

4. Ellora McGee, Trainee Banshee: The New School
by Sinead O'Hart
€11.99
Ellora McGee is just like you and me, except she’s also a trainee banshee. Starting a new school in a new town, Ellora McGee is nervous. Making friends is hard enough, but how will her classmates react when she tells them she’s a trainee banshee? She doesn’t want to scare them off! But no matter how hard she tries, Ellora’s banshee Wail just can’t be kept down. And a banshee Wail is a warning something’s up at her new school, and unless she and her friends can work out what’s going on, it will have to shut down! As Ellora and her new friends work together to solve the puzzle, she realises that being a (trainee) banshee might just save the day!
Hardback
7. A Wild Childs Book Of Nature At Night
by Dara McAnulty
€15.99
Join brilliant young naturalist Dara McAnulty – winner of the 2020 Wainwright Prize for his book Diary of a Young Naturalist and author of Wild Child and A Wild Child's Book of Birds – on a journey through nature at night. This fantastic new book is illustrated in full colour by Barry Falls. This beautiful, informative book takes you through nature at night in five different habitats in Britain and Ireland - meet hedgehogs and moths in the garden; bats, owls, foxes and badgers in the woodland; glow worms on the coast; Manx Shearwater in the sky and corncrakes, dormice and woodcock on the farm. Learn about circadian rhythms, hibernation, echolocation, biofluorescence, murmurations, the dawn chorus and how to use the stars for orientation.
Hardback
13. The Grand Central Cinema Club
by Alan Nolan
€9.49
Dublin, 1937 At the Grand Central Cinema on O'Connell Street, the children of Dublin watch their Hollywood heroes on the silver screen When Sylvie meets tenement boy Jem and his daredevil sister Juno, they bond over their love of movies. But an accident means Juno will miss the latest film at the Grando, so they hatch a plot to hijack the movie reel and do a top-secret private showing instead! Meanwhile, a sneak thief called The Magpie has his eye on the Grand Central Cinema too. Can Sylvie and Jem revive Juno's ailing spirits by bringing the movies to her? And will they foil The Magpie's feather-brained plan in time?
Paperback