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Specifically designed for children who have graduated from picture books and first readers, Flyers are aimed at more advanced readers, age 6+. Flyers are longer – with ‘proper’ chapters – and are slightly more challenging than Pandas, but still great fun to read, with engaging storylines and vibrant, lively illustrations. All titles 64 pages, Black & white illustrations, €5.99 pb, Rights available W except where noted Yellow Flag – Reading Level 6+ www.obrien.ie C20 Going Potty By Eoin Colfer Illus. Woody Why is going to Big School driving Ed Cooper potty? Granny understands, and she has a wacky solution. FREE teaching ideas & discovery challenge online ISBN 978-0-86278-602-1 The Big Fight By Frank Murphy Illus. Kieron Black Cúchulainn is forced to fight his best friend, Ferdia, in this simple retelling of the epic story of Queen Maeve and the Brown Bull of Cooley. FREE teaching ideas, activities & discovery challenge online ISBN 978-0-86278-451-5 Anna’s Secret Granny By Stephanie Dagg Illus. Phillip Morrison Anna doesn’t have a real granny, so she draws herself one. Then, one day, her paper granny comes to life and steps out of the picture! ISBN 978-0-86278-686-1 RIghts sold F Ed’s Bed By Eoin Colfer Illus. Woody Ed is having problems – he simply cannot learn his tables and he is wetting the bed. Ed can’t hide his secret forever. Mum and Dad come to the rescue, and Ed is the star of the class once more! FREE discovery challenge online ISBN 978-0-86278-679-3 The Lost Fairy By Marian Broderick Illus. Aileen Caffrey Flora knows her proper place – right at the TOP of the tree. But when she falls off, the family are too busy to notice. Oh no! Not the dog! Will Flora be rescued in time for Christmas? ISBN 978-0-86278-725-7 Trouble for Tuffy By Ann Bermingham Illus. Marie Burlington Katie and Ted are causing havoc! Tuffy, their smart little dog, tries to keep order, but it’s very hard! Then disaster strikes when they lose Mum’s best necklace! FREE teaching ideas online ISBN 978-0-86278-554-3 Ed’s Funny Feet By Eoin Colfer Illus. Woody Ed Cooper has a problem with his big toes. So he takes matters into his own hands and invents DIY footstraighteners. But will they work? FREE teaching ideas & discovery challenge online ISBN 978-0-86278-650-2 Jigsaw Stew Text & illus. Conor McHale Jack MacAnoolie has to save his family when they eat a stew made from a jigsaw puzzle and suffer dire consequences! FREE teaching ideas & discovery challenge online ISBN 978-0-86278-688-5 Rights sold SP Don’t Open That Box Text & illus. Conor McHale There’s bad news in the post for Granny. The bad news has sharp teeth and scales, and is very, very hungry! Watch out for those teeth, Granny, and whatever you do … Don’t Open that Box! FREE teaching ideas & discovery challenge online ISBN 978-0-86278-705-9 Fishbum and Splat Text & illus. Conor McHale Star-gazing is BAD for demons, but Fishbum and Splat cannot resist. Then they are caught by an angel and frogmarched to Heaven. Dancing angels, exploding stars, angry dogs – how will the demons ever get back to cosy Hell? ISBN 978-0-86278-735-6
Mad Grandad’s Flying Saucer Text & illus. Oisín McGann Lenny and his mad grandad buy a flying saucer and shoot off into space together to explore the galaxy. But getting home from space isn’t quite so easy ... FREE discovery challenge online ISBN 978-0-86278-822-3 Rights sold SL Mad Grandad’s Robot Garden Text & illus. Oisín McGann Lenny’s mad grandad has a new toy: a robot gardener. No more weeding or cutting the grass for Grandad! But the robot seems to have plans of its own ... ISBN 978-0-86278-821-6 Rights sold SL Mad Grandad and the Kleptoes Text & illus. Oisín McGann Things keep disappearing down the back of Grandad’s sofa. Who, or what, has taken them? When Lenny and Grandad discover the Kleptoes and their hideout, things turn nasty. And Kleptoes can be very nasty indeed ... FREE activities online ISBN 978-0-86278-938-1 Robots Don’t Cry Text & illus. Bob Byrne Bimbot is thrown out of the treehouse gang for being a crybaby. Then he meets a skunk with no smell, a bee with no stripes and a bear who is afraid of heights. Can his new friends help him? ISBN 978-1-84717-005-7 Mad Grandad’s Wicked Pictures Text & illus. Oisín McGann Grandad and Lenny are painting the living-room. But Grandad’s paint is very old and it’s gone all strange. It has stripes and spots and patterns in it. The pictures they make with it come alive, and they are evil, and they are … hungry. Grandad and Lenny have to come up with some clever moves to outwit the wicked pictures. FREE activities online ISBN 978-1-84717-063-7 Mad Grandad’s Doppelganger Text & illus. Oisín McGann Grandad has lost his car and Lenny is helping him look for it. But Grandad is acting strange… What Lenny doesn’t know is that Grandad is not Grandad at all. He is a doppelganger - a look-alike. But that’s not the only problem for Lenny. Something is definitely following Lenny and fake Grandad – and it’s not very friendly ... ISBN 978-1-84717-197-9 Mad Grandad and the Mutant River Text & illus. Oisín McGann Lenny is amazed when Grandad fishes a mermaid out of the river. Bully Barry Cooder wants the mermaid for his trophy collection. Our heroes escape beneath the river only to encounter something much, much worse. ISBN 978-0-86278-939-8 Blue, Where Are You? By Wes Magee Illus. Margaret Suggs Jo and her brother, Josh, don’t like their new home. It’s cold and a bit scary. Then their cat, Blue, disappears. But when she does turn up, Blue has a special surprise for the family! ISBN 978-1-84717-009-5 The Little Witch Who Can’t Spell Text & illus. Marie Burlington Little Willow Witch can’t spell. Her magic spells are all mixed up. Then Willow finds a powerful wizard’s wand. ‘Oh no!’ meows Spooky her cat, as he runs for cover. And Spooky is right. Little Witch and a powerful wizard’s wand spell only one thing and that’s …T-R-O-U-B-L-E! ISBN 978-1-84717-982-4 Yellow Flag – Reading Level 6+ www.obrien.ie C21
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