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Bridging Cultures, Building Reading Success
A series of books for children celebrating ethnic and cultural diversity. Beautiful full-colour hardback
books with high quality stories and engaging illustrations, Bridges can help children with their understanding
of different cultures and of the many different experiences
of living in Ireland today in a fun and enjoyable way.
All titles 32 pages/full-colour, €7.99 hb
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I Won’t Go To China
By Enda Wyley
Illus. Marie Thorhauge
A charming story of Chang-ming, who
does not want to visit his grandma in
China because he has been chosen
for the school team. But, he discovers,
China is full of wonderful surprises.
FREE teaching guide, class project and
activities online
ISBN 978-1-84717-159-7
Olanna’s Big Day
By Natasha Mac a’Bháird
Illus. Ray Forkan
The school band is going to play in the
Saint Patrick’s Day parade. Olanna
practises really hard on her tin whistle.
Then disaster strikes. But Olanna – with
her granny back in Nigeria – saves the
day!
White Ravens International Youth Library
Selection 2010
FREE teaching guide & class project online
ISBN 978-1-84717-171-9
Red Flag Books
The Romanian Builder
By Peter Prendergast
Illus. Ross Stewart
Joe has lots to ask the builder:
Which tool is most important? What
if you are afraid of heights? Then he
discovers that Radu doesn’t speak
English. Now he will never find out
about building – or will he? A story of
understanding without words.
FREE teaching guide online
ISBN 978-1-84717-105-4
The Dreaming Tree
By Eithne Massey
Illus. Marie Thorhauge
Back home in Brazil, Roberto loved
playing football. Now he lives in
Ireland, and he’d really like to have
a game with the boys in the park,
but he’s too shy. When his granny
reminds him of the Brazilian story of
the dreaming tree, he doesn’t see how
it can help … But maybe it can!
FREE teaching guide & class project online
ISBN 978-1-84717-158-0
Bridges – Multicultural Books
Diabolic Downloads
By Jim Halligan
Illus. Fabian Erlinghäuser
Everybody is thrilled when Nixxter Express
starts giving away free ringtones.
Everybody except Jack Keely, that is. His
phone is a wreck and couldn’t download
so much as a cold. But Jack soon finds
out just how diabolic a free download can
really be ...
80 pages/B&W
ISBN 978-1-84717-065-1
€6.99 pb/Rights available W
Deep in the cellars of the O’Brien Press is a
safe that contained stories too horrible to be
read. But somebody has broken into that safe
and the stories have been released. Here are
some of these forbidden files ...
Wired Teeth
Text & illus. Oisín McGann
Jason McGinty’s a bad kid, and his
teeth are worse. But when Jason gets
computer-controlled braces things get
really weird …
96 pages/B&W
ISBN 978-1-84717-003-3
€6.95 pb
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Demon from the Deep End
By James Allison, Illus. Dani Cruz
From the moment Liam, Sophie and Evan
arrive at their hotel in Spain things seem
weird, and when they discover the Blobster
– a monster made of slime that oozes from
the pool to devour guests – things really
start to get creepy…
80 pages/B&W
ISBN 978-1-84717-134-4
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The Poison Factory
Text & illus. Oisín McGann
Gaz’s brother Joey ventures into the
chemical factory to look for a lost football
and doesn’t come back. Will Gaz and his
friends ever find him? And what’s going on
in the factory?
96 pages/B&W
ISBN 978-0-86278-941-1
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The Evil Hairdo
Text & illus. Oisín McGann
WitchCraft is Melanie’s favourite band.
More than anything else in the world, Melanie
wants the WitchCraft hair. But then she
gets it, and that’s when the trouble starts. It
turns out that her hair is evil …
80 pages/B&W
ISBN 978-0-86278-940-4
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Red Flag – Reading Level 8+
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