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Oisín McGann


Celtic (children)
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Book Details:
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Price: €5.99
Binding: pb
Pages: 64
Size: 196 x 130mm
ISBN-10 1-84717-088-9
ISBN-13 978-1-84717-088-0

Rights held: World, all languages.


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The Baby Giant


by Oisín McGann

Purple Flag; For readers aged 5+ (includes Pandas)
Purple Flag; For readers aged 5+ (includes Pandas)

Giants are huge, right?
Well, this one is a bit different.
This Irish Giant
looks like a big baby!
Will the Scottish Giant
eat him for breakfast?

A humorous retelling of a favourite Finn McCool legend.

Extract available: read some of this book now ...
The Journey back from Scotland

The Author Speaks
Ten Reasons Why Books Are Better Than Computer Games
About Mad Grandad's Flying Saucer: Oisín answers questions from St Teresa's school
About Mad Grandad's Robot Garden: Inventing Mad Grandad

The Reader Speaks
Monsters Clink! Collaborative writing with a student
About Mad Grandad's Flying Saucer: Student work based on Mad Grandad books
About Mad Grandad's Flying Saucer: Eight week residency in a Dublin school

Links
Oisín's personal website
Wikipedia page for Oisín


Praise for The Baby Giant

'clear, easy-to-follow ... excellent for those beginning to master reading' 'abundant humour' CBI Bookfest Guide 2009

'O'Brien Legends series provide an exciting introduction to Irish legends for the young child. They are guaranteed to capture and sustain the interest of the emergent reader' InTouch Magazine

'Newly independent readers will enjoy The Baby Giant' Irish Independent

'O'Brien's Panda Legends series...introduces younger readers to well-known myths and legends' 'an imaginative retelling of the legend of Finn McCool and the Giant's Causeway' 'the illustrations are stylish but at the same time simple and funny' Books Ireland

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