A fully illustrated collection of Irish poems, ranging from medieval classics to modern poems from old favourites to new voices in English and Irish, edited by Lucinda Jacob and Sarah Webb and illustrated by Ashwin Chacko.

Discover thoughtful, surprising and powerful poems in this collection – about love and skateboarding, about feeling lonely and making friends, about jellyfish, magic, school, snowdrops, monsters, blackbirds … and lots, lots more.

Curated with love by the acclaimed children’s poet Lucinda Jacob and award-winning children’s writer and bookseller Sarah Webb, this is a book to treasure now and always.

Beloved Irish poets sit along old medieval poems and diverse contemporary voices including Eavan Boland, Seamus, Heaney, W.B. Yeats, Paula Meehan, Thomas Kinsella, Frank O'Connor, Gabriel Rosenstock, Spike Milligan, Michael Longley, �ine N� Ghlinn, Oscar Wilde, Pat Ingoldsby, Brendan Kennelly, Nikita Gill, Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan, Yeva Skalietska and Polina Cosgrave.

About the Authors

Lucinda Jacob is an Irish writer and librarian who writes poetry and stories for children. Her books include Hopscotch in the Sky (Little Island, illus. Lauren O’Neill), Climate SOS! and Guzzler’s Party (Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland, illus. by Alan Nolan).

Sarah Webb is an award-winning Irish children’s writer. Her books include Blazing a Trail: Irish Women who Changed the World (illus. Lauren O’Neill) and A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea: Favourite Rhymes from an Irish Childhood (illus. Steve McCarthy), both winners of Irish Book Awards. She is also Events Manager at Halfway up the Stairs children's bookshop in Greystones, Co Wicklow and runs creative writing clubs for young writers. www.sarahwebb.ie

Ashwin Chacko is an Indian author, illustrator and motivational speaker based in Ireland. He specialises in positively playful, visual storytelling to bring joy and encouragement. His mission is to champion creativity and empower people to find their inner spark through his art, books, talks & workshops. He has authored and illustrated several books including: Keep At It, Little Optimist, Everybody Feels Fear, A little book about Justice, and What Wondrous Shapes We Are.

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