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There are a lot of books to enjoy from our TumbleBook collection. Today, we have chosen ‘Ook the Book’, written by Lissa Rovetch and illustrated by Shannon McNeill. Ook the Book is full of animated rhymes.

My Family and Other Animals is the first book in The Corfu Trilogy, the inspiration for ITV's The Durrells.

There are a lot of books to enjoy from our TumbleBook collection. Today, we have chosen ‘Martin MacGregor’s Snowman’, written by Lisa Broadie Cook and illustrated by Adam McCauley.

In this crazy absurd existence that we are all living through at the present time, the need for distraction and diversion is essential. Music is something which we can use to relax and keep our sanity. In the e resources at Dublin City Library you can access music for free.

There are a lot of books to enjoy from our TumbleBook collection. Today, we have chosen ‘The Wind in the Willows’, written by Kenneth Grahame. Enjoy this timeless tale about Rat, Mole, Badger, and Toad.

This is the perfect title for the book and I doubt there is a single female out there who hasn’t waited for a call that never came. Well, if you want to be reminded, this is the book for you.

There are a lot of books to enjoy from our TumbleBook collection. Today, we have chosen ‘The Story of Snow’, written by Mark Cassino and Jon Nelson and illustrated by Nora Aoyagi.

In this fascinating, well written and accessible biography, the two authors tell us the remarkable history of Fine Gael, from its origins in the violent struggle of the Civil War years to a century later, being in a coalition government with its sworn enemy Fianna Fáil.

Professor Luke O'Neill is a rock star of these times so I thought I'd check if he had published any books and was delighted to find "Humanology : a scientist's guide to our amazing existence".