Once upon a place
By: compiled by Eoin Colfer, Laureate na nOg ; illustrated by P.J. Lynch
Publisher: Little Island
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Dublin, Ireland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781910411377
Subjects: Children's poetry, English; Children's stories, English; Short stories; Fiction
Description: Once Upon a Place features six new poems by Irish poets alongside 11 new short stories from many of Ireland s leading children s writers including Roddy Doyle, Derek Landy, Siobh n Parkinson, as well as the first ever story for children by Jim Sheridan. It also features new work by Eoin Colfer, along with Pat Boran, Seamus Cashman, John Connolly, Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick, Mark Granier, Paula Leyden, Oisin McGann, Geraldine Mills, Jane Mitchell, Kate Newmann, Sarah Webb and Enda Wyley. Each of the stories and poems is based around the theme of place, being set in or inspired by a particular location within Ireland. Lavish black-and-white charcoal illustrations make this unique anthology a very beautiful object.
Notes: 456 Childrens Plus, Inc.
Table of contents: title: Gren's ghost / Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick -- The pumping station / Roddy Doyle -- The cabin in the woods / Enda Wyley -- The bear / John Connolly -- Bus stop / Pat Boran -- Abseiling, or The dancing engineers / Siobha n Parkinson -- Beautiful dawn / Paula Leyden -- Embedded in my brain / Seamus Cashman -- The ram king / Eoin Colfer -- Snail pals / Geraldine Mills -- Number 13 / Jim Sheridan -- There and here / Jane Mitchell -- The dirty river, Stillorgan / Mark Granier -- Stream time / Oisin McGann -- How to feed a stranger's donkey / Kate Newmann -- The library cat / Sarah Webb -- The world's greatest teen detective / Derek Landy.