Children's Books Published in Ireland

Spuds Postsofgold is just an ordinary, everyday leprechaun, living in Toadstool cottage with his wife. There's only one thing that gets Spuds upset and that's spiders. So, he isn't at all happy when Leggers McWeb makes his home in Toadstool Cottage.

Laurence is a leprechaun who has been small for 1100 years and is sick of it! He wants to be TALL. He wants to be cool. Then he meet Phoebe, a large girl who wants to be small.

Winner of the Eilis Dillon Memorial Award. Adam's Starling tells the story of nine-year-old Adam who is finding life very diffficult. At home no-one has any time for him and at school bullies pick on him.

When Conor's parents give him a present of a cowboy suit he wants to wear it all the time - even to school! Panda 23

Conor is learning the piano. He makes up his own very special music. But will it do for the concert? Panda 26

Conor's class are all painting special pictures for a show. Will Conor's painting be chosen to hang in a real gallery? Panda 35

This charming book tells the adventures of an outcast little black sheep: how he saved the whole flock in a snowstorm, put Polo the bossy sheepdog in his place - and gave the shepherd a great idea! A story about being different, and becoming a hero. Panda 6

You’ve heard about Horrid Henry, now it’s time to meet Dónall Dána, as Horrid Henry has been named in the Irish-language edition of Francesca Simon’s popular series of books, illustrated by Tony Ross. Cló Iar-Chonnacht are publishing five new books in the Horrid Henry : Dónall Dána which will bring it to ten books that are available in the series in Irish. The books are written in a natural style of Irish and translated by a group of talented translators; Caitlín Ní Chualáin, Máirín Ní Ghadhra, Gormfhlaith Ní Thuairisg and Marion Ní Shúilleabháin.