Ellie and The Fairy Door

About Alice TaylorLena Angland

Lena Angland is a mum of three from Innishannon Co. Cork. She created the Wanderly app with the aim of using technology to encourage children to get outdoors get active and to add wonder to everyday wanders. This is her first book. Alice Taylor lives in the village of Innishannon in County Cork in a house attached to the local supermarket and post office. To School Through the Fields was published in May 1988. It was an immediate success and quickly became the biggest selling book ever published in Ireland. One of Ireland's most popular authors this is her first book for children. Audrey Dowling is a French artist and illustrator living in County Kilkenny. She initially pursued a career in the fashion industry in Paris but somehow ended up in the Irish countryside. Her surroundings inspire her work as well as folklore from all cultures fairy tales and vintage imagery. Her universe is colourful and narrative often praised as graceful and poetic.