Recommended Reads 2013 v4.indd 1 02/09/2013 15:54 Psst! Did you know? Amazon is not the only online bookshop in town. There’s also Little Island. x We are not a transnational conglomerate P We are a teeny-weeny innovative (award-winning!) Irish publisher with big ideas and we foster Irish talent x We don’t offer enormous discounts P BUT we can offer reasonable discounts on bulk orders and class sets (Talk to us – we also answer the phone!) x We don’t have millions of books P But the ones we have are really great And now there’s … P FREE POSTAGE to anywhere in the world! We personally pack every envelope and put a surprise in every one. (A small one, but still.) So get shopping now on www.littleisland.ie For more information, call 085 228 3060 or email info@littleisland. ie Recommended Reads 2013 v4.indd 2 02/09/2013 15:54 Welco / F ilte Psst! Did you know? Amazon is not the only online me á ! bookshop in town. e’rE DELIGHTED to celebrate another year of great W writing, illustration – and reading! The 23rd Children’s There’s also Little Island. Book Festival takes place in October 2013 with an exciting month of workshops, readings, competitions and storytelling x We are not a transnational conglomerate events happening countrywide. P We are a teeny-weeny innovative (award-winning!) Children’s Books Ireland – with the support of publishers, booksellers, and librarians from all over Ireland – has produced Irish publisher with big ideas and we foster Irish talent this booklet of RECOMMENDED READS for you to enjoy. x We don’t offer enormous discounts It’s full of reviews of books for all ages (the age categories Recommended Reads are just a guideline – feel free to explore!), published in 2013. P BUT we can offer reasonable discounts on bulk is the annual reading guide of the A very special thanks to all our reviewers (listed on the contents orders and class sets (Talk to us – we also answer Children’s Book Festival. page), to Kieran Nolan our designer, Sadie Cramer for the festival the phone!) Is é Rogha Leabhar image, and of course Jenny Murray of CBI whose dedication an t-eolaí bliantúil léitheoireachta makes it all possible. For more information about the festival, d’Fhéile Leabhar na bPáistí. x We don’t have millions of books see www.childrensbooksireland.com or ask in your local P But the ones we have are really great Festival image / Íomha na féile: library for details of events. Sadie Cramer And now there’s … Á LÚCHÁIR ORAINN bliain eile de scoth na scríbhneoireachta, T an mhaisiúcháin – agus na léitheoireachta – a cheiliúradh! Beidh an 23ú Féile Leabhar Páistí ann i mí Dheireadh P FREE POSTAGE Fómhair 2013 le mí corraitheach de cheardlanna, imeachtaí to anywhere in the world! Children's Books Ireland léitheoireachta, comórtais agus scéalaíochta ar siúl ar fud na tíre. We personally pack every envelope and put a Leabhair Pháistí Éireann Tá an leabhrán seo ROGHA LEABHAR curtha le chéile ag surprise in every one. (A small one, but still.) 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T: (01) 872 7475 Ba mhaith liom buíochas ar leith a ghabháil lenár léirmheastóirí www.childrensbooksireland.ie (liostaithe thall), le Kieran Nolan ár ndearthóir, Sadie Cramer a www.inismagazine.ie rinne íomhá na féile dúinn, agus ar ndóigh le Jenny Murray as www.childrenslaureate.ie CBI as eagar a chur ar an obair go léir. Tá tuilleadh eolais ar fáil faoin bhféile ag www.childrensbooksireland.com nó is féidir na sonraí a fháil i do leabharlann áitiúil. Find us on Facebook / Táimid ar fáil ar Facebook (Children’s Books Ireland). Paddy O’Doherty Follow us on / Is féidir muid a leanúint ar Twitter @KidsBooksIrl Editor/Eagarthóir For more information, call 085 228 3060 or email info@littleisland. ie ROGHA LEABHAR 2013 3 Recommended Reads 2013 v4.indd 3 02/09/2013 15:55 Laureate na nÓg Pictiúr, an exhibition of contemporary children’s picturebook illustration curated by Laureate na nÓg, Niamh Sharkey, showcases the extraordinarily rich talent present among contemporary Irish children’s Draíocht, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15 book illustrators. Laureate na nÓg is an initiative of the Arts Council with 6th September 2013 – 5th October 2013 the support of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Children’s Books Ireland, Poetry Ireland and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Baboró International Arts Festival for Children at the Galway Arts Centre, Is sárthaispeántas é Pictíúr, an taispeántas de mhaisiúchán Dominick Street, Galway pictiúrleabhar atá á eagrú agus á choimeád ag Laureate na nÓg, 13th October 2013 – 2nd November 2013 Niamh Sharkey, den talann shíorshaibhir atá ar fáil i measc Irish Museum of Modern Art, maisitheoirí leabhair pháistí Éireann sa lá atá inniu ann. Is togra de Kilmainham, Dublin 8 chuid na Comhairle Ealaíon é Laureate na nÓg le tacaíocht ón Aire 14th November 2013 – 12th January 2014 Leanaí agus Gnóthaí Óige, Leabhair Pháistí Éireann, Éigse Éireann agus Comhairle Ealaíon Thuaisceart Éireann. www.childrenslaureate.ie Acknowledgements / Buíochas The Irish Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd CBI is very grateful to all our funding partners. A special thank you to all participating publishing houses, who each year provide us with their forthcoming titles. Tá CBI an-bhuíoch do na comhphártithe uile a thugann maoiniú dúinn. Buíochas ar leith daoibhse go léir sna tithe foilsitheoireachta, a thugann bhur dteidil nua dúinn gach bliain. 4 RECOMMENDED READS 2013 Recommended Reads 2013 v4.indd 4 02/09/2013 15:55 Contteenntsts / Cllárár Welcome and Contact Information / Fáilte agus Eolas Teagmhála ............... 3 Laureate na nÓg ............................................................... 4 Acknowledgements / Buíochas ................................................ 4 Reviewers / Léirmheastóirí ..................................................... 5 CBI Book of the Year Awards / CBI Gradam Leabhar na Bliana ................... 6 RECOMMENDED READS / ROGHA LEABHAR Age / Aois 0–4 ............................................. 7–17 Age / Aois 5–8 ............................................ 18–25 Age / Aois 9–11 ........................................... 26–37 Age / Aois 12–14 .......................................... 38–46 Young Adult / Daoine Fásta Óga ........................... 47–55 Poetry / Filíocht .......................................... 56–57 Information Books / Leabhair Faisnéise .................... 58–64 Irish-Published Children’s Books 2013 / Leabhair do Pháistí a Foilsíodh in Éirinn 2013 .................................. 65 Competitions / Comórtaisí . 67 Editor / Eagarthóir: Paddy O’Doherty Reviewers / Léirmheastóirí: Carrie Anderson [CA], Irene Barber [IB], Sara Bennett [SB], Finn Bourke [FB], Helen Bradshaw [HB], Jane Burns [JB], Aoife Byrne [AB], Emma Byrne [EB], Helen Carr [HCa], Máiréad Casey [MC], Gráinne Clear [GC], Claire Cogan [CC], Laura Cassidy [LC], Valerie Coghlan [VaC], Vita Coleman [ViC], Catherine Ann Cullen [CAC], Donal Cumiskey [DC], Helen Cusack [HCu], Hannah Deacon [HD], Audrey Devereux [ADev], Peter Doherty [PD], Tina Dolan [TD], Aisling Donnelly [ADon], Ena Duffy [ED], Jenny Duffy [JD], Lorna Farrell [LF], Jean Flitcroft [JF], Louise Gallagher [LG], Kathleen Gallagher [KG], Kate Harvey [KH], Claire Hennessy [CHen], Colin Heslin [CHes], Rosemary Hetherington [RH], Emma Hutchinson [EH], Bob Johnson [BJ], Chris Judge [CJ], Mary Esther Judy [MEJ], Fiona Kennedy [FK], Marian Keyes [MK], Sally Kingston [SK], David Lee [DL], Becky Long [BL], Vivienne Luke [VL], David Maybury [DM], Natasha Mac a’Bháird [NMaB], Jessica McCarry [JMcC], Emma McDonnell [EMcD], Erika McGann [EMcG], Oisín McGann [OMcG], Paula McGeever [PMcG], Melanie McGilloway [MMcG], Áine McGillicuddy [ÁMcG], Jane Mitchell [JM], Liz Morris [LMo], Alison Mundie [AMun], Eilis Murphy [EM], Lisa Murphy [LMu], Aoife Murray [AMur], Ciara Ní Bhroin [CNíB], Áine Ní Ghlinn [ANíG], Caitríona Ó Broin [CÓB], Carol O’Connor [CO’C], Seán Ó Dubhchon [SÓD], Paddy O’Doherty [PO’D], Joanne O’Loughlin [JO’L], Elaina O’Neill [EO’N], Joanna O’Reilly [JO’R], Barbara O’Toole [BO’T], Eileen Phelan [EP], Helen Power [HP], Síne Quinn [SQ], Dympna Reilly [DR], Maedhbh Rogan-McGann [MRMcG], Eimear Ryan [ER], Juliette Saumande [JS], Peter Sirr [PS], Róisín Stronach [RS], Debbie Thomas [DT], Elizabeth Treacy [ET], Beth Tyrrell [BT], Carol Walsh [CW], Dympna Walsh [DW], Amy Wilson Sheldon [AWS], Sarah Webb [SW], Geraldine Whyte [GW], Enda Wyley [EW] Cover illustration / Pictiúr Clúdaigh: Sadie Cramer Production: Jenny Murray Design & Layout / Dearadh & Leagan Amach: Oldtown Proofreading / Profáil: Deirdre O’Neill and larla Mac Aodha Bhuí Print / Cló: Character Print denotes an Irish author / illustrator / publisher údar / maisitheoir / foilsitheoir as Éirinn CBI has made every effort to ensure the information provided in this guide is correct. However, it cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions. Tá gach iarracht déanta