Children's Books

My very first book was a children’s book called Kids Can Cook, published in 1997 by the Children’s Press. Since then I have written or edited many other children’s books. Check the pages to the left for more details of the individual titles.

I worked as a children’s bookseller for many years and I am passionate about children’s books, from the amazing illustrated picture books of Maurice Sendak, Beatrice Alemagna and Oliver Jeffers, to the YA novels of Deirdre Sullivan and Patrick Ness.

My latest book is a children’s novel set in Dublin in 1911 called The Little Bee Charmer of Henrietta Street.

You can buy all my children’s books at Halfway Up the Stairs, an independent children’s bookshop in Greystones, Ireland.

My Children’s Books:

(in order of publication)

Kids Can Cook, Kids Can Cook Around the World, Children’s Parties

The Eason Guide to Children’s Books

Mad About Books: The Dubray Guide to Children’s Books (2 editions)

Ask Amy Green: Boy Trouble, Ask Amy Green: Summer Secrets, Ask Amy Green: Bridesmaid Blitz

Emma the Penguin (for early readers)

Ask Amy Green: Love and Other Drama-Ramas, Ask Amy Green: Dancing Daze, Ask Amy Green: Wedding  Belles

Sally Go Round the Stars: Rhymes from an Irish Childhood - with Claire Ranson and Steve McCarthy

Beyond the Stars (Editor)

The Songbird Cafe Girls: Mollie Cinnamon is Not a Cupcake, The Songbird Cafe Girls: Sunny Days and Moon Cakes, The Songbird Cafe Girls: Aurora and the Popcorn Dolphin 

A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea: Favourite Rhymes from an Irish Childhood - with Steve McCarthy - winner of the Irish Book Awards Junior Category

Blazing a Trail: Irish Women Who Changed the World - with Lauren O'Neill - winner of the Irish Book Awards Senior Category (2018)

Dare to Dream: Irish People Who Took on the World (and Won!) with Graham Corcoran - nominated for an Irish Book Award (2019)

Animal Crackers: Fantastic Facts About Your Favourite Animals with Alan Nolan (2020)

The One with the Waggly Tail: Faourite Rhymes from an Irish Childhood with Steve McCarthy (2020)

The Little Bee Charmer of Henrietta Street (2021)

Be Inspired! Young Irish People Changing the World (2022) illustrated by Graham Corcoran