Download PDF file - The O'Brien Press

Animals Don’t Have Ghosts
By Siobhán Parkinson
Illus. Catherine Henderson/ Cartoon
Saloon
Dara and Sinéad are visiting their
know-it-all cousin Michelle in the city.
With a fun tour of skeletons, slicedpan
ducks, sticky buns and lots more,
the city is never boring!
80 pages/B&W
ISBN 978-0-86278-765-1
€6.50 pb/Rights available W
The Supermarket Ghost
By Gordon Snell
Illus. Bob Byrne
Maria is shocked to discover that
the strange boy in the supermarket
is really a ghost called Davy. She
agrees to help Davy with his plan of
revenge ...
80 pages/B&W
ISBN 978-1-84717-049-1
€6.95 pb
Rights available W
Albert and the Magician
By Leon McAuley
Illus. Martin Fagan
Big sister Fionnuala has told Albert
such terrible tales about the magician
that Albert is determined to avoid
him when he visits the school. But it
doesn’t quite work out like that!
FREE Teaching ideas online
128 pages/B&W
ISBN 978-0-86278-761-5
€6.95 pb
Rights available W
Charlie Harte and his Two-Wheeled
Tiger
By Frank Murphy
Illus. Celine Kiernan
Charlie would love a bike, but his
family cannot afford one. He makes
a strange-looking bike from bits
and pieces – a bike with mysterious
powers!
FREE teaching ideas & activities online
96 pages/B&W
ISBN 978-0-86278-532-1
€6.50 pb
Rights available W
Boom Chicka Boom
By Liz Weir
Illus. Josip Lizatovic
Stories old and new, with participation
rhymes and playful verses,
from a noted storyteller. Full of
magic and drama. Also available
on CD, told by Liz Weir herself.
Book: 80 pages/B&W
ISBN 978-0-86278-417-1
€6.95 pb
CD: ISBN 978-0-86278-470-6
€8.95
Rights available W
Tommy The Theatre Cat
By Maureen Potter
Tommy, the Gaiety Theatre cat, has many
adventures. He makes friends with the
actor who is playing Dick Whittington’s cat,
falls foul of the cleaning lady and rushes
to the rescue at the cry of ‘rats, rats’ in the
Pied Piper.
80 pages/B&W
ISBN 978-0-86278-919-0
€6.95 pb
Rights available W
Jimmy’s Leprechaun Trap
By Dan Kissane
Illus. Angela Clarke
When a leprechaun turns up on Jimmy’s
farm, trouble follows. What can they do to
get rid of him?
96 pages/B&W
ISBN 978-0-86278-512-3
€6.95 pb
Rights available W
The Fight for Plover Hill
By Eilís Dillon
Illus. Prudence Seward
Old Dan and his grandson, John, are
threatened with eviction from their beloved
island farm. But they won’t go without a
fight!
FREE teaching ideas online
96 pages/B&W
ISBN 978-0-86278-709-7
€6.34 pb
Rights available W
Leprechaun on the Loose
By Annette Kelleher
Illus. Phillip Morrison
Leprechaun Biddy Blatherskate is fed up
with wet weather and minding her father’s
gold, so she does a swap with an Australian
boy. But leprechauns and humans don’t
mix – not without a heap of trouble for all
concerned.
112 pages/B&W
ISBN 978-0-86278-729-5
€6.50 pb
Rights available EU • US/CAN (EL)
Juliet’s Story
By William Trevor
Where would you find talking snails, fighting
queens, Welsh witches and winter sunflowers?
In stories, of course, and that’s why
Juliet loves them. Juliet’s grandmother tells
her lots of stories, and now Juliet wants to
be a storyteller too.
FREE Teaching ideas online
128 pages/B&W
ISBN 978-0-86278-823-0
€6.50 pb
Rights available IR (EL only)
Red Flag – Reading Level 8+ www.obrien.ie
C25