The O'Brien Press

Black Flag: Picture books and storytelling to read aloud

Noah's Ark

A stunningly-illustrated telling of this much-loved bible story. Overflows with life and activity.

Pages:: 32

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The Story of Creation

By Jane Ray

Glowing with colour and filled with animals, fish, planets, oceans and forests, this timelessly beautiful book tells the story of the creation as if for the first time.

Pages:: 32

Paperback: €6.98 Add to Basket

Yellow Flag: For readers aged 6+ (includes Flyers)

Alfie Green and a Sink Full of Frogs

Written by Joe O'Brien, Illustrated by Jean Texier

The second book in an enchanting new series of adventures featuring a boy whose life every child will want to have.

Pages:: 80

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Alfie Green and the Conker King

Written by Joe O'Brien, Illustrated by Jean Texier

It’s time for the Budsville Primary School Conker Championship, and Alfie needs to find a special conker.
Alfie Green Book 6

Pages:: 80

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Alfie Green and the Magical Gift

Written by Joe O'Brien, Illustrated by Jean Texier

The first book in an enchanting series of adventures featuring a boy whose life every child will want to have.
Now in paperback

Pages:: 80

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Colm's Lambs

Written by Anna McQuinn, Illustrated by Paul Young

A personal account of life on the farm, it is a must read for any young boy or girl with an interest in animals, the countryside and farm life, as they find out how is saves a new born lamb’s life.

Pages:: 32

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A Rosette for Maeve?

Written by Anna McQuinn, Illustrated by Paul Young

Join Lisa as she prepares for the competition with her calf Maeve, and find out how she does at the local agricultural show. A perfect insight to farming and country life for young readers.

Pages:: 32

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Red Flag: For readers aged 8+

Animals Don't Have Ghosts

Written by Siobhán Parkinson, Illustrated by Cathy Henderson

A witty and engaging account of a visit to the weird and wonderful city of Dublin, where Michelle's country cousins struggle to understand the curious local customs.

Pages:: 80

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Runtling the pig and his siblings narrowly escape the terrible fate of being sold at the market. While making their way across country, they learn all sorts of new things about themselves, about humans and about the world outside the farmyard.

Pages:: 144

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Blue Flag: For readers aged 10+

Alice Next Door

Written by Judi Curtin, Illustrated by Woody Fox

Best friends NEED to be together. Don't they? Megan's best friend Alice has moved away -- but the two friends hatch a risky plot to get back together.

Pages:: 208

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Call of the Whales

By Siobhán Parkinson

An adventure story set in the endless days of a freezing Arctic landscape, with a haunting presence in the form of the magnificent bowhead whales.

Pages:: 144

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Eva's Holiday

By Judi Curtin

Eva Gordon likes fashion, fun and hanging out with friends, so she can't believe she is stuck all summer with Kate, who doesn't care about being cool. But when the girls have to pull together to solve a problem, Eva finds out that there's more to life than having the right hair or clothes and sometimes 'weird' girls can make the best friends.

Pages:: 272

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Run with the Wind

Written by Tom McCaughren, Illustrated by Bex Sheridan

‘Don’t forget’, said the old fox, ‘if danger threatens, run with the wind …’

Hunted, trapped and harried, the foxes of Sinna search for ‘the secret of survival’ under the leadership of the elderly and blind Sage Brush.

'the Watership Down of the fox world.' The Irish Times

Pages:: 208

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Under Fragile Stone

By Oisín McGann

Volume II of The Archisan Tales. Taya and Lorkrin's parents are trapped when a mine tunnel collapses in a haunted mountain. Can they rescue them before it is too late?