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Bisto Book of the Year Merit Award 1998
Children's fiction
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Blue Flag: For readers aged 10+
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Beverley, a bit of a snob, cooks up a plot to visit the island off the coast. She manages to convince the somewhat cautious Elizabeth and her slob of a brother, Gerard, to come along. A surprise companion is Kevin, the cool guy who works in the local shop. This motley crew must find ways to support each other and put up with one another's shortcomings, when they become stranded on the island and encounter a strange inhabitant.
Extract available: read some of this book now ...
Chapter 1: Persuading Elizabeth
The Author Speaks
About Sisters:
Writing Sisters ... no way!
About Call of the Whales:
Researching Call of the Whales
Links
Siobhán's personal website
Wikipedia page for Siobhán
Teaching Resources: free to view and download
Teaching ideas for fifth class from O'Brien Reading Programme
Teaching guide from O'Brien Teaching Guides Collection 1
Text units and two resource units developed by Ireland in Schools and the Key Stage 3 National Strategy are available on the Staffordshire Learning Net
List of all available resources
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Cover Gallery: other covers for this book
Praise for Four Kids, Three Cats, Two Cows, One Witch (maybe)
'It would be hard to overpraise this book. The characters are drawn with sensitivity and humour, the story, the stories within a story, are compelling, the location is fresh and vivid, and the novel is quite beautifully written. In the very best sense, it is an old-fashioned tale.' Peter Hollindale, The School Librarian
'a magical and funny adventure about growing up and knowing yourself.' RTE Guide
'Not only one of the best Irish children's books of the year, but I honestly think one of the best Irish children's books we've ever had, full stop ...It's an amazingly clever book.' Robert Dunbar, The Gay Byrne Show
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