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Don Conroy
Joey the red kangaroo gets his big chance to leave the safety of his mummy's pouch and explore an amazing new world. There he finds a
lot of weird and wonderful creatures and some not too friendly.
"I had noticed something disturbing.
In the row of five first-floor windows, there was a blank.
The window above the door had been roughly bricked up and painted black. Just wondering what lay behind it
made me weak at the knees."
When Con s...
Here is a classic collection of tales from the folklore of Ireland. It begins with the heroicsagas, the ancestral tales of men and gods – The Children of Lir, The Fate of the Sons of Usnach, and the magnificent Cattle-Raid of Cooley (the story of ...
It is 1890 and Parnell is the uncrowned king of Ireland. But thirteen-year-old Sally Gallagher, “Scatterbrain Sally” as her mother and younger sister Katie call her, has no interest in politics. She is happy to read books and leave the running of ...
‘A moving story with a memorable heroine at its heart’
Sunday Independent
‘A lovely read’ The Irish Times
‘The bittersweet mood of the story is wonderfully encapsulated
in the events of Blaeberry Sunday itself…’ The Irish Times
All aboard as Gabriel rolls out his magic carpet and we set out to see the world through his eyes! It’s a world of everyday miracles – like red socks, rain and pop
stars on TV. A stray dog finds a home, a child buries a prayer in the garden and ...