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Beyond the Cherry Tree
'For those with a taste for fantasy, Joe O'Brien's Beyond The Cherry Tree is a quirky somewhat eccentric fantasy which has elements reminiscent of CS Lewis's Narnia series and a strong sense of the natural.'
Sunday Independent
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Children's fiction
Book Details:
Price:
€6.99
Binding: pb
Pages: 144
Size: 196x130 mm
ISBN-10 0-86278-667-3
ISBN-13 978-0-86278-667-0
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Rights held:
World, all languages.
Rights sold:
French
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Red Flag: For readers aged 8+
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When the farm cat warns Runtling the pig of his approaching fate, he realises that the trip to market is one which he must avoid at all costs and he rushes off to warn his long-lost siblings of the danger. Together the thirteen pigs escape and make their way across country, learning all sorts of new things about themselves, about humans and about the world outside the farmyard.
It seems that their troubles are over when they find an abandoned farm. Then the new owners take possession of their land and the pigs fear that their escape has been in vain.
But Nick and Polly Faraway have strange, alternative ideas about farming and a lifestyle which may work to the benefit of pigs and humans. Maybe there can be a happy ending after all!
The new cover design is by Holly Crowley Walsh, age 13
Ballinhassig, Co Cork, who won a national competition organised by O'Brien Press and Children's Books Ireland. Read all about it here.
Extract available: read some of this book now ...
Chapter 4: The Fall of Taggerty
Teaching Resources: free to view and download
Teaching ideas for third class from O'Brien Reading Programme
Activity sheet 1: based on pages 9-17.
Activity sheet 2: based on pages 18-35
Activity sheet 3: based on pages 36-50
Activity sheet 4: based on pages 51-63
Activity sheet 5: based on pages 64-90
Activity sheet 6: based on pages 91-119
Activity sheet 7: based on pages 120-143
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Praise for The Great Pig Escape
'... a good book because it is full of adventure and has a good ending ... After reading this book, I think I will become a vegetarian. Pigs are not really dirty, smelly animals. They earn that reputation from the farmers. Pigs are actually more intelligent than dogs.' 11-year-old reviewer, The Irish Times
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