Siobhan Parkinson

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  • Bibliography:
    30 Books
  • First Book:
    April 1994
  • Latest Book:
    November 2021
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Girls of Many Lands

Kathleen : The Celtic Knot ()

Book List in Order: 30 titles

  • The Leprechaun Who Wished He Wasn't

    Laurence is a leprechaun who has been small for 1100 years and is sick of it! He wants to be TALL. He wants to be cool. Then he meet Phoebe, a large girl who wants to be small. When she invites him to live in her house, Laurence is delighted. He st...

  • No Peace for Amelia

    It's 1916 but Amelia Pim's thoughts are on Frederick Goodbody and not on the war in Europe. Then Frederick enlists. The pacifist Quaker community is shocked but Amelia is secretly proud of her hero and goes to the quayside to wave him farewell. For h...

  • Amelia

    The year is 1914 and Amelia Pim will soon be thirteen. There are rumours of war and rebellion, and Dublin is holding its breath for major, dramatic events. But all that matters to Amelia is what she will wear to her birthday party and how she can be ...

  • Four Kids, Three Cats, Two Cows, One Witch

    Beverley, a bit of a snob, cooks up a plot to visit the island off the coast. She manages to convince the somewhat cautious Elizabeth and her slob of a brother, Gerard, to come along. A surprise companion is Kevin, the cool guy who works in the local...

  • The Moon King

    Ricky has withdrawn from the world into his own inner space. Placed in a foster home which is full of sunshine and goodness, he is uncertain how to become part of family life. He often retreats to his favourite hideaway, a special chair in the attic,...

  • Call of the Whales

    Over three summers, Tyke journeys with his anthropologist father to the remote and icy wilderness of the Arctic. Each summer bring short intense friendships with the Eskimos, and adventures 'which Mum doesn't need to know about'. Tyke is saved fro...

  • Animals Don't Have Ghosts

    The sequel to Cows Are Vegetarians. Sinead and Dara, Michelle's country cousins, come up to 'the big smoke' to visit Michelle and her mum. The bright lights and fast life of the big city take her cousins by surprise, but Michelle delights in showing ...

  • Cows Are Vegetarians

    Michelle is a city girl who visits the country for the first time and is rudely awakened to the differences between city life and country life. To her, cows are wild animals who are ready to pounce. She can't get used to the place at all-having to we...

  • Kathleen: The Celtic Knot



  • Sisters...No Way!: Cindy's Diary, Ashling's Diary

    Cindy, a with-it and cynical young teen, still traumatised by her mother's recent death, is appalled when her father falls in love with one of her teachers, a woman with two teenage daughters of her own. Surely he can't be serious? She cannot imagine...

  • The Thirteenth Room

    It has been nine years since the death of a young girl on the Taggart farm near the quiet Irish village of Dromadden. But memories of the tragedy are vividly and powerfully called up when Niamh comes to Planten to nurse the dying Taggart, enraged and...

  • Blue Like Friday

    NOT EVERYONE SEES THE WORLD THROUGH THE SAME LENS. From the author of Something Invisible comes this funny and poignant novel about the hues of friendship.Spunky Olivia and eccentric Hal are an unlikely pair. While Hal suffers from a neurological co...

  • The Henny Penny Tree

    A new tale in a traditional style. Great Uncle Fergus gives a gold coin, a silver coin and a copper coin to his three nieces, Tall One, Middling and Littlest. Now, you can buy lots of lovely things with gold and silver, but what can the Littlest girl...

  • Long Story Short

    From Ireland's first laureate for children's literature comes a story of abuse and neglect told with sincerity, heart, and a healthy dose of humor. Jono has always been able to cope with his mother's drinking, but when she hits his little sister ...

  • Kate

    When Kate goes to her very first Irish dancing lesson she is smitten: It's like flying, she decides. It's the best thing she's ever done. But, coming from a poor family in Dublin's Liberties in the 1930s, how can Kate continue with her dancing? How c...

  • Spellbound: Tales of Enchantment from Ancient Ireland

    Eight ancient legends of Ireland, told for younger children by an acclaimed Irish writer and reviewer. The stories are all linked by themes of magic and enchantment, and are perfectly matched by Irish illustrator Olwyn Whelan's brightly coloured and ...

  • Spellbound

    Eight ancient legends of Ireland, told for younger children by an acclaimed Irish writer and reviewer. The stories are all linked by themes of magic and enchantment, and are perfectly matched by Irish illustrator Olwyn Whelan's brightly coloured a...

  • Sisters ... No Way!

    Cindy, a with-it and cynical young teen, still traumatised by her mother's recent death, is appalled when her father falls in love with one of her teachers, a woman with two teenage daughters of her own. Surely he can't be serious? She cannot imagine...

  • Beyond the Stars

    A witty short story from the collection, BEYOND THE STARS, written and illustrated by two Irish talents in children’s fiction todayThe first great snowfall of winter and Brian and his friends can’t contain their excitement. They rush out to play ...



  • Second Fiddle: Or How to Tell a Blackbird from a Sausage

    Aspiring writer Mags Clarke has just moved with her mother to a new area after the death of her father. Because her feet are usually firmly planted on the ground, Mags is cautious about befriending Gillian, whom she enchantingly finds playing the vio...

  • Something Invisible

    Eleven-year-old Jake likes thinking, encyclopedias, and football. And fish. Although he's not so sure about everything else--especially girls, or little sisters, or stepdads. But an unlikely friendship with eccentric Stella Daly helps him figure out ...

  • Second Fiddle

  • Alexandra

    Alexandra loves swinging and splashing her bright red shoes. And her mum. She doesn’t much like having her hair washed, though, and she definitely does not like the dark. Warm stories of everyday life by Ireland’s first Children’s Laureate, gre...

  • Fionnuala

    Four short stories about the everyday life of a little girl -- reminiscent of Shirley Hughes, from Ireland's first Children's Laureate

    Alexandra’s adventures include changing her name, bedtime fears, and a plaster disaster. These ...

  • Miraculous Miranda

    A touching new tale of hope and miracles from the award-winning Siobhan Parkinson.I love Miranda and so will you - Eoin Colfer, author of Artemis Fowl Miranda has a Big Imagination, and always wins Word of the Day at school. When her sister Gemma i...

  • Magic!

    Edited by ex-Children's Laureate Siobhan Parkinson, seven top Irish writers write brand new fairy tales for the 21st century, but with plenty of the magic, wisdom and laughter that we find in the traditional Irish tales. Including wolves and drago...

  • Rocking the System

    Twenty essays on Irish women, historical and contemporary, who have defied cultural norms around femininity and achieved great things. The subjects include Irish women from Queen Medb to Eileen Gray, from Constance Markievicz to Sonia O'Sullivan, cov...

  • Evie's Christmas Wishes

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    Girls of Many Lands

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Siobhan Parkinson has published 30 books.

Siobhan Parkinson does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Evie's Christmas Wishes, was published in November 2021.

The first book by Siobhan Parkinson, The Leprechaun Who Wished He Wasn't, was published in April 1994.

No. Siobhan Parkinson does not write books in series.
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