Erika McGann – författare

Book 3 in the Cass and the Bubble Street Gang series! Cass, Lex and Nicholas investigate crimes, solve mysteries and have brilliant adventures. They’ve even got their own secret clubhouse. Cass is not impressed with the new Residents' Association programme -- suddenly everyone's in Neighbourhood Watch and thinks they're a genius detective. And that’s Cass’s job!! Worse still, there are so many new rules that the kids can't even play on the street anymore. No one stops Cass and the gang from playing games - something will HAVE to be done about the Residents' Association...But there's also a mystery afoot for the Bubble Street Gang: while helping with a car boot sale, Cass finds a very old diary. The name inside the cover has worn away, but it must belong to somebody in Berbel Street. The diary talks about picking on the drama kids on the bus, and finally about a horrible prank played on them during their end-of-year show. Who does this diary belong to? Can the Bubble Street Gang unmask the wicked writer?

A puffling has gone in search of adventure – now her puffin parents can’t find her anywhere!They talk to the seal and the gannet and the rabbit; they walk to the huts and the cliffs and the cove. They hear lots of stories of the puffling helping others, but they just cannot find their fluffy, black chick.Finally, they spot her – on a boat out at sea!The puffling is too small to fly home, so the animals of Skellig work together and come up with something very clever …

A story about a little chick learning to do a big thing! The heron chick sees her mum and all the big herons standing gracefully on one leg, but she just CAN’T do it! Maybe she just needs a little help? She tries to get her balance by leaning on a variety of things you’d find in the canal: a rock, another chick, and otter a swan – even a shoe someone has dumped! But she KEEPS overbalancing. Then she works it out. She can’t do it with people looking. Not even the reader. If they reader closes their eyes, she just might do it! Do you think she did it?A fun interactive book for small children, who will identify with the need to try and try again. They will also enjoy the fun of closing their eyes and wondering if the chick is succeeding while they can’t see her!

A brand new board book edition for young readers!A puffling has gone in search of adventure – now her puffin parents can’t find her anywhere!They talk to the seal and the gannet and the rabbit; they walk to the huts and the cliffs and the cove. They hear lots of stories of the puffling helping others, but they just cannot find their fluffy, black chick.Finally, they spot her – on a boat out at sea!The puffling is too small to fly home, so the animals of Skellig work together and come up with something very clever …

Lottie and her dog Biscuit live on Branksea Island. It’s the best place in the world, with a castle, a lighthouse, a forest and a beach. Best of all, her friends Mia and Finn live there too.The children LOVE playing on the sand in their pirate ship – until one day it disappears. Lottie and friends – and Biscuit – search every inch of the island until at last they spot their ship. Local artist Annie thought the pirate ship was just a broken old boat that would make a lovely flower-planter!Can the children use their creativity and imagination to show Annie just how important the pirate ship is to them – and how much fun they have with it?

When Puffling finds a lost egg on Skellig Michael, she sets off on a brand new adventure to return the egg to its nest!She travels all over the island searching the owner of this stray egg, meeting lots of new friends along the way ... but who lost this mystery egg? And what kind of baby animal is going to hatch from it?

A kind little puffling lives on Skellig Michael.She loves her cosy underground bed.But her smaller puffling friend is afraid of the dark.Can the animals of Skellig help her show him the wonder of nighttime?Puffling lives on Skellig Michael, and she loves her cosy underground nest. But her little puffling friend is too afraid to sleep in his burrow – ‘I don’t like the dark. It’s too dark in the dark.’ So Puffling takes him to visit a playful rabbit, a happy crab, a friendly blue shark, and many other animals on Skellig. Each one tells the little puffling what they love most about the dark. Can Puffling convince her little friend not to be afraid?

I’ve heard of a chickpea.I’ve had those for lunch.Is a peachick the same?Is it something you munch?Come on a hilarious adventure with these weird and zany creatures, from the author and illustrator of Standing on One Leg Is Hard

A wee donkey sat in the shade of a tree.‘If you had one wish, Grandad, what would it be?’‘I’d fix this old back and these wobbly knees,and go see the sights that are out there to see.’The wee donkey thought, ‘I can’t turn back the years,but I can get Grandad some great souvenirs.’She slipped through the gate with a small wooden cart,in search of some gifts that would warm Grandad’s heart.The wee donkey heads across Ireland, where she "borrows" the Jeanie Johnston ship from the Liffey, the round tower from Glendalough, kisses from the Blarney Stone and more, to bring to her grandad.But you can't go taking national treasures like that, particularly when the police find out! A warm and entertaining picture book from the team who brought you Where Are You, Puffling?The Jeanie Johnston (Dublin), Glendalough, Blarney castle, Giant’s Causeway, Tara, the sea on the Wild Atlantic Way and the Book of Kells in Trinity are just a few of the places Wee Donkey visits to bring her grandad a souvenir.

A brave little puffling lives on Skellig Michael.It’s a windy, stormy day – a perfect day for a wild adventure.But she ends up far from home!Can her new animal friends help her find her way back?

Tá cónaí ar phuifín beag ar Sceilg Mhichíl. Is breá léi a leaba teolaí faoi thalamh. Ach, tá eagla ar a cara, an puifín óg.'Ní maith liom an dorchadas. Tá sé ródhorcha'An mbeidh ainmhithe an oileáin in ann iontas na hoíche a thaispeáint don phuifín óg?

WINNER Children's Books Junior category, An Post Irish Book Awards 2025.‘In the Wild Wood, a fox must be brave and cunning and quick.’Foxy loves his mother’s stories about the Wild Wood: about rabbits and badgers, squirrels and owls, and the tall, thin deer, with horns like tree branches.Foxy decides to set out on his own wild adventure. But can he be brave and cunning and quick enough to find his way back home?

Little Ghost is very sleepy.She looks everywhere for a bed to sleep:in a house, in a barn, on a boat – even on the moon.But everyone everywhere is too afraid of ghosts to let her in!Until the little ghost finds a very special place …A heartwarming tale about belonging.

Poor Little Otter can’t swim.The deep, dark river is just too scary.But he has to learn to swim or he won’t be a real otter.Maybe his new friend Tom Cat can help …

Dance, move and groove with Little Arty and friends!

Cass and her best friends, Lex and Nicholas, are the Bubble Street Gang. They investigate crimes, solve mysteries and have brilliant adventures. They’ve even got their own secret clubhouse.After the annoying baby twins demolish the fort Cass has built in the sitting room, she has the great idea of building a proper fort – outdoors – that can be the Bubble Street Gang’s clubhouse. Lex’s granny suggests the perfect spot at the back of Mr McCall’s field and Cass and the gang get to work.The gang settle in quickly and begin planning their next adventure, when they realise someone is using the clubhouse when they’re not there. Stuff moves around, cookie crumbs are left behind and the door is left open. Join Cass and the Bubble Street Gang as they investigate The Clubhouse Mystery.

On a dark, dark night, in a very quiet library, there is an old, old, beautiful book. Looking out from the pages of the book is a plump, grey mouse. When the clock strikes twelve, the little mouse hops right off the page and begins his magical exploration of Trinity College.The mouse, however, is not alone: Four furry paws with very sharp claws follow him from the book into Trinity College.This sharp clawed cat is hungry and in search of the plump grey mouse.Follow the night-time cat, Pangur Bán, as she searches Trinity College for the plump grey mouse. Along the way she asks for help from various figures in Trinity College, from Jonathan Swift to the Queen of England and from Oscar Wilde to Count Dracula. Will Pangur Bán catch the plump grey mouse or will this mischievous mouse evade capture? This is an enchanting tale full of adventure and discovery.

Senan uses his binoculars to spy out the Shy Town, a sweet little place on a hill, with winding streets and red and yellow roofs. Senan calls it the Shy Town because it often hides and is hard to find. He tells his next-door friend Joshua about the Shy Town, and they set off, with Senan’s grandmother in a ramshackle wheelchair, to find this elusive place. Along the way they make friends with Paperboy. Who is, as you’d expect, a boy made of paper. With the help of a kruckle (a sort of Shy Town creature) that they meet on their journey, they find the Shy Town, only its real name is Perfection, because it is absolutely perfect. But all is not well in Perfection: the inhabitants are constantly worrying about making it more and more perfect. But since more perfect than perfect is an impossibility, they are constantly exhausted. What can Senan and friends do to save the kruckles from their obsession with perfection?

A puffling has gone in search of adventure – now her puffin parents can’t find her anywhere!They talk to the seal and the gannet and the rabbit; they walk to the huts and the cliffs and the cove. They hear lots of stories of the puffling helping others, but they just cannot find their fluffy, black chick.Finally, they spot her – on a boat out at sea!The puffling is too small to fly home, so the animals of Skellig work together and come up with something very clever …

Tá puifín beag cabhrach ina cónaí ar Sceilg Mhichíl.Nuair a thagann sí ar ubh atá ar strae, tá an puifín ar a dícheall an ubh a thabhairt abhaile go dtína nead féin.Ach leis an ngaoth ag séideadh agus an ubh ag sleamhnú síos an cnoc beidh cúnamh ag teastáil ó ainmhithe Sceilg Mhichíl chun an ubh a thabhairt abhaile slán!An Irish translation of Puffling and the Egg.