Discover brilliant new poems
and revisit old favourites in this joyously illustrated collection of children’s poems from Ireland.

Family favourites like Boland, Heaney, Meehan and Yeats sit alongside diverse new voices from Ireland.

You’ll find thoughtful, surprising and powerful poems here. Poems about love and skateboarding, about feeling lonely and making friends, about jellyfish, magic, school, snowdrops, monsters, blackbirds… and lots, lots more.

Chosen with love by the acclaimed children’s poet Lucinda Jacob and award-winning children’s writer and bookseller Sarah Webb. 

With playful colour illustrations by Ashwin Chacko.

A book to treasure now and always.

“A beautiful anthology that will remain on your child’s bookshelf forever.” – Sarah Crossan, fifth Laureate na nÓg (Irish children’s laureate)

“A poem for every feeling in a book full of heart.” – Patricia Forde, Laureate na nÓg (Irish children’s laureate) 2023–26

“A beautiful snapshot of modern Ireland in accessible, playful poetry, this is a collection to love for a lifetime.”– Elaina Ryan, CEO of Children’s Books Ireland

About Lucinda Jacob

Lucinda Jacob writes poetry and stories for children. Widely anthologised, her own books include Hopscotch in the Sky (Little Island, illus. Lauren O’Neill), Climate SOS! and Guzzler’s Party (Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland, illus. by Alan Nolan).

About Sarah Webb

Sarah Webb is an award-winning Irish children’s writer. Her books include Blazing a Trail: Irish Women who Changed the World (illus. Lauren O’Neill) and A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea: Favourite Rhymes from an Irish Childhood (illus. Steve McCarthy), both winners of Irish Book Awards.


About Ashwin Chacko

Ashwin Chacko is an Indian author, illustrator and motivational speaker based in Ireland. He specialises in positively playful, visual storytelling to bring joy and encouragement. His mission is to champion creativity and empower people to find their inner spark through his art, books, talks and workshops. He has authored and illustrated several books including: Keep At It, Little
Optimist, Everybody Feels Fear, A little book about Justice and What Wondrous Shapes We Are.