Ulchabháin Óga (Owl Babies)
A beautifully translated Irish language edition of the perennial best seller Owl Babies. An ideal first foray into Gaeilge for the very young!
Three baby owls, Sarah, Percy and Bill, wake up one night in their hole in a tree to find that their mother has gone. So they sit on a branch and wait... Darkness gathers and the owls grow anxious, wondering when their mother will return. But, at last, she does and they bounce up and down with joy, welcoming her home. This stunning title reassures little children that Mommy will always come home.
Martin Waddell is a master storyteller for children and has over 220 published titles to his name, selling in excess of 20 million copies around the world. His picture books have sold over 18 million copies with Can't You Sleep, Little Bear and Farmer Duck both winning the Smarties award. He was also the winner of the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen award in 2004. He lives in Newcastle, Co. Down.
Patrick Benson has won many awards for his work, including the Mother Goose Award and the Kurt Maschler Award. He gained great acclaim for his illustrations in Owl Babies and went on to illustrate The MinPins by Roald Dahl, The Little Boat by Kathy Henderson and The Sea-Thing Child by Russell Hoban. He lives in Denholm, Hawick, Scotland.