Johnny Magory in the Magical Wild


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Johnny Magory in the Magical Wild is the first in the series of adventures of Johnny Magory. Join Johnny as he has the time of his life at the forest party with his magical woodland friends. In this book, we meet the badger, fox, corncrake, hedgehog, red and gray squirrel, frog and swan. The boy is told to be back for lunch, he has so much craic at the forest party, will he remember?




Johnny Magory Joins the Irish Legends


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Irish legends need to have their stories heard… Who better to help than Johnny Magory, Lily-May and Ruairi? Johnny, Lily-May, Ruairi, and of course, Mammy and Daddy, go on holiday around Ireland in their old campervan. Before beginning their journey, they meet an old man Finegas who is fishing for “The Salmon of Knowledge”. He tells Johnny and Lily-May of an important mission; they need to make sure Irish legends have their stories heard. Can they succeed? Meet Fionn MacCumhall, Queen Medh, Oisín, Niamh Chinn Óir and Brian Boru in this beautiful book telling precious tales of Irish heritage in English and as Gaeilge.







The Mookse & the Gripes


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The Mookse and the Gripes is the peculiar and hilarious re-telling of Aesop's ancient fable of 'The Fox and the Grapes', as presented in Joyce's 1939 classic.




Johnny Magory and The Wild Water Race


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Trip along the old canal and learn all about it’s amazing Irish heritage. Johnny Magory and the Wild Water Race is the third book in the series of adventures of Johnny Magory. Join in the excitement of the Johnny Magory adventures and meet his little sister Lily-May. Johnny Magory, his trusty dog Ruairi, and Dusty the old barge horse make a mighty Irish team for the wild water race with Mr Otter, Heron, the Duck family, and many more exciting friends. Daddy told Johnny not to go wandering and come back late but has Johnny forgotten to do as he was told? Johnny Magory and the Wild Water Race was inspired by the Grand Canal in Kildare.




Foul Faeries


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Join Lily-May on an adventure she'll never forget in the first chapter book in the popular series. Lily-May and her brother, Johnny Magory, go through the enchanted rabbit hole into the magical wild to celebrate the solstice. Their wildlife friends and their dog Ruairi, who is king in this world, warn them to stay alert to danger. But when foul faeries kidnap Lily-May will they ever make it back home? This is a story filled with adventure, Irish heritage and wildlife.




The Encryption of Finnegans Wake Resolved


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At risk of life and reputation, the reform journalist W. T. Stead (1849-1912) exposed child vice and white slavery in London and established age 16 for statutory rape. Concluding the 1914 Portrait, Joyce saluted the “Old father, old artificer, stand me now and ever in good stead” and set the path of future works. The exemplary life and devotions of Stead provided James Joyce with a model, a theme, and a purpose. Joyce integrated Steadfacts with his own personal emerging autobiography and interpretation of the ongoing Irish national, international, and even cosmic events. In this book Eckley uses new sources to unravel forgotten languages, motifs, and metaphors and recognizes “obscurity” as a “chrysalis factor” in Joyce’s Finnegans Wake to illuminate Stead’s influence on Joyce. This book of Finnegans Wake criticism will open paths for exciting new efforts in studying Joyce.










Johnny Magory and the Farmyard Féasta


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Join Johnny Magory, his sister Lily-May, and their trusty dog Ruairi as they visit Granny and Grandad Magory’s farm to help with the harvest. Everybody has a job to do to prepare for the féasta. Johnny and Lily-May get side-tracked when a clever Irish Greyhound Pig concocts a plan to benefit himself and all the other traditional Irish farmyard animals. Characters such as Dexter cows, Galway sheep, and Connemara ponies all reap the benefits of a farmyard féasta. Will Johnny and Lily-May forget who the beautiful, traditional Irish food prepared for the feast really should be for?