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Today’s view through the kitchen window* while the kettle boils…

A brand new baby red squirrel! 🐿️
Teeeenchy!

(*also through phone camera stuck haphazardly to old binoculars 🤪) Biodiversity Ireland

Found a little lion girl exploring in Merrion Square International Literature Festival Dublin this weekend 😀🦁 Olivia Hope’s new picturebook roars onto shelves in just a few weeks just to time for little ones embarking on new adventures this summer ☀️🦁 Adorable, happy illustrations by Fiona Woodcock 🧡🧡

So incredibly excited for this one. I love Hannah Gold’s writing (I mean at line level - so many beautiful descriptions and one-liners that make you dwell), not to mention how she packs such a big punch with her stories. Out Sept!

My #wisteria has reached its teenage years - Mid-fade-long-fringe hair, only comes out once a year, and will soon leave all its bits on the floor for mammy to pick up. Love it 😍

The Houdini Inheritance by Emma Carroll is a cracker. Blending the real events of Houdini’s life with fiction, it’s funny, charming & gripping, with beautifully drawn characters. Out in July from Faber Children's
I can’t wait to hand sell it Halfway up the Stairs

Homeward bound from a refuelling International Literature Festival Dublin day - FAB workshop by the inspirational Julia Green & interview about the art of writing historical fiction with Tanya Landman & Emma Carroll 🇺🇦 🧡 all followed by a fun meet-up with my online young writers club & Sarah Webb

A date for your diary! Looking forward to celebrating the launch of this much needed children’s book by Niamh Garvey #Autism

I'm really pleased to see Lola and Larch on this week's Top 10 Bestselling Irish Children's Books from the fab Halfway up the Stairs. Congratulations to all on the list, and to all Irish children's books creators! Nosy Crow Discover Irish Children's Books #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks

Don’t tell anyone but I think Laureate na nÓg Patricia Forde might actually be away with the birds. Or maybe the fairies. How else would she come up with such extraordinary events?

And that's why Indie bookshops are amazing. ( just one of our bookcases below) 👇

*embossed record grooves* I can’t cope with how good this is!!! Lesley Parr David Dean Illustration

I read, then listened to this book - it’s stunning and so deserving of this prize. Plus its author is so incredibly lovely 🧡🧡🧡 Huge congrats, Clara Kumagai!

Eeeeeek!!! Small has won a Lancashire School Libraries Fantastic Book Award!

I’m utterly thrilled to bits - it’s Small’s first ever prize and it’s voted for by readers. I’m thrilled to bits and I know roryroryrory is too 🤩

#kidlit #AuthorLife #OverTheMoon

Louisa at Raven Books has done something incredible - have a read of this thread, and if you can help, please do 🙏 I’ll never underestimate the power of a children’s book, and I’ll never, ever underestimate the power of a children’s book seller 🙌

A lovely list by IMAGE.ie of some of Ireland's independent bookshops and what they can offer you. 😊 image.ie/living/ditch-a…

Found a drop of teal 🩵 Considered the 6th rarest seaglass colour and quite likely belonged to an ink bottle from the late 1800s. A little message from the universe to dip my pen and keep writing 🙌

Just finished this gorgeous 8+ WWII book, a story masterfully told, and an adventure of friendship & courage drenched (see what I did there? ☔️) in history & science. Teachers, this gets top marks as a class read - so much to chat about! Loved it, Sarah Webb The O'Brien Press ☀️

So excited to be doing this with the crew RTÉjr & Discover Irish Children's Books 💚📗 so if your looking for a NEW #Kids #YA read this month check out the piece below 👇 (everything from picture Bks on Dinosaurs to EPIC fantasy, thriller & historical reads 📚)

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