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Oisin Ryan is on a school tour at a museum when he overhears three men planning a robbery set to take place at midnight. He tries to warn the museum’s security guard, but the guard doesn’t take him seriously, so Oisin decides to take things into his own hands. Returning to the museum that night, Oisin is determined to foil the robbery, but things don’t exactly go accordingto plan. When he is attacked with an axe, everything goes black and …

Nicknamed ‘Silence’ by the school bullies, Silas is a boy who struggles to speak. After a hard day at school, he prefers to be by himself, choosing the longer way to walk home – down an empty cycle path. One day, Silas helps an injured wolf on the path. The wolf then disappears back into the woodland and Silas finds himself confronted by a group of talking  foxes who are looking for the wolf. Silas struggles to speak and is …

When her mum goes on honeymoon with her new husband, Anna is sent to stay with her dad and his new family at Fairy Hill in Sligo for the summer. Unhappy with the situation and unused to her new life, Anna initially struggles, wishing that things could go back to the way they used to be. However, as the days move on, Anna starts to settle into life in Sligo, especially enjoying her time with her three-year-old brother Jack and …

Sometimes, before you’ve even read one word, a book can be pure joy to hold in your hands. This is particularly true of Oscar Wilde’s Stories for Children, published by Little Island and illustrated by Lauren O’Hara. Aside from the genius of Oscar Wilde’s writing, the other reason this book brings such delight is Lauren O’Hara’s illustrations. With a dreamlike quality that perfectly captures the fairytale character of Wilde’s world, her artwork is mesmerising. Soft and gentle, charming and fascinating, …

True Friends at Fernside is the second book in Sheena Wilkinson’s Fernside series, set at Fernside House, a girls’ boarding school in Belfast, during the mid-1920s. As Linnet prepares to return to Fernside for her second half term, she is full of excitement. She and her cousin Robin are looking forward to seeing their friends again after the holidays. With Special Saturday – a family day – coming up, as well as the chance to spend time at Rowanbank helping …

After the death of her dad, Rowan and her mom move from Arizona in the US to her dad’s homeplace in Ireland. Rowan’s mom won’t tell her why they’ve moved to Ireland, a place Rowan has never even visited. A place where they are strangers. Rowan and her dad had a special bond. They loved hiking, they loved horses and Rowan loved to listen to her dad’s stories. When he died she burned the notebook of his stories, but in …