LoveKidsBooks: BlogBloghttps://www.childrensbooks.ie/Thu, 28 Mar 2024 18:03:12 GMTurn:store:1:blog:post:1052https://www.childrensbooks.ie/my-daughters-scratch-projectMy Daughters Scratch Project<p>My daughter has started to learn scratch programming, actually as I'm typing this I'm told she is way past that, she's an expert!. Anyway scratch is a way for kids to learn how to code. It's an MIT &nbsp;inspired project which allows you to drag and drop script onto a project, which when put together can achieve some pretty spectacular results.</p> <p>The project below is from one of the scratch books on this site,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/20-games-to-create-with-scratch-">http://www.childrensbooks.ie/20-games-to-create-with-scratch-</a>. There is lots of projects in the book, 20 in total. Each project is layed out fairly simply, so if you follow the instructions end to end and not skip any of the steps, you should be able to create some pretty cool games.&nbsp;</p> <p>Coder Dojo is a weekly meetup of kids wanting to learn coding. So I would also recommend taking a visit to you local Dojo and they will put you in the right direction. Here is a description from their website.</p> <p>CoderDojo is a worldwide movement of free, volunteer-led, community-based programming clubs for young people. Anyone aged seven to seventeen can visit a Dojo where they can learn to code, build a website, create an app or a game, and explore technology in an informal, creative, and social environment.</p> <p>The CoderDojo movement believes that an understanding of programming languages is increasingly important in the modern world, that it&rsquo;s both better and easier to learn these skills early, and that nobody should be denied the opportunity to do so.</p> <p>Anyway here is an example of some of this script in action. Below is a small game which allows a penguin to jump over large lumps of ice and land on small icebergs.&nbsp;Click the arrow when you think you have the right angle to land on the iceberg. Have fun!!!!!!!!!!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>If you or if you know any kids who are interested in putting a scratch project onto this site let us know.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><iframe src="//scratch.mit.edu/projects/embed/139581373/?autostart=false" width="485" height="402" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1051https://www.childrensbooks.ie/top-childrens-books-to-readTop childrens books to read<p><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Top Childrens books</span></strong></p> <p>For kids who love books or kids who are just getting into books or even for those who are reluctant when it comes to books, there is sure to be one to suit here.</p> <p><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/0018575_the-gruffalo_500.jpeg" alt="the gruffalo" width="100" height="100" /><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/150_7135.jpg" alt="oh, the places you`ll go" width="75" height="103" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/150_24412.jpg" alt="Charlie and the chocolate factory" width="65" height="99" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/150_17361.jpg" alt="Georges Hair Is Too Long" width="65" height="100" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/150_13394.jpg" alt="The Early Years at Malory Towers" width="65" height="102" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/0018600_mr-stink_500.jpeg" alt="Mr Stink" width="65" height="101" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/500_23358.jpg" alt="Granpas great escape" width="62" height="99" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/150_17413.jpg" alt="Harry Potter and the prisoner" width="65" height="100" /></p> <p>For the younger ones anything Julia Donaldson is sure to grab their attention for the fantastic stories with lots of rhyme and repetition and each story has fabulous illustrations to capture children&rsquo;s imaginations and bring the story to life on each page. Julia Donaldson is best known for <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/gruffalo-p-b">The Gruffalo</a>,&nbsp; The story of a mouse who takes a walk in the deep dark wood and is met by lots of different creatures on his journey who would like to have him for their &ldquo;tea&rdquo;, but the quick thinking mouse invents a really scary creature who he calls&nbsp; the Gruffalo,&nbsp; as he proceeds through the woods he comes upon a very big creature by the name of &ldquo;The Gruffalo&rdquo;.</p> <p>Other brilliant stories by <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/julia-donaldson">Julia Donaldson</a>&nbsp;include <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/gruffalos-child-p-b">The Gruffalos Child</a>, Monkey Puzzle, A squash and a squeeze, Stick Man, The Snail and the Whale, Tiddler, and lots more.&nbsp; Check them out here&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/dr-seuss">Dr Seuss</a>&nbsp;books are still hugely popular&nbsp; today with children as they were many years ago, <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/cat-in-the-hat-p-b">The Cat in the Hat</a>, Oh, the Places Youll Go!, The Lorax are just a few of his brilliant books</p> <p><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/roald-dahl">Roald Dahl </a>one of the greatest story tellers of all time, &nbsp;Dahl`s books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide. Best known for <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/charlie-and-the-chocolate-fact_17180">Charlie and the Chocolate Factory</a>, Matilda, James and the Giant Peach, <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/twits-p-b-n-e">The Twits</a>, Witches, other books include The Fantastic Mr Fox which was made into a movie, the BFG which is currently being made into a movie.&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/blyton-enid">Enid Blyton</a>&nbsp;wrote over 760 books, selling more than 600 million copies worldwide and her books were translated into over 80 languages. Best known for The Famous Five, which now has been translated into Irish.&nbsp; Very popular series include The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/malory-towers-collection-vol-1">Malory Towers</a>, The Naughtiest Girl Collection, St Clare&rsquo;s, Amelia Jane and The Faraway Tree Collection. <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/blyton-enid">http://www.childrensbooks.ie/blyton-enid</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/walliams-david">David Walliams</a>&nbsp;brilliantly funny stories, kids from about the age of 7 are loving David Walliams books he is being compared to a modern day Roald Dahl, his aim is to get all children reading and his stories are certainly capturing their attention all over the world, have sold over 6 million copies in the Uk alone and his book have been translated into over 40 languages. Books include the latest <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/grandpas-great-escape">Grandpas great escape</a>, Awful Auntie, Gansta Granny, Billionaire Boy, <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/mr-stink">Mr Stink</a>, Demon Dentist, Rathburger and the Boy in the Dress his first Novel published in 2008.</p> <p>The Harry Potter Series is another set of Top childrens books,&nbsp; by <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/jk-rowling">JK Rowling</a>. The stories are all based around Harry Potter who learns that his parents were killed by a dark lord and that he is a wizard, he then heads off to a magical school called Hogwards where his life takes a big change from his previous very ordinary unhappy lift with his aunt and uncle who didn&rsquo;t treat him well at all.</p> <p>Harry goes on adventures and learns the power of being a wizard, the first of the Harry Potter series is the Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, books are suited from around 7 upwards.</p> <p>Check out all these fantastic books and much more at www.childrensbooks.ie</p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1050https://www.childrensbooks.ie/classic-childrens-booksClassic Childrens Books<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/childrens-classics-c9p">Classic Children&rsquo;s Books</a></span></p> <p><img style="undefined" src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/150_12839.jpg" alt="good night moon" width="150" height="128" />&nbsp;<img style="undefined" src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/500_7268.jpg" alt="the very hungary caterpillar" width="175" height="125" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<img style="undefined" src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/150_24417.jpg" alt="the bfg" width="85" height="130" />&nbsp;<img style="undefined" src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/150_7322.jpg" alt="heidi" width="95" height="132" />&nbsp;<img style="undefined" src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/500_18809.jpg" alt="charlottes web" width="83" height="131" /></p> <p>There are so many fantastic classics for children such as <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/heidi-p-b-n-e-puffin-classic">Heidi</a>, Black Beauty, The Secret Garden, <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/charlottes-web_11743">Charlotte&rsquo;s Web</a>, The Lion the witch and the wardrobe, all brilliant books still enjoyed by children today.</p> <p><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/roald-dahl">Roald Dahl </a>is high on the list for classic children&rsquo;s books having sold over 200 million copies worldwide. Books include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Fantastic Mr Fox, James and the Giant Peach, The BFG and Matilda.</p> <p>Nothing can compare to the books and the joy kids get from reading Roald Dahls fantastic stories, all of which are witty, entertaining and most have stories in which the adults are the villains of the child characters, with one good adult, the stories also have a warm sentiment to them. The characters are very well portrayed and the children can really picture the characters in the stories. The books have illustrations throughout to aid the story telling.&nbsp;</p> <p>Roald Dahls Poetry are humorous versions of the well know classic rhymes and fairy tales, with surprise endings to the original happy ever after.&nbsp; These can be read the book Revolting Rhymes which is also available in a audiobook format.</p> <p><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/very-hungry-caterpillar">The Very Hungry Caterpillar</a>&nbsp;by Eric Carle is also a baby classic book now available in lots of different versions this book has been popular since first published in 1969. The caterpillar eats his way through a variety of foods each day before pupating and turning into a beautiful butterfly.&nbsp; The book has been winner of lots of children&rsquo;s literature awards and has sold over 30 million copies worldwide.</p> <p><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/goodnight-moon-h-b">Goodnight Moon</a>, another great classic first published in 1947, story about a child saying Good Night to everything around "Goodnight room. Goodnight moon. Goodnight cow jumping over the moon. Goodnight light and the red balloon ..."</p> <p>Enid Blytons Famous Five are a great example of classic books, written over 60 years ago. &nbsp;The adventures of four children and a dog, the stories are set when the kids are on school holidays, they all return from their boarding schools and get caught up in an adventures together, usually involving lost treasures and criminals. The Famous Five is one of the biggest selling children&rsquo;s series of all time.</p> <p>Other classics from Enid Blyton include: &nbsp;<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/search?q=The+Secret+Seven">The Secret Seven</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/search?q=Malory+Towers">Malory Towers</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/search?q=The+Naughtiest+Girl">The Naughtiest Girl Collection</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/search?q=st+clares">St Clare&rsquo;s</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/search?Q=Amelia+Jane&amp;As=false&amp;Sid=false">Amelia Jane</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/faraway-tree-stories-bind-up-n-e-(3-in-1)">The Faraway Tree Collection</a>.</p> <p>Check out the fabulous selection of classic children&rsquo;s books available at our site <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie">www.childrensbooks.ie</a> we cater for all ages of children from babies to young adults and have all our fiction broken into age categories.</p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1049https://www.childrensbooks.ie/gangsta-granny-book-reviewGangsta Granny Book Review<p>Ben's Granny isn't too distinctive to numerous different grannies - she has white hair, false teeth and tucks tissues up her sleeve. She has a couple of remarkable characteristics however. There's her affection for cabbage and a little insight about her past. Ben's granny was a international jewel thief.</p> <p>Little does Ben suspect that his gangsta granny is as yet arranging her most prominent gem heist ever &ndash; taking the royal gems from the Tower of London. Friday evenings with Granny have all of a sudden turn into the most energizing portion of Ben's week.</p> <p>For the most part diverting and now and again entirely touching, Gangsta Granny is another phenomenal novel for youngsters by surely understood UK humorist and writer <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/David-Walliams">David Walliams</a>. Understood for his work with Matt Lucas as a major aspect of the Little Britain drama group, Walliams is likewise settled as an author whose works incorporate the youngsters' books The Boy in the Dress and Billionaire Boy.</p> <p>I'm not a specific aficionado of Little Britain silliness and admit I was reluctant when I first perused Walliams books. There was no requirement for concern, be that as it may. The books are greatly entertaining, loaded with the kind of senseless funniness that speaks to&nbsp;school kids, maybe from the age of eight upwards.. Ben's formal dancing fixated folks, his Granny's meddlesome neighbor and their endeavors to take the royal gems make for an extremely exciting story.</p> <p>The book likewise has its astute minutes, with some fascinating bits of knowledge into parental desires, the era crevice and the extremely unique bond that can exist in the middle of grandparents and their grandchildren.</p> <p>Gangsta Granny has joined The Boy in the Dress as a most loved in our home.</p> <p>Next up we are going to review Davids latest book, Granpa's great escape. At the moment I am waiting for Lily to finish the book first, then it's my turn.</p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1048https://www.childrensbooks.ie/enid-blytons-childrens-booksEnid Blyton`s Children’s Books<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/blyton-enid">Enid Blyton`s Children&rsquo;s Books</a></span></p> <p><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/500_19296.jpg" alt="Amelia Jane" width="104" height="144" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/500_18159.jpg" alt="" width="94" height="144" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/500_19544.jpg" alt="Naughtiest girl" width="93" height="143" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/200_14053.jpg" alt="Secret Seven" width="89" height="141" />&nbsp; <img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/200_18011.jpg" alt="Famous Five" width="90" height="139" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/200_20262.jpg" alt="Magic Faraway Tree" width="105" height="136" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/200_18163.jpg" alt="Malory Towers" width="88" height="138" /></p> <p>Enid Blyton one of the world&rsquo;s most successful children&rsquo;s book authors, wrote over 760 books, selling more than 600 million copies worldwide and her books were translated into over 80 languages.</p> <p>Her books are as popular with children today enjoying the fantastic range of stories and book series and all the different characters throughout. Enid wrote her books off the top of her head, she didn&rsquo;t pre plan stories, and wrote up to 50 books a year. Rumours said she had an army of ghost writers, but she always denied these rumours.</p> <p>Very popular series include <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/search?q=The+Famous+Five">The Famous Five</a>, <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/search?q=The+Secret+Seven">The Secret Seven</a>, <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/search?q=Malory+Towers">Malory Towers</a>, <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/search?q=The+Naughtiest+Girl">The Naughtiest Girl Collection</a>, <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/search?q=st+clares">St Clare&rsquo;s</a>, <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/search?Q=Amelia+Jane&amp;As=false&amp;Sid=false">Amelia Jane</a>&nbsp;and <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/faraway-tree-stories-bind-up-n-e-(3-in-1)">The Faraway Tree Collection</a>.</p> <p>The Famous Five, the adventures of four children and a dog, the stories are set when the kids are on school holidays, they all return from their boarding schools and get caught up in an adventures together, usually involving lost treasures and criminals. The Famous Five is one of the biggest selling children&rsquo;s series of all time.</p> <p>The Secret Seven or otherwise known as The Secret Seven Society, are a group of seven children who are child detectives, they all go to the same day school.</p> <p>&nbsp;Malory Towers is based on a girl who attends a new boarding school and how she wants to fit in and get new friends, stories are about her making friends and the adventures she gets up to while at school.</p> <p>The Naughtiest Girl collection is about a really naughty girl who is so badly behaved her child minder leaves, her parents send her to a boarding school, and she decides she is going to behave so badly that they will have to expel her. But then she realises that she was very lonely being an only child and decides to behave herself at school so she can stay with her friends.</p> <p>The Faraway Tree Collection, stories are based in an enchanted forest in which a gigantic magical tree grows &ndash; the eponymous "Faraway Tree". The tree is so tall that the top of it branches reach into the clouds and it is wide enough to contain small houses carved into its trunk. The forest and the tree are discovered by three children named Jo, Bessie, and Fanny, who move into a house nearby. It is then that they start their adventures to the top of the tree.</p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1047https://www.childrensbooks.ie/david-walliams-books-age-rangeDavid Walliams books age range <h2>What ages range do David Walliams Books Suit ?</h2> <p><img style="float: left;" src="/Content/Images/uploaded/david-walliams-books-age-range.jpg" alt="What age are David Walliams books for" width="225" height="225" />My eight year old has read most of the David Walliams books.I've also read Mr Stink and Gangsta Granny myself just to see why his books are so popular. We loved them. All his books are great funny. Personally I find some of the humour in the books suited to adults rather than kid. The billionaire boy is a great example. His father after earning all the money with his popular product called bum wipes, attracts a lot of undesriable attention from a model. The model was a star in certain page of a magazine, namely the third page of the magazine ! Funny but definitely more adult than kid humour.</p> <p>My daugher Lily had the following opion. He's very funy, and makes me laugh. Every page has something which makes me stop and laugh.</p> <p>I would say though that David Walliams doesn't shy away from tough subjects. There's death in GG and Mr Stink, which could lead to questions. Mr Stink is a homeless guy, who is down on this luck. He befriends a girl and together they have an adventure together.<br />Great laugh again, but one can, help feeling sorry for the poor guy down on this luck.</p> <p>So personally I think kids between the ages of 8 and maybe 12 would enjoy these books. There is an element of adult humour in all the books, but i feel <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/david-walliams">author David Walliams</a>&nbsp;adds this, to keep himself amused.</p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1046https://www.childrensbooks.ie/roald-dahl-books-2Roald Dahl`s Fantastic Children's Books<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/roald-dahl">Roald Dahl Books</a><br /></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/200_13602.jpg" alt="" width="88" height="134" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/200_13595.jpg" alt="" width="85" height="133" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/200_13594.jpg" alt="" width="82" height="131" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/200_22967.jpg" alt="" width="99" height="133" />&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: left;">Roald Dahl, the amazing childrens author best known for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, James and the Giant Peach are but a few.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Roald started his career as a fighter pilot and later became an author, his first book was The Gremlines, James and the Giant Peach and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was his third book. This was inspired back when in school Cadbury would send chocolates to the school to be tested by the pupils, Dahl dreamed of inventing the best chocolate bar what would be approved and praised by Mr Cadbury himself.&nbsp; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has been since made into major Hollywood movies.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Dahl`s books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide. The BFG, the big friendly giant is currently being made into a another big Hollywood movie directed by Steven Spielberg due for realise July 2016 and is sure to be a big hit.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Nothing can compare to the books and the joy kids get from reading Roald Dahls fantastic stories, all of which are witty, entertaining and most have stories in which the adults are the villains of the child characters, with one good adult, the stories also have a warm sentiment to them. The characters are very well portrayed and the children can really picture the characters in the stories. The books have illustrations throughout to aid the story telling.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Lovekidsbooks recommend all the Roald Dahl Books for children, whether you are reading them to your child to enjoy together or for children who are starting to read on their own, they will hopefully really enjoy the stories and develop a great love for books to enjoy forever. These books are timeless classics to be enjoyed by children of all ages</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Books include: (<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/roald-dahl">click here to go straight to Roald Dahl page</a></strong>)</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/charlie-the-chocolate-factory-p-b-n-e">Charlie and the Chocolate factory</a></p> <p style="text-align: left;">C<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/charlie-the-great-glass-elevator-p-b-ne">harlie and the Great&nbsp;Glass Elevator</a></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/james-the-giant-peach-p-b-n-e">James and the Giant Peach</a></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/bfg-p-b-n-e">The BFG</a></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/fantastic-mr-fox-p-b-n-e">Fantastic Mr Fox</a></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/twits-p-b-n-e">The Twits</a></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/magic-finger-p-b-n-e-9780141322681">The Magic Finger</a></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/witches-p-b-n-e">The Witches</a></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/matilda-p-b-n-e">Matilda</a></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/the-giraffe-and-the-pelly-and-me-9780141346663">The Giraffe the Pelly and me</a></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/esio-trot-p-b-n-e-9780141322797">Esio Trot</a></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Well known Roald Dahl movies include:</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;">The Gremlines</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Chitty Chitty Bang Bang</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Willy Wonka &amp; the Chocolate Factory</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1045https://www.childrensbooks.ie/david-walliams-childrens-booksDavid Walliams Children’s Books<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/walliams-david">David Walliams Children&rsquo;s Books</a></span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><img style="float: left; padding: 5px;" src="/Content/Images/uploaded/New blog/David Walliams books1.jpg" alt="David Walliams Books" width="350" height="298" /></span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">David Walliams well known actor and comedian known on TV for Little Britain, Doctor Who, a judge on &ldquo;Britains Got Tallent&rdquo;. Walliams has also done a lot of work for charities over the years for Sport Relief, he swam the British Channel, The Thames and also the Strait of Gibraltar. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">David Walliams published his first children&rsquo;s book in 2008 with &ldquo;<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/boy-in-the-dress-p-b">The Boy&nbsp;in the Dress</a>&rdquo;, this book was a great success it was not only witty,&nbsp;entertaining but also explored areas of cross dressing, relationships along&nbsp;the lines of gender, while incorporating Walliam`s humour throughout.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In 2009 Walliams published his second book &ldquo;<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/mr-stink">Mr Stink</a>&rdquo;, story about a 12&nbsp;year old girl who friends a homeless man/tramp and looks after him while&nbsp;keeping it a secret from her family and friends, this book and also &ldquo;The&nbsp;Boy in the Dress&rdquo; were illustrated by Quentin Blake.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The following year he published &ldquo;<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/billionaire-boy">Billionaire Boy</a>&rdquo;, a story about Joe Spud,&nbsp;the richest kid in England, his Dad was an inventor of a special type of&nbsp;toilet paper, his house was so huge his bathroom had a bathroom off it!!!</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/gangsta-granny-p-b">Gangster Granny</a>&nbsp;his forth book about Ben a boy who gets fedup and bored having to stay with his Granny at the weekend while his parents are out Ballroom dancing, Ben discovers his Granny is not your regular Gran, he catches her breaking into a Jewellers and soon discovers she is not what she appears to be. They embark on a adventure together to steal the crown jewels, but what will happen...&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The next books to be pu</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">blished are <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/ratburger">Ratbuger</a>, <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/demon-dentist_14023">Demon Dentist</a>, <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/awful-auntie">Awful Auntie</a>&nbsp;and the latest book is <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/grandpas-great-escape">Grandpa's Great Escape</a></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">David Walliams have won serveral awards for his Childrens books, he won the Specsaves National Book Awards for Ratburger, Demon Dentist and Awful Auntie.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Check out all these fantastic books&nbsp;<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/walliams-david">here</a></span></p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1044https://www.childrensbooks.ie/books-by-roald-dahl-a-true-masterBooks by Roald Dahl, a true master<p>The glittering eyes cast on the whole world to discover the secrets hidden in unlikely spots is an interpretation of a line fixed in the legacy of <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/roald-dahl">Roald Dahl's works</a>. The imaginative mind of the author provides a hint that the way people are searching to solve problems determines the way they aspire for achieving a goal. The poetry reading of "Cinderella" by Roald Dahl has encouraged many generations for creative behavior and modes of expressing hidden internal worlds.</p> <p>An RAF fighter pilot during WWII, Dahl shared his adventures in the pages of the Saturday Evening Post. Those were his initial writing endeavors, and the first book, named The Gremlins, appeared in 1943. The intention for writing the book was to serve as a basis for an animated Walt Disney production, but the idea was left behind because of certain copyright and other concerns. The historical line is fusing with mystery and the mythical Gremlins - Dahl's invention - in the book. Their popularity in the U.S. motivated Eleanor Roosevelt to read it to the family. In a comic version, The Gremlins enjoyed a success story. A Spielberg's movie also stirred the spirit of the furry creatures in the 80s of the twentieth century.&nbsp;</p> <p>A military tales collection of 10 short stories related to Dahl's RAF experience appeared in 1946, under the title Over to You: Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying. The atmosphere, the sense of tragic developments and outcomes, dramatic twists, etc., impress the reading audience with a specific aspect of Dahl's approach to life, somehow in disharmony with his enjoyable style in other stories for grownups. Someone like You that followed in 1953 and Kiss, Kiss in 1959 gained a best-selling status for their author. The surrealism and dark humor of the former book, as well as its twist endings, attracted Hitchcock's attention to use one of the stories as a movie adaptation. Adele may have been inspired by the book, too, to dedicate a song with the same title - who knows?! The latter book is not a conventional love story book, although the dynamic of romantic relations is in the focus. The different storylines are imaginative and creative, as are the situations with their own merits.</p> <p>After that period of writing for grownups, Dahl, while living in England, preferred starting to write children's books that earned him an everlasting fame. Some specifics of his writing refer to a comic style, dark humor, and violence. Child protagonists are usually under a threat from the actions of evil-intentioned and hostile adults. In 1961, James and the Giant Peach was intentionally written to entertain Dahl's own kids. A movie, based on the book, was released in 1996. The positive role model of James, an orphan and adventurer, enjoys the success of both creative works. Overcoming difficulties and stimulating friendship are among the main messages stemming from the plot.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory movie of 1971 was an adaptation of Dahl's next book for children, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, published in 1964, and followed by another movie with the same title in 2005. Fantasy, magic, revenge, and a quest for justice are among the most challenging aspects of the plot. The Wonka chocolate factory and a golden ticket open door to the main hero. In the movie with the same title, the tandem Burton, as director, and J. Depp, as Wonka, brings home the eccentric spirit of the story, its charm as a science fiction tale and the traits of a comedy.</p> <p>Fantastic Mr. Fox was published in 1970. What is the identity of the thief, visiting the farmers, not in a capacity to catch him ever? Will the community rely on Mr. Fox's actions and clever approaches? The animated movie of 2009, enjoying the voices of G. Clooney and M. Streep, sheds light on Mr. Fox's new status as a journalist.&nbsp;</p> <p>Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, 1972, and the elevator traveling into space, is the sequel of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The characters are familiar and spell the same charm, wisdom and magic. Dahl's interest in science provoked the story years after the first landing on the moon. Still years after The Enormous Crocodile, The BFG, The Witches, and Matilda, one of his last books, Dahl believed that as everyone could go to any place in the world, nothing held the fabulous any more...</p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1043https://www.childrensbooks.ie/the-story-behind-enid-blytonThe story behind Enid Blyton<p><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/blyton-enid">Enid Blyton</a>&nbsp;was born on 11th August 1897. She lived until 28th November 1968. Enid Blyton was an English author of many children's books. Her books were very popular, and sold well over six million copies. Today, Enid Blyton books still continue to be very popular. Enid Blyton did not plan her writing. She typed up her stories as they came to mind.&nbsp;</p> <p>Enid was the oldest of three siblings. She had two younger brothers named Hanly and Carey. Enid's family re located to a semi-detached villa in Beckenham. This is where her brothers were born. Enid herself was born in East Dulwich, London. Not long after Enid was born, she experienced a whooping cough from which she nearly died from. However, her father managed to restore her to health once again. Enid loved her father very much. Sadly, Enid had an unhealthy relationship with her mother. She also did not attend the funerals of both of her parents.&nbsp;</p> <p>Between the years 1907 and 1915, Enid Blyton went to St Christopher's School in Beckenham. She loved the physical activities and even became the champion of tennis at the school. She also became captain of lacrosse. Enid did was never very good at any of the academic topics. However, she was superb at writing. In 1911, Enid entered a children's poetry competition and had her publishing's printed. She was encouraged to persevere and to continue on with her writing.&nbsp;</p> <p>Some of the most popular books that Enid Blyton produced include: the Famous Five, the Faraway Tree, and the Secret Seven.</p> <p>The Famous Five is a series of children's novels. These novels are about a small group of young children who go off on many different adventures together. The names of the children are: Julian, Dick, Anne and Georgina (George). They also had a dog named Timmy. When the stories occur, the children are always in their school holidays. The type of adventure and location that the children go on, are different in each book. Most of the settings are in a rural location such as the beach or countryside. The adventures include: bicycle rides, making their own food, lemonade, picnics and ginger beer. Enid Blyton's intention was to only produce six to eight books in this series. However, due to her success and superb sales, she continued to produce up to twenty-one full-length Famous Five novels. In some countries, each Famous Five novel was also produced for television shows or movies.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Faraway Tree is a series of well known children's books. There are at least four books in this series. These books are titled: The Enchanted Wood, <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/faraway-tree-stories-bind-up-n-e-(3-in-1)">The Magic Faraway Tree</a>, The Folk of the Faraway Tree and Up The Faraway Tree. The setting in which these stories take place are in an enchanted forest that has a very large magical tree that continues to grow. The tree reaches right up as high as the clouds. It even has two small houses in the trunk of the tree. There are three children named Jo, Bessie and Fanny. These children make a discovery of this tree and move into a house near this tree. After they have moved into the house near the tree, they then create their own adventures that get them to the top of the tree.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Secret Seven is about a group of children detectives. The Secret Seven characters include: Peter, who was the leader of society. Janet, who was the sister of Peter. Jack, Barbara, George, Pam and Colin. Jack has a sister named Susie. Susie has a best fiend named Binkie. Susie and Binkie are also included in the books. Susie and Binkie really do not like the Secret Seven and have fun going about messing around with the Secret Seven just to annoy them. However, it is mainly because they want to feel like they want to be a part of the society. The characters of the Secret Seven all go to schools during the day. Therefore, this means that their adventures occur during the school term time. There were seven novels of the Secret Seven made into a short series. Fifteen novels then came out as full length stories. Some episodes of the Secret Seven were also made into English audio.&nbsp;</p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1042https://www.childrensbooks.ie/david-walliams-booksDavid Walliams Books<p><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/500_12481.jpg" alt="Gangsta Granny" width="100" height="153" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/500_7192.jpg" alt="The Boy in the Dress" width="100" height="152 " />&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/200_10253.jpg" alt="Billionaire Boy" width="95" height="151" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/500_21107.jpg" alt="Demon Dentist" width="96" height="151" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/0018600_mr-stink_500.jpeg" alt="Mr Stink" width="96" height="149" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/0018599_ratburger_200.jpeg" alt="Ratburger" width="91" height="148" /><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/500_19783.jpg" alt="Awful Auntie" width="95" height="152" /></p> <p><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/david-walliams-2">David Walliams</a>&nbsp;the comedian has taken to writing childrens books like a duck to water, he really has been so successful and he is being compared to the the number one World Famous Roald Dahl in his creativeness. The Books are capturing the imagainations of children world wide and its one of David`s ambitions to get all children reading.</p> <p>His books include: <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/awful-auntie">Awful Auntie</a>, <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/gangsta-granny-p-b">Gansta Granny</a>, <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/billionaire-boy">Billionaire Boy</a>, <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/mr-stink">Mr Stink</a>, <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/demon-dentist_14023">Demon Dentist</a>, <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/ratburger">Ratburger</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/boy-in-the-dress-p-b"> The Boy in the Dress</a>&nbsp;his first Novel debuted in 2008.</p> <p>David&rsquo;s books have been translated into 40+ languages and have sold over 6 million copies in the UK alone. His books have also achieved unprecedented critical acclaim &ndash; RATBURGER, DEMON DENTIST and AWFUL AUNTIE, have all won the National Book Awards Children&rsquo;s Book of the Year.</p> <p>Books are suited for children from around 7 upwards, depending on the child, my 7 year old daughter just read Mr Stink and loved it, then saw David Walliams as the judge on Britain`s got tallent and now thinks he is brilliant, she is looking forward to reading the rest of his books over the summer.</p> <p>Other books he has for younger children are the following picture books suited to children 3 years and up, The Slightly Annoying Elephant, <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/the-first-hippo-on-the-moon">The First Hippo on The Moon</a>&nbsp;and The Queens ORANG-UTAN</p> <p>Illustrators for Walliam`s&nbsp;books are Quentin Blake and Tony Ross</p> <p>Check out our great selection of David Walliam`s&nbsp;books at great prices!</p> <p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/david-walliams-2">http://www.childrensbooks.ie/david-walliams-2</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1041https://www.childrensbooks.ie/summer-readsSummer Reads<h3><strong>Summer Reads for Kids, Teens &amp; young adults</strong></h3> <p>As recommended by Lovekidsbooks</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/500_20167.jpg" alt="Katie the Kitten" width="150" height="152" /></p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/katie-the-kitten_13099">Katie the Kitten Rhyming Stories</a>,</strong> Alex Scheffler</p> <p>(Early Learning)</p> <p>Katie's a kitten with sleek shiny fur She has sparkly eyes and a lovely deep purr. Lizzy's a lamb</p> <p>who loves to have fun She plays in the fields and skips in the sun. Katie the Kitten and Lizzy the</p> <p>Lamb are two playful creatures that love to dance and skip through the day!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/500_10773.jpg" alt="My First Gruffalo Little Library" width="150" height="144" /></p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/my-first-gruffalo-little-library-box-set">My First Gruffalo Little Library</a>,</strong> Julia Donaldson and Alex Scheffler</p> <p>(Baby &amp; Toddler)</p> <p>From the Gruffalo baby and toddler series featuring all your favourite characters from the deep</p> <p>dark wood. Learn about colours, numbers, opposites and animals with this fabulous set of four</p> <p>bold, bright board books in a miniature slipcase. A perfect gift for young Gruffalo fans! Great for</p> <p>taking on holidays or for travelling.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/500_10059.jpg" alt="The Brilliant World of Tom Gates" width="140" height="177" /></h3> <h4><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/brillant-world-of-tom-gates-p-b">The Brilliant World of Tom Gates</a><strong>,</strong> Liz Pichon</h4> <p>(Ages 8 upwards)</p> <p>Tom Gates is the master of excuses for late homework: dog attacks, spilt water &shy; lightning..Tom' s</p> <p>exercise book is full of his doodles, cartoons and thoughts,as well as comments from his long-<br />suffering teacher, Mr Fullerton. After gaining five merits for his CAMPING SUCKS holiday story,</p> <p>Tom's work starts to go downhill which is a pity, as he's desperate to impress Amy Porter, who</p> <p>sits next to him...</p> <p>There are eight books in this series, enough to cover the whole summer for enhusiastic readers or</p> <p>rainy days!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/0021063_500.jpeg" alt="The Twits" width="150" height="231" /></p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/twits-p-b-n-e">The Twits</a>,</strong> Roald Dahl</p> <p>(Ages 8 upwards)</p> <p>Fantastic story by the No.1 Childrens author Roald Dahl. Mr and Mrs Twit are extremely nasty, so</p> <p>the Muggle&shy;Wump monkeys and the Roly&shy;Poly bird hatch an ingenious plan to give them just the</p> <p>ghastly surprise they deserve! Lovekidsbooks recommends all of the Roald Dahl Books, amazing</p> <p>stories for children to get lost in their imaginations.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/500_12263.jpg" alt="The Secret Seven Collection" width="140" height="215" /></p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/secret-seven-collection-p-b">The Secret Seven Collection</a></strong>, Enid Blyton</p> <p>(Ages 9-&shy;12)</p> <p>Kids who enjoy adventures or dreaming up adventures will love these books. Peter, Janet and</p> <p>Jack, Barbara, Pam, Colin and George, together they are The Secret Seven &shy; ready to solve any</p> <p>mystery, any time! In their first adventure and the Secret Seven super&shy;sleuths are already on the trail</p> <p>of a mystery! The gang are dressed in disguise, following a lead to a spooky old house in the snow...</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/500_15821.jpg" alt="Paper Towns" width="140" height="214" /></p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/paper-towns">Paper Towns</a></strong>, John Green</p> <p>(Teenage Fiction)</p> <p>Quentin has always loved Margo Roth Spiegelman, for Margo (and her adventures) are the stuff of</p> <p>legend at their high school. So when she one day climbs through his window and summons him on an</p> <p>all&shy;night road trip of revenge he cannot help but follow. But the next day Margo doesnt come to school</p> <p>and a week later she is still missing. Q soon learns that there are clues in her disappearance . . . and</p> <p>they are for him. But as he gets deeper into the mystery &shy; culminating in another awesome road trip</p> <p>across America &shy; he becomes less sure of who and what he is looking for. This is a thoughtful,</p> <p>insightful and hilarious coming&shy;of&shy;age story.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/500_20671.jpg" alt="Girl Online" width="140" height="198" /></p> <p><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/girl-online">Girl Online</a>, Zoe Sugg</p> <p>(Young adult fiction)</p> <p>The incredible debut novel from YouTube phenomenon Zoe Sugg aka Zoella.I have this dream</p> <p>that secretly all teenage girls feel exactly like me. And maybe one day when we realize that we all</p> <p>feel the same we can all stop pretending we're something we're not... But until that day I'm going</p> <p>to keep it real on this blog and keep it unreal in real life.Penny has a secret. Under the alias Girl</p> <p>Online Penny blogs her hidden feelings about friendship boys high school drama her crazy family</p> <p>and the panic attacks that have begun to take over her life. When things go from bad to worse her</p> <p>family whisks her away to New York where she meets Noah a gorgeous guitar&shy;strumming</p> <p>American. Suddenly Penny is falling in love &shy; and capturing every moment of it on her blog.But</p> <p>Noah has a secret too one that threatens to ruin Penny's cover &shy; and her closest friendship &shy;</p> <p>forever.</p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1040https://www.childrensbooks.ie/books-for-early-readers-2Books for Early Readers<h3>Books for Early Readers</h3> <p>There is&nbsp;a fantastic selection of books suitable for junior and&nbsp;senior infant&nbsp;children learning to read, the <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/jolly-readers">Jolly Phonics</a>&nbsp;which is thought in many schools have <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/jolly-readers">workbooks</a>, story books, a CD and a DVD, all of which are really helpful for the children as they get to practice in the same way as they are learning in school. These books are brillaint for encouraging and giving children confidence as they start reading and recognising letters and words.</p> <p><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/200_10559.jpg" alt="Jolly Phonics Activity Book" width="100" height="141" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/200_9008.jpg" alt="Jolly Phonics Work book" width="125" height="138" />&nbsp; &nbsp;<img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/200_17231.jpg" alt="My First Phonics Activity Book" width="119" height="138" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/200_8720.jpg" alt="Jolly Songs" width="121" height="134" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/200_8722.jpg" alt="Jolly Stories" width="135" height="135" /></p> <p>Then once they move onto starting to read, there is a lot of choice in books which are really great for starting to read. Julia Donaldson`s Songbird books are brilliant, they are done in stages 1 to 6 and each book contains 6 stories for that level. &nbsp;Ladybird Key Words with Peter and Jane are still hugely popular today and also the Read it Youself range of books are fantastic and they are done in levels too to help children progress their reading.</p> <p><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/my-cat-other-stories-songbirds-p-b"><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/200_11043.jpg" alt="My Cat and other Stories" width="120" height="140" /></a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/where-is-the-snail-songbirds"><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/500_11041.jpg" alt="Where Is the Snail? and Other Stories" width="120" height="139" /></a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/where-were-you-bert-other-stories(stage6"><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/500_11277.jpg" alt="Where Were You, Bert? and Other Stories" width="120" height="137" /></a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/top-cat-other-stories-p-b"><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/500_10737.jpg" alt="Top Cat and Other Stories" width="120" height="137" /></a></p> <p>Once children build their confidence, there are other great books which alot of authors have brought out called a "Lets Read!" version of the books they have, Julia Donaldson has a good few in her range, other titles include: Marcello Mouse, <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/the-shark-in-the-dark">The Shark in the Dark</a>, Dinosaur Sleepover, Hamiltons Hats, <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/the-princess-and-the-pig">The princess and the Pig</a>, The Princess and the Wizard, <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/room-on-the-broom">Room on the Broom</a>, The Gruffalo, A Squash and a Squeeze, <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/the-gruffalos-child_11992">The Gruffalo`s Child</a>&nbsp;and many more.</p> <p>The Complete Original story of these books have been re designed to support children who are growing in reading confidence, they encourage children to become enthusiastic, independent readers.</p> <p><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/the-shark-in-the-dark"><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/500_15997.jpg" alt="The Shark in the Dark" width="100" height="130" /></a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/the-princess-and-the-pig"><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/500_14754.jpg" alt="The Princess and the Pig" width="98" height="130" /></a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/room-on-the-broom"><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/500_15143.jpg" alt="Room on the Broom" width="98" height="130" /></a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/the-gruffalos-child_11992"><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/500_19058.jpg" alt="The Gruffalos Child" width="98" height="129" /></a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/dinosaur-sleepover"><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/500_19335.jpg" alt="Dinosaur Sleepover" width="96" height="131" /></a></p> <p>Another range of books are the "Early Reader", these are great for 6/7/8 year olds, many authors have created books in this version, there is a good selection in the&nbsp;Horrid Henry, Moody Margaret and&nbsp;Rainbow Magic&nbsp;books.</p> <p><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/horrid-henry-moody-margaret-early-reader"><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/200_9741.jpg" alt="Horrid Henry and Moody Margaret" width="85" height="130" /></a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/horrid-henry-reads-a-book-(early-reader)"><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/500_9990.jpg" alt="Horrid Henry Reads a Book" width="83" height="129" /></a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/horrid-henry-tricks-the-tooth-fairy-(early"><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/500_14041.jpg" alt="Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy" width="82" height="127" /></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/rainbow-magic-early-reader-4-belle-the-bi"><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/500_13349.jpg" alt="Belle the Birthday Fairy" width="82" height="125" /></a>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/rainbow-magic-early-reader-2-kylie-the-ca"><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/500_11725.jpg" alt="Kylie the Carnival Fairy" width="80" height="126" /></a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/rainbow-magic-early-reader-1-flora-the-fa"><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/500_11283.jpg" alt="Flora the Fancy Dress Fairy" width="82" height="126" /></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>All of these books are specifically written to encourage and strengthen childrens reading skills and give them confidence when reading, they will also help them to enjoy their books and hopefully encourage them to read more and more and learn to love reading.&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/jolly-readers">http://www.childrensbooks.ie/jolly-readers</a></p> <p>Jolly Phonics&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/julia-donaldson-">http://www.childrensbooks.ie/julia-donaldson-</a></p> <p>Songbird Books and Lets Read!</p> <p><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/simon-francesca">http://www.childrensbooks.ie/simon-francesca</a></p> <p>Horrid Henry Early Readers and Judy Moody</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1038https://www.childrensbooks.ie/books-by-enid-blytonBooks By Enid Blyton<p align="LEFT"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/150_17361.jpg" alt="Georges hair is too long" width="80" height="124" /><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/150_7585.jpg" alt="Five on a treasure Island" width="75" height="124" /><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/150_14056.jpg" alt="Go a head secret seven" width="81" height="124" /><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/150_8041.jpg" alt="Naughty Emelia Jane" width="77" height="123" /><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/150_10102.jpg" alt="St Claire`s" width="77" height="123" /><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/150_9379.jpg" alt="The Wishing Chair Collection" width="79" height="123" /></span></span></span></p> <p align="LEFT">&nbsp;</p> <p align="LEFT"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/blyton-enid">Enid Blyton</a>&nbsp;a childrens author who's books date back to 1930, most famous for Noddy, the Famous Five and the secret Seven, estimated to have written 800 books in 40 years.</span></span></span></p> <p align="LEFT"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Following the high sales of The&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Adventures of the Wishing Chair </span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(1937) and </span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Enchanted Wood </span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(1939), she became a phenomenal success in the 1940s and 1950s and skilfully built a literary empire.</span></span></span></p> <p align="LEFT">&nbsp;</p> <p align="LEFT"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">At&nbsp;<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/">Lovekidsbooks</a>&nbsp;we have a great selection of books by Enid Blyton, for ages from 6 upwards, these books are fantastic for children who are reading themselves. The Secret Seven and the Famous Five are full of exciting adventures which are brilliant for childrens imaginations, they can escape into the world of the Famous Five or Secret Seven and imagine the worlds of these characters and their adventures.</span></span></span></p> <p align="LEFT">&nbsp;</p> <p align="LEFT"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Other fantastic books we stock by Enid Blyton include </span></span></span></p> <p align="LEFT"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/amelia-jane-collection">Amelia Jane</a>, </span></span></span></p> <p align="LEFT"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/malory-towers-collection-vol-1">Malory Towers</a>, </span></span></span></p> <p align="LEFT"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/st-clares-the-first-year-3-in-1">St Clare's</a>, </span></span></span></p> <p align="LEFT"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/naughtiest-girl-collection-p-b">The Naughtiest Girl</a>, </span></span></span></p> <p align="LEFT"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/mystery-collection-vol-3">The Mysteries Collection</a>,</span></span></span></p> <p align="LEFT"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/faraway-tree-stories-bind-up-n-e-(3-in-1)">The Magic Faraway Tree</a>,</span></span></span></p> <p align="LEFT"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/magic-folk-collection-3-in-1">The Magic Folk Collection</a>,</span></span></span></p> <p align="LEFT"><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/wishing-chair-3-in-1-p-b">The Wishing Chair Collection</a></p> <p align="LEFT">&nbsp;</p> <p align="LEFT"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These Books and&nbsp;lots&nbsp;more can be found on <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/blyton-enid">http://www.childrensbooks.ie/blyton-enid</a></span></span></span></p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1037https://www.childrensbooks.ie/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-by-roald-dahlCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;"><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/450_13602.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="228" /></span></span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;"><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/charlie-the-chocolate-factory-p-b-n-e">Charlie and the Chocolate Factory</a>&nbsp;has been voted as the number one book to read before a child turns 16 by World Book Day, 2015.</span> <span style="color: #000000;">Roald Dahl</span><span style="color: #000000;">&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #000000;">the famous world renowned childrens author of which other books include <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/matilda-p-b-n-e">Matilda</a>, <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/twits-p-b-n-e">The Twits</a>, <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/danny-the-champion-of-the-world-p-b-n-e">Danny Champion of the World</a>, J<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/james-the-giant-peach-p-b-n-e">ames and the Giant Peach</a>, <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/witches-p-b-n-e">The Witches</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/fantastic-mr-fox-p-b-n-e">The Fantastic Mr Fox</a></span></span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;"><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/dahl-roald">Roald Dahl</a>&nbsp;wrote 22 children's books, including three books that were published after his death. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">His books are witty, humorous and very entertaining. There are always a few grown up villains from which the children break free from and go on amazing adventures. All the characters are really well described and detailed, children love the books, Roald Dahl had an amazing imagination in which he was fantastic at portraying in his stories. Children get lost in the books and the characters.</span></span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Some have been made into films, probably the most well know being Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory </span></span></span><span style="color: #252525;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">1971a musical fantasty film, direceted by Mel Stuart and staring Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka</span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Later 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory staring Johnny Depp and directed by Tim Burton.</span></span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Fantastic Mr Fox another fabulous movie, its a stop motion animation movie, startin George Clooney as Mr Fox.</span></span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Roald Dahl`s books are to be treasured and enjoyed by children whether they are reading themselves or being read to, these are definitely books have in your home for years to come.</span></span></span></p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1035https://www.childrensbooks.ie/feel-good-books-to-start-the-new-year-2015Feel good books to start the new year - 2015<p lang="en"><br /><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">Feel good books to start the new year -&nbsp;</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">2015</span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/450_7127.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="154" /></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/how-to-catch-a-star-p-b">How to Catch a Star</a>&nbsp;by Oliver Jeffers:</strong></span></p> <p>Age group 2-5</p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How to Catch a Star is the first time effort of new children&rsquo;s author Oliver Jeffers. This is a charming tale of a young boy who is so in love with the twinkling stars that he wants to get one for his very own. This is a fun whimsical tale with a good moral for children, that things may not always be what we expect, but that reaching for the stars (our dreams) is always a good idea.</span></p> <p><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/450_12481.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="229" /><br /><br /></p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/gangsta-granny-p-b">Gangsta Granny</a>&nbsp;</strong>by David Walliams and illustrated by Tony Ross</span></p> <p>Age group 8+</p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ben is an eleven year old boy who has to stay with his granny every Friday night as his parents are big fans of ballroom dancing and go every Friday night, leaving him to stay with granny. Ben finds this really boring and would rather be home, Granny eats lots of cabbage and wants to play scrabble all the time.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ben mistakenly finds a selection of Jewellery hidden away. He is then intrigued about his Granny and when spying on her stops her breaking into a Jewellers. This leads to Granny explaining how she is an international jewels thief and Ben is amazed to find out that his granny isn't boring after all, she isn&rsquo;t a regular granny!</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ben and granny go on a jewel quest, to steal the crown jewels and from here the adventure begins, there are lots of funny parts with some sad too, lovely story to share with children.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a fun book to read with great illustrations to go with the story, another David Walliams book with great humour for children and adults to enjoy.</span></p> <p><br /><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/450_20312.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="228" /></p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/the-long-haul">The Long Hau</a>l </strong>by Jeff Kinney </span></p> <p>Age group 7+</p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The latest in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, sure to entertain, A family road trip is supposed to be a lot of fun . . . unless, of course, you&rsquo;re the Heffleys. The journey starts off full of promise, then quickly takes several wrong turns. Gas station bathrooms, crazed seagulls, a fender bender, and a runaway pig&mdash;not exactly Greg Heffley&rsquo;s idea of a good time. But even the worst road trip can turn into an adventure&mdash;and this is one the Heffleys won&rsquo;t soon forget.</span></p> <p><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/450_8189.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="188" /></p> <p><br /><strong><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/squash-a-squeeze-p-b">A squash and a squeeze </a>written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler.</strong></p> <p>Age group 2-5</p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another great story by the writer of the Gruffalo, this story is about a lady who feels her house is too small, my house is a squash and a squeeze she grumbles, when a wise old man hears her and offers to help.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The wise old man says bring in your hen; bring in my hen what a curious plan!</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So the story proceeds with the wise old man advising the lady to bring in all her animals one by one and each time the house is getting to be more and more of a squash and a squeeze!</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the end the wise old man tells her to take out all the animals, to which she realises her house was perfect all along, she didnt realise what she had to begin with. It isn&rsquo;t a squash and it isn&rsquo;t a squeeze!</span></p> <p><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/450_8040.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="200" /></p> <p><br /><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/little-prince-9780749707231">THE LITTLE PRINCE by Antoine de Saint-Exupery</a></p> <p>Age group: 8/10+</p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Antoine de Saint-Exup&eacute;ry&rsquo;s The Little Prince, one of our must-read children&rsquo;s books with philosophy for grown-ups, is among the most poetic and hopeful reflections on human existence ever penned. Lyrical, charmingly written and beautifully illustrated, it sweeps you into a whirlwind of childhood imagination to peel away at the deepest truths about the world and our place in it.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is my secret. It is very simple: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.&rdquo;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Published in 1943, translated into 180 languages since and adapted to just about every medium, Exup&eacute;ry&rsquo;s famous novella is one of the best-selling books of all time. More importantly, it&rsquo;s one of the most important handbooks to being a thoughtful, introspective and, yes, hopeful human being.</span></p> <p><br /><br /></p> <p><br /><br /></p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1036https://www.childrensbooks.ie/popular-teenage-fictionPopular Teenage Fiction<h1><strong><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/fiction-teenage-12-to-15-years">Popular Teenage Fiction</a></strong></h1> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1 class="western"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/the-fault-in-our-stars">The Fault in Our Stars</a>&nbsp;by John Green</strong></span></span></span></h1> <p><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/0018585_the-fault-in-our-stars_450.jpeg" alt="" width="150" height="233" /></p> <p><strong>This love story by John Green is both beautiful and emotional it will have you crying and laughing. Hazel a terminally ill cancer patient meets Augustus at her Cancer Kid Support Group, he is there to support his friend. A friendship sparks up between herself and Augustus and her life changes, the friendship develops into a relationship between the teens. The story is beautifully written it is funny, sad and heart breaking at times.</strong></p> <p><strong>What lies ahead for Hazel and Augustus, as their friendship and relationship developes life takes a few unexpected twists and turns along the way. This beautiful story now a successly movie.</strong></p> <p><strong>Other popular books by John Green. Looking for Alaska, Paper Towns, An abundance of Katherines.</strong></p> <p><br /><br /></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/girl-online"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Girl Online</strong></span></a><strong> by Zoe Sugg aka Zoella</strong></span></span></span></p> <p><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/450_20671.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="212" /></p> <h4>The incredible debut novel from YouTube phenomenon Zoe Sugg aka Zoella.I have this dream that secretly all teenage girls feel exactly like me. And maybe one day when we realize that we all feel the same we can all stop pretending we're something we're not... But until that day I'm going to keep it real on this blog and keep it unreal in real life.Penny has a secret. Under the alias Girl Online Penny blogs her hidden feelings about friendship boys high school drama her crazy family and the panic attacks that have begun to take over her life. When things go from bad to worse her family whisks her away to New York where she meets Noah a gorgeous guitar-strumming American. Suddenly Penny is falling in love - and capturing every moment of it on her blog.But Noah has a secret too one that threatens to ruin Penny's cover - and her closest friendship - forever.</h4> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1 class="western"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/hunger-games-1-(adult)">The Hunger Games</a>&nbsp;by Suzanne Colins</strong></span></span></span></h1> <p><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/450_10761.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="230" /></p> <h4>First in the ground-breaking HUNGER GAMES trilogy. Set in a darkvision of the near future, a terrifying reality TV show is takingplace. Twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a lveevent called The Hunger Games. There is only one rule: kill orbe killed. When sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen steps forwarto take her younger sister' place in the games, she sees it as adeath sentence. But Katniss has been close to death before. Foher, survival is second nature.</h4> <h4>Catching Fire is the 2nd book and Mockingjay is the third in this really popular trilogy.</h4> <h4>&nbsp;</h4> <h1 class="western"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/dork-diaries-p-b">Dork Diaries</a>&nbsp;</span>by Rachel Renee Russel</strong></span></span></span></h1> <p><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/450_9164.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="230" /></p> <h4>Nikki Maxwell is not popular, in fact Nikki Maxwell is the opposite of popular - she' a total dork! But Nikki' hoping that by moving to a new school she might just stand a chance of making some friends and leaving her old lame-ways in the past. But life is never that simple!</h4> <h4>There is a whole series of books, Dear Dork, Party Time, Dork Diaries Omg: All About Me Diary! And more.</h4> <h4>&nbsp;</h4> <h1 class="western"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/moone-boy">Moone Boy</a>&nbsp;by Chris O`Dowd</strong></span></span></span></h1> <p><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/450_20528.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="234" /></p> <h4 align="JUSTIFY"><strong>Successful film and TV star Chris O Dowd collaborates with friend and screenwriter Nick Vincent Murphy in this hilarious illustrated series.</strong></h4> <h4 align="JUSTIFY"><strong>Martin Moone is eleven and completely fed up with being the only boy in a family of girls. He's desperate for a decent wingman to help him navigate his idiotic life. So when best mate Padraic suggests Martin get an imaginary friend - or 'IF' for short - he decides to give it a go. His first attempt is Loopy Lou a hyperactive goofball who loves writing rubbish rap songs. But Martin soon gets fed up with Lou's loopiness and decides to trade in his IF for someone a little less wacky. Enter Sean 'Caution' Murphy an imaginary office clerk in a bad suit with a passion for laziness and a head full of dodgy jokes. Sean is full of tips and tricks to guide Martin through the perils of the playground from dealing with his sisters' pranks to beating the bullying Bonner boys. But getting rid of Lou is not that easy and having TWO imaginary friends is a recipe for trouble!</strong></h4> <h2 class="western" align="JUSTIFY"><br /><strong><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/awful-auntie">Awful Auntie</a>&nbsp;by David Walliams</strong></h2> <p><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/450_19783.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="240" /></p> <h4 align="JUSTIFY"><strong>From number one bestselling author David Walliams comes another heartfelt but hilarious hoot of an adventure Stella Saxby is the sole heir to Saxby Hall. But awful Aunt Alberta and her giant owl will stop at nothing to get it from her. Luckily Stella has a secret - and slightly spooky - weapon up her sleeve. </strong></h4> <p align="JUSTIFY"><br /><br /></p> <p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/the-long-haul">The Long Haul</a>&nbsp;By Jeff Kinney</strong></span></span></span></p> <p><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/450_20312.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="228" /></p> <h4 align="JUSTIFY">Greg Heffley and his family hit the road in author-illustrator Jeff Kinney's ninth installment of the phenomenal bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. His original Diary of a Wimpy Kid was voted 'Best Children's Book of the Last 10 Years' by UK readers.</h4> <h4 align="JUSTIFY">A family road trip is supposed to be a lot of fun . . . unless, of course, you&rsquo;re the Heffleys. The journey starts off full of promise, then quickly takes several wrong turns. Gas station bathrooms, crazed seagulls, a fender bender, and a runaway pig&mdash;not exactly Greg Heffley&rsquo;s idea of a good time. But even the worst road trip can turn into an adventure&mdash;and this is one the Heffleys won&rsquo;t soon forget.&nbsp;</h4>urn:store:1:blog:post:1034https://www.childrensbooks.ie/roxie-the-baking-fairy-by-daisy-meadows-reviewed-by-lily-aged-7Roxie the Baking Fairy by Daisy Meadows Reviewed by Lily aged 7<h3>Rainbow Magic: <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/roxie-the-baking-fairy">Roxie the Baking Fairy</a>&nbsp;by <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/meadows-daisy">Daisy Meadows</a>&nbsp;reviewed by Lily aged 7</h3> <p><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/450_18039.jpg" alt="Roxie the baking fairy" width="121" height="188" /></p> <h4><strong>It was Rachel and Kirsty`s last day on holiday. They were putting away freshly washed T-shirts into their bags. The week they had been staying, there was a craft week on. Their parent&rsquo;s had agreed to let them do it. The man who was doing the camp had explained that there would be an exhibition and a competition on the last day of the week.&nbsp; </strong></h4> <h4><strong>It was craft day in Fairy land.&nbsp; Jack Frost had sent his Goblin&rsquo;s to steal the Magical craft Fairies special pieces that help people all over the world with craft. Rachel`s entry was a book that she`d wrote and kirsty`s entry was a picture of Rachel under a rainbow. The girls went into the exhibition centre and handed there entry&rsquo;s to Charlie (Charlie is the guy who is doing the camp). 7</strong></h4> <h4><strong>Then the girls walked to the cafe Paul [Paul is a food supplier] was giving out aprons and chefs hats. &ldquo;Hi&rdquo; said Paul to the girls, &ldquo;are you here to help with snacks?&rdquo; &ldquo;Yes&rdquo; the girls said &ldquo;ok then&rdquo; he said pulling a bunch of cards from his apron pocket &ldquo;you will each get one of these which has one snack you can cook&rdquo; he said grabbing a bunch of bowls from a press. So they all went to get their ingredients but on her way back Rachel dropped her eggs &ldquo;oh no silly me sorry&rdquo; said Rachel &ldquo;that`s ok&rdquo; said Paul &ldquo;we&rsquo;ve have plenty more&rdquo;, a minute later when everyone was baking a horrible burning smell floated through the air it was coming from the oven &ldquo;my peanut cookie&rsquo;s&rdquo; somebody shouted and they rushed to the oven Paul ran over to help &ldquo;this is all because of Roxie`s missing cookie cutter&rdquo; Rachel whispered to Kirsty, we have to find her and save craft week.</strong></h4> <h4><strong>Can Rachel and Kirsty help Roxie the Baking Fairy get her magical cookie cutter back, before Jack Frost ruins all the sweet treats?</strong></h4> <h4><strong><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/roxie-the-baking-fairy">http://www.childrensbooks.ie/roxie-the-baking-fairy</a></strong></h4>urn:store:1:blog:post:1033https://www.childrensbooks.ie/beast-quest-trema-the-earth-lord-reviewed-by-lily-aged-7Beast Quest: Trema, The Earth Lord, reviewed by Lily aged 7<h2 style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/beast-quest-29-trema-the-earth-lord-p-b">Beast Quest: Trema, The Earth Lord</a>&nbsp;<strong>by <a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/blade-adam">Adam Blade</a>, &nbsp;reviewed by Lily aged 7</strong></h2> <h2 style="text-align: left;"><strong><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/450_8551.jpg" alt="Trema the earth lord" width="110" height="172" /></strong></h2> <h3 style="text-align: left;">The Beast Quest books are great for boys that like action and fighting, there is a boy called Tom. Tom and his companion Elenna are always facing different beasts, evil wizards are turning protector beasts evil so Tom and Elenna with their pets have to defeat them and free them from the wizards evil spells.</h3> <h3 style="text-align: left;">Trema, the Earth Lord is very dangerous and slimy, his body is always pouring sticky slime, just like glue (so sticky it could glue you to the ground).</h3> <h3>He`s got an evil chuckle and when he laughs you can smell his rotten breath.&nbsp; He has a huge blue shell covering his body like a giant piece of armour and sticking out of the shell are hundreds of legs on the ends are the sharpest claws like teeth.&nbsp; On top of his head are shiny green crystals, sticking out of his head are pointy horns, his teeth are like they have been sharpened one thousand times with a really sharp pencil parer, his eyes are disgusting lumps of red, in the middle are big black rips.</h3> <h3>Tom`s mission this time is to find his prize (a &ldquo;prize&rdquo; are different things that can help them on their quest) to help him flight Trema the Earth Lord.</h3> <h3>His plan is to lead the beast to the salty wall that the prize has created, the salt will dry up his slime. To defeat the beast they need to get rid of the slime to free him from this evil curse.</h3> <h3>To find out more and see if Tom and Elenna defeat the beast, check out the book and there might be a lot of excitement at the end of the book!</h3> <h3>Hope you enjoyed my book blog, watch out for lots more blogs to come</h3> <h3>Thanks for reading!</h3> <h3>Lily</h3> <h3><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/beast-quest-29-trema-the-earth-lord-p-b">http://www.childrensbooks.ie/beast-quest-29-trema-the-earth-lord-p-b</a></h3> <p>&nbsp;</p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1032https://www.childrensbooks.ie/the-giraffe-and-the-pelly-and-me-by-roald-dahl-reviewed-by-lily-aged-7The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me, by Roald Dahl reviewed by Lily aged 7<p><a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/the-giraffe-and-the-pelly-and-me-9780141346663"><img src="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/content/images/thumbs/450_14327.jpg" alt="The Giraffe and the Pelly and me" width="156" height="194" /></a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Lilys Blog:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/the-giraffe-and-the-pelly-and-me-9780141346663">The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me</a>, by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.childrensbooks.ie/dahl-roald">Roald Dahl</a></p> <p>Once upon a time there was a boy called Billy who lived near a big tall house it said &ldquo;For Sale&rdquo;. Billy knew it used to be a shop because he could still read the old sign. The sign said Grubber, Billy&rsquo;s parents told him that a Grubber was an old name for a sweet shop. Billy would love if he could make it into a sweet shop again. One Day Billy went over &nbsp;to the shop and he looked at the sale sign someone had scrapped it off and in its place was the word &ldquo;Sold&rdquo;.</p> <p>Billy stared up at it, a second later a bath tub crashed out an open window onto the middle of the road and smashed in half. A few minutes later a few more things came crashing out the same window. Billy waited in silence for a moment, he thought something else might come but nothing did. But another window flew open and a head popped out and stared at him. Two more windows flew open a monkey and a Pelly popped out. We are the window cleaners the monkey said, will you help us clean?</p> <p>Where do you think this story is going?</p> <p>Does Billy think his eyes and ears aren&rsquo;t working?</p> <p>Or does he want to help?</p> <p>I wasn&rsquo;t sure what this story would turn into but I really enjoyed reading it and I recommend it.</p> <p>Lily my daughter aged 7 will be blogging about books she reads for lovekidsbooks, be sure to check them out!</p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1031https://www.childrensbooks.ie/tony-the-turtle-2Tony The Turtle <h2><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/valerie-sheehan"><strong>Tony the Turtle Books</strong>&nbsp;</a></h2> <p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/tony-the-turtle"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/0019480_450.jpeg" alt="Tony the Turtle Books set of 3" width="300" height="109" /></a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3><strong><img src="C:\Users\feelyd\Documents\Lovekidsbooks\Tony the Turtle set of 3 books.jpg" alt="" />Created</strong>&nbsp;<strong>by <a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/valerie-sheehan">Valerie Sheehan</a>&nbsp;and illustrated by Susan Meaney</strong></h3> <p>These books have been created to help children with Autism with everyday activities, through the stories of Tony, children can see how Tony feels about going shopping, trying new food or going swimming. The books are great for children and parents or siblings to enjoy together and visualise situations and help both children and parents in these situations.</p> <p>Visual learning is a very important tool for children with ASD.</p> <p>It helps them to focus on and remember information. The language is kept direct in the books with very clear visuals so children can follow the stories themselves if they want to look at it. Tony's expressions are easily recognisable and these clear visuals make it easy for the child to follow the story and understand how Tony is feeling.</p> <p>With ASD, children's senses can be overwhelmed by unfiltered information.</p> <p>The world can be intensely noisy, blinding or filled with strong smells. It is harder for them to focus on words and hold conversations. Their main difficulties typically present in three core areas: social interaction, social communication and imagination and play. These difficulties can have a huge impact both on the child and on their family. They can affect the child&rsquo;s relationships with their parents, siblings and peers.</p> <p>Tony the Turtle stories focus on specific social skills that children with ASD may find difficult.</p> <p>Through her vast experience as a home tutor, Valerie has learned many ways to support children and develop their skills.</p> <p>This series of books provides a range of strategies that the characters in the books implement in order to help them learn what to do in a range of social situations in a positive manner.</p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/tony-goes-shopping">Tony Goes Shopping</a></h3> <p><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/0019482_450.jpeg" alt="Tony Goes shopping" width="100" height="110" /></p> <p>"Tony goes shopping" Going shopping with kids can be a chore for any parent but if your child has autism a &ldquo;simple" trip to the supermarket needs some planning!</p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/tony-goes-swimming">Tony Goes Swimming</a></h3> <p><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/0019483_450.jpeg" alt="Tony goes swimming" width="100" height="111" /></p> <p>Swimming has great benefits for all children but for children with autism it can be very calming and therapeutic.</p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/tony-tries-new-food">Tony Tries New Food</a></h3> <p><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/0019484_450.jpeg" alt="" width="100" height="110" /></p> <p>This story looks at trying new food without pressure in the hope that curiosity will take over and the child will choose to try it him or herself.</p> <p>&ldquo;Valerie has created a wonderfully child centred series of books which demonstrate many of the strategies that we recommend for helping children with ASD to understand the world and communicate more effectively&rdquo;</p> <p>&mdash; Michaela Connolly, Senior Educational Psychologist</p> <p>&ldquo;Valerie has extensive knowledge of and experience in working with children with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder. She has used this wealth of experience to create an enchanting series of books which aim to help support parents and their children in a range of different social contexts and in their ability to learn new skills&rdquo;</p> <p>&mdash; Charlotte Cogan, Senior Speech and Language Therapist</p> <p>For a set of the 3 books its fantastic value at&nbsp;&euro;18.99 with free shipping in Ireland</p> <p>individually they are&nbsp;&euro;7.99</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1030https://www.childrensbooks.ie/beast-quest-books-by-adam-bladeBeast Quest Books by Adam Blade<h2><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/blade-adam">Beast Quest</a>&nbsp;</h2> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/beast-quest-1-ferno-the-fire-dragon"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_8781.jpg" alt="Picture of Ferno" width="150" height="150" /></a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/falra-the-snow-phoenix"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_17172.jpg" alt="Picture of Falra the Snow Phoenix" width="150" height="150" /></a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/beast-quest-adventurers-handbook-h-b"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/250_9407.jpg" alt="Picture of Beast Quest Adventurers Handbook" width="150" height="150" /></a></p> <p>This series of books are created by Adam Blade, who created the character Tom from his childhood imaginations of a brave boy warrior who slays dragons and beast from a fantasy world. Adam grew up in England his mother and father were history teachers and amateur artists used to have an ancient sword and shield which hung in his office which was said to be a family heirloom, that with the ancient pictures which hung throughout the house of old battles, Adam used them to create a fantasy world where Tom was the hero warrior.</p> <p>Adam started writing stories based on this Tom character as he thought young children would like to go on adventures as he imagined as a young boy.</p> <p>Beast quest books are written by several authors all going under the Pseudonym of Adam Blade, there are over 90 books now published. The books are aimed at boys aged 7 and up.</p> <p>The Beast Quest Series - The kingdom of Avantia is depending on Tom and Elenna his best friend and their courage, together with their companions Storm the stallion and Silver Eleena`s Wolf they will try to overcome danger and evil.</p> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/beast-quest-1-ferno-the-fire-dragon">Ferno the Fire Dragon</a>&nbsp;this is the first book in the series. As things start happening in the village which no one can explain people are starting to get really worried. The river dries up; a crop is burnt to the ground.&nbsp; Soon they discover that this isn&rsquo;t just happening in their village the whole kingdom is affected, Tom vows to the king he will go on a quest to find the Beast.</p> <p>The latest book in the series is <a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/falra-the-snow-phoenix">Falra the Snow Phoenix</a>, each book is full of new adventures and stories to entertain and capture the imaginations of young minds; they are action packed and full of fantastic fantasy beasts and adventures.</p> <p>These are great books to encourage young readers to get into books they have been described as &ldquo;clearly and simply&rdquo; written with the right balance between adventure and storytelling, a great series to get boys reading who normally wouldn&rsquo;t be into reading.</p> <p>There is also another series by Adam Blade called Sea Quest an underwater world of adventure with 16 books to date. All kinds of underwater new deadly Robobeasts, sure to be a hit with fans of Beast Quest.</p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1029https://www.childrensbooks.ie/top-childrens-books-of-all-time-by-ageTop Children’s Books Of All Time By Age<h3>Top Children&rsquo;s books of all time by age Group</h3> <h4>Reading to young children is so important to creating a love of books and reading.&nbsp; Reading a little bed time story to your child at night is a lovely way to finish off a day and settle little ones down and get a much loved cuddle.</h4> <h4>Reading to them from a young age will encourage them to start reading and build a love of reading for them to enjoy for the rest of their lives.</h4> <h4>Children who are read to from a young age tend to read earlier learn faster and understand concepts better than children who haven&rsquo;t had the opportunity to have books in their lives from a young age.&nbsp;</h4> <h4>My children love to have their favourite books read to them over and over and even from a very young age when they could barely talk they would say &ldquo;again&rdquo; &ldquo;again&rdquo;. It&rsquo;s hard to resist when they get so much joy out of the story and the pictures.&nbsp; Books are such a great way to grow their imaginations and spend some quality time together.</h4> <h4>I have compiled a list of top children&rsquo;s books of all time, so there are some classics and some new ones in here too.</h4> <h4>It&rsquo;s hard to narrow it down as there are so many fantastic books to choose from, here is a selection by age categories:</h4> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>0-5 years olds</strong></span></h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/pop-up-dear-zoo-p-b"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_13706.jpg" alt="Picture of The Pop-up Dear Zoo" width="100" height="100" /></a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/pop-up-dear-zoo-p-b">Dear Zoo</a>&nbsp;<strong>by Rod Campbell</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/very-hungry-caterpillar"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_7268.jpg" alt="Picture of The Very Hungry Caterpillar" width="100" height="100" /></a></p> <h3>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/very-hungry-caterpillar">The Very Hungry Caterpillar</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>by Eric Carle</strong></h3> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/room-on-the-broom-p-b"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_7514.jpg" alt="Picture of Room On the Broom" width="100" height="100" /></a></p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/room-on-the-broom-p-b">Room on the Broom</a>&nbsp;<strong>by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler</strong></h3> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/lost-found-p-b"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_7128.jpg" alt="Picture of Lost and Found" width="100" height="100" /></a></p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/lost-found-p-b">Lost and Found</a>&nbsp;<strong>by Oliver Jeffers</strong></h3> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/cat-in-the-hat-p-b"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_7129.jpg" alt="Picture of The Cat in the Hat" width="100" height="100" /></a></p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/cat-in-the-hat-p-b">The Cat in the Hat</a>&nbsp;<strong>by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/dr-seuss">Dr Seuss</a></strong></h3> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/where-the-wild-things-are"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_7227.jpg" alt="Picture of Where the Wild Things Are" width="100" height="100" /></a></p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/where-the-wild-things-are">Where the Wild Things Are</a>&nbsp; B<strong>y Maurice Sendak</strong></h3> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/gruffalo-p-b"><strong><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/0018575_the-gruffalo_450.jpeg" alt="Picture of The Gruffalo" width="100" height="100" /></strong></a></p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/gruffalo-p-b">The Gruffalo</a>&nbsp; By&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/julia-donaldson-">Julia Donaldson</a></strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>6-8 year olds</strong></span></h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/enchanted-wood-p-b"><strong><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_8261.jpg" alt="Picture of The Enchanted Wood" width="100" height="100" /></strong></a></p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/enchanted-wood-p-b">The Enchanted Wood</a>&nbsp;<strong>by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/blyton-enid">Enid Blyton</a></strong></h3> <p>&nbsp;<img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_15306.jpg" alt="The Worst Witch" width="100" height="100" /></p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/the-worst-witch">The Worst Witch</a>&nbsp;<strong>by Jill Murphy</strong>&nbsp;</h3> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/horrid-henry-other-stories"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_8956.jpg" alt="Picture of Horrid Henry" width="100" height="100" /></a></p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/simon-francesca">Horrid Henry</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>by Francesca Simon &amp; Tony Ross</strong></h3> <p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/charlottes-web-p-b"><strong><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_7290.jpg" alt="Picture of Charlottes Web" width="100" height="100" /></strong></a></p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/charlottes-web-p-b">Charlotte's Web</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong><strong>by E B White</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/pippi-longstocking-small-gift-ed"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_12166.jpg" alt="Picture of Pippi Longstocking" width="100" height="100" /></a></p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/pippi-longstocking-small-gift-ed">Pippi Longstocking</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>by Astrid Lindgren</strong></h3> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-bk-1"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_7366.jpg" alt="Picture of Diary of a Wimpy Kid" width="100" height="100" /></a></p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-bk-1">Diary of a Wimpy Kid</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/kinney-jeff">Jeff Kinney</a></strong></h3> <p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/famous-5-no-1-five-on-treasure-island"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_7522.jpg" alt="Picture of Five On a Treasure Island" width="100" height="100" /></a></p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/famous-5-no-1-five-on-treasure-island">Five on a Treasure Island</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/blyton-enid">Enid Blyton</a></strong></h3> <p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/bfg-p-b-n-e"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_13599.jpg" alt="Picture of The Bfg" width="100" height="100" /></a></p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/bfg-p-b-n-e">The BFG</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/dahl-roald">Roald Dahl</a></strong></h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong><strong>9-11 years olds</strong></span></h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/bfg-p-b-n-e"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_13598.jpg" alt="Picture of The Witches" width="100" height="100" /></a></h3> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/bfg-p-b-n-e">The Witches</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/dahl-roald">Roald Dahl</a></strong></h3> <p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/matilda-p-b-(colour-ed)"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_14007.jpg" alt="Picture of Matilda" width="100" height="100" /></a></p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/matilda-p-b-(colour-ed)">Matilda</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>by <a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/dahl-roald">Roald Dahl</a>&nbsp;and Quentin Blake</strong></h3> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/tintin-the-black-island"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_14097.jpg" alt="Picture of The Black Island" width="100" height="100" /></a></p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/tintin-the-black-island">The Adventures of Tintin</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>by Herg&eacute;</strong></h3> <p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/journey-to-the-river-sea-10th-anniversary"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_10267.jpg" alt="Picture of Journey to the River Sea" width="100" height="100" /></a></p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/journey-to-the-river-sea-10th-anniversary">Journey to the River Sea</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>by Eva Ibbotson</strong></h3> <p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/lion-the-witch-the-wardrobe-p-b"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_7217.jpg" alt="Picture of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" width="100" height="100" /></a></p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/lion-the-witch-the-wardrobe-p-b">The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>by C S Lewis</strong></h3> <p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/hp-philosophers-stone-p-b-n-e-(fs)"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_9858.jpg" alt="Picture of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone" width="100" height="100" /></a></p> <h3>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/hp-philosophers-stone-p-b-n-e-(fs)">Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/rowling-j-k">J K Rowling</a></strong></h3> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/holes-p-b"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_7969.jpg" alt="Picture of Holes" width="100" height="100" /></a></p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/holes-p-b">Holes</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>by Louis Sachar</strong></h3> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/story-of-tracy-beaker-p-b-n-e"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_7660.jpg" alt="Picture of The Story of Tracy Beaker" width="100" height="100" /></a></p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/story-of-tracy-beaker-p-b-n-e">The Story of Tracy Beaker</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/wilson-jacqueline">Jacqueline Wilson</a></strong></h3> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/the-hobbit-or-there-and-back"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_17429.jpg" alt="Picture of The Hobbit Or There and Back" width="100" height="100" /></a></p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/the-hobbit-or-there-and-back"> The Hobbit</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>by J R R Tolkien</strong></h3> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/little-prince-(fs)-wordsworth"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_8932.jpg" alt="Picture of The Little Prince" width="100" height="100" /></a></p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/little-prince-(fs)-wordsworth">The Little Prince</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>by Antoine de Saint-Exupery</strong></h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>12-14 year olds</strong></span></h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/the-boy-in-the-striped-pyjamas"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_18108.jpg" alt="Picture of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas" width="100" height="100" /></strong></span></a></p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/the-boy-in-the-striped-pyjamas">The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>by John Boyne</strong></h3> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/hunger-games-1-(adult)"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_10761.jpg" alt="Picture of The Hunger Games" width="100" height="100" /></a></p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/hunger-games-1-(adult)">The Hunger Games</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>by Suzanne Collins</strong></h3> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/the-curious-incident-of-the-dog-in-the-night-time"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_17292.jpg" alt="Picture of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" width="100" height="100" /></a></p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/the-curious-incident-of-the-dog-in-the-night-time">The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-tim</a><span style="text-decoration: underline;">e</span>&nbsp; By&nbsp;<strong>Mark Haddon</strong></h3> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/stormbreaker-n-e-p-b-(alex-rider-book-1)"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_8733.jpg" alt="Picture of Stormbreaker" width="100" height="100" /></a></p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/stormbreaker-n-e-p-b-(alex-rider-book-1)">Stormbreaker</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>by Anthony Horowitz</strong></h3> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/lord-of-the-rings-slipcase"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_12176.jpg" alt="Picture of The Lord of the Rings" width="100" height="100" /></a></p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/lord-of-the-rings-slipcase">The Lord of the Rings</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>by J R R Tolkien</strong></h3> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/i-capture-the-castle-p-b-n-e"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_7231.jpg" alt="Picture of I Capture the Castle" width="100" height="100" /></a></p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/i-capture-the-castle-p-b-n-e">I Capture the Castle</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>by Dodie Smith</strong></h3> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/how-i-live-now-p-b"><strong><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_7292.jpg" alt="Picture of How I Live Now" width="100" height="100" /></strong></a></p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/how-i-live-now-p-b">How I Live Now</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>by Meg Rosoff</strong></h3> <p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/goodnight-mister-tom-p-b-puffin-modern-cl"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_9373.jpg" alt="Picture of Goodnight Mister Tom" width="100" height="100" /></a></p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/goodnight-mister-tom-p-b-puffin-modern-cl">Goodnight Mister Tom</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>by Michelle Magoria</strong></h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/anne-of-green-gables-p-b"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_7350.jpg" alt="Picture of Anne of Green Gables" width="100" height="100" /></a></h3> <h3><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/anne-of-green-gables-p-b">Anne of Green Gables</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;L M Montgomery</h3> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/boy"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_14561.jpg" alt="Picture of Boy" width="100" height="100" /></a></p> <h3><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/boy">Boy</a></span>&nbsp; By Roald Dahl</h3> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/claudine-at-st-clares"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_18159.jpg" alt="Picture of Claudine at St Clares" width="100" height="100" /></a></p> <h3><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/claudine-at-st-clares">Claudine at St Clares</a></span>&nbsp; By&nbsp;Enid Blyton</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1028https://www.childrensbooks.ie/the-fault-in-our-stars-by-john-greenThe Fault in Our Stars Latest book by John Green<p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/fault-in-our-stars-p-b">The Fault in Our Stars</a>&nbsp;Latest by John Green</p> <p><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_13161.jpg" alt="the fault in our stars" width="150" height="230" /></p> <p>The story is about Hazel a 16 year old teenager who has been sick and terminal with Cancer, her parents insists she attends Cancer for kids support group. While there she meets a guy, Augustus who is there to support his friend Isaac who has cancer and has had to have an eye removed. Augustus himself had a leg amputated but is now cancer free.</p> <p>Hazel and Augustus get talking, there is a spark between them; they discuss their favourite books and decide to read each other&rsquo;s favourite novels before meeting up again.</p> <p>&nbsp;Hazel and Augustus become good friends they both like each other a lot, they are plotting how to find out what happens to one of the characters mothers in Hazels favourite book and Augustus has been in touch with the author and is trying to organise a trip so that Hazel meets the author in person and will find out what happens the mother. But as she is deliberating she has a serious episode and she is taken to ICU.</p> <p>After she gets home she finds out that Augustus never left the waiting room the whole time she was in ICU and they decide to go to meet this author with the support of one of the doctors.</p> <p>While on this trip romance blossoms, they share a kiss and things go from there. While they are away Augustus confides in Hazel that he had a body scan recently and his cancer has returned and spread everywhere.</p> <p>They return home to Indianapolis where his condition deteriorates and his form isn&rsquo;t what it used to be and he is vulnerable and scared but Hazel still loves him as before.</p> <p>Augustus plans a pre funeral for himself in his final days and Hazel and Isaac give eulogies, she says how much she loves him and how she wouldn&rsquo;t trade any of the short time they have had together for anything in the world.</p> <p>Augustus dies 8 days later and at his funeral as requested by Augustus is the author of the novel Hazel was looking for answers from.</p> <p>This book is beautifully written, a friendship and relationship between two teenagers with a different outlook on life. <a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/fault-in-our-stars-p-b">The fault in our stars</a>&nbsp;is an amazing book, beautiful and heart breaking at the same time. It&rsquo;s not easy to read about sick children who are dying but the story between to two characters Hazel and Augustus is beautiful it will have you laughing and crying, and the same again.</p> <p>The Fault in Our Stars is now a major movie too</p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1027https://www.childrensbooks.ie/children-books-ireland-popular-readsChildren’s Books Ireland current Popular Reads<p><img style="float: left;" src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/Children-Books-Ireland-Popular-Reads.jpg" alt="Popular Books for Children in Ireland" width="294" height="450" />Just a quick blog on what is popular at the moment in children&rsquo;s books. What childrens books are selling well in Ireland and if you are looking for inspiration for some holidays reads for your children&rsquo;s, this article would be a good place to start.<br />The most popular book at the moment is the fault in our stars. It's a great book, number one in Children's books at the moment, as they are launching a summer movie based on the book. You may have seen the trailers, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582846/">check them out here</a>. The basic storyline is around Hazel and Gus two teenagers with a disdain for the conventional. The story is a love story between the two characters. Their relationship is against the odds as Hazel's other constant companion is an oxygen tank. The two characters meet and a cancer support group and then fall in love.</p> <p><br />The other popular children&rsquo;s book is the City of Heavenly Fire. A lot different to the book above, the story centres on the Shadow Hunter world. The main characters are Clary, Jace and Simon. These main characters band come together to fight evil. The evil coming in the form of Clary's brother. Lives will be lost, love sacrificed, and the whole world will change. Who will survive the explosive sixth and final instalment of the Mortal Instruments series?</p> <p><br />Divergent is still as popular as ever, and is currently our number three best seller. The book is based on a sixteen year old girl called Tris. Tris is venturing out alone, to find her true place in the world, leaving her family behind. The world that Tris lives in is divided by factions based on virtues, Tris learns she's Divergent and won't fit in. She then discovers a plan to destroy allDivergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late. A great read, definitely for the older children.</p> <p>The Official Beginner's Handbook is trending around number four, for popular childrens books.<br />I blogged about Minecraft for Dummies last week, check it out. This book is aimed at a similar standard of Minecraft user.<br />Learn how to make a shelter, find resources, craft tools, armour and weapons, and protect yourself from monsters. With tips from Minecraft experts, as well as creator Notch himself, this is the definitive guide to how to survive your first few days in Minecraft.</p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1026https://www.childrensbooks.ie/9780857531087-diamond-hettyfeatherdiamond aka hetty feather by jacqueline wilson - 9780857531087<p><img style="float: left;" src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_15178.jpg" alt="Diamond 9780857531087" width="311" height="450" />Diamond is another fantastic book by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/wilson-jacqueline">Jacqueline Wilson</a>. This book is based on the other Wilson books relating to the Hetty Feather Trilogy. It had a lot to live up to, as the other three books were excellent and personally I think Diamond did live up to expectations. This really is an excellent book.</p> <p>Diamond was not always a circus performer. Before she joined the circus, she ws born into a very poor family. Before she was born, here parents hoped for a son, but instead Diamond a small fragile little girl was born into the family. Her &nbsp;for parents were not very happy about this.</p> <p>Anyway moving swiftly on, as she grew up Diamond discovered she had an amazing talent for gynastics and arcrobatics. Something which her mean father profited on, when she was seen doing her act at a local fair, he sold poor Diamon to a traveling circus guy for five guineas. shame !!!!</p> <p>Anyway she became an&nbsp;acrobat at &nbsp;the Tanglefields Travelling Circus. The crowds loved Diamond, but life behind the velvet curtains is far from glamorous. Her master kept pushing&nbsp;Diamond, making her try ever more daring and dangerous tricks. She was pushed so much she was scared&nbsp;to step into the ring.</p> <p>But the good side of things&nbsp;true friends to be found at the circus, too: the kind and trusting&nbsp;Mister Marvel; the very kind&nbsp;Madame Adeline; and the excellent friend which she made&nbsp;Emerald Star, Tanglefields brand-new ringmaster, and Diamonds saviour. When life at the circus becomes too dangerous to bear any longer, what is&nbsp;the future for Diamond? And will her beloved Emerald be a part of it?</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/diamond">Diamond (9780857531087) </a>is a great book, my daughter loved it, great book to start getting into reading.</p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1025https://www.childrensbooks.ie/a-review-of-minecraft-for-dummiesMinecraft for Dummies - Create your own world<p>As a parent I wanted to know what all the fuss was about with the Minecraft game. The last time I came across something as big as Minecraft, it was Second life. I didn't know anything about that either, so this time I wanted to get a bit of knowledge.</p> <p><img style="float: left; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" src="../../../content/images/thumbs/450_15758.jpg" alt="Minecraft for Dummies - For a Dummie" width="200" height="311" />I was looking for a book which would give the basic knowledge without going into too much detail, because I'm not sure if it's my cup of tea. <a href="../../../minecraft-for-dummies">Minecraft for Dummies</a> is that book, maybe not for the hard-core player, the Redstone handbook might be a better place to start.</p> <p>Anyway as with all the dummies books, the text is nice and clear, the author goes to great lengths to explain all the Minecraft terminology and abbreviations etc.</p> <p>Over the last few months I&rsquo;ve been dipping in and out of the game without getting anywhere or progressing, with this book I have learned more in the last 3-4 days , which is how long it took to read it, that I have in those first couple of months. I have to admit with the knowledge gleaned over the last I have started to enjoy the game, not only a bit of fun in the evening but from a parents perspective I think it would benefit any teenagers out there, as it`s educational and also involves some good problem solving.</p> <p>Anyway the point of the blog is to review the Minecraft for Dummies book, not the game Minecraft itself. So to recap, as with all Dummies books, its excellent got getting up to speed really fast, it will teach you fairly advanced techniques in a short space of time. You could, potentially be building mansions, crafting new items and exploring strong holds in a short space of time. This all helps to increase the enjoyment of your playing experience. That the pro&rsquo;s.</p> <p>The cons are pretty much the same as the pros, in that the amount of time to &ldquo;grow&rdquo; out of the text would be fairly fast. At the same time, if you haven&rsquo;t been using the game for a few weeks, it&rsquo;s a great reference guide for getting up to speed again.</p> <p>&nbsp;It's a must have for new Minecraft players, I would highly recommend it. <a title="Redstone Handbook" href="../../../redstone-handbook">The Redstone handbook</a> might be a better option for those with a couple of months playing experience under your belt.</p> <p>So get out there and recommend it to all the Minecraft players. I've a suspicion that older (younger people, playing the game longer) players will fly through the book, but as a relatively inexperienced "Minecrafter"&nbsp; , it will help to bridge that gap.</p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1024https://www.childrensbooks.ie/charlottes-web-by-e-b-whiteCharlotte's Web by E. B. White<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><img src="https://www.lovekidsbooks.com/Content/Images/uploaded/New Folder (7)/Charlottes web.jpg" width="300" height="450" alt="Charlotte`s Web" /></b></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/charlottes-web-p-b" title="Charlottes web"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Charlotte's Web by E. B. White</b></span></a></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/charlottes-web-p-b" title="Charlottes web">Charlotte's Web</a> is the classic children' story by E B White.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">"I don't want to die!&nbsp; Save me, somebody!&nbsp; Save me!"</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">The tale of how a little girl named Fern, with the help of a friendly spider, saved her pig Wilbur from the usual fate of nice fat little pigs.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">An affectionate pig named Wilbur befriends a spider named Charlotte, who lives in the rafters above his pen. In this story of friendship, hardship, and the passing on into time, White reminds readers to open their eyes to the wonder and miracle found in the simplest of things.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">E. B. White was born in New York in 1899 and died in 1985. He kept animals on his farm in Maine and some of these creatures crept into his books, such as STUART LITTLE which was recently made into a blockbusting film. &nbsp;He received many awards including the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal in 1970, an award given every five years to authors who have made a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">Charlotte's Web by E. B. White available on: http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/charlottes-web-p-b</span></p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1023https://www.childrensbooks.ie/gruffalos-childThe Gruffalo`s Child by Julia Donaldson<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"><img src="https://www.lovekidsbooks.com/Content/Images/uploaded/New Folder (6)/Gruffalos child.jpg" width="359" height="450" alt="The Gruffalo`s Child" /></span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">The <a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/search?q=The+Gruffalos+Child" title="The Gruffalos Child">Gruffalo`s Child</a> </span>by <a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/donaldson-julia" title="Julia Donaldson">Julia Donaldson</a> and Axel Scheffler</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana, geneva;">The bestselling sequel to <a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/gruffalo-n-e-board-book" title="The Gruffalo">The Gruffalo</a></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana, geneva;">The Story is about the Gruffalo`s child who disobeys her father&rsquo;s warnings and ventures out into the snow to the &ldquo;deep dark wood&rdquo;. After all, &ldquo;the Big Bad Mouse doesn&rsquo;t really exist . . . does he?&rdquo;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana, geneva;">She encounters the tracks of snake, owl and fox from <i>The Gruffalo</i>, each of whom she first suspects to be the "big bad mouse", but who in turn tell her where she can find the real "big bad mouse".&nbsp; With no sign of the &ldquo;Big bad mouse&rdquo; she is disheartened and feels she has been tricked into believing he exists, just then she encounters the little mouse from <i><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/gruffalo-n-e-board-book" title="The Gruffalo">The Gruffalo</a>, </i>who previously tricked her father.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana, geneva;">The mouse invites her to meet the "big bad mouse", which he re-creates by using moonlight to project a tremendously enlarged, fearsome shadow. Believing the shadow belongs to the real "big bad mouse" and is frightened by this big mouse, she flees and returns to the Gruffalo cave with faith in her father restored.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana, geneva;">If you&rsquo;re a fan of the Gruffalo you will really enjoy this story too, with great illustrations from Axel Scheffler to match the Gruffalo.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: verdana, geneva;">&nbsp;</span></p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1022https://www.childrensbooks.ie/the-book-thiefThe Book Thief<p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/book-thief-(childrens)-p-b" title="The Book Thief"><b><img src="https://www.lovekidsbooks.com/Content/Images/uploaded/New Folder (3)/Book Thief.jpg" width="293" height="450" alt="The Book Thief" style="vertical-align: top;" /></b></a></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/book-thief-(childrens)-p-b" title="The Book Thief"><b>The Book Thief</b></a></span></p> <p>Author:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/zusak-markus" title="Markus Zusak">ZUSAK MARKUS</a></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small;">The Story</span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small;">Set amidst the frightening and unsettling political background of 1939 Germany The Book Thief beloved international bestselling book, is&nbsp;the heart breaking account&nbsp;of Liesel Meminger.&nbsp;The narrator of&nbsp;her story is Death who encounters Liesel on three separate occasions. First, when he comes to claim her younger brother Werner on a train taking them to meet their foster parents. &nbsp;Second, when he comes to claim souls after a bomb is dropped on her town, and finally, when he visits Liesel as an older woman. Death finds the book Liesel was writing during the bomb raid and uses it to tell us her story.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">In 1939 Liesel arrives in the town of Molching Germany and is taken to the home of her foster parents, an elderly German couple named Hans and Rosa Hubermann. Hans Huberman finds Liesel's first stolen book and teaches her to read and write. Liesel's passion for books leads her to steal one book from the mayor&rsquo;s wife and another one from a book burning.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">An emotional turning point in the book occurs when the Hubermanns take in Max, a Jew, and the son of the man who saved Han&rsquo;s life during the Great War.&nbsp;Hiding Max in their basement is a dangerous undertaking for the Hubermanns.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">Already in danger of hiding a Jew, Hans Hubermann risks punishment when he&nbsp;offers bread to a Jew. Now under suspicion,&nbsp;the&nbsp;Nazi police&nbsp;want to search the Hubermann home&nbsp;forcing Max to flee and Hans&nbsp;to join the German army.&nbsp; With both men gone Liesel brings comfort to her neighbours by reading to them. She is in the basement of her home writing the story&nbsp;<i>The Book Thief</i>&nbsp;when the bombs begin to drop.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><em>The Book Thief</em>&nbsp;has won lots of prestigious awards since 2006 across the world and has been translated into many languages.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">Now a block buster movie and was nominated for an Oscar</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">Best suited for young adults 14 years and up; mature readers who can handle advanced literary writing and difficult subject matter.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1021https://www.childrensbooks.ie/rainbow-magic-booksRainbow Magic Fairy Books by Daisy Meadows<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/meadows-daisy" title="Rainbow Magic"><b>Rainbow Magic Books </b></a></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">By <a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/meadows-daisy" title="Daisy Meadows">Daisy Meadows</a></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/fiction-5-to-8-years" title="5-8 year olds">Fairy books suited to 5-8 year olds</a><img src="https://www.lovekidsbooks.com/Content/Images/uploaded/New Folder (5)/Rainbow fairies1.jpg" width="603" height="155" style="vertical-align: top;" />.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">Rainbow Magic features differing groups of fairies as main characters, including the Jewel fairies, Weather fairies, Pet fairies, Petal fairies, and Sporty fairies and lots more.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">The series follows the lives of Kirsty Tate and Rachel Walker and their magical adventures with their fairy friends.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Night Fairies</b></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">Nothing is more magical than night time! The Night Fairies are careful to keep it that way&hellip;until their special bags of magic dust go missing. Jack Frost and his goblins are surely causing trouble again. Now Fairyland and the human world are in the dark!</span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small;">The Rainbow Fairies</span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small;">Fairyland is home to seven colourful sisters. Together, they are the Rainbow Fairies! They keep Fairyland dazzling and bright. But when evil Jack Frost sends them far away, the sisters are in big trouble. If they don&rsquo;t return soon, Fairyland is doomed to be grey forever!</span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: small;">The Music Fairies</span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: small;">Fairyland is hitting all the wrong notes! Jack Frost and his goblins have stolen the Music Fairies' magic instruments. Music everywhere is out of tune! Now the goblins plan to play the instruments in a TV talent contest. If Rachel and Kirsty don't act fast, everyone could find out about Fairyland!</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Fantastic selection to choose from with over 60 books available on</strong> http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/meadows-daisy</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;<img src="https://www.lovekidsbooks.com/Content/Images/uploaded/New Folder (4)/Rainbow fairies2.jpg" width="460" height="235" /></span></p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1020https://www.childrensbooks.ie/dolores-keaveneyDolores Keaveney<p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/keaveney-dolores" title="Dolores Keaveney"><strong>Dolores Keaveney</strong></a></p> <p>Dolores is a Self Published Author/Illustrator of Children&rsquo;s Picture Books.</p> <p>She started writing and illustrating children&rsquo;s picture books 4 years ago and now has seven books self published.</p> <p>Dolores is an artist not a qualified illustrator, and likes to paint in strong vibrant colours as she think`s this adds greatly to her books. She love`s painting and finds it is a great way to chill out and to relax and to express herself in her paintings.&nbsp;&nbsp;Flowers are her favourite item to paint and has made this her painting choice.</p> <p>Dolores has been painting for the best part of 40 years, and has had many exhibitions.&nbsp;</p> <p>In 2009 Dolores launched her first picture book If I were a bee.....and decided to self publish it because she had read up and researched a lot about self publishing over the previous year and felt it was a route she`d would like to take as it was a challenging way to go about publishing a book.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She realised from the start that it would be a daunting journey but felt she still wanted to go this route.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This book was a great success and spurred her on to write and illustrate more.&nbsp;&nbsp;Dolores has continued to launch one or two books per year since then.</p> <p>Books are suited from around 3-8years, Earth Angels are Everywhere is for older children/young adults</p> <p>PUBLICATIONS TO DATE</p> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/if-i-were-a-bee" title="If I were a Bee">IF I WERE A BEE BEE</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/jenny-the-little-brown-hen" title="Jenny and the Little Brown Hen">JENNY THE LITTLE BROWN HEN&nbsp;</a></p> <p>JENNY AN CHEARC BHEAG DHONN &nbsp;Dolores received a Grant from Foras na Gaeilge to translate this book into the IRISH LANGUAGE.</p> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/earth-angels-are-everywhere-are-you-one" title="Earth Angels are everywhere; are you one?">EARTH ANGELS ARE EVERYWHERE ARE YOU ONE?</a> &nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/beelicious-recipes-with-honey" title="Beelicious recipes with honey">BEELICIOUS RECIPES WITH HONEY&nbsp;</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/the-adventures-of-jenny-sylvester-and-their-six-little-chicks" title="The Adventures of Jenny, Sylvester And Their Six Little Chicks">THE ADVENTURES OF JENNY, SYLVESTER AND THEIR SIX LITTLE CHICKS...</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/meet-the-fairies-in-my-backyard-2" title="MEET THE FAIRIES IN MY BACKYARD">MEET THE FAIRIES IN MY BACKYARD..</a></p> <p>JIGSAW with image from my book IF I WERE A BEE...</p> <p>AUDIO/DVD BOOK of Jenny the little brown hen.....</p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1019https://www.childrensbooks.ie/irish-fiction-2Books suited for 5-8 year olds by Irish Authors<p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/irish-fiction-5-to-8yrs" title="Irish fiction 5 to 8 year olds"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Books&nbsp;suited for 5 - 8 year olds by Irish Authors:</span></strong></span></a></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Maeve Friel -&nbsp;</span></b></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/tiger-lily-1-a-heroine-in-the-making" title="Tiger Lily a heroine in the making"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Tiger Lily, a Heroine in the making!</b></span></a></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Tiger Lily has had one of her big ideas - she' going to become a heroine and roam the world in search of adventure! There' just one problem - Tiger Lily lives in the middle of nowhere where nothing ever happens! How will she ever escape?</span></p> <p><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></b></p> <p><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/o-brien-joe" title="Joe O`Brien">Joe O`Brien</a>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Alfie Green Books:</b></p> <p><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Alfie Green and the Bee-bottle Gang</b></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Alfie is in big trouble. He stopped Whacker Walsh and his gang from trapping bees in the park and now they are out to get him. What can he do? The wise old plant in the magical book comes up with a plan that sends Alfie back to Arcania in search of the Queen Bee in Honeycomb Mountain. But first he has to survive an attack from the blazing bushes of Firethorn Valley! Alfie needs back-up &amp; and he needs it NOW!</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Alfie Green and the Chocolate Cosmos</b></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Budsville's chocolate fair cancelled? No way, Alfie decides. The wise old plant tells him of the Roaring Rainforest in Arcania where he can collect chocolate seeds. But it won&rsquo;t be easy. Alfie first has to brave the vicious Spider Plants and the Forest Ogre. And even if he escapes from them, the Chocolate Vine is waiting to catapult him through the gateway of the Chocolate Cosmos. Not even his crystal orchid will be able to save him then.<b></b></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Alfie Green&nbsp;and&nbsp;the Magical Gift&nbsp;</b></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">A rusty key opens a dusty box hidden in Alfie' grandad' shed. Inside is an old, old book -- with magical powers. The book promises Alfie a gift, but first he must take the crystal flower across Sleepy Meadows full of Snapping Dragons to the crooked tree that is guarded by Giant Hogweeds. If Alfie succeeds he will be able to do something he has never done before!<b></b></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></p> <h1><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Alfie Green and the Monkey Puzzler</span></h1> <h1><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The circus has come to town. But it' no ordinary circus, it' Monty' Marvellous Monkey Circus and all the performers are monkeys! All the kids from Budsville are really excited, except for Alfie who suspects all is not what it seems ...</span></h1> <h1><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/boland-gerry" title="Gerry Boland" style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span>Gerry Boland</span></b></span></a></h1> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Marco Moves in </b></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A grizzly bear walked all the way from the zoo to my front door and not a single person noticed him. I suppose it helped that it was night, and that he was wearing a big black duffle coat with an enormous hood that covered his hairy head. He knocked on the front door three times, loud knocks that shook the house. Patrick makes his unexpected guest at home, while keeping him hidden from the neighbours, police and his very distractable mum! An intriguing, engaging and rather remarkable tale.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Marco Moonwalker</b></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">After escaping from the zoo and coming to live with Patrick and his mum, Marco proves to have many talents. Now Patrick discovers that Marco is also a musical genius he can play the trombone, banjo and even moonwalk like Michael Jackson! Let&rsquo;s start a band Patrick says, and Marco becomes a star. Then disaster strikes. He is spotted without his mask and taken back to the zoo. How will Patrick and Mum get him out again?</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Marco, Master of Disguise</b></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Nearly everyone in my class had a pet of some sort. Lots of them had dogs, and a fair few had cats, budgies and goldfish. Max Wallace had a hamster and Adam O&rsquo;Hara had a tortoise which he claimed was sixty years old, though I&rsquo;m pretty sure he was exaggerating. Sam Tripp had a small lizard and a pet rabbit, which was a strange combination. But no one I knew had a grizzly bear sleeping in their garden shed, or sat beside a grizzly bear most nights watching TV. Marco wasn&rsquo;t a pet, of course. He was my friend. My best friend. Can Patrick stop his friend being sent back to the zoo? An absurd and hilarious tale of real friendship.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>&nbsp;</b></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/colfer-eoin" title="Eoin Colfer"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Eoin Colfer</span></b></span></a></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>The Legend of Spud Murphy</b></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Will has four brothers and it' chaos in his house! If he' not being teased by his big brother Marty, he has to deal with the terrible, three-headed bundle of cuteness that is his three younger brothers. Even worse, his mother has the brilliant idea of packing Will and Marty off to the library during the holidays. She just doesnt understand! Not only is the library no fun, it' also the habitat of the legendary librarian Spud Murphy. If you put a foot wrong, it' rumoured she will use her dreaded gas-powered spud gun and you dont want that - just ask Ugly Frank how he got his nickname! Eventually Will and Marty discover a love of books and that Mrs Murphy isnt so bad after all!</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>The Legend of the Worst Boy in the World</b></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Will is desperate to win the Giant Jelly Baby competition and be named the best boy in the world. But his big brother Marty always beats him to it. Then one day Will' wish comes true - he's the best boy in the world at last! Marty is not happy, and decides that something must be done . . .Funny, quirky fiction with brilliant black-and-white illustrations by Tony Ross throughout. Boys and girls aged 7+ will love this!<b></b></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1018https://www.childrensbooks.ie/david-walliamsDavid Walliams books for Children<p><a title="David Walliams" href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/walliams-david"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><img src="../../../Content/Images/uploaded/New Folder/David Walliams.jpg" alt="David Walliams Novels" width="700" height="191" /></strong></span></a></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">David Walliams books for Children</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">David Edward Williams&nbsp;(born 20 August 1971), known as&nbsp;<a title="David Walliams" href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/walliams-david"><strong>David Walliams</strong></a>, is a British comedian, actor, author and television presenter, well known for his partnership with Matt Lucas on the show Little Britain.</span></p> <h3><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Walliam`s also well known for his charity achievements, swimming the English Channel, Swimming the Strait of Gibraltar, &nbsp;Swimming the Thames, Cycling and 24 hour Panel People.</span></h3> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">In 2008 David Walliams began writing children&rsquo;s books aimed at teenagers, since then he has written 6 books and has a picture book for the younger age group 0-4 yrs.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Novels</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">1.<strong> <a title="The Boy in the Dress" href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/search?q=The+Boy+in+the+Dress">The Boy in the Dress</a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The story recounts a neglected 12-year-old boy called Dennis' search for a female role model, his friendship with the popular girl in school, and the ways in which relationships develop along gender lines.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">2.<strong> <a title="Mr Stink" href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/mr-stink">Mr Stink</a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">About a 12-year-old girl who meets a tramp and helps look after him. She keeps him hidden from her family. The book consists of 26 illustrated chapters full of jokes. It is aimed at teenagers and children over 9. It was the last of Walliams books to be illustrated by Quentin Blake. The book was awarded the Children's Award in the inaugural People's Book Prize in 2010,&nbsp;and was made into a 60-minute film, which premiered on&nbsp;BBC 1&nbsp;on 23 December 2012.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">3.&nbsp;<a title="Billionaire Boy" href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/billionaire-boy"><strong>Billionaire Boy</strong></a></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The story of Joe Spud, the richest 12-year-old in the world. Joe has everything he could ever want: his own&nbsp;Formula One&nbsp;racing car, a thousand pairs of trainers, &pound;8 billion, even an&nbsp;orang-utan&nbsp;for a butler, but there is just one thing he really needs: a friend.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">4.&nbsp;<a title="Gangsta Granny" href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/gangsta-granny"><strong>Gangsta Granny</strong></a></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Tells the story of Ben who is bored every time he is made to stay at his grandma's house as all she wants to do is to play board games and eat cabbage soup. Ben learns that she was once an international jewel thief and all her life she has wanted to steal the crown jewels. Ben is determined that they do it together. It was adapted to be a&nbsp;70 minute film for BBC and shown December 2013.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">&nbsp;5.<a title="Ratburger" href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/ratburger">&nbsp;</a></span><a title="Ratburger" href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/ratburger"><strong style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Ratburger</strong></a></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The story of a young girl named Zoe whose life is a misery as she has an evil stepmother. Zoe has a lot of things to be unhappy about, including the school bully Tina Trotts, her dead hamster Gingernut and the dastardly Burger Man Burt.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">6.&nbsp;</span><a title="Demon Dentist" href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/demon-dentist"><strong style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Demon Dentist</strong></a></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A young boy named Alfie whose world goes up-side-down when a new dentist arrives in town. Strange things were happening in the dead of night. Children would put a tooth under their pillow for the tooth fairy, but in the morning they would wake up to find&hellip; a dead slug; a live spider; hundreds of earwigs creeping and crawling beneath their pillow. Evil was at work. But who or what was behind it&hellip;?</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Picture book</strong></span></p> <p><a title="The Slightly Annoying Elephant" href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/the-slightly-annoying-elephant"><strong style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Slightly Annoying Elephant</strong></a><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a title="The Slightly Annoying Elephant" href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/the-slightly-annoying-elephant">&nbsp;</a>(2013)</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Walliam`s presents his first picture book, illustrated by artistic genius Tony Ross. &nbsp;What&rsquo;s big, blue, bossy, and turns up uninvited? A slightly annoying elephant, of course! A magnificently warm and funny picture book from two remarkable talents.</span></p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1017https://www.childrensbooks.ie/jeff-kinney-2Diary of a Wimpy Kid Books by Jeff Kinney<p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/jeff-kinney" title="Jeff Kinney"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Diary of a Wimpy Kid Books by Jeff Kinney</span></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/jeff-kinney" title="Jeff Kinney"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><img src="https://www.lovekidsbooks.com/Content/Images/uploaded/Wimpy Kid.jpg" width="638" height="213" /></span></a></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/jeff-kinney" title="Jeff Kinney">Jeff Kinney</a>, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Jeff is also an American game designer, cartoonist, producer and actor. &nbsp;He is also attributed as the creator of the child-oriented website&nbsp;Poptropica and he also appeared in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">In 2004, FunBrain and Jeff Kinney released an online version of&nbsp;<i>Diary of a Wimpy Kid</i>. The website made daily entries until June 2005.&nbsp;The book became an instant hit, with the online version receiving about 20 million views as of 2007. When many online readers requested a printed version, Kinney agreed and in 2007,&nbsp;<i>Diary of a Wimpy Kid</i>&nbsp;was published.<sup> </sup>To date, ten Wimpy Kid books have been released, including a&nbsp;do it yourself book and a movie diary. In 2009, Jeff Kinney was named one of Time Magazine`s 100 "Most Influential People" in the world.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Books in the series</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">&ldquo;<a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-bk-1" title="Diary of a wimpy kid">Diary of a Wimpy Kid</a>&rdquo;</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">&ldquo;<a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-roderick-rules-bk-2" title="Rodrick Rules">Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules</a>&rdquo;</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">&ldquo;<a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-the-last-straw-bk-3" title="The Last Straw">Diary of a&nbsp;Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw</a>&rdquo;</span></li> <li><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/search?q=Dog+Days" title="Dog Days"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">&ldquo;Diary of a Wimpy Kid: <span>Dog Days</span>&rdquo;</span></a></li> <li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/search?q=The+Ugly+Truth" title="The Ugly Truth">&ldquo;Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth</a>&rdquo;</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/search?q=The+Ugly+Truth" title="The Ugly Truth">&ldquo;Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever</a>&rdquo;</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">&ldquo;Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel&rdquo;</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">&ldquo;Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck&rdquo;</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">&ldquo;The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary&rdquo;</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">&ldquo;The Wimpy Kid Do It Yourself Book&rdquo;</span></li> </ul>urn:store:1:blog:post:1016https://www.childrensbooks.ie/enid-blyton-blogEnid Blyton Books<p><a title="Enid Blyton" href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/blyton-enid"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Enid Blyton Books</span></strong></a></p> <p><a title="Enid Blyton" href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/blyton-enid">Enid Blyton</a> was a childrens writer, known as both&nbsp;Enid Blyton&nbsp;and&nbsp;Mary Pollock. She was one of the most successful children's storytellers of the twentieth century. Her books have been among the world's bestsellers for children since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies.&nbsp; Blyton's books, which cover a broad range of genres from fantasy and mystery stories to nature books, are still enormously popular across the globe, and have been translated into almost 90 languages. She is estimated to have written about 800 books over 40 years, but is best known for Noddy, <a title="The Famous Five" href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/search?q=The+Famous+Five">The Famous Five</a> and <a title="The Secret Seven" href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/search?Q=the+secret+seven&amp;As=false&amp;Cid=0&amp;Isc=false&amp;Mid=0&amp;Pf=&amp;Pt=&amp;Sid=false&amp;btnsearch=Search">The Secret Seven</a> Series.</p> <p>Following the high sales of Blyton's early novels such as&nbsp;<em>Adventures of the Wishing Chair</em> (1937) and&nbsp;<a title="The Enchanted Wood" href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/enchanted-wood-p-b"><em>The Enchanted Wood</em></a>&nbsp;(1939), she became a phenomenal success in the 1940s and 1950s and skilfully built a literary empire, often producing as many as 40 books a year.</p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1015https://www.childrensbooks.ie/ladybird-booksLadybird Books<p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/ladybird" title="Ladybird"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><img src="https://www.lovekidsbooks.com/Content/Images/uploaded/ladybird.jpg" width="700" height="162" alt="Lady Bird Books" /></span></b></span></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/ladybird" title="Ladybird"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Ladybird Books</span></b></span></a></p> <p><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">As a parent, supporting and encouraging your child&rsquo;s reading development is hugely rewarding for both of you and one way to do this is to read together at home. This is where the Read it yourself with Ladybird series can help as choosing books from a series with a levelling system will help you find books that match your child&rsquo;s reading skill and encourage further reading.&nbsp; </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/ladybird" title="ladybird">Ladybird Books</a>&nbsp;is a&nbsp;London based publishing company, publishing childrens books, trading as a stand-alone imprint within the&nbsp;Penguin Group of companies. Around 1915, was when they published their first children's books, under the Ladybird imprint. From the start, the company was identified by a ladybird logo, at first with open wings, but eventually changed to the more familiar closed-wing ladybird in the late 1950s. The ladybird logo has since undergone several redesigns, the latest of which was launched in 2006.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">In the 1960s and 1970s the company's key words scheme was heavily used by British primary schools using a reduced vocabulary to help children learn to read.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">In the 1960s, Ladybird produced the&nbsp;<i>Learnabout</i>&nbsp;series of non-fiction (informational) books, some of which were used by adults as well as children.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Today ladybird is as popular as in the past and helping children through the key words and read it yourself to progress in their reading skills. Children find the books enjoyable as they move from one level to the next level as their reading improves.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">These are great books to read to children also, as there are lovely bright pictures to go with each story, therefore can be enjoyed by younger preschool children too.&nbsp; Ladybird have all the classics as well as much more to choose from.&nbsp;</span></p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1014https://www.childrensbooks.ie/roald-dahl-booksRoald Dahl Books<p>&nbsp;<img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sZRM8pkDu64/UV2HpcXluXI/AAAAAAAADMM/cK_vIv-EyTY/s320/3515201536_38383c6123.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a title="Roald Dahl" href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/roald-dahl"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Roald Dahl Books</span></strong></span></a></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Roald Dahl a novelist, short story writer, poet, fighter pilot and screenwriter. He was born in Wales to Norwegian parents, served in the Royal Air Force during World War II.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">He rose to fame in the 40`s with his works for children and adults and became one of the world&rsquo;s best-selling authors. His short stories are known for their unexpected endings and his children&rsquo;s books for their unsentimental and often very dark humour.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">His books are so well written, humorous and very entertaining. Children break free from their cruel oppressors (adults) and go on to have the most amazing adventures. Goodness triumphs; revenge is sweet; evil is punished. It's no wonder that children have continued to enjoy Dahl's tales for decades, as have younger children who have and still do enjoy having Dahl's books read to them.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">In all, Dahl wrote 22 children's books, including three books that were published after his death. His most well-known children's books include:</span></p> <ul> <li><a title="Charlie and the Chocolate factory" href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/search?q=charlie+and+the+chocolate+factory"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Charlie and the Chocolate factory</span></a></li> <li><a title="James and the Giant Peach" href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/search?q=James+and+the+Giant+Peach"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">James and the Giant Peach</span></a></li> <li><a title="The BFG" href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/search?q=The+BFG"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">The BFG</span></a></li> <li><a title="Fantastic Mr Fox" href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/search?q=Fantastic+Mr+Fox"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Fantastic Mr Fox</span></a></li> <li><a title="The Twits" href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/search?q=The+Twits"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">The Twits</span></a></li> <li><a title="The Magic Finger" href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/search?q=The+Magic+Finger"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">The Magic Finger</span></a></li> <li><a title="The Witches" href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/search?q=The+Witches"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">The Witches</span></a></li> <li><a title="Matilda" href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/matilda-p-b-n-e"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Matilda</span></a></li> </ul>urn:store:1:blog:post:1013https://www.childrensbooks.ie/the-monkey-with-the-bright-blue-bottomThe Monkey with the Bright Blue Bottom<p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/monkey-with-a-bright-blue-bottom" title="The Monkey with the Bright Blue Bottom"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/450_8754.jpg" alt="Picture of The Monkey With a Bright Blue Bottom" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/monkey-with-a-bright-blue-bottom" title="The Monkey with the Bright Blue Bottom"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Monkey with the Bright Blue Bottom</b></span></a></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">By <a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/smallman-steve" title="Steve Smallman">Steve Smallman</a>, Illustrations by Nick Schon</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">My 2 year old got this book for Christmas and himself and his four year old brother have been asking for it every evening for the last week, they love it and so do I.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Monkey with the Bright Blue Bottom is a lovely book with fabulous bright pictures on each page, it&rsquo;s suitable for 2-5 years, but also great for children a bit older to read themselves.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">It&rsquo;s about a Monkey who sees beautiful colourful birds &ldquo;Like feathery rainbows they flashed through the air. &ldquo;How come their so pretty&rdquo; he thought. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not fair!&rdquo;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">All around him are creatures of all sorts, tall, small, skinny, but none of them purple, yellow or blue.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">One day the monkey comes across a paint box with brushes and so this is where the fun begins.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">This is a great story which can be read again and again and has lots of rhyming throughout.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>urn:store:1:blog:post:13https://www.childrensbooks.ie/httpwwwlovekidsbookscomchildrens-christmas-booksChristmas Books<p><span style="font-size: small;">We have a lovely selection of C<a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/childrens-christmas-books?pagenumber=2" title="Christmas books">hristmas books</a> for children, Christmas stories, activity books, sticker books, colouring books, Christmas decorations and much more.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">Lots to get your kids in the Christmas spirit and entertain them too</span></p> <div><span style="font-size: small;">Check them out at lovekidsbooks</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/childrens-christmas-books?pagenumber=2">http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/childrens-christmas-books?pagenumber=2</a>c</span></div>urn:store:1:blog:post:12https://www.childrensbooks.ie/superworm-byjuliadonaldsonSuperworm by Julia Donaldson<p></p> <p><b><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/superworm-h-b" title="Superworm"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/300_12235.jpg" alt="Picture of Superworm" /></a><br /></b></p> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/superworm-h-b" title="Superworm"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Superworm</b></span></a>, by <a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/julia-donaldson-" title="Julia Donaldson">Julia Donaldson</a> and illustrated by Axel Scheffler</p> <p>This story by Julia Donaldson is about a worm who is super-long and super-strong. &nbsp;Watch him wriggle! See him squirm! Hip, hip, hooray for SUPERWORM!</p> <p>Superworm goes around helping the other creatures , he is a Super-Hero and is loved by all the other creatures. &nbsp;But there is a nasty Wizard lizard who wants to use Superworm for himself to find him treasure, his servant crow captures Superworm and brings him to the Wizard Lizard who puts him under his power, but when Superworm tries to escape he can&rsquo;t as he is under the wizard&rsquo;s magic spell.</p> <p>Story continues with his little friends freeing him from the Lizard..</p> <p>The book is fast paced, each page is full of action, exciting and fun to read, more great rhyming catchy text throughout from Julia Donaldson, kids quickly start to memorise and chant aloud with you.</p> <p>The illustrations from Axel Scheffler are quirky and fun throughout, each page is full of bright and colourful detail helping children to understand the story even more.</p> <p>Great story and nice to see the worm made into a Superhero, recommend this for ages 2up.</p>urn:store:1:blog:post:11https://www.childrensbooks.ie/adams-pirate-treasureAdam's Pirate Treasure by Benji Bennett <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/adams-pirate-treasure-p-b" title="Adam's Pirate Treasure"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/300_9534.jpg" alt="Picture of Adam's Pirate Treasure" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/adams-pirate-treasure-p-b" title="Adam's Pirate Treasure"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Adam`s Pirate Treasure</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">By bestselling and award winning author <a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/bennett-benji" title="Benji Bennett">Benji Bennette</a> and illustrated by Roxanne Burchartz (Cartoon Saloon).</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">This is one of a series of books about Adam and his amazing adventures; Adam`s Pirate Treasure is all about Adam being a pirate and his adventure with his crew of scallywags as they embark on a fulfilled swashbuckling adventure in search of Adam&rsquo;s pirate treasure.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">&ldquo;Come on!&rdquo; said Adam to the girls and boys, &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s take to the sea`s and find us some toys!&rdquo;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">With a hop and a skip they jumped on to their ship, hoisted the sails and set off on their trip.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">The book is full of rhyme and fun; it&rsquo;s exciting to read as each page is filled with beautiful illustrations to capture children&rsquo;s imaginations. The crew head off to find the treasure of toys on a tropical island, the island is full of all the toys they could imagine, games, stickers, toys, everything a child could dream of.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">As the sun starts to set, the crew bury the treasure chest and head back to the ship.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Would really recommend this book, it&rsquo;s a lovely story for both girls and boys and the pictures on each page are magical.</span></p>urn:store:1:blog:post:10https://www.childrensbooks.ie/gangsta-grannyDavid walliams gangsta granny review<p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/gangsta-granny-p-b" title="Gangsta Granny"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/300_12481.jpg" alt="Picture of Gangsta Granny" style="float: left; margin: 5px;" /></a></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/gangsta-granny-p-b" title="Gangsta Granny">Gangsta Granny</a>&nbsp;by David Walliams</b></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">Story by <a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/walliams-david" title="David Walliams">David Walliams</a> and illustrated by Tony Ross</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">Ben is an eleven year old boy who has to stay with his granny every Friday night as his parents are big fans of ballroom dancing and go every Friday night, leaving him to stay with granny. Ben finds this really boring and would rather be home, Granny eats lots of cabbage and wants to play scrabble all the time.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">Ben mistakenly finds a selection of Jewellery hidden away. He is then intrigued about his Granny and when spying on her stops her breaking into a Jewellers. This leads to Granny explaining how she is an international jewels thief and Ben is amazed to find out that his granny isn't boring after all, she isn&rsquo;t a regular granny!</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">Ben and granny go on a jewel quest, to steal the crown jewels and from here the adventure begins, there are lots of funny parts with some sad too, lovely story to share with children.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">This is a fun book to read with great illustrations to go with the story, another David Walliams book with great humour for children and adults to enjoy.</span></p>urn:store:1:blog:post:9https://www.childrensbooks.ie/childrens-book-festivalChildrens Book Festival<h1><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;<img src="http://www.childrensbooksireland.ie/images/cbi_logo.png" alt="CBI" />Children&rsquo;s Book Festival</span></h1> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;">2013 marks the twenty-third consecutive year of the CBI <a href="http://www.childrensbooksireland.ie/childrens-book-festival/" title="Childrens book festival">Children&rsquo;s Book Festival</a>.&nbsp;It runs for the month of October every year and sees libraries, schools and bookshops across the country hosting events with the very best Irish and international children&rsquo;s writers and illustrators.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;">CBI was able to spearhead this celebration of books for young people throughout the country. The Children&rsquo;s Book Festival has now become an all-Ireland event. The idea of a recommended reading guide has been retained and CBI&rsquo;s Recommended Reading Guide is published every year to coincide with the festival. The 2012 festival comprised of more than 1,000 events and involved almost 50,000 young readers spread across every county in Ireland.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Look out for an event near you!</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.childrensbooksireland.ie/childrens-book-festival/">http://www.childrensbooksireland.ie/childrens-book-festival/</a></p>urn:store:1:blog:post:8https://www.childrensbooks.ie/billionaire-boy-2Billionaire Boy by David Walliams<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/300_10253.jpg" alt="Picture of Billionaire Boy" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">'<a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/billionaire-boy" title="Billionaire Boy">Billionaire Boy</a>' by <a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/walliams-david" title="David Walliams">David Walliams</a></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">This book is very humorous and fun, enjoyable to read and can be a little sad at times.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Joe Spud is a twelve year old boy he is a Billionaire who`s&nbsp;<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">overweight and</span>&nbsp;has everything except a friend. He goes to a very expensive posh school and has everything his own formula one race car and a 1000 seater couch. He wasn&rsquo;t always rich, his Dad worked in a loo roll factory making loo rolls every day and one day decided he was going to make something of himself he invented a special loo roll called Bumfresh and quit his job and started up his business which became a huge success.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Joe is lonely, he doesn&rsquo;t have a single friend, the story follows Joe on his quest to find a friend, where he learns about trust and companionship, and ultimately that money can&rsquo;t buy friendship.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"> One day Joe decided he was going to quit his school as he was being bullied and called names, he wanted to move to the local school and be a &ldquo;normal&rdquo; boy in the hope of finding a friend.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">The story follows Joe on his quest to find a friend, I would recommend this book for ages 9-14</span></p>urn:store:1:blog:post:7https://www.childrensbooks.ie/some-dogs-do-by-jez-alboroughSome Dogs Do by Jez Alborough<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><b><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/300_8737.jpg" alt="Picture of Some Dogs Do" /></b></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/some-dogs-do-p-b" title="Some Dogs Do"><b>Some Dogs Do</b></a>, by <a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/alborough-jez" title="Jez Alborough">Jez Alborough</a></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">This is a magical story which really gets the imagination working, my children love this story and they are always really happy &amp; excited after it. The story is about Sid a dog who sets off to school one day and on his way he discovers he can fly, he is really happy and excited and asks his best friend Ben &ldquo;Did you see me fly just then?&rdquo; &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t be daft&rdquo; said Ben &ldquo;Dogs don&rsquo;t fly.&rdquo;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Nobody believed Sid and when he tried to show them he wasn&rsquo;t able to fly again, that day he went home feeling sad, he tried to do the things he normally did but something just wasn&rsquo;t right.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Then as he sat looking up at the sky, his Dad came out to chat and see what was wrong with Sid, soon Sid discovered his Dad had a secret!</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Once Sid learned the secret he was a very happy pup from then on. This is a lovely story to read with lots of rhyme so very easy for children to follow and easy for parents to read it gives a positive message to children and adults to believe in yourself and keep on trying and to always believe in your dreams.</span></p>urn:store:1:blog:post:6https://www.childrensbooks.ie/a-squash-and-a-squeeze-blogA Squash and a Squeeze by Julia Donaldson<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/300_8189.jpg" alt="Picture of A Squash and a Squeeze" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/squash-a-squeeze-p-b" title="A Squash and a Squeeze">A squash and a squeeze</a> written by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/julia-donaldson" title="Julia Donaldson">Julia Donaldson</a>&nbsp;and illustrated by Axel Scheffler.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Another great story by the writer of the Gruffalo, this story is about a lady who feels her house is too small, my house is a squash and a squeeze she grumbles, when a wise old man hears her and offers to help.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">The wise old man says bring in your hen; bring in my hen what a curious plan!</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">So the story proceeds with the wise old man advising the lady to bring in all her animals one by one and each time the house is getting to be more and more of a squash and a squeeze!</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">In the end the wise old man tells her to take out all the animals, to which she realises her house is perfect for one, it isn&rsquo;t a squash and it isn&rsquo;t a squeeze!</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">This is a lovely story for children, with great pictures and lots of rhyme, easy to follow and great fun to read again and again.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">My three children love this story and we have been reading it for the last few years, they never get bored of it and now the two year old is really enjoying it!</span></p>urn:store:1:blog:post:4https://www.childrensbooks.ie/httpwwwlovekidsbookscomroom-on-the-broom-board-book-n-eRoom on the Broom by Julia Donaldson<p><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/300_9655.jpg" width="200" height="180" /></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/room-on-the-broom-board-book-n-e" title="Room on the Broom">Room on the Broom</a> writte<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">n by <a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/julia-donaldson" title="Julia Donaldson">Julia Donaldson</a> and illustrated by Axel Scheffler, this story is about a friendly witch and her cat which take a journey on her broom, but</span> as they are flying through the sky on this gusty day, the witch has the misfortune of losing some of her possessions.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;">As they fly down to find them they meet some new animals who ask if they can join them on the witch&rsquo;s broom.&nbsp; The witch being the friendly witch that she is and thankful to the animals for finding her belongings invites these new friends to join herself and the cat on the&nbsp; broomstick.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;">The animals fly up into the gusty sky and unfortunately the broom breaks with the weight of all the passengers and the animals go crashing down. The witch is then chased by an angry dragon who wants to eat her.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;">How will the witch escape this scary dragon and will she see her friends again? This is a fantastic story told in the Julian Donaldson rhyming form easy to read and lovely to listen to with beautiful illustrations which are bright, colourful and very imaginative. &nbsp;Another excellent story by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.</span></p>urn:store:1:blog:post:5https://www.childrensbooks.ie/httpwwwlovekidsbookscomzog-p-bZog by Julia Donaldson<p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/300_10495.jpg" width="200" height="155" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/zog-p-b" title="Zog">Zog</a> written by <a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/julia-donaldson" title="Julia Donaldson">Julia Donaldson</a> and illustrated by Axel Scheffler, this story is about a young Dragon who is attending dragon school and is the &ldquo;keenest one by far, he tries his hardest every day to win and golden star&rdquo;. Each year othe dragons are given different tasks to learn, in year one the dragons are learning how to fly. Zog flies into a tree and is helped out by a little girl who gives him a plaster.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Each year the dragons are given new tasks to learn by Madam dragon, each year Zog gets himself into a spot of trouble only he is lucky enough to be rescued by the same little girl.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;">She comes to his rescue once again as he needs to capture a princess which luckily for Zog she is and agrees to go with Zog, then the following year the dragons learn to fight, a knight in turns up to rescue the prince and Zog prepares to fight, but the princess doesn&rsquo;t want to be saved.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;">She wants to be a doctor as does the knight, together they decide they will help people and Zog decides to be their air ambulance, this is a wonderful story,&nbsp; fun and told with the Julia Donaldson rhyme throughout, with colourful and great illustrations fro</span>m Axel Scheffler.</p>urn:store:1:blog:post:3https://www.childrensbooks.ie/the-gruffalo-julia-donaldsonThe Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson<p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/gruffalo-n-e-board-book" title="The Gruffalo"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/0007097_the-gruffalo_300.jpeg" width="300" height="300" alt="The Gruffalo By Julia Donaldson" title="The Gruffalo By Julia Donaldson" /></span></a></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/gruffalo-n-e-board-book">The Gruffalo</a> writen by <a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/julia-donaldson">Julia Donaldson</a> and illustrated by Axel Scheffler, is a witty story about a cheeky little mouse who finds a clever way to protect himself from animals such as a fox, a snake, and an owl as he makes his way through the deep dark wood.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;">The mouse invents a mythical creature the `Gruffalo` with which he uses cleverly though words to scare off the other creatures as he tells them he is going to have dinner with the Gruffalo! The mouse manages to get past all the animals safely only to be met by the Gruffalo, who also wants to eat him!</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;">He must then outwit the Gruffalo as he makes the Gruffalo agree to follow him through the forest and see how all the animals are afraid &nbsp;of the him.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: small;">There language is repetive with lots of snappy rhyme,&nbsp;which makes it very easy for the reader and the audience to follow and understand. &nbsp;The illustrations are bright, colourful and very imaginative. This book is a big favourate for children of various ages, I have a three, four and six year old who all adore this book and will happily have it read to them over and over again.</span></p>urn:store:1:blog:post:2https://www.childrensbooks.ie/moshi-monsters-the-official-collectable-figures-guideMoshi Monsters The Official Collectable Figures Guide<p><span><img src="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/content/images/thumbs/300_12689.jpg" alt="Picture of Moshi Monsters" /></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/moshi-monsters-moshi-mini-figures-collecto" title="Moshi Monsters"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Moshi Monsters</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">This collector' guide to the Moshi Monsters mini figures, produced by Vivid, is ideal for all fans of Moshi`s to help them complete their collection, here you can tick off the various moshlings as they collect them with over a 100 different characters.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Bright and colourful with lots of Moshi pictures to study, this book will keep Moshi fans busy for long!</span></p> <p><span><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/moshi-monsters-moshi-mini-figures-collecto">http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/moshi-monsters-moshi-mini-figures-collecto</a></span></p> <p><span><br /></span></p>urn:store:1:blog:post:1https://www.childrensbooks.ie/little-book-of-riding-pony-careLittle Book of Riding & Pony Care<p>This is a great book. Would have loved this as a kid, check the book out at</p> <h1 class="productname"><a href="http://www.lovekidsbooks.com/riding-ponycare-mini-ed-h-b">Little Book of Riding &amp; Pony Care</a></h1>