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The
children's press, based in Dublin, has been
in business for 21 years. Their aim is to
publish books of a higher than average quality
for children and young adults, and so encourage
the love of reading by making their books
as fun and lively as possible
You
will find a range of children's Press titles
at your local Travelling Book fair |
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Children's Laureate
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award winning author Michael Morpurgo was
announced as the new Children's Laureate
in May 2003. He is the third person to fill
the role, following Quentin Blake and Anne
Fine, and has already made his mark with
his comments on Britain's education system!.
As Laureate he wants to reach as many children
as possible with his love of stories |
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Literary |
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Merlin
claims to be Ireland's newest publisher, having
opened for business in 2000. Since then, however,
its rise has been meteoric Rapid expansion in
2001 allowed them to buy the assets of Wolfhound
Press, a publishing company established in 1975
with an established reputation for producing
high quality books of Irish interest.
Travelling
books are proud to feature a selection of Merlin
titles in our book fair.
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Non
Fiction |
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Wicked Wallets - Goal |
Discover The True You |
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A
brilliant idea for football fans - four books
on various aspects of the game, stickers, a poster,
a football game, a door sign and ID card, all
presented in a fold out wallet. |
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This
book. will really get children thinking! It's
a fun format, with : quizzes on a variety of subjects,
including careers, assertiveness, and the environment,
and analysis sections to aid self-awareness. |
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Eyewitness |
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Dorling
Kindersley's Eyewitness guides
are one of
the best sources of information there are
for children wishing to go into detail
in
their work. Mummy, for example,
doesn't stop at Ancient Egypt, but explores
other
cultures
that have practiced mummification. Explorer covers Viking voyages to space travel,
and
Dinosaur charts the discoveries that have
been made about these amazing creatures. |
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Other titles include |
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Pandas |
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The
panda series by O'Brien Press is designed
for beginner readers at age 4 - 6. The aim
is to provide exciting stories with simple
text and lots of lively illustrations to
aid children's understanding of the story
and imbue them with a love of reading |
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The
beauty of the Panda series lies in the Humorous
Stories, the abundance of illustrations,
the large print for the first-time readers
and the great sense of achievement for children
on reading a 'big book' all by themselves
(Sunday Business post) |
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Solo |
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is new series by O'Brien Press, categorised by
an orange flag, which means the books are suitable
for age 4 and up. It is meant as gentle introduction
to reading for those children who may not be quite
ready for the Panda range. |
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kicking off with three titles for beginner readers;
Bertie Rooster, the sweet tale of a cockerel that
loses his confidence; Emma says Boo, the story
of an angry little girl; and Boo and Bear, a story
about being brave. You will find a selection of
theses at your fair |
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We also cater for Nursery age Children.. |
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With a delightful selection of activity,
board and picture books. The highlights
include What's the Time Mr Wolf, a gorgeous
storybook version of the traditional
game, with fantastic finger puppet wolf
that you can use to act out the story.
For fans of Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends,
we have Trigger's Big Stickers for Little
Paws, a colourful sticker activity book
with large format stickers that won't
be too fiddle for little fingers to handle. |
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challenge anyone who thinks that dictionaries
are dull not to enjoy My Fun Picture
Dictionary -
a splendid hardback with entertaining photos
of children acting out the words'
and examples of how the word can be used
in a sentence. Young children can also
create their own words, with our First
Word Book, a book packed together with
foam letter shapes for children
to
play with. They will also identify with
Desmond Starts School, the charming story
of a dinosaur's chaotic first day at school. |
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