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If you're looking for something to share with students, children and Grandchildren, then these books are perfect. Fabulous stories and beautiful illustrations and such positive messages.

Polonius the Pit Pony
When a family of Travelling woodworkers take in an unwanted Pit Pony, little do they know he's going to be their hero!

"What a pleasure to read!  With lively text, lovingly drawn illustrations and engaging plot, both my boys were captivated.

I would strongly recommend this book because it is a multi-layered, stereotype-challenging book about determination and courage and kindness. And it is just lovely to read and to think about, even long after you’ve come to the end of it."    Amy, Isaac, age 5 and Cassius, age 3.
For free resources http://www.childs-play.com/teacher-zone/about_polonius_the_pit_pony.htmlorld 

Traveller boy Yokki, uses his amazing storytelling skills to lift the spirits of his whole family. A traditional tale which inspires hope and celebrates the positive values of creativity.
What's your Parno Gry?
 
Traveller girl Ossiri proves that a lack of money is no barrier to making your own musical instrument and even when no one else seems to like the noise you make, if you believe in yourself amazing things can happen.
What's your Tatting Django?

This story made me feel hopeful towards the future. ‘Yokki and the Parno Gry’ is a wonderful tale of what a child’s hope and imagination can bring to a family, Ruby Leigh Smith
 
Signed copies are available £6.99 each plus postage.just email rroneill@aol.com or buy direct from Amazon.

 
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Yokki-Parno-Childs-Play-Library/dp/1846439264/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461760052&sr=1-10https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ossiri-Bala-Mengro-Childs-Play-Library/dp/1846439248/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461760052&sr=1-9


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The Show Must Go On
A fabulous collaboration with Michelle Russell
An authentic and delightful insight into the world of a funfair family
‘Nestled quietly by the railway and the river, in the Showman’s Yard, a treasure trove can be found … but only by those who really look, and really listen.’
Follow Mary Ann and her travelling Showmen family as they defend their yard from developers. The generations work together to help everyone understand that Grandad Henry is right: ‘not all treasure glistens’.
We would like to thank the children and teachers of Thorntree Primary School, Glasgow, as well as Christine Stirling from The Showmen’s Guild for their invaluable help in the development of this title.
'I would recommend this as a book that brings Showpeople and their lifestyle alive'. Valerie Moody (MBE), National Education Liaison Officer for The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain
£5.80 available from all good bookshops

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It's here and it's even weirder than vol 1!!!! So it gives us great pleasure to announce the publication of
Mr O'Neill's Weird and Wondrous Tales from the North Volume 2
Children and adults (some of then even teachers) have been asking Mr O’Neiil for another collection of weird and wondrous tales, well here they are.In volume 1 we met everyone and everything from a baby made of bread, to a man who lives inside a TV set and one who lives under a very famous football pitch, to an unusual lump of chewing gum, a dangerous boy and a special pair of slippers. you. This time we meet a Mud Monster an amazing Parrot and a really awful head teacher. Due to popular demand there's also the bonus of 5 of Mr O'Neill's Nutty Nursery Rhymes.
Good clean weird fun, perfect for upper KS1, KS2, KS3 to read on their own or ideal for family reading. Allows children to have fun with their reading but also to realise that you can create funny and interesting stories from the world around you without having to copy off video games or TV.


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Mr O'Neill's Weird and Wonderous tales
Children and adults have been asking Mr O’Neiil for a while now to put his best, weird and wondrous tales from the North into a book. Well here they are, so don’t say you haven’t been warned!!!
In this collection of short stories, we meet everyone and everything from a baby made of bread, to a man who lives inside a TV set and one who lives under a very famous football pitch, to an unusual lump of chewing gum, a dangerous boy and a special pair of slippers. If you like weird and funny then these stories are for
you. 
Good clean weird fun, perfect for KS2 to read on their own or ideal for family reading. Allows children to have fun with their reading but also to realise that you can create funny and interesting stories from the world around you without having to copy off video games or TV.        

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