Patricia Forde

• Jun-2026
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**'HUGELY hilarious' - Paddy Donnelly**
**A laugh-out loud book about a very unlikely friendship, by the Irish Children's Laureate**

Sophie can't wait for her birthday party. But when one of her invitations is accident...

• Mar-2025
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**The funniest new picture book of the year, from the Irish Children's Laureate**

*Shortlisted for the 2026 Peters Children's Book of the Year Award*

**'The perfect night-time read' - Daily Mail**
**'Hil...

• Jul-2024
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After the global warming came the Great Thaw. Following that came the Ark, whose new governor wants to prohibit speech for ever. Mair is a Word Crafter, and her work is to keep words alive. In the shadows of the trees, she and the other crafters teac...

• Sep-2023
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Written by the newly-appointed Laureate na n�"g (Ireland's Children's Literature Laureate)A gripping high-concept speculative middle-grade novel from the award-winning author of Bumpfizzle, the Best on Planet Earth and The List Aria lives on a well-...

• Dec-2022
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After the death of her master, Mair is promoted from apprentice to chief word keeper. Her task is to collect and archive the words of her community in a post-apocalyptic world. A Welsh adaptation by Mari George of The Last Word....

• Jun-2021
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Discover the mythical island of Hy Brasil Fia looks out her window and across the bay. She longs to see the mysterious island, which appears and disappears in the water.One night a moonbeam reaches across the bay and leads her to the island. She wal...

• Jan-2021
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A tale-of-truest friendship bookA fill-my-heart with love bookA read-again-and-again bookAn epic tale of love, loss, reunion and adventure on the high seas told through the friendship of a girl and her dog, Fidget.Written by debut picture-book author...

• Aug-2020
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In the powerful conclusion to the award-winning List duology, Letta must return from exile to fight for the people of Ark, even if it may cost her everything. Perfect for fans of The Giver, The Last Lie is a dystopian adventure for tweens and teens a...

• Sep-2019
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After global warming came the Melting. Then came Ark. The new dictator of Ark wants to silence speech for ever. But Letta is the wordsmith, tasked with keeping words alive. Out in the woods, she and the rebels secretly teach children language, music...

• Aug-2019
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• Jun-2018
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Bumpfizzle thinks he's an alien on a secret mission to Earth, but he might actually just be a boy who's jealous of his new baby sibling. His hilarious diary tells all about his funny misunderstandings, messy adventures and the strange humans he has t...

• Aug-2017
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You are The Wordsmith now. Are you ready for the challenge? The city of Ark is the last safe place on Earth. To make sure humans are able to survive, everyone in Ark must speak List, a language of only 500 words. Everyone that is, except Letta....

• Jul-2016
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The third�title featuring Lola, the little sister who's larger than life! Sure to entrance all beginner readers with its humor and fabulous illustrations. Poor Natalie's broken her leg and is stuck up in her bedroom all alone. But Lola has a plan to ...

• Sep-2011
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A funny, magical story about family and imagination from Patricia Forde. Natalie''s sister Lola has climbed up a tree and won''t come down. She says she''s at the wedding of Fizzy Izzy the tooth fairy and Solomon the spider. Then Grim the goblin star...

• Mar-2010
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Natalie's sister Lola has locked herself in the bathroom and won't come out. She's been caught by a witch and a dragon, and they are keeping her prisoner! When the witch gets angry and conjures up frogs -- which don't l...