Audrey Dowling – illustratör

Do you know the secret about Croke Park? When there are no games happening on the pitch, the Croke Park mice play their own games there! Right out in the middle of the pitch! There are thirty-two mice, one from each county in Ireland. They live under the stands and watch every match from their tiny mouse holes. But on the day of the All-Ireland final, the referee is nowhere to be found! Can the Croke Park mice find the referee in time to save the day - and the match? A GAA picture book for children by Ruth and Triona Croke, charmingly illustrated by Audrey Dowling.

In a deep leafy wood, by a slow-moving stream,Where butterflies flutter through golden sunbeams,Lives a beautiful fairy called Flossie McFluff.She’s tiny and shiny, but Flossie is tough.She has magical powers; she knows magic words;And she cares for the trees and the bees and the birds.Wee Flossie lives high in an ancient oak tree,And lives for adventure, as we shall soon see …Three stories in rhyme about a little fairy who looks after the forest.In the first tale, she gives some litter louts a scare, then she helps a lonely banshee find some friends, and finally helps her leprechaun friend Paddy Potts find his missing gold.

Fairy, fairy, take my hand, And welcome me to Fairyland! When Ellie loses a tooth, she finds herself whooshed through a magical fairy door in her bedroom. There, she meets Willow the Tooth Fairy and Leprechaun Sean. Together, the three set out on an enchanting adventure …