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Lena Angland is a mum of three from Innishannon, Co. Cork. She created the Wanderly app with the aim of using technology to encourage children to get outdoors, get active and to add wonder to everyday wanders. This is her first book.
Alice Taylor lives in the village of Innishannon in County Cork, in a house attached to the local supermarket and post office. To School Through the Fields was published in May 1988. It was an immediate success, and quickly became the biggest selling book ever published in Ireland. One of Ireland's most popular authors, this is her first book for children.
Audrey Dowling is a French artist and illustrator living in County Kilkenny. She initially pursued a career in the fashion industry in Paris but somehow ended up in the Irish countryside. Her surroundings inspire her work, as well as folklore from all cultures, fairy tales and vintage imagery. Her universe is colourful and narrative, often praised as graceful and poetic.
<p>Alice Taylor, who many will know from To School through the Fields, has turned her hand to a children’s book, writing with her own daughter, Lena … an enchanting adventure</p>
- Irish Times,
<p>author Alice Taylor and her daughter Lena, creator of the Wanderly app, bring a sprinkle of fairy magic to their first children’s book collaboration</p>
- The Echo,
<p>so much fun in this story, and tons to see, thanks to the gorgeous illustrations. We enter a world of fairy magic, fascinating wildlife and quick-thinking heroes in Willow and Ellie. A lively, lovely, happy story that takes us on a trip of the imagination</p>
- Fallen Star Stories,
<p>magical children’s book</p>
- The Holly Bough,
<p>clever, funny, a magical adventure into a wonderfully imagined fairyland which has been illustrated with the boldest and brightest of colours … A charming picturebook read for lovers of fairytales everywhere!</p>
- Armadillo,
<p>After losing her very first tooth, Ellie places it beneath her pillow. But that night, Ellie soon finds a real fairy door in her bedroom, and meets Sean the leprechaun, who has had his crock of gold stolen. Ellie is suddenly shrunken down and whooshed into fairyland, where she finds Tooth Fairy Willow and her magical house. The trio embark on an adventure to recover the crock of gold from the thieving magpie, and it is only with Ellie’s help and kindness that the gold can be retrieved. Readers will find themselves truly immersed in the excitement and liveliness of Ellie and her friend’s crusade. The characters are vibrant and animated, but it is Ellie who truly captures the heart of the reader, and who pulls us through every second of this story with bravery and cleverness. Each page is simply inviting, with double-page spreads that are teeming with nature and its treasures, complete with rich scenes of life and habitat. Ellie and the Fairy Door is a wonderful and magical story any little one could fall in love with, made easy through warm and charming illustrations that bring to life Tooth Fairy Willows house, the enchanting forests, and the captivating wildlife that they meet</p>
- childrensbooksireland.ie,
Fairy, fairy, take my hand,
And welcome me to Fairyland!
When Ellie loses a tooth, she finds herself whooshed through a magical fairy door in her bedroom. There, she meets Willow the Tooth Fairy and Leprechaun Sean. Together, the three set out on an enchanting adventure …
Produktdetaljer
Om bidragsyterne
Lena Angland is a mum of three from Innishannon, Co. Cork. She created the Wanderly app with the aim of using technology to encourage children to get outdoors, get active and to add wonder to everyday wanders. This is her first book.
Alice Taylor lives in the village of Innishannon in County Cork, in a house attached to the local supermarket and post office. To School Through the Fields was published in May 1988. It was an immediate success, and quickly became the biggest selling book ever published in Ireland. One of Ireland's most popular authors, this is her first book for children.
Audrey Dowling is a French artist and illustrator living in County Kilkenny. She initially pursued a career in the fashion industry in Paris but somehow ended up in the Irish countryside. Her surroundings inspire her work, as well as folklore from all cultures, fairy tales and vintage imagery. Her universe is colourful and narrative, often praised as graceful and poetic.