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IRELAND: CONNEMARA & THE WESTERN ISLANDS
For Kids
Patrick, Patron Saint of Ireland
• Tomi De Paola
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
1994 •
PAPER
• 30 PAGES
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
Celebrated children's author/illustrator de Paola retells the story of Saint Patrick in this delightful picture book, geared for ages 5 to 8.
(IRE104, $8.95) |
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A Wizard Abroad
• Diane Duane
LITERATURE •
2001 •
PAPER
• 355 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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. Children 9 to 12 will enjoy this book's creative approach to Irish myth and legend.
(IRE113, $6.95) |
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Nory Ryan's Song
• Patricia Reilly Giff
LITERATURE •
2002 •
PAPER
• 148 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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. Atmospheric and compelling, this book is a fine introduction to the potato famine, English-Irish tensions and the Irish migration to America. Ages 10 to 12.
(IRE106, $6.99) |
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The Island of Horses
• Eilis Dillon
LITERATURE •
2004 •
HARD COVER
• 192 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
This award-winning children's mystery tells the story of two boys living in Inishrone, off the Connemara coast in western Ireland. When Pat and his friend Danny ignore the advice of their parents and visit the mysterious Island of Horses, their discovery of a beautiful black colt lands them in the middle of a full-blown adventure.
(IRE132, $17.95) |
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Wilderness
• Roddy Doyle
LITERATURE •
2007 •
HARD COVER
• 211 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
As Irish teenager Grainne anxiously prepares for a reunion with her mother, who abandoned the family years before, Graainne's half-brothers and their mother take a dogsledding vacation in Finland. Geared for ages 12-14.
(IRE218, $16.99) |
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When Irish Guys Are Smiling
• Suzanne Supplee
LITERATURE •
2008 •
PAPER
• 211 PAGES
• YOUNG ADULTS
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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The King of Ireland's Son
• Padraic Colum
• Willy Pogany
LITERATURE •
1997 •
PAPER
• 320 PAGES
• FAMILY
A nicely illustrated collection of Irish folktales, first published in 1916. Beloved writer, poet and Columbia University Professor Colum includes, among the sly, humerous stories: "Fedelma, the Enchanter's Daughter," "When the King of the Cats Came to King Connal's Dominion," "The Town of the Red Castle," "The King of the Land of Mist," and "The House of Crom Duv." With full-page illustrations and decorations by Willy Pogany.
(IRE157, $12.95) |
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The Secret of Roan Inish
• John Sayles
1995 •
DVD
• FAMILY
Director John Sayles adapted Rosalie Fry's book "Secret of the Ron Mor Skerry" for this film about a young girl who is sent to live with her grandparents on the Irish coast across from Roan Inish, the island where her ancestors once lived. She soon discovers the myth of the selkies, seals with the ability to turn into humans, and her investigations of the myth lead to more discoveries about her family's history.
(IRE133, $24.95) |
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