Item category 2: Book

On Easter Monday, 24th April, 1916, against the backdrop of the First World War, a group of Irishmen and Irishwomen rise up against Britain. What follows has far-reaching consequences. We witness the impact of the Rising on four families, as passion, fear and love permeate a week of insurrection ...

Experience the beauty, mystery and adventure of Ireland's most enjoyable hikes, vetted for child suitability and fun, along with useful tips and advice for parents (and guardians, grandparents, aunts and uncles). The perfect motivation to get the whole family out on a fun-filled adventure!

Andy and Terry's incredible, ever-expanding treehouse has 13 new storeys, including a watermelon-smashing level, a wave machine, a life-size snakes and ladders game (with real ladders and real snakes!), a rocket-powered carrot launcher, a Ninja Snail Training Academy and a high-tech detective age...

Discover the fascinating world of the Vikings through 99 questions and answers.

It's move-in day at Tiffin Academy and amidst the happy chaos of friends reuniting, selfies uploading, and cars unloading, shocking news arrives: America Today just ranked Tiffin the number two boarding school in the country. It's a seventeen-spot jump - was there a typo? The dorms need to be ren...

In 1997 sixty-two containers fell off the cargo ship Tokio Express after it was hit by a rogue wave off the coast of Cornwall, including one container filled with nearly five million pieces of Lego, much of it sea themed. In the months that followed, beachcombers started to find Lego washed up on...

Ten-year-old Lyla Wilde is ready for a fresh start. After a summer of moving between her mum and dad's houses, she's fed up with the tension between them. Her parents had promised that the divorce would make things better, but it's only made them more complicated! So instead, she escapes to Lylal...

Jen and her father are making their way across a deserted world after a technological collapse brought civilization as people knew it to an end. The Flood took out all all technology, but also many people who were connected to a central information hive. Those who are left behind must find each o...

These short stories bring to life some of the world's deadliest animal attacks, and how three young people beat the odds to survive them.