class project online<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-171-9<br />
Red Flag Books<br />
<strong>The</strong> Romanian Builder<br />
By Peter Prendergast<br />
Illus. Ross Stewart<br />
Joe has lots to ask the builder:<br />
Which tool is most important? What<br />
if you are afraid of heights? <strong>The</strong>n he<br />
discovers that Radu doesn’t speak<br />
English. Now he will never find out<br />
about building – or will he? A story of<br />
understanding without words.<br />
FREE teaching guide online<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-105-4<br />
<strong>The</strong> Dreaming Tree<br />
By Eithne Massey<br />
Illus. Marie Thorhauge<br />
Back home in Brazil, Roberto loved<br />
playing football. Now he lives in<br />
Ireland, and he’d really like to have<br />
a game with the boys in the park,<br />
but he’s too shy. When his granny<br />
reminds him of the Brazilian story of<br />
the dreaming tree, he doesn’t see how<br />
it can help … But maybe it can!<br />
FREE teaching guide & class project online<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-158-0<br />
Bridges – Multicultural Books<br />
Diabolic <strong>Download</strong>s<br />
By Jim Halligan<br />
Illus. Fabian Erlinghäuser<br />
Everybody is thrilled when Nixxter Express<br />
starts giving away free ringtones.<br />
Everybody except Jack Keely, that is. His<br />
phone is a wreck and couldn’t download<br />
so much as a cold. But Jack soon finds<br />
out just how diabolic a free download can<br />
really be ...<br />
80 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-065-1<br />
€6.99 pb/Rights available W<br />
Deep in the cellars of the O’Brien <strong>Press</strong> is a<br />
safe that contained stories too horrible to be<br />
read. But somebody has broken into that safe<br />
and the stories have been released. Here are<br />
some of these forbidden <strong>file</strong>s ...<br />
Wired Teeth<br />
Text & illus. Oisín McGann<br />
Jason McGinty’s a bad kid, and his<br />
teeth are worse. But when Jason gets<br />
computer-controlled braces things get<br />
really weird …<br />
96 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-003-3<br />
€6.95 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
Demon from the Deep End<br />
By James Allison, Illus. Dani Cruz<br />
From the moment Liam, Sophie and Evan<br />
arrive at their hotel in Spain things seem<br />
weird, and when they discover the Blobster<br />
– a monster made of slime that oozes from<br />
the pool to devour guests – things really<br />
start to get creepy…<br />
80 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-134-4<br />
€6.99 pb/Rights available W<br />
<strong>The</strong> Poison Factory<br />
Text & illus. Oisín McGann<br />
Gaz’s brother Joey ventures into the<br />
chemical factory to look for a lost football<br />
and doesn’t come back. Will Gaz and his<br />
friends ever find him? And what’s going on<br />
in the factory?<br />
96 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-941-1<br />
€6.95 pb/Rights available W<br />
<strong>The</strong> Evil Hairdo<br />
Text & illus. Oisín McGann<br />
WitchCraft is Melanie’s favourite band.<br />
More than anything else in the world, Melanie<br />
wants the WitchCraft hair. But then she<br />
gets it, and that’s when the trouble starts. It<br />
turns out that her hair is evil …<br />
80 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-940-4<br />
€6.95 pb/Rights available W<br />
Red Flag – Reading Level 8+<br />
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Red Flag – Reading Level 8+ www.obrien.ie<br />
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All Anna the Witch titles €6.99 pb<br />
Rights available W/Rights sold G, SL, SP<br />
Mischief and Magic with Anna the Witch!<br />
By Marian Broderick<br />
Illus. Francesca Carabelli<br />
Ice Dreams<br />
By Grace Wells<br />
Illus. Lisa Jackson<br />
<strong>The</strong> villagers of Moutsouna need<br />
a plan to save their village before<br />
everyone is forced to leave the Greek<br />
island of Naxos. Twins Nina and Alex<br />
have a dream – an ice dream. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
just have to make Papa, and all the<br />
others, believe in their dream.<br />
128 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-045-3<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
<strong>The</strong> Great Pig Escape<br />
By Linda Moller<br />
Illus. Kieron Black<br />
Runtling, a little pig, doesn’t want to<br />
be taken to the market - so he and<br />
his siblings escape to the mysterious<br />
world outside the farmyard.<br />
FREE Teaching ideas & activities online<br />
144 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-667-0<br />
€6.99 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
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Wolfgran<br />
By Finbar O’Connor<br />
Illus. Martin Fagan<br />
Granny has sold her house to the<br />
Three Little Pigs and moved into the<br />
Happy-Ever-After Home for Retired<br />
Fairy Tale Characters. But the Big<br />
Bad Wolf is still on her trail!<br />
80 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-730-1<br />
€6.50 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
Rights sold SE<br />
AWARD-WINNER<br />
<strong>The</strong> Witch Apprentice<br />
Anna has been adopted by witches who<br />
make her help them with their nasty spells!<br />
How will Anna find a way to escape?<br />
112 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-129-0<br />
Rights sold CA • G • SL • SP<br />
<strong>The</strong> Witch in the Woods<br />
When Verbena kidnaps Anna’s best friend<br />
Mary, it’s up to Anna and her cat Charlie<br />
to rescue her ... Will Anna’s magic be<br />
strong enough to save Mary?<br />
112 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-108-5<br />
Rights sold CA • G • SL • SP<br />
A Witch in a Fix<br />
When Anna turns her horrible science teacher into a giant rat, she<br />
soon realises she’s made a bad mistake. How will Anna turn the<br />
big, angry rat back into her teacher? And can she do it quickly,<br />
before anyone finds out that she’s a witch?<br />
96 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-130-6<br />
RIghts sold G<br />
Adam’s Starling<br />
By Gillian Perdue<br />
Illus. Barry Reynolds<br />
Adam is finding school tough. He has<br />
become a target for the bullies. <strong>The</strong>n he<br />
finds a new friend: a starling.<br />
FREE teaching ideas & activities online<br />
AWARD Bisto Eilís Dillon Award<br />
160 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-685-4<br />
€6.95 pb<br />
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Walter Speazlebud<br />
By David Donohue<br />
Illus. Aidan Harte<br />
Walter Speazlebud has extraordinary<br />
powers. A whizz at spelling backwards,<br />
he discovers that he also has the power<br />
of Noitanigami (Imagination) – he can<br />
make things go backwards in time.<br />
112 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-762-2<br />
€6.99 pb<br />
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Wolfgran Returns<br />
By Finbar O’Connor<br />
Illus. Martin Fagan<br />
Inspector Plonker is once more on the<br />
trail of his old enemy, Wolfgran, but this<br />
time he’s going undercover.<br />
96 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN: 978-0-86278-884-1<br />
€6.50 pb<br />
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Animals Don’t Have Ghosts<br />
By Siobhán Parkinson<br />
Illus. Catherine Henderson/ Cartoon<br />
Saloon<br />
Dara and Sinéad are visiting their<br />
know-it-all cousin Michelle in the city.<br />
With a fun tour of skeletons, slicedpan<br />
ducks, sticky buns and lots more,<br />
the city is never boring!<br />
80 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-765-1<br />
€6.50 pb/Rights available W<br />
<strong>The</strong> Supermarket Ghost<br />
By Gordon Snell<br />
Illus. Bob Byrne<br />
Maria is shocked to discover that<br />
the strange boy in the supermarket<br />
is really a ghost called Davy. She<br />
agrees to help Davy with his plan of<br />
revenge ...<br />
80 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-049-1<br />
€6.95 pb<br />
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Albert and the Magician<br />
By Leon McAuley<br />
Illus. Martin Fagan<br />
Big sister Fionnuala has told Albert<br />
such terrible tales about the magician<br />
that Albert is determined to avoid<br />
him when he visits the school. But it<br />
doesn’t quite work out like that!<br />
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128 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-761-5<br />
€6.95 pb<br />
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Charlie Harte and his Two-Wheeled<br />
Tiger<br />
By Frank Murphy<br />
Illus. Celine Kiernan<br />
Charlie would love a bike, but his<br />
family cannot afford one. He makes<br />
a strange-looking bike from bits<br />
and pieces – a bike with mysterious<br />
powers!<br />
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96 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-532-1<br />
€6.50 pb<br />
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Boom Chicka Boom<br />
By Liz Weir<br />
Illus. Josip Lizatovic<br />
Stories old and new, with participation<br />
rhymes and playful verses,<br />
from a noted storyteller. Full of<br />
magic and drama. Also available<br />
on CD, told by Liz Weir herself.<br />
Book: 80 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-417-1<br />
€6.95 pb<br />
CD: ISBN 978-0-86278-470-6<br />
€8.95<br />
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Tommy <strong>The</strong> <strong>The</strong>atre Cat<br />
By Maureen Potter<br />
Tommy, the Gaiety <strong>The</strong>atre cat, has many<br />
adventures. He makes friends with the<br />
actor who is playing Dick Whittington’s cat,<br />
falls foul of the cleaning lady and rushes<br />
to the rescue at the cry of ‘rats, rats’ in the<br />
Pied Piper.<br />
80 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-919-0<br />
€6.95 pb<br />
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Jimmy’s Leprechaun Trap<br />
By Dan Kissane<br />
Illus. Angela Clarke<br />
When a leprechaun turns up on Jimmy’s<br />
farm, trouble follows. What can they do to<br />
get rid of him?<br />
96 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-512-3<br />
€6.95 pb<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Fight for Plover Hill<br />
By Eilís Dillon<br />
Illus. Prudence Seward<br />
Old Dan and his grandson, John, are<br />
threatened with eviction from their beloved<br />
island farm. But they won’t go without a<br />
fight!<br />
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96 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-709-7<br />
€6.34 pb<br />
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Leprechaun on the Loose<br />
By Annette Kelleher<br />
Illus. Phillip Morrison<br />
Leprechaun Biddy Blatherskate is fed up<br />
with wet weather and minding her father’s<br />
gold, so she does a swap with an Australian<br />
boy. But leprechauns and humans don’t<br />
mix – not without a heap of trouble for all<br />
concerned.<br />
112 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-729-5<br />
€6.50 pb<br />
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Juliet’s Story<br />
By William Trevor<br />
Where would you find talking snails, fighting<br />
queens, Welsh witches and winter sunflowers?<br />
In stories, of course, and that’s why<br />
Juliet loves them. Juliet’s grandmother tells<br />
her lots of stories, and now Juliet wants to<br />
be a storyteller too.<br />
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128 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-823-0<br />
€6.50 pb<br />
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C25
Blue Flag Fiction<br />
Red Blue Flag – Reading Level 8+ 10+ www.obrien.ie<br />
C26<br />
<strong>The</strong> Demon Notebook<br />
By Erika McGann<br />
Grace and her four best friends,<br />
Jenny, Rachel, Adie and Una, are<br />
failed witches – and they have a notebook<br />
full of useless spells to prove it.<br />
But one night, they stumble upon real<br />
magical powers – and their notebook<br />
takes on a diabolical life of its own.<br />
<strong>The</strong> girls watch, helpless, as their<br />
spells start to work, moving relentlessly<br />
towards the worst one of all …<br />
Can Grace and her friends stem the<br />
wave of powerful magic … before tragedy strikes?<br />
256 pages<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-295-2<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
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NEW<br />
Nicola Pierce<br />
is a writer,<br />
who splits her<br />
life between<br />
Drogheda and<br />
Belfast. Spirit<br />
of the Titanic is<br />
her first novel<br />
for children. It<br />
has been a huge success and has<br />
been chosen for many One Book,<br />
One Community projects across the<br />
country.<br />
Across the Divide<br />
By Brian Gallagher<br />
Liam and Nora become friends at<br />
a feis ceoil. But their fathers are on<br />
opposite sides in the Dublin Lockout<br />
in 1913: one a striking worker, the<br />
other a wealthy employer. Can their<br />
friendship survive their differences?<br />
FREE teaching guide online<br />
240 pages<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-172-6<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Silver Stag of Bunratty<br />
By Eithne Massey<br />
In an Ireland full of war and danger,<br />
four children are determined to<br />
prevent Richard De Clare, Lord of<br />
Bunratty, from killing the magical<br />
Silver Stag to display his head on<br />
the castle walls. Adventure, conflict<br />
and danger awaits them.<br />
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240 pages<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-206-8<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
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Secrets and Shadows<br />
By Brian Gallagher<br />
When her home is destroyed in<br />
the Luftwaffe bombing of the North<br />
Strand, Dublin in 1941, Grace Ryan<br />
has to move in with relatives in a<br />
different part of the city. <strong>The</strong>re she<br />
meets Barry Malone, a Liverpool<br />
boy sent to Ireland to escape the<br />
terrible air raids on his native city.<br />
A friendship develops and a summer<br />
of fun stretches before them in<br />
the sports club run by<br />
Barry’s teacher, Mr Pawlek. But Barry begins to suspect Mr<br />
Pawlek of spying for the Nazis, and he and Grace attempt<br />
to find proof. What starts as an exciting challenge becomes<br />
increasingly risky, and soon their very lives hang in the balance.<br />
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256 pages<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-350-8<br />
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NEW<br />
Taking Sides<br />
By Brian Gallagher<br />
Dublin, 1922. Working class Annie Reilly<br />
is thrilled to win a scholarship to Eccles<br />
Street School. Through a classmate she<br />
meets Peter Scanlon, a student in Belvedere<br />
College. Peter sides with the rebels<br />
in the Civil War and carries messages for<br />
them. When Annie’s life is threatened, he<br />
has to decide where his loyalties lie.<br />
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224 pages/ISBN 978-1-84717-279-2<br />
€7.99 pb/Rights available W<br />
Where the Stones Sing<br />
By Eithne Massey<br />
A vivid story of a fight for survival in darkest<br />
medieval Dublin. As the spectre of the<br />
Black Death hovers over the city, Kai is<br />
plucked from the filthy streets to sing in<br />
the great Christ Church choir. But Kai has<br />
a secret that must be kept hidden – even<br />
from new friends Tom and Jack. Kai will<br />
need great strength, talent and help from<br />
unexpected quarters just to survive.<br />
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208 pages/ISBN 978-1-84717-277-8<br />
€7.99 pb/Rights available W<br />
Spirit of the Titanic<br />
By Nicola Pierce<br />
<strong>The</strong> ghost of fifteen-year-old Samuel Scott moves restlessly<br />
aboard the Titanic as she sails to her doom in 1912. An<br />
eyewitness to the final days in the lives of rich and poor, crew<br />
and passengers, this is Samuel’s story …<br />
‘This breathtaking book takes you on the deck of the Titanic<br />
with its amazing descriptive language describing every scene<br />
from top to bottom ...’ Guardian Children’s Books Online<br />
FREE teaching guide online<br />
240 pages/ISBN 978-1-84717-190-0<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
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MARITA CONLON-MCKENNA<br />
Marita Conlon-McKenna’s first novel,<br />
Under the Hawthorn Tree, became an<br />
immediate bestseller and she has since<br />
won several awards, including the International<br />
Reading Association Award, the<br />
Reading Association of Ireland Award<br />
and the Bisto Book of the Year Award.<br />
Her books have been translated into<br />
many languages.<br />
Children of the Famine Trilogy<br />
This beautifully packaged collection<br />
showcases all three books<br />
in the Children of the Famine<br />
Trilogy; Under the Hawthorn<br />
Tree, Wildflower Girl and Fields<br />
of Home.<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-292-1<br />
€14.95/ Rights available W<br />
AWARD-WINNER<br />
Paperback<br />
DVD Hardback Irish language<br />
Under the Hawthorn Tree<br />
A gripping story of love, loyalty and courage, set in the 1840s,<br />
the time of the Great Famine in Ireland. Under <strong>The</strong> Hawthorn<br />
Tree is a classic of Irish children’s literature.<br />
International Reading Association Award<br />
Reading Association of Ireland Award<br />
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Fields of Home<br />
In Ireland, Eily and her family struggle<br />
to make a living on a small farm and<br />
Michael works with horses at the Big<br />
House. In America, Peggy hears the call<br />
of the wild west.<br />
192 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-509-3<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
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No Goodbye<br />
When their mother suddenly leaves, the<br />
four children and their father must find a<br />
way to cope. Each of them misses her<br />
in their own way, but the big question for<br />
all of them is: will she ever come back?<br />
176 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-362-4<br />
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In Deep Dark Wood<br />
A strange new neighbour spirits Mia to<br />
a land of legend, and her brother, Rory,<br />
faces dragons and danger to rescue<br />
her. A spellbinding fantasy adventure.<br />
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online<br />
208 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-615-1<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
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AWARD-WINNER<br />
AWARD-WINNER<br />
Paperback: 160 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-206-1<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
Hardback: 192 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-743-1<br />
€12.99 hb<br />
DVD: 120 minutes, in 4 episodes<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-249-5/€19.99 Zone 2 (Europe)<br />
Faoin Sceach Gheal<br />
Irish Language edition: 176 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-653-3/€7.99 pb<br />
Wildflower Girl<br />
<strong>The</strong> story of Peggy, who emigrates to<br />
America after the Famine, like so many<br />
others, in search of a better life.<br />
Bisto Merit Award (Historical Fiction)<br />
FREE Teaching ideas & Teaching Guide online<br />
176 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-283-2<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
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A Girl Called Blue<br />
Larch Hill orphanage is the only home<br />
Blue knows. Is there any way she can<br />
find her father or mother? <strong>The</strong> closed <strong>file</strong><br />
in stern Sister Regina’s office holds the<br />
secret of her identity. And that is forbidden<br />
territory ...<br />
FREE Teaching Guide online<br />
224 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-887-2<br />
€7.95 pb/Rights available W<br />
Safe Harbour<br />
Two children are evacuated from the<br />
horrors of the London Blitz to live in<br />
County Wicklow with a grandfather they do<br />
not know. How will they live in a strange<br />
country, with a man who probably hates<br />
them – and will the family ever be together<br />
again?<br />
FREE Teaching Guide online<br />
176 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-422-5<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Blue Horse<br />
When traveller Katie’s family’s caravan<br />
burns down, they are destitute. She must<br />
fit into a new settled life in a house. But<br />
will she be accepted?<br />
AWARD Bisto Book of the Year Award<br />
176 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-305-1<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
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Blue Flag – Reading Level 10+ www.obrien.ie<br />
C27
JUDI CURTIN<br />
Leave it to Eva<br />
Eva always tries to help people, but this time her friend<br />
Kate might have a problem that’s too big to solve … unless<br />
there’s a way Eva’s exciting trip to London can help<br />
her sort things out for everyone …<br />
If you’ve got a problem, just leave it to Eva!<br />
256 pages<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-347-8<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
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NEW<br />
Red Blue Flag – Reading Level 8+ 10+ www.obrien.ie<br />
C28<br />
‘Rising star Judi Curtin’s ‘Alice’ books<br />
celebrate friendship, humour and<br />
loyalty’<br />
Sunday Independent<br />
‘Ireland’s answer to Jacqueline Wilson.<br />
Perfectly written stories of friendship<br />
and growing up’<br />
Irish Independent<br />
EOIN COLFER<br />
AWARD-WINNER<br />
Eva’s Journey<br />
Eva is the girl with everything – great birthday parties,<br />
a luxury home, designer clothes and manicured nails<br />
– until her world is turned upside down. Forced to<br />
move house and school when her dad loses his job,<br />
Eva thinks life is over. But, with the help of some new<br />
friends and the mysterious Madame Margarita, she<br />
finds out that there’s more to life than shopping.<br />
272 pages/ISBN 978-1-84717-224-2<br />
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Author of the acclaimed Artemis<br />
Fowl books, Eoin lives in Wexford<br />
with his wife, Jackie, and<br />
their sons. Formerly a primary<br />
school teacher, he is now a fulltime<br />
writer. Since his first novel,<br />
Benny and Omar, his books<br />
have all been bestsellers and he<br />
has become one of the world’s<br />
best-loved children’s authors.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Wish List<br />
Meg Finn is in trouble. Unearthly<br />
trouble. Her soul is up for grabs<br />
and the divine and the demonic are<br />
battling to get it. Her only hope of<br />
salvation is the Wish List – but can<br />
she fulfil the wishes in time and get<br />
enough credits to pass St Peter?<br />
AWARD Bisto Merit Award<br />
224 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-894-0<br />
€7.95 pb/Rights available W<br />
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Eva’s Holiday<br />
Eva likes fashion, fun and hanging out with friends, so she<br />
can’t believe she has to spend summer in a cottage in<br />
the countryside with her parents and eight-year-old Joey.<br />
Worse, it looks like she’s going to be stuck with Kate, the<br />
girl who doesn’t care about being cool … it’s Eva’s worst<br />
nightmare! But Eva finds out that there are more important<br />
things than having the right hair or clothes and sometimes<br />
‘weird’ girls can make the best friends.<br />
272 pages<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-280-8<br />
€7.99 pb/Rights available W<br />
AWARD-WINNER<br />
‘I think this is one of Judi’s best books yet ...<br />
I finished it in under a day, it was so good ...<br />
Overall I thought the book was fantastic ...<br />
Fabulous book, everyone should read it’<br />
Bookster reviews<br />
‘Takes her heroine from “spoilt princess to pretty<br />
cool girl” in a story told with her trademark wit<br />
and warmth’ Sunday Independent<br />
Benny and Omar<br />
Benny Shaw’s family moves to Tunisia<br />
and life is awful – until he meets<br />
Omar. A madcap friendship between<br />
the two leads to crazy escapades and<br />
... trouble!<br />
AWARDS White Ravens International<br />
Youth Library Selection<br />
Nominated for International UNESCO<br />
prize for children’s books<br />
IBBY Honour List 2002<br />
240 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-567-3<br />
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HE • I • LI • PO • SP • AUDIO (UK/AU/NZ)<br />
Benny and Babe<br />
Life can be very complicated for a<br />
young man, especially when you get<br />
shown up by a girl. Babe is a force to<br />
be reckoned with and it seems Benny<br />
– who is holidaying in Duncade and<br />
is therefore an out-of-towner among<br />
culchies – has finally met his match!<br />
240 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-603-8<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
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Alice Next Door<br />
Megan and Alice are best friends. But<br />
the two girls are devastated when<br />
Alice’s parents separate and Alice<br />
has to move away. Luckily, Alice has<br />
an idea, and the girls hatch a plot to<br />
get back together. But can their plan<br />
work?<br />
FREE activities online<br />
208 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-898-8<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
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Don’t Ask Alice<br />
Alice is determined to get her<br />
parents back together, so she<br />
decides to set her dad up on loads<br />
of romantic dates to make her mum<br />
jealous. Best friend Megan thinks<br />
this is a totally crazy idea – but will<br />
she end up helping Alice?<br />
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256 pages/ISBN 978-1-84717-023-1<br />
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Bonjour Alice<br />
Megan’s really looking forward to the<br />
summer holidays. Her whole family<br />
is going to France – and, best of all,<br />
Alice is coming too! But when Alice<br />
tries to make friends with a local<br />
French boy things begin to get very<br />
interesting …<br />
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256 pages/ISBN 978-1-84717-096-5<br />
€7.95 pb/Rights available W<br />
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Alice to the Rescue<br />
<strong>The</strong> big essay competition is causing<br />
problems for Alice and Megan. <strong>The</strong><br />
prize is four months abroad – Alice<br />
really wants to win, but no way does<br />
Megan want to go away alone. And<br />
she thinks that Alice shouldn’t want<br />
to go either if it means they’ll be<br />
separated ... How much would you<br />
give up for your best friend?<br />
272 pages/ISBN 978-1-84717-175-7<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
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Alice & Megan’s Cookbook<br />
Get cooking with Alice & Megan!<br />
This fun-filled cookbook is packed with 60 brilliant<br />
recipes. Wake up to French toast and tropical smoothies,<br />
or go to school with raspberry muffins and yummy dip.<br />
Snack on s’mores and quesadillas, and impress your<br />
friends with home-made burgers followed by ice-cream<br />
with toffee sauce! All this and more included!<br />
Full colour throughout, clear instructions, and lots of fun<br />
with your favourite characters!<br />
160 pages/colour<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-215-0/€9.99 pb<br />
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Alice Again<br />
Megan is looking forward to visiting<br />
Alice in Dublin. She’s hoping for a<br />
nice, trouble-free holiday – cinemas,<br />
shopping and hanging out. No<br />
such luck! Alice’s mum has a new<br />
boyfriend and Alice has a plot to get<br />
rid of him ...<br />
FREE activities online<br />
240 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-956-5<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
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Alice in the Middle<br />
Megan can’t wait to go away to<br />
Summer Camp with Alice. It will<br />
be fantastic and, most importantly,<br />
Alice and Megan will be together.<br />
But when Alice makes friends with<br />
Hazel, Megan starts to feel very left<br />
out – will she lose her best friend?<br />
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256 pages/ISBN 978-1-84717-038-5<br />
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Alice and Megan Forever<br />
Megan and Alice are in secondary<br />
school; new friends, new teachers,<br />
new subjects – it’s a different world.<br />
<strong>The</strong> girls are still best friends, but is<br />
Megan’s new friend, class bad-boy<br />
Marcus, going to get her in trouble?<br />
FREE activities online<br />
288 pages/ISBN 978-1-84717-119-1<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
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See If I Care<br />
By Judi Curtin and Roisin Meaney<br />
Elma didn’t even want a pen friend.<br />
Now she’s stuck with this boy, Luke.<br />
But why should he know how awful<br />
her life is? She fills her letters with<br />
exciting things that never really happen.<br />
So what will happen when they<br />
find out the truth about each other?<br />
192 pages/ISBN 978-1-84717-021-7<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
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‘Well written and imaginatively illustrated, this<br />
will be a hit with young cooks ... the humourous<br />
approach to the recipes will ensure that<br />
fans of Alice and Megan will embrace healthy<br />
cooking with gusto’ Bookfest<br />
‘One of the most exciting cookbooks to have<br />
hit the shelves from Ireland last year was<br />
Judi Curtin’s Alice and Megan’s Cookbook<br />
... In the great tradition of so many children’s<br />
books, Judi Curtin writes vividly about the<br />
wonders of food - but this time readers can<br />
bring these treats to life ...’ Inis Magazine<br />
Blue Flag – Reading Level 10+ www.obrien.ie<br />
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AWARD-WINNER<br />
<strong>The</strong> Shakespeare Stealer<br />
By Gary Blackwood<br />
Widge, a young orphan and gifted<br />
shorthand-writer, is sent to steal<br />
Shakespeare’s new play, Hamlet, but<br />
becomes involved with Shakespeare<br />
and his troupe of players. Will Widge<br />
betray his new friends to avoid the<br />
vengeance of his brutal master?<br />
FREE Teaching Guide online<br />
224 pages/SBN 978-0-86278-634-2<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Celestial Child<br />
By Don Conroy<br />
During a violent storm, a young girl<br />
sees a strange boy who seems to<br />
glow in the dark. Who, or what, is her<br />
new friend? And what does he want?<br />
160 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-381-5<br />
€6.34 pb<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Island of Ghosts<br />
By Eilís Dillon<br />
When Dara and Brendan fail to return<br />
from their sailing trip, everyone<br />
believes they have drowned – except<br />
their sisters, Barbara and Cáit. <strong>The</strong><br />
two girls set out to discover the truth.<br />
FREE Teaching ideas online<br />
AWARD Bisto Book of the Year Award<br />
192 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-708-0/€6.95 pb<br />
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Fugitives!<br />
By Aubrey Flegg<br />
A story of the Flight of the Earls. It is<br />
1603 and Hugh O’Neill, the Earl of Tyrone,<br />
is about to leave his homeland<br />
after the disastrous defeat at the battle<br />
of Kinsale. He is on board the French<br />
ship at Lough Swilly, but he wants to<br />
take his youngest son, Con, the future<br />
of the clan, with him. But where is<br />
Con? Adventure, danger, true history.<br />
FREE teaching guide online<br />
256 pages/ISBN 978-1-84717-202-0<br />
€7.99 pb/Rights available W<br />
Just Joshua<br />
By Jan Michael<br />
Is it true what everyone is saying:<br />
that Joshua’s father is a ‘Mountain<br />
Man’ – one of the people feared and<br />
mistrusted by the villagers? And what<br />
does that make Joshua?<br />
‘A gem’ Niall MacMonagle<br />
FREE Teaching Guide online<br />
192 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-818-6<br />
€6.95 pb<br />
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AWARD-WINNER<br />
AWARD-WINNER<br />
Shakespeare’s Scribe<br />
By Gary Blackwood<br />
<strong>The</strong> Black Death rampages through<br />
England, and Widge and the troupe<br />
of players are forced to travel continuously<br />
in an effort to make money. To<br />
make matters worse, Shakespeare<br />
breaks his arm and cannot finish his<br />
new hit comedy. Widge is forced to<br />
step in and save the day!<br />
272 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-706-6<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
Rights available EU/EL<br />
Sky Wings<br />
Text & illus. Don Conroy<br />
Unknown to humankind, a battle rages<br />
in the animal world to protect their kind<br />
from the evil rat Fericul and the inhabitants<br />
of Ratland. Follow the quest of<br />
Sacer the falcon to save the world from<br />
the deadly rats.<br />
208 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-419-5<br />
€6.34 pb<br />
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Swap<br />
By Malachy Doyle<br />
Huw, from Wales, and Marcus, from<br />
Dublin, meet up on holiday in County<br />
Cork. It turns out they’re identical to<br />
each other! Even their mums can’t tell<br />
them apart. So they hatch a plan to do<br />
a swap. Only things start to go very<br />
wrong ... very quickly!<br />
224 pages/ISBN 978-1-84717-053-8<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
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Katie’s War<br />
By Aubrey Flegg<br />
Caught up in the Civil War, Katie has<br />
divided loyalties: her father fought in<br />
the First World War and wants peace,<br />
but others want to fight for a united<br />
Ireland. Which is right?<br />
AWARD Peter Pan Award, IBBY Sweden<br />
192 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-525-3<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
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Lockie and Dadge<br />
By Frank Murphy<br />
Trouble follows Lockie from foster<br />
home to foster home. <strong>The</strong>n he meets<br />
Dadge and his strange friends and<br />
feels he belongs. But will it last?<br />
Bisto Eilís Dillon Award<br />
Bisto Merit Award<br />
FREE Teaching ideas & Teaching Guide<br />
online<br />
192 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-424-9<br />
€6.95 pb<br />
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Watch the spectacular, Oscarnominated<br />
animated feature film<br />
<strong>The</strong> Secret of Kells on DVD and be<br />
amazed by the beauty and detail<br />
of this breathtaking and original<br />
animated feature film.<br />
EAN 8717418203184<br />
€14.99 DVD/Available in Ireland only<br />
Missing Sisters<br />
By Gregory Maguire<br />
Living in an upstate New York orphanage<br />
in the 1950s, Alice sets out to solve the<br />
puzzle of her background – and to find<br />
the mysterious girl called Miami.<br />
FREE Teaching Guide online<br />
160 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-379-2<br />
€6.95 pb<br />
Rights available IR • EU • BC x CAN<br />
COPYCATS VS TATTLETALES SERIES<br />
Six Haunted Hairdos<br />
By Gregory Maguire<br />
<strong>The</strong> Tattletales and their rivals, the<br />
Copycats, are at it again! Another wild<br />
escapade involving ancient ghosts,<br />
modern ghosts in very unlikely hairdos<br />
and some woolly mammoths!<br />
FREE Teaching ideas online<br />
160 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-542-0<br />
€6.34 pb/Rights available IR • EU<br />
(non-exclusive) • BC x CAN (EL)<br />
Five Alien Elves<br />
By Gregory Maguire<br />
It’s Christmas Eve, but it’s not Santa’s<br />
sleigh that has crash-landed on Earth<br />
– it’s five alien elves! When the town’s<br />
beloved mayor disappears, the Tattletales<br />
and Copycats must team up to<br />
save him.<br />
160 pages/ISBN 0-86278-739-4<br />
€6.95 pb/Rights available IR • EU (non-excl) •<br />
BC x CAN (EL)<br />
Four Stupid Cupids<br />
By Gregory Maguire<br />
<strong>The</strong> town of Hamlet is invaded by four<br />
inept cupids whose mis-directed arrows<br />
have hilarious results!<br />
A madcap story of love’s trials ... and<br />
errors!<br />
176 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-740-0<br />
€6.95 pb/Rights available IR • EU (non-excl) •<br />
BC x CAN (EL)<br />
THE SECRET OF KELLS<br />
FREE activity sheets online<br />
64 pages/colour<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-122-1<br />
€12.99 hb<br />
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192 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-121-4<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Secret of Kells<br />
By Tomm Moore (picture book)<br />
By Eithne Massey (novel)<br />
Two great books based on an<br />
amazing film. When Aidan and<br />
his cat, Pangur Ban, arrive in<br />
Kells, Brendan’s life becomes<br />
very exciting. A deadly wolfpack,<br />
marauding Vikings and<br />
Crom Cruach, the serpent<br />
god, all have to be faced and<br />
outwitted. And there is also the<br />
challenge of the Book of Kells<br />
– can it be completed and kept<br />
safe from the Vikings?<br />
My Nasty Neighbours<br />
By Creina Mansfield<br />
What do you do when three messy,<br />
noisy teenagers live with their tidy,<br />
organised parents? Buy the house<br />
next door and split up. But it’s not that<br />
simple!<br />
160 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-462-1<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
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My Nutty Neighbours<br />
By Creina Mansfield<br />
David’s Mum and Dad said country<br />
living would be fun. <strong>The</strong>y failed to<br />
mention the lack of footpaths, the<br />
boredom and the crazy people. When<br />
parents get it wrong, they really get<br />
it wrong!<br />
192 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-788-2<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
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Cherokee<br />
By Creina Mansfield<br />
Gene’s grandfather is a famous jazz<br />
musician and Gene travels the world<br />
with him, until Aunt Joan calls a halt<br />
– he must have a normal life! But that<br />
isn’t what Gene dreams of ...<br />
128 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-368-6<br />
€6.95 pb<br />
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It Wasn’t Me<br />
By Creina Mansfield<br />
Picked on by Ronan, the school bully,<br />
Jack invents an identical twin brother,<br />
Jasper, to take him on. But being two<br />
people at once is far from easy. How<br />
long can Jack keep up the pretence?<br />
144 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-696-0<br />
€6.95 pb<br />
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Blue Flag – Reading Level 10+ www.obrien.ie<br />
C31
Red Blue Flag – Reading Level 8+ 10+ www.obrien.ie<br />
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MORGAN LLYWELYN<br />
NEW<br />
AWARD-WINNER<br />
AWARD-WINNER<br />
Cave of Secrets<br />
Set in the 17th century,<br />
this is a story of smuggling,<br />
adventure and<br />
Tom’s growing independence.<br />
Tom is lonely in the<br />
Big House, but he finds a<br />
new family from whom he<br />
learns all about the sea<br />
– and about smuggling.<br />
But can he abandon his<br />
own family when they are<br />
in trouble? And what is<br />
the big secret his mother<br />
has hidden from him all<br />
his life?<br />
‘Llywelyn has established herself as the leading writer of Irish<br />
historical novels for children’ Books Ireland<br />
272 pages<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-207-5/€7.99 pb<br />
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Brian Boru<br />
<strong>The</strong> story of Brian Boru, High King<br />
of Ireland. As a boy, Brian and his<br />
family suffered terribly at the hands<br />
of the invading Danes. Brian has<br />
sworn to have his revenge.<br />
FREE Teaching ideas & Teaching Guide<br />
online<br />
Bisto Merit Award (Historical Fiction)<br />
160 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-230-6<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
Rights available W/Rights sold US/CAN<br />
Pirate Queen<br />
Grace O’Malley, pirate and trader, is<br />
one of Ireland’s most infamous figures.<br />
A thorn in the side of the English,<br />
she lived an extraordinary, adventurefilled<br />
life. <strong>The</strong> story of Grace and her<br />
son, Tibbott, captures a lesser-known<br />
side of the Pirate Queen, Granuaile.<br />
Free Teaching Guide online<br />
160 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-974-9<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
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Red Hugh<br />
By Deborah Lisson<br />
Red Hugh O’Donnell, son of the<br />
leader of the powerful clan, is<br />
captured by the English authorities.<br />
<strong>The</strong> story of his years in prison and<br />
his daring escape.<br />
Western Australia Premier’s Book<br />
Award<br />
FREE Teaching ideas & Teaching Guide<br />
online<br />
224 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-604-5<br />
€7.95 pb/Rights available EU (EL only)<br />
AWARD-WINNER<br />
Morgan Llywelyn was born in New<br />
York but currently lives in Dublin.<br />
She is an international writer of<br />
best-selling historical fiction for<br />
adults and children, two of which<br />
are winners of the Bisto Merit<br />
Award.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Young Rebels<br />
John Joe and Roger, pupils at<br />
Padraic Pearse’s famous school,<br />
are told they are too young to take<br />
part in the fight for Ireland’s freedom<br />
– but they become caught up in the<br />
dramatic events of the Easter Rising.<br />
A dramatic blend of history and fiction<br />
set in 1916.<br />
Free Teaching Guide online<br />
224 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-579-6<br />
€7.95 pb/Rights available W<br />
Strongbow<br />
<strong>The</strong> tale of the famous Norman knight<br />
who captured Dublin and married an<br />
Irish princess – Aoife, the King of Leinster’s<br />
daughter.<br />
Reading Association of Ireland Award<br />
Bisto Merit Award (Historical Fiction)<br />
FREE Teaching ideas & Teaching Guide<br />
online<br />
160 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-274-0<br />
€7.95 pb/Rights available W<br />
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Star Dancer<br />
Suzanne and Ger come from different<br />
backgrounds, but they share a love of<br />
horses and a burning ambition to succeed<br />
in the tough world of dressage<br />
and showjumping. Can friendship be<br />
part of that world?<br />
FREE Teaching ideas online<br />
160 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-331-0<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Silver Notebook<br />
By Enda Wyley<br />
<strong>The</strong> notebook that arrives out of<br />
the blue on Timothy Finn’s birthday<br />
changes his life forever. It is a gift from<br />
his father. But who is his father and<br />
why has he suddenly entered Timothy’s<br />
life? Timothy sets out to uncover<br />
the riddle of his past.<br />
FREE Teaching Guide online<br />
208 pages<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-020-0<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
Rights available W/Rights sold F
AWARD-WINNER<br />
Jimeen<br />
By Pádraig Ó Siochfhrada<br />
Illus. Brian Bourke<br />
A witty translation of the early 1920s<br />
Irish comic classic. A long-time<br />
favourite in the Irish language,<br />
it gives interesting and amusing<br />
insights into a way of life now lost.<br />
128 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-680-9<br />
€6.95 pb<br />
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A fabulous series for girls!<br />
First kisses, boyfriends, parents who don’t understand,<br />
school, homework, friend trouble – sometimes<br />
it’s all just too much for a girl ...<br />
SHORT STORY ANTHOLOGIES<br />
Skimming<br />
Ed. Robert Dunbar<br />
Contemporary stories from Ireland’s<br />
foremost children’s authors, including<br />
Eoin Colfer, Carlo Gébler, Siobhán<br />
Parkinson and Gerard Whelan.<br />
White Ravens International Youth<br />
Library Selection 2002<br />
160 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-660-1<br />
€6.95 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
Journals<br />
Diamond Star Girl<br />
By Judy May<br />
Welcome to 15-year-old Lemony’s<br />
world! A movie is being filmed in town<br />
and when Lemony and her friends are<br />
hired as extras, life starts to get very<br />
exciting! As well as new experiences<br />
in front of the camera, there are also<br />
new friends to be made on and off<br />
set. Lights, camera, action!<br />
192 pages/ISBN 978-1-84717-090-3<br />
€7.99 pb/Rights available W<br />
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Copper Girl<br />
By Judy May<br />
Tammy is not looking forward to summer.<br />
She’ll be stuck working in her<br />
parents’ shop – so boring! But once<br />
she meets Marianne and Martin, a<br />
brother and sister who run a small riding<br />
school, the holidays end up being<br />
much more fun than she expects.<br />
160 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-990-9<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
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AWARD-WINNER<br />
CLASSIC IRISH LITERATURE<br />
Enchanted Journeys<br />
Fifty Years of Irish Writing for<br />
Children<br />
Ed. Robert Dunbar<br />
Illus. Aileen Johnston<br />
<strong>The</strong> very best of recent Irish writing<br />
for children, selected by an expert in<br />
children’s literature.<br />
White Ravens Selection 1998<br />
192 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-518-5<br />
€11.41 hb/Rights available W<br />
Faery Nights/Oícheanta Sí<br />
Text & illus. Micheál Mac Liammóir<br />
Lively stories, written in both Irish and<br />
English, tell of supernatural goings-on<br />
during ancient Ireland’s festival nights.<br />
This enchanting collection is in the very<br />
best tradition of fairy tales.<br />
128 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-681-6<br />
€6.34 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
Don’t Even Think About It<br />
By Roisin Meaney<br />
Liz is a latchkey kid since Mam left.<br />
She loves Eminem and pepperoni and<br />
pineapple pizza. She hates the girlnext-door<br />
and her gross chin dimple.<br />
This is a year in her life.<br />
192 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-984-8<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
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Blue Lavender Girl<br />
By Judy May<br />
Meet Tia, black-clad, cynical and<br />
completely allergic to school. She’s<br />
been sent away to the country for the<br />
summer and there’s nothing to do!<br />
<strong>The</strong>n she meets Jenny and Jackson<br />
and things start looking up.<br />
192 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-991-6<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
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Hazel Wood Girl<br />
By Judy May<br />
Meet Poppy – she’s fourteen, and she’s<br />
just moved from the big city to live on a<br />
farm. It’s hard to fit in somewhere new,<br />
but she secretly hopes that maybe<br />
rock-chick Em-J and drummer Beau<br />
will let her join their new band.This is<br />
Poppy’s summer diary.<br />
224 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-992-3<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
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Blue Flag – Reading Level 10+ www.obrien.ie<br />
C33
Red Blue Flag – Reading Level 8+ 10+ www.obrien.ie<br />
C34<br />
AWARD-WINNER<br />
SIOBHÁN PARKINSON<br />
AWARD-WINNER<br />
Faraway Home<br />
By Marilyn Taylor<br />
Two Jewish children are sent from<br />
Nazi-occupied Austria to a refugee<br />
farm in Northern Ireland. Will they<br />
ever see their families again? Based<br />
on the true story of the refugee farm<br />
in Millisle, County Down.<br />
Bisto Book of the Year Award<br />
FREE Teaching ideas & Teaching Guide<br />
online<br />
224 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-643-4<br />
€7.95 pb/Rights available W<br />
Ireland’s first Laureate na<br />
nÓg (Children’s Literature<br />
Laureate) Siobhán Parkinson<br />
has been editor of<br />
Bookbird, the magazine of<br />
IBbY International, as well<br />
as Inis, the magazine of<br />
Children’s Books Ireland.<br />
FREE Teaching Guides to all<br />
of Siobhán’s books online<br />
Amelia<br />
Almost thirteen, Amelia Pim is the<br />
daughter of a wealthy Quaker family.<br />
When her happy world is shattered,<br />
she must learn to live with poverty<br />
and disgrace. But she also learns the<br />
value of true friendship.<br />
208 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-352-5<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
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Call of the Whales<br />
Tyke journeys with his anthropologist<br />
father to the icy wilderness of the<br />
Arctic. His adventures and experiences<br />
there change the course of<br />
his life.<br />
Bisto Merit Award<br />
144 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-691-5<br />
€6.95 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
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Kate<br />
Kate is captivated by Irish dancing.<br />
It’s the best thing she’s ever done –<br />
but Kate worries whether her family<br />
can afford to pay for her classes. Set<br />
in the thirties in Dublin’s Liberties, the<br />
story follows Kate’s dreams of dance.<br />
160 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-993-0<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
Rights available W x US/CAN (all<br />
languages)/Rights Sold AL<br />
AWARD-WINNER<br />
AWARD-WINNER<br />
AWARD-WINNER<br />
17 Martin Street<br />
By Marilyn Taylor<br />
Hetty, living in ‘little Jerusalem’ at the<br />
time of the Second World War, hears<br />
that a young refugee girl is hiding from<br />
the authorities in Dublin. Can Hetty, her<br />
cousin and her Catholic neighbour Ben<br />
help? Based on a true story.<br />
FREE Teaching Guide online<br />
208 pages<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-286-0<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
Sisters ... no way!<br />
Cindy does NOT want her dad to remarry after her<br />
mother’s death – she certainly doesn’t want him<br />
to marry Ashling’s mum. No way!<br />
Two diaries record events from the<br />
perspectives of two very different<br />
teenagers. A unique and insightful<br />
flipper book.<br />
Bisto Book of the Year Award<br />
224 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-495-9<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
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No Peace for Amelia<br />
Amelia’s friend Frederick is fighting<br />
with the Allies in the First World War.<br />
Mary Ann’s brother is in hiding after his<br />
involvement in the 1916 Rising against<br />
the British. <strong>The</strong> girls learn at first-hand<br />
the dreadful effects of war.<br />
224 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-378-5<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
<strong>The</strong> Moon King<br />
Ricky has withdrawn from the world<br />
into himself. Placed in a foster home<br />
that is full of children, he doesn’t know<br />
how to fit into family life. He slowly<br />
begins to find his way, but it is not a<br />
smooth path ...<br />
Bisto Merit Award<br />
IBbY Honour List<br />
176 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-573-4<br />
€6.95 pb<br />
Rights available W/Rights sold J<br />
Four Kids, Three Cats, Two Cows,<br />
One Witch (maybe)<br />
Four kids visit the mysterious Lady<br />
Island, hoping for a little excitement.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n they meet the island’s strange<br />
inhabitant!<br />
‘One of the best Irish children’s books<br />
we’ve ever had, full stop ...’<br />
Robert Dunbar, <strong>The</strong> Gay Byrne Show<br />
Bisto Merit Award<br />
192 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-515-4<br />
€7.95 pb/Rights available W<br />
Rights sold DA • G • SE • TH
NEW<br />
Rugby Spirit<br />
By Gerard Siggins<br />
Eoin’s just started a new school<br />
… and a new sport. Everyone at<br />
school is mad about rugby, but<br />
Eoin hasn’t even held a rugby ball<br />
before! And just who is this guy,<br />
Brian, who looks so out-of-date, but<br />
gives great rugby advice?<br />
192 pages<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-333-1<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
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Little Croker<br />
By Joe O’Brien<br />
Team captain Danny Wilde wants to<br />
get his GAA team to the top of the<br />
League. With the help of his dad –<br />
their coach – he knows they can win.<br />
Danny comes up with a brilliant plan,<br />
but he’s going to need help to make<br />
it work …<br />
FREE Teaching Guide & activities online<br />
192 pages/ISBN 978-1-84717-046-0<br />
€7.99 pb/Rights available W<br />
Tiger Boots<br />
By Joe O’Brien<br />
<strong>The</strong> Littlestown Crokes are playing<br />
well this season, but off the pitch<br />
things are tough for captain Danny<br />
Wilde. His dad’s in danger of losing<br />
his job and he’s having problems with<br />
the girl he likes; but nothing keeps<br />
the Crokes down for long and after<br />
lots of GAA action and a fundraising<br />
football marathon, things begin to<br />
look up!<br />
208 pages<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-209-9<br />
€7.99 pb/Rights available W<br />
Celtic Magic Tales<br />
By Liam Mac Uistin<br />
Illus. Maria A Negrin<br />
Tales of the ancient warrior Celts:<br />
the love quest of Mir and Aideen, the<br />
adventure of Tuireann’s sons, the<br />
mischievous Bricriu, and the love epic<br />
of Deirdre.<br />
96 pages/B&W/ISBN 978-0-86278-341-9<br />
€4.99 pb/Rights available W<br />
<strong>The</strong> Hunt for Diarmaid and Gráinne<br />
By Liam Mac Uistin<br />
Illus. Laura Cronin<br />
A dramatic Celtic tale: the great warrior<br />
Fionn MacCumhaill loves Gráinne,<br />
but she elopes with the handsome<br />
Diarmaid, setting in motion a series of<br />
tragic events.<br />
80 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-480-5<br />
€5.07 pb/Rights available W<br />
CLASSIC CELTIC TALES<br />
NEW EDITION<br />
Kicking On<br />
By Dave Hannigan<br />
Dromtarry’s Gaelic footballers<br />
are training for the start of the<br />
season when a visitor arrives in<br />
town: Shaun Reedy, an American<br />
footballer. Far from the money and<br />
pressure that turned him off his<br />
own sport, Shaun falls in love with<br />
the GAA. Full of sporting action<br />
and excitement.<br />
240 pages<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-189-4<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
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Féile Fever<br />
By Joe O’Brien<br />
Danny Wilde’s team has lost one of its<br />
best forwards to injury; it looks like they’ll<br />
have no chance of winning the County<br />
Féile! Enter Todd, the new kid and Aussie<br />
Rules player. Can he become a real<br />
GAA player in time?<br />
FREE Teaching Guide & activities online<br />
208 pages/ISBN 978-1-84717-173-3<br />
€7.99 pb/Rights available W<br />
Beyond the Cherry Tree<br />
By Joe O’Brien<br />
When Josh Bloom & his class visit Cherry<br />
Tree Manor what really interests them<br />
is the mystery of the Manor’s owner,<br />
General Pennington, who disappeared<br />
twelve years ago to the day. <strong>The</strong>n Josh<br />
discovers something in the General’s<br />
library that sends him on an adventure<br />
of a lifetime – a quest full of danger and<br />
excitement and all things magical in the<br />
land beyond the Cherry Tree …<br />
224 pages<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-212-9<br />
€7.99 pb/Rights available W<br />
Celtic Tales of Enchantment<br />
By Liam Mac Uistin<br />
Illus. Shane Johnson/ Russell Barnett<br />
Four stories from the magical world of<br />
Celtic lore about the legendary Fionn<br />
Mac Cumhaill and the Fianna.<br />
96 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-692-2<br />
€4.99 pb<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Táin<br />
By Liam Mac Uistin<br />
Illus. Donald Teskey<br />
<strong>The</strong> most famous Irish legend of all – the<br />
tale of the great battle between the warrior<br />
Cúchulainn and his friend, Ferdia.<br />
112 pages/B&W<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-288-4<br />
€6.99 pb<br />
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Blue Flag – Reading Level 10+ www.obrien.ie<br />
C35
<strong>The</strong> Old Country<br />
By Mordicai Gerstein<br />
Trapped in the body of a fox, with a<br />
war raging all around her, Gisella has<br />
to find her family and try to get her<br />
own body back. A compelling fantasy<br />
from an award-winning author.<br />
144 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-980-0<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
Rights available W x US/CAN (EL only)<br />
A Horse Called El Dorado<br />
By Kevin Kiely<br />
Pepe loves to gallop across the plains of<br />
Colombia on his horse El Dorado. <strong>The</strong>n<br />
the guerrillas come, and he has to move<br />
to Ireland to live with his grandparents.<br />
Finally another horse called El Dorado<br />
makes Pepe’s heart soar.<br />
144 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-907-7<br />
€6.95 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
Red Blue Flag – Reading Level 8+ 10+ www.obrien.ie<br />
C36<br />
Chill Factor<br />
By Vincent McDonnell<br />
When Dr Denis Gunne disappears,<br />
the police believe he is fleeing<br />
charges of supplying drugs to addicts.<br />
His son, Sean, is convinced<br />
that his father has been set up. But<br />
for what reason?<br />
224 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-888-9<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Harvest Tide Project<br />
By Oisín McGann<br />
Taya and Lorkrin are Myunans -<br />
shape-changers who can sculpt<br />
their flesh like modelling clay. With<br />
the help of their friends they try to<br />
find a way to sabotage the Harvest<br />
Tide Project and avert the disaster it<br />
will unleash …<br />
320 Pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-834-6<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
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October Moon<br />
By Michael Scott<br />
When American teenager Rachel<br />
Stone comes to live in Kildare,<br />
sinister things begin to happen.<br />
<strong>The</strong> October moon reveals a horror<br />
beyond Rachel’s worst nightmare.<br />
160 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-300-6<br />
€6.99 pb<br />
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Moonlight<br />
By Michael Carroll<br />
<strong>The</strong> body of a 10,000-year-old<br />
horse is discovered and a genetic<br />
engineer and a ruthless businessman<br />
dream of the fastest racehorse<br />
ever. Can Cathy outwit them and<br />
protect the new-born foal?<br />
160 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-354-9<br />
€5.07 pb<br />
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AWARD-WINNER<br />
<strong>The</strong> Gods and their Machines<br />
By Oisín McGann<br />
Chamus and Riadni are on the run.<br />
Thrown together by circumstances<br />
beyond their control the two teenagers,<br />
from opposite sides of a divided nation,<br />
soon find that they have more in common<br />
than the hate that separated them.<br />
Bisto Merit Award<br />
Shortlisted for Best First Novel, Locus<br />
FREE Teaching Guide online<br />
240 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-833-9<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
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Under Fragile Stone<br />
By Oisín McGann<br />
Shape-changers, Taya and Lorkrin<br />
Archisan, are on a desperate rescue<br />
mission to save their parents who are<br />
trapped beneath the sacred mountain,<br />
Absaleth. A rollercoaster adventure<br />
brimming with bizarre, weird and wonderful<br />
creatures.<br />
384 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-835-3<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
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Wolf Moon<br />
By Michael Scott<br />
Sequel to October Moon.<br />
Rachel Stone returns to Ireland to rid<br />
herself of the werewolf curse. But even<br />
greater horrors await her – the shapechangers<br />
have need of her powers!<br />
160 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-420-1<br />
€5.07 pb<br />
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Gemini Game<br />
By Michael Scott<br />
Enter the futuristic world of virtual reality.<br />
Game-makers Liz and BJ risk their lives<br />
to expose the enemy virus that has<br />
made their latest game a deadly trap.<br />
160 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-332-7<br />
€6.95 pb<br />
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GERARD WHELAN<br />
AWARD-WINNER<br />
Johnny Coffin School-Dazed<br />
By John W Sexton<br />
Enter the bizarre world of<br />
Johnny Coffin, Enya Murphy,<br />
<strong>The</strong> Dead Crocodiles and Mr<br />
McCluskey at your peril!<br />
256 pages €6.95 pb<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-736-3<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Castle in the Attic<br />
By Elizabeth Winthrop<br />
An action-filled quest in which William<br />
has to pit his wits against an evil<br />
sorcerer and a fire-breathing dragon.<br />
‘An absorbing fantasy ... Colourful<br />
details make the story special’<br />
Publishers Weekly<br />
192 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-307-5<br />
€6.95 pb<br />
Rights available IR<br />
Gerard Whelan was born in<br />
Enniscorthy, County Wexford, and<br />
has lived and worked in several<br />
European countries. His first two<br />
books were both award-winners.<br />
FREE teaching guides to all<br />
Gerard Whelan’s books online<br />
<strong>The</strong> Guns of Easter<br />
Jimmy Conway’s father is in the<br />
British Army in the Great War; his<br />
uncle is with the rebels of the 1916<br />
Rising in Dublin, fighting for Irish<br />
independence.<br />
Bisto Eilís Dillon Award<br />
176 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-449-2<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
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Dream Invader<br />
Saskia’s uncle and aunt are worried<br />
about her little cousin Simon, who is<br />
having terrible dreams. Something<br />
strange is going on. What can Saskia<br />
do?<br />
Bisto Book of the Year Award<br />
176 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-516-1<br />
€6.34 pb<br />
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AWARD-WINNER<br />
<strong>The</strong> Leprechaun’s Challenge<br />
<strong>The</strong> Leprechaun’s Riddle<br />
By Catherine O’Neil<br />
Illus. Greg Massardier<br />
Two tales of Finn the leprechaun: he<br />
helps mean-spirited Eileen Fitzgerald, and<br />
outsmarts the O’Shaughnessys who are<br />
determined to win his precious gold.<br />
Both 64 pages/B&W/€4.99 pb<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Leprechaun’s Challenge<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-732-5<br />
<strong>The</strong> Leprechaun’s Riddle<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-733-2<br />
<strong>The</strong> Battle for the Castle<br />
By Elizabeth Winthrop<br />
A sequel to <strong>The</strong> Castle in the Attic.<br />
Can William become a hero? Along<br />
with his friend Jason, he finds<br />
himself in a situation that calls for<br />
all his ingenuity as they confront a<br />
terrible evil force.<br />
224 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-404-1<br />
€5.07 pb<br />
Rights available IR<br />
War Children<br />
A compelling and powerful collection<br />
of stories set in Ireland during<br />
the War of Independence.<br />
‘Examples of narrative at its most<br />
absorbing’<br />
Robert Dunbar, <strong>The</strong> Irish Times<br />
Bisto Merit Award<br />
192 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-776-9<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
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A Winter of Spies<br />
Sarah Conway cannot figure out<br />
who is telling the truth and who is<br />
lying. Dublin in 1920 is a dangerous<br />
world of spies and informants. <strong>The</strong><br />
rebel leader Michael Collins seems<br />
to be in charge, but who exactly is<br />
on his side?<br />
192 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-566-6<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
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Out of Nowhere<br />
Stephen wakes up in a place he<br />
has never seen before, being cared<br />
for by people he does not know.<br />
All traces of the outside world have<br />
vanished. What has happened?<br />
240 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-637-3<br />
€6.34 pb<br />
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Blue Flag – Reading Level 10+ www.obrien.ie<br />
C37
Green Flag Fiction<br />
IAN SOMERS<br />
Green Flag – Reading Level 12+ www.obrien.ie<br />
C38<br />
Ian Somers lives in Dublin and<br />
works as a graphic designer.<br />
Million Dollar Gift is his first<br />
book.<br />
Anna Carey is a freelance<br />
journalist from Drumcondra in<br />
Dublin who has written for the<br />
Irish Times, Irish Independent<br />
and many other publications.<br />
Anna joined her first band when<br />
she was fifteen and went on to<br />
sing and play with several bands<br />
over the next fifteen years. Her<br />
last band, El Diablo, released<br />
two albums and toured all over<br />
the country.<br />
NEW<br />
NEW<br />
AWARD-WINNER<br />
ANNA CAREY<br />
Million Dollar Gift<br />
Ross Bentley has a gift – he can move things with his<br />
mind. When he enters a contest to win a million dollars<br />
if he can prove he has supernatural powers he finds<br />
himself drawn ever deeper into a world of corruption and<br />
peril. His gift puts him in danger from powerful foes, but<br />
also introduces him to people and talents he can hardly<br />
believe exist …<br />
‘A fast-paced thriller’ Books Ireland<br />
‘A modern day Catcher in the Rye’ Inis<br />
416 pages<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-307-2<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
Rights available W<br />
Rebecca’s Rules<br />
Rebecca’s back and life is not quite working out …<br />
‘My boyfriend has moved to Canada. Canada! I have<br />
annoyed my best friends Cass and Alice by moping. I’m<br />
going to a crazy girl’s ridiculous birthday party.<br />
Things have got to change. So I’ve made some new<br />
rules. <strong>The</strong> most important one is: find something<br />
exciting for me, Cass and Alice to do. Something fun.<br />
Something new. Something like joining the school<br />
musical …’<br />
288 pages<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-344-7<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Real Rebecca<br />
Rebecca’s mum writes books for adults, but when she<br />
writes a novel for teens, everyone thinks it’s based on<br />
her daughter! Rebecca is horrified and vows to prove<br />
that she is different. But how will she show the world the<br />
real Rebecca?<br />
Irish Book Awards 2011: Children’s Book of the Year 2011<br />
256 pages<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-132-0<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
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‘I laughed and squirmed my way through <strong>The</strong> Real Rebecca, the sparkling and spookily accurate diary of a Dublin<br />
teenager. It’s stonkingly good and I haven’t laughed so much since reading Louise Rennison. Teenage girls (and grown-up<br />
teens) will love Rebecca to bits!’<br />
Sarah Webb, author of the Ask Amy Green books<br />
‘Carey’s teen voice is spot-on ... will delight any Louise Rennison fan.’<br />
Irish Independent
CONOR KOSTICK<br />
AWARD-WINNER<br />
Epic<br />
#WELCOME TO EPIC:<br />
PRESS START TO PLAY#.<br />
On New Earth, Erik is drawn into the sinister world<br />
of Epic. Epic is not just a computer game, it’s a<br />
matter of life and death. If you lose, you lose everything;<br />
if you win, the world is yours for the taking.<br />
FREE Teaching Guide online<br />
320 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-877-3<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
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Saga<br />
In the virtual world of Saga, Ghost is a fifteen-yearold<br />
anarcho-punk airboarder, with no past and no<br />
memories – only a growing realisation of her own<br />
extraordinary abilities.<br />
But who is she really? Why is she becoming<br />
embroiled in a battle with the sinister ruler of Saga<br />
– the Dark Queen?<br />
320 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-979-4<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
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Edda<br />
Edda is a ‘virtual’ world ruled by the electronic intelligence<br />
of Lord Scanthax. Penelope is a teenager<br />
ensnared in Edda. Can she uncover the truth about<br />
her human past and gain her freedom? And are<br />
there other humans still ‘out there’?<br />
‘Just as Saga exploded beyond opener Epic, this<br />
third volume ratchets up this science-fiction gaming<br />
series to a whole new level’ Kirkus Reviews<br />
384 pages<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-165-8<br />
€9.99 pb<br />
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Dancing in the Dark<br />
By P.R. Prendergast<br />
Since Jessie’s brother James died, things have been<br />
difficult at home, at school and on her dance team.<br />
But Jessie can still see James. Can his ghost give her<br />
the confidence to show the rest of the dance team<br />
what she’s got … and help her family on the road<br />
towards healing?<br />
White Ravens Selection<br />
FREE teaching guide online<br />
192 pages<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-185-6<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
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Conor Kostick<br />
lives in Dublin<br />
where he<br />
teaches at Trinity<br />
College and is<br />
the author of<br />
several books<br />
for younger<br />
readers. Conor<br />
was the recipient<br />
of a Special Merit<br />
Award at the Reading Association of Ireland<br />
Awards in 2009 for his book Move, and for<br />
his contribution to science-fiction writing in<br />
Ireland.<br />
Move<br />
Pushed to his limits by a horrific<br />
accident, Liam discovers he has an<br />
amazing ability: he can ‘move’ to parallel<br />
universes where things always turn out<br />
just the way he wants. But every time he<br />
moves the fabric of the metaverse begins<br />
to tear. And something evil begins<br />
to find its way in ...<br />
208 pages<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-010-1<br />
€9.99 pb<br />
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‘possibly one of the most beautiful<br />
and engaging books I’ve read in<br />
a long time ... ‘Prendergast writes<br />
Jessie’s tale with a dreamlike, yet very<br />
grounded style.’ Inis magazine<br />
‘Prendergast’s refreshingly original<br />
take on family grief and teenage<br />
relationships in contemporary Dublin<br />
tackles these sensitive subjects with<br />
an openness and honesty that should<br />
be applauded’ Bookfest<br />
‘a sensitive, poignant look at grief as<br />
well as a readable story with a sympathetic<br />
heroine’ <strong>The</strong> Irish Times<br />
Green Flag – Reading Level 12+ www.obrien.ie<br />
C39
Green Flag – Reading Level 12+ www.obrien.ie<br />
C40<br />
AWARD-WINNER<br />
Wings over Delft<br />
Book 1: <strong>The</strong> Louise Trilogy<br />
Louise Eeden is having her portrait<br />
painted and her marriage planned.<br />
But behind the scenes tragedy is<br />
afoot. <strong>The</strong>n fate intervenes...with<br />
results that will be felt for centuries<br />
to come.<br />
Bisto Book of the Year Award<br />
Reading Association of Ireland Award<br />
White Ravens selection 2004<br />
208 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-886-5<br />
€7.95 pb/Rights available W<br />
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In <strong>The</strong> Claws of the Eagle<br />
Book 3: <strong>The</strong> Louise Trilogy<br />
Austria 1939. After the Anschluss,<br />
Louise’s portrait is taken from Izaac<br />
Abrahams’ family for Hitler’s art<br />
collection. Is this to be Louise’s fate?<br />
And what is to become of Izaac?<br />
288 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-827-8<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
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Truth Seeker<br />
By Deborah Lisson<br />
When Sigfrid runs away from Denmark<br />
to join his father, a Viking king, in Dublin,<br />
little does he know what lies in store<br />
for him. An unflinching, compelling account<br />
of the lives of the Viking raiders.<br />
224 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-701-1<br />
€6.95 pb<br />
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AUBREY FLEGG<br />
<strong>The</strong> Heroic Life of Al Capsella<br />
By Judith Clarke<br />
Despite his heroic efforts to be the coolest<br />
teenager on the block, Al Capsella faces<br />
a crippling pair of obstacles: his mother<br />
and father!<br />
160 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-310-5<br />
€6.34 pb<br />
Rights available IR • B (EL only)<br />
AWARD-WINNER<br />
AWARD-WINNER<br />
<strong>The</strong> Bad Karma Diaries<br />
By Bridget Hourican<br />
Anna and Denise are ‘<strong>The</strong> Party People’, running birthday<br />
parties for local kids, and publicising it on their blog.<br />
As ‘Instruments of Karma’, they also act as junior Robin<br />
Hoods, taking revenge on bullies for schoolmates. But<br />
revenge is not always sweet!<br />
240 pages<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-085-9<br />
€7.99 pb<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Rainbow Bridge<br />
Book 2: <strong>The</strong> Louise Trilogy<br />
1792: Revolution sweeps through<br />
France, and the portrait of Louise<br />
becomes embroiled in a tale of political<br />
intrigue and Gothic horror.<br />
272 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-917-6<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Cinnamon Tree<br />
A Novel set in Africa<br />
When Yola Abonda steps on a<br />
landmine, her life is changed forever.<br />
After treatment in Ireland she returns<br />
to Africa determined to fight for her<br />
people’s safety. But how can she make<br />
a difference?<br />
White Ravens Selection<br />
208 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-657-1<br />
€7.95 pb<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Chieftain’s Daughter<br />
By Sam McBratney<br />
A novel of tribal conflict and first love.<br />
A boy fostered with a remote Irish tribe<br />
1,500 years ago becomes involved in a<br />
local feud and with the fate of his beloved<br />
Frann, the chieftain’s daughter.<br />
Bisto Merit Award<br />
160 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-338-9<br />
€6.95 pb/Rights available W<br />
Al Capsella and the Watchdogs<br />
By Judith Clarke<br />
Al is now sixteen and faces new challenges<br />
– like the gang of prowling mothers<br />
who stalk the suburbs, ever alert to<br />
his antics and ever determined to quash<br />
any signs of fun!<br />
176 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-311-2<br />
€5.07 pb<br />
Rights available IR • B (EL only)<br />
‘I adored this book and I didn’t want it to end!<br />
Very highly recommended to readers aged 11+.’<br />
Chicklish blog<br />
‘Proving that Ireland is going through a fertile<br />
period for young adult fiction, Bridget Hourican’s<br />
smart, funny Bad Karma Diaries.’ Irish Times
AWARD-WINNER<br />
<strong>The</strong> Moorehawke Trilogy<br />
Since its release, <strong>The</strong> Moorehawke<br />
Trilogy has captured the imagination<br />
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international publishers.<br />
When Love Comes to Town<br />
By Tom Lennon<br />
This funny and stunningly original<br />
book deals honestly with the emotional<br />
crises faced by a gay teenager<br />
in present-day Dublin.<br />
192 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-361-7/Đ9.95 pb<br />
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CELINE KIERNAN<br />
Into the Grey<br />
‘My name is Patrick Finnerty. I am fifteen and I’m losing my brother. A<br />
ghost is stealing him away. I know how crazy that sounds. But my brother,<br />
my twin, is going to die; I’m watching him die. No one else can see what’s<br />
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of a dream - between this world and the next. Within <strong>The</strong> Grey. But I don’t<br />
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An intense and chilling tale of supernatural possession, loss and the bond<br />
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Winner of the CBI Book of the Year Award and Winner of the CBI Children’s<br />
Choice Award 2012<br />
272 pages/ISBN 978-1-84717-164-1<br />
Đ9.99 pb<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Crowded Shadows – Book 2<br />
New friends. Old enemies.<br />
Who can you trust?<br />
Wynter Moorehawke embarks on a<br />
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480 pages/ISBN 978-1-84717-111-5<br />
Đ10.99 pb<br />
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Friend of my Heart<br />
By Judith Clarke<br />
Daz and her brother William search<br />
for true love and their Gran’s lost<br />
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160 pages<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-432-4<br />
Đ5.07 pb<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Poison Throne – Book 1<br />
A Friend. A Father. A Kingdom.<br />
Which would you sacrifice?<br />
A compelling take of court intrigue, adventure and romance<br />
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King’s ruinous plans or join in the search for the rightful heir<br />
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480 pages/ISBN 978-1-84717-170-2<br />
Đ8.99 pb<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Rebel Prince – Book 3<br />
United Friends. A Divided Kingdom.<br />
Who will prevail?<br />
Alberon is found, but he plans to<br />
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have blighted her beloved Christopher’s<br />
life. In the final battle, who will survive?<br />
416 pages/ISBN 978-1-84717-112-2<br />
Đ10.99 pb<br />
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Allison<br />
By Tatiana Strelkoff<br />
When Karin meets Allison, her world is turned<br />
upside down. What are these feelings she has for<br />
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160 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-559-8<br />
Đ7.61 pb/Rights available W<br />
<strong>The</strong> ‘S’ Word: A Boys’ Guide to Sex, Puberty<br />
and Growing Up<br />
By James Roy<br />
Growing up can be difficult because so much is<br />
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160 pages/cartoons/ISBN 978-1-84717-056-9<br />
Đ11.99 pb/Rights available EU(EL)<br />
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Deirdre agus an Fear Bréige<br />
Le Úna Leavy<br />
Léaráidí Maeve Kelly<br />
Rinne Deirdre agus Daid fear bréige.<br />
Chuir siad seanéadaí air. Ach cad as a<br />
dtáinig an choróin ghalánta sin?<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-713-4<br />
Cáitín sa Chistin<br />
Le Stephanie Dagg<br />
Léaráidí Stephen Hall<br />
‘Ná bain don cáca sin!’ arsa Mam le<br />
Cáitín. Ach bhí sé go hálainn! Bhlais<br />
Cáitín píosa beag den reoán: go dtí<br />
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ISBN 978-0-86278-712-7<br />
Cearta díolta SC<br />
Sailí na Spotaí<br />
Le Anne Marie Herron<br />
Léaráidí Stephen Hall<br />
Is breá le Sailí spotaí - ar a cuid<br />
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go deo – nó an éireoidh?<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-724-0<br />
Bróga Thomáis<br />
Le Úna Leavy<br />
Léaráidí Margaret Suggs<br />
Ní maith le Tomás bróga. Is maith leis<br />
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Mamaí agus Daidí?<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-782-0<br />
Cearta díolta SP<br />
Drochlá Gruaige<br />
Le Catherine Doolin<br />
Léaráidí Maeve Kelly<br />
Nuair a thosaíonn Liam ag amaidí lena<br />
chuid gruaige bíonn drochthoradh air!<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-866-7<br />
Sinéad ag Damhsa<br />
Le Anna Donovan<br />
Léaráidí Susan Cooper<br />
Is maith le Sinéad an damhsa, go<br />
háirithe damhsa Gaelach, ach is fearr<br />
léi a stíl iontach féin! “Ní damhsa<br />
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Cad a dhéanfaidh sí le Sinéad?<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-714-1<br />
Daifní Dineasár<br />
Le Áine Ní Ghlinn<br />
Léaráidí Michael Connor<br />
Is breá le Niall agus Conall cleasanna<br />
a imirt – go háirithe ar Mhamaí!<br />
Ach ansin thugann Daifní Dineasár<br />
cuairt orthu ...<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-745-5<br />
Cearta díolta SC<br />
Fiacla Mhamó<br />
Le Brianóg Brady Dawson<br />
Léaráidí Michael Connor<br />
Cá bhfuil fiacla Mhamó? Tá siad<br />
i mála scoile Danny! Tá Danny i<br />
dtrioblóid arís.<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-741-7<br />
Cearta díolta SC<br />
Moncaí Dána<br />
Le Áine Ní Ghlinn<br />
Léaráidí Aileen Caffrey<br />
Is moncaí dána é Colm. Bíonn cóisir<br />
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Cearta díolta SC<br />
An tUan Beag Dubh<br />
Elizabeth Shaw focail agus léaráidí<br />
Sa scéal beag álainn seo feicimid<br />
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hainmhithe.<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-867-4<br />
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SP • SW • T
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Lámhainní Glasa<br />
Le Áine Ní Ghlinn<br />
Léaráidí Martin Fagan<br />
‘Seanlámhainní glasa! Domsa?’<br />
Tá an-díomá ar Dheirdre. Ach<br />
taitníonn siad go mór le Fionnán.<br />
Agus … cogar … ta rún ag baint<br />
leis na lámhainní céanna!<br />
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Mo Mhadra Beoga<br />
Le Patrick Deeley<br />
Léaráidí Martin Fagan<br />
Ba bhreá le Jenny madra dá cuid<br />
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Bíonn sé ag tochailt sa ghairdín i<br />
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na Madraí’! Cad a dhéanfaidh<br />
Jenny?<br />
ISBN 978-0-86278-942-8<br />
An Buachaill Bó<br />
Le Gillian Perdue<br />
Léaráidí Michael Connor<br />
Is brea le Conor a chulaith<br />
Buachalla Bó. ‘Yee Haw’ a deir sé.<br />
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ISBN 978-0-86278-006-4<br />
Cá Bhfuil Murchú?<br />
Le Anna Donovan<br />
Léaráidí Tatyana Feeney<br />
Is cairde maithe iad Ruairí agus<br />
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Glac Sos! Uimhir a hAon<br />
Deirdre agus an Fear<br />
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ISBN 978-0-86278-903-9<br />
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Bhí sí an-fhliuch<br />
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Bhí an-spraoi ag na buachaillí<br />
le Keeno agus an scuab fiacal.<br />
Tháinig tuirse orthu tar éis tamaill.<br />
Shuigh siad síos.<br />
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An Rún Mór<br />
Le Caitríona Ní Mhurchú<br />
Léaráidí Tatyana Feeney<br />
Is breá le Mailí cait. Tá pictiúir de<br />
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ISBN 978-1-84717-016-3<br />
Scuab Fiacal Danny<br />
Le Brianóg Brady Dawson<br />
Léaráidí Michael Connor<br />
Is fuath le Danny de Brún a chuid<br />
fiacla a ghlanadh.<br />
Cad a dhéanfaidh Danny, mar sin,<br />
nuair a thugann Mamó scuab fiacal<br />
nua, bhuí dó?<br />
ISBN 978-1-84717-128-3<br />
Hide & Speak Irish<br />
Le Catherine Bruzzone<br />
Léaráidí Susan Martineau<br />
Hide and Speak goes further than most picture word books. It offers an effective and simple<br />
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Woman’s Way<br />
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32 pages<br />
Cearta ar fáil W (IL only)<br />
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‘Hé!’ arsa Danny.<br />
‘Cad é an boladh sin?’<br />
D’fhéach siad ar an scuab fiacal.<br />
‘Soit!’ arsa Marc.<br />
‘Tá sí lofa!’ arsa Daire.<br />
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Orange flag<br />
Reading level 4+<br />
Purple flag<br />
Reading level 5+<br />
Thar an Trasnán<br />
Le Áine Ní Ghlinn<br />
Léaráidí Paul Bolger<br />
Cluiche peile ag rang a sé.<br />
Buachaillí in aghaidh cailíní.<br />
Deir na múinteoirí nach<br />
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níos mó ná sin i gceist!<br />
Bród! Onóir! Stádas na<br />
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Páidí Péintéir<br />
Le Dairíne Ní Dhonnchú<br />
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Tá Páidí ag péinteáil<br />
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A GUIDE TO READING LEVELS<br />
Using O’Brien flags to select books for your classroom<br />
Yellow flag<br />
Reading level 6+<br />
Red flag<br />
Reading level 8+<br />
Blue flag<br />
Reading level 10+<br />
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Reading level 12+<br />
Young Adult<br />
Republic of Ireland<br />
Usable throughout the<br />
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Senior Infants (also First<br />
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First Class (also Senior<br />
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Second Class (also<br />
First Class, Third Class)<br />
Third Class, Fourth Class<br />
Fifth Class, Sixth Class<br />
First Year, Second Year<br />
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Older and more confident<br />
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Northern Ireland and<br />
Scotland<br />
Usable throughout the<br />
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Year 1 [P1])<br />
Year 1 [P1]. Key Stage 1<br />
Éasca Péasca<br />
Le Áine Ní Ghlinn<br />
Léiráidí Siobhán Griffin<br />
Tá Niamh agus Aonghus<br />
ró-mhór le feighlí a<br />
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An Dochtúir Dan<br />
Le Dairíne Ní Dhonnchú<br />
Léaráidí Brónagh<br />
O’Hanlon<br />
‘Cá bhfuil an phian?’<br />
arsa Dochtúir Dan. ‘Sa<br />
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imithe!<br />
12 leathanach/lándaite<br />
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Cearta ar fáil W<br />
England and Wales<br />
Usable throughout the<br />
school (but especially<br />
Reception)<br />
Reception<br />
Year 2 [P2]. Key Stage 1 Year 1. Key Stage 1<br />
Year 3 [P3]. Key Stage 1 Year 2. Key Stage 1<br />
Year 4, Year 5 [P4, P5].<br />
Key Stage 1 &<br />
Key Stage 2<br />
Year 6, Year 7 [P6, P7].<br />
Key Stage 2<br />
Year 8, Year 9, Year<br />
10 (secondary school).<br />
Key Stage 3<br />
Older and more confident<br />
readers<br />
Year 3, Year 4.<br />
Key Stage 1 &<br />
Key Stage 2<br />
Year 5, Year 6.<br />
Key Stage 2<br />
Year 7, Year 8, Year<br />
9 (secondary school).<br />
Key Stage 3<br />
Older and more confident<br />
readers<br />
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