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Book Guides

Little Island’s book guides are tailor-made learning resources to go with all of our books and are available free of charge from this website. We’ve designed our guides for classroom exploration in groups or for individuals, but these guides should also be very helpful for any adult wishing to explore our titles further with young readers – and indeed some young readers may also find them helpful for private study.

Our guides usually include an overview of themes and issues addressed in the book, questions for comprehension and for composition, suggestions for activities and information on our authors. Guides that go with books for younger children tend to be more like activity sheets and may include literary fun such as crosswords and puzzles as well as suggestions for discussion or ideas for book-related projects.

To access the book guide simply click the Download button beneath your chosen book in the list below.


We really hope you enjoy diving deeper into our books! We also welcome your feedback at info@littleisland.ie.

If there is no book guide for a book you’re interested in, that means we just haven’t got around to producing the guide yet. If you would like one that is not yet available, give us a shout and we’ll do our best to create one quickly for you.


Bank

Bank

by Emma Quigley

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The Best Medicine

by Christine Hamill

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The image shows the cover for Big Bad Me by Aislinn O'Loughlin. In the foreground is a girl smiling slightly.  One of her arms ends in a claw. Behind her are a looming shadow, a boy with dark hair and glasses, and a girl holding a stake.

Big Bad Me

by Aislinn O'Loughlin

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Bumpfizzle the Best on Planet Earth

by Patricia Forde

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Chop Chop, Mad Cap!

by Juliette Saumande

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Colour of People

by Mauricio Negro

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A Dangerous Crossing

by Jane Mitchell

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Declaration of the Rights of Boys and Girls

by Elisabeth Brami, illustrated by Estelle Billon-Spagnol

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The Deepest Breath

by Meg Grehan

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Dinosaur Pie cover

Dinosaur Pie

Jen Wallace

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An Drúchtín agus an Seilide

An Drúichtín agus an Seilide

Oein DeBhairduin

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The Eternal Return of Clara Hart

Louise Finch

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The Fox's Tower cover

The Fox's Tower

Sam Thompson

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Gold

by Geraldine Mills

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The Gone Book

by Helena Close

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Good Red Herring

by Susan Maxwell

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Hope against Hope

Sheena Wilkinson

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Hopscotch in the Sky

by Lucinda Jacob

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The Horse, The Stars, and the Road

by Lucy Kelly-Desmond

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How to Bake a Sausage Dog

by Kirsten Reinhardt

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I Am the Wind: Irish Poems for Children Everywhere cover

I Am the Wind: Irish Poems for Children Everywhere

Edited by Lucinda Jacob & Sarah Webb, illustrated by Ashwin Chacko

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Keepsake

by Paula Leyden

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Large Mammals, Stick Insects, and Other Social Misfits

by Felicity McCall

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Little Big Sister

by Eoin Colfer & Celia Ivey

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Mighty Mindsets

by Niamh Doyle

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Mother Tongue

by Patricia Forde

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Mucking About

by John Chambers

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My Secret Dragon

by Debbie Thomas

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Name upon Name

by Sheena Wilkinson

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Old Friends: The Lost Tales of Fiona Mac Cumhaill

by Tom O’Neill

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Over the Wall

by Renate Ahrens

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The Philosophy Resistance Squad

by Robert Grant

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Rocking the System

by Siobhán Parkinson

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Star by Star

by Sheena Wilkinson

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The Slug and the Snail

Oein DeBhairduin & Olya Anima

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Táin, The

Alan Titley

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Taking Flight

by Sheena Wilkinson

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This Ain’t No Video Game, Kid

by Kevin Stevens

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Trigger

C.G. Moore

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White Lies

by Mark O’Sullivan

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Wildlord

by Philip Womack

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The Wordsmith

by Patricia Forde

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Wormwood Gate

by Katherine Farmar

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