This book “a fitting tribute to the stunning plant life” of Dublin Zoo, and “a fascinating account of gardening ingenuity”.
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Girl (In Real Life), Reviewed
“I really liked this book, but what I liked the most was the way that it addressed how not all social media is good,” writes our 11-year-old reviewer.
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New Book on Life in a Dublin Social-Housing Estate Looks Beyond Narrative of Deprivation
“People have much richer lives, and they’re much more textured, and deep and emotional, and full of care, and struggles and heartbreak,” author John Bissett says.
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All This Happened, More or Less, Reviewed
“Intelligent, beautiful writing. Every sentence carries weight, enlightens or cuts. This is the art form of essay writing at its very best.”
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The Pawnbroker’s Reward, Reviewed
“Full of heart and heartbreak”, this book by singer-songwriter Declan O’Rourke “resurrects the time of the famine with care and honesty”.
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Kids’ Books in Languages Other than English and Irish Can Be Hard to Find in Dublin
But some 18 percent of people living in Dublin reported speaking a language other than English or Irish at home, in the 2016 Census.
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This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health, Reviewed
The author, Nathan Filer, “has chosen his interview subjects with care. There are stories of both tragedy and triumph, and of shades in between”.
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Grimwood, Reviewed
“This book is funny, exciting and full of adventure. It shows good friendships,” says our 6 ½-year-old reviewer.
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Dolly Considine’s Hotel, Reviewed
“Funny, surreal and complex”, this novel “skillfully spins a web of tales around a fictional hotel and bar in the heart of Dublin city”.
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Toto the Ninja Cat and the Legend of the Wildcat, Reviewed
“This book is exciting because they keep having new mysteries to solve and there are a lot of surprises – and it is funny!” writes our seven-year-old reviewer.