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Black Potatoes, The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850
• Susan Campbell Bartoletti
• HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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An ambitious juvenile history of the potato famine, focusing on the people -- particularly the children -- who faced starvation in record numbers. The book is handsomely illustrated with black-and-white period engravings, but it's more than just a picture book.
(IRE101, $18.00)
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Celtic Wonder-Tales
• Ella Young
• Maud Gonne
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A collection of 14 classic Celtic fairy tales, retold for 9 to 12 year-olds and featuring archival illustrations by none other than Maud Gonne, the home-rule activist who was Yeats's sometime muse.
(IRE105, $7.95)
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The Island of Horses
• Eilis Dillon
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A children's mystery about two boys living on the west coast of Ireland and their adventures on the Island of Horses.
(IRE132, $17.95)
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The King of Ireland's Son
• Padraic Colum
• Willy Pogany
• LITERATURE
• FAMILY
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An illustrated collection of folktales first published in 1916. These humorous, well-told tales are perfect for reading aloud.
(IRE157, $12.95)
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Nory Ryan's Song
• Patricia Reilly Giff
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A historical novel, set in western Ireland in 1845 and narrated by 12-year-old Nory Ryan, whose family faces starvation as a consequence of the potato blight.
(IRE106, $6.50)
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Patrick, Patron Saint of Ireland
• Tomi De Paola
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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Trusty children's author/illustrator de Paola retells the story of Saint Patrick in this picture book geared for ages 5 to 8.
(IRE104, $6.95)
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When Irish Guys Are Smiling
• Suzanne Supplee
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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Recovering from the loss of her mother, 17-year-old Delk Sinclair goes to Connemara to escape, and falls in love with everything Irish -- including a young Irishman.
(IRE243, $6.99)
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Wilderness
• Roddy Doyle
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Mom goes missing in Lapland in this family tale for young adults by the Booker-prize Winning Roddy Doyle. He twines the tales of sullen Irish teenager Gráinne, who's long-missing mother suddenly re-appears in Dublin, with the story of her half-brothers and their mother Sandra on a dog-sledding vacation in Finland.
(IRE218, $16.99)
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A Wizard Abroad
• Diane Duane
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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One in Duane's popular series of books about the schoolgirl wizard Nita, who in this episode travels to Ireland to aid Irish wizards, fight folkloric demons and drink tea with her auntie.
(IRE113, $6.95)
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