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Sally Go Round the Stars
Sarah Webb
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Description for Sally Go Round the Stars
Hardcover. A major, beautifully-illustrated collection of favourite nursery rhymes known and loved throughout Ireland. It includes favourite international, British and Irish rhymes as well as special Irish favourites. Illustrator(s): McCarthy, Steve. Num Pages: 64 pages, 56 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; YBLB1. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 281 x 227 x 13. Weight in Grams: 560.
A major, beautifully-illustrated collection of favourite nursery rhymes known and loved throughout Ireland. It includes favourite international, British and Irish rhymes as well as special Irish favourites. Includes; Sally Go Round the Moon Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling Two Little Dicky Birds Are Ye Right There, Michael? Half a Pound of Tuppenny Rice Adam and Eve and Pinch Me and many, many more! 'a cracker' Late Late Toy Show
Product Details
Publisher
The O'Brien Press
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
About Sarah Webb
Sarah Webb is a children's author who combines writing with schools visits, reading and giving workshops at festivals, and teaching creative writing. She has won two Irish Book Awards for her children's books (for A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea and Blazing a Trail), as well as the Children's Books Ireland Award for Outstanding Contribution to Children's Books, awarded ... Read morein 2015. Sarah worked for many years as a children's bookseller and was writer in residence for Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council in 2016/2017: she is currently the Children's Literary Advisor to Listowel Writers' Week. For more, visit www.sarahwebb.info Claire Ranson was born in England where she completed a degree in English Literature and a Master's in Children's Literature. She has worked with Poetry Ireland and Children's Books Ireland. She now lives in Dublin with her husband and two children. Steve McCarthy is a Dublin-born art maker and obsessive picture-builder. With a keen interest in colour and character, Steve has managed to sneak his singular style into many forms, from Cartoon Saloon's Oscar-nominated feature film Song of the Sea to children's books and projects for brands worldwide. His work won Best Illustration at the IDI Irish Design Awards 2016. For more, visit www.mrstevemccarthy.com Sarah and Steve's first book together for The O'Brien Press was Sally Go Round the Stars (with Claire Ranson), which was nominated for Irish Children's Book of the Year at the Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards. Show Less
Reviews for Sally Go Round the Stars
beautiful ... the perfect book to share and to enjoy
Mothers & Babies a lovely collection ... McCarthy's illustrations bring a good deal of humor to the pages
Publishers Weekly Parents, child-care providers, and ... school teachers will find this a wonderful resource for encouraging literacy and imagination
School Library Journal a choice pick for reading aloud ... Read moreto little ones
MidWest Book Review a wonderful collection of nursery rhymes and childhood songs ... beautifully illustrated ... a big thumbs up from us!
mumstown.ie it's a real treat to find a fresh selection of nursery-rhymes ... there are rhymes here that deserve to become family favourites ... next time I take my young ones trick or treating, we will certainly be singing Hey-ho for Hallowe'en! ... grown-up reader
Armadillo Poetry Magazine a collection which will awaken memories of forgotten tradition in some readers, while for others it may spark a whole new cycle of childhood rhymes to be passed to the next generation
Evening Echo beautifully illustrated
Ryan Tubridy well-known rhymes blend jauntily with old Irish street-chants ... The bold, colourful outline and very child-friendly illustrations by Steve McCarthy top this delightful book for children of all ages.
Irish Examiner gentle nostalgia and lovely illustrations
Sunday Independent every nursery rhyme you have ever forgotten the words to ... wacky and inventive illustrations ... children from three years upwards will be rapt - as will parents reliving their childhoods
Sunday Business Post really good fun ... beautifully produced ... a great gift
TV3's Ireland AM a beautiful collection of nursery rhymes
eye magazine (Early Years Educator) Every single page is glorious ... Steve McCarthy is one of the best illustrators that I've come across in Ireland ... A lot of these rhymes I'd forgotten about!
The Comic Cast There's a great selection of long and short rhymes and it's lovely to see so many distinctly Irish rhymes alongside the traditional Mother Goose collection. Steve McCarthy's quirky and colourful pictures add to the pleasure of this book.
Book Fest charming
Woman's Way With first-time book illustrator Steve McCarthy, Webb and Ranson have produced a collection which will awaken memories of forgotten tradition in some readers, while for others it may spark a whole new cycle of childhood rhymes to be passed to the next generation
The Evening Echo This is a book that will be enjoyed and cherished by both parents and children.
Maternity and Infant Magazine each rhyme is beautifully illustrated
Sunday Business Post Agenda delightfully illustrated
Woman's Way sure to delight both the youngest and oldest among us ... a uniquely Irish flavour
Mad About Books an anthology both to use now and treasure later
Evening Echo a beautiful nursery rhyme book
mylittlebabog Steve McCarthy's illustrations are fun, sweet, hilarious, detailed and beautiful
The Looking Glass evocative and funny ... delightful
Irish Examiner beautifully illustrated by Steve McCarthy ... a complete collection of old and new, silly and true rhymes that a new generation will adore. Now regarded as a modern classic ...the prefect addition to any child's bookshelf
NI4Kids.com I would be very happy to use this book ... my class, senior infants, have really enjoyed learning some of these rhymes and listening to the memories their parents and grandparents have as a result ... I think the individual pages ... could start a really good art lesson where children have to illustrate a simple poem or text
seomranga.com a wonderful enjoyable book
Sunday Independent this delightfully illustrated collection of favourite nursery rhymes features many that will be familiar to children all around with world, intermingled with traditional Irish favourites. For those brought up in Ireland, whether still there or moved away, it will bring many nostalgic memories and will be warmly welcomed to introduce a new generation of children to Irish favourites including Two Cats of Kilkenny, The Claddagh Boatman and If You Weren't so Ballymena. The illustrations by Steve McCarthy are perfectly matched to each poem and weave around the words wonderfully
parentsintouch.co.uk the perfect book for when sleepy heads request `just one more story!
Maternity & Infant Magazine a cracker
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