Sligo Artists

Jumbo is a lonely baby elephant who gangs up with a pack of hippopotamuses and thinks this is the life he should always be living. Things don?t happen quite to plan and Jumbo has to face his parents and tell them all about what he has been up to. Will they forgive him?

Jumbo, a baby elephant, is bored and he strays away from his home. He spots some zebras and then meets a friendly group of giraffes, who tempt him to stay with them. what follows is a series of adventures that leave the young elephant relieved to return to his parents.

A clear and concise guidebook for growing a wide range of vegetables both outdoors and with protection. It is written in a way that is designed to give the reader a visual guide to growing vegetables. It can be taken out into the garden and is packed with practical information on how to grow all your vegetables. It covers seed sowing, plant care, planting and harvesting and is aimed at getting people out into their gardens and helping them to grow their own food.

Rebellion in the Village, a new novel from Kids? Own Publishing Partnership, launches 13 November. This historical novel has been researched, written and illustrated by a team of 11 and 12 year old children in Scoil Ursula Primary School, Sligo.

Set in eighteenth century France, just as the Bastille is stormed and the injustices of life for poor people are everywhere to be seen, the story follows the adventures of 14 year old Leon, who is found at the scene of a robbery in the village of Pockseaux and flees to the forest. Here he encounters a band of young agitators hiding from the law and plotting rebellion.

GALLAGHER, PEGGIE

ARMSTRONG, AILEEN