Tread Softly

Nicola Reddy has worked in publishing for many years. By day, she edits books for readers of all ages, and by night, she loves to share her favourites with her two young kids. Originally from Waterford, she now lives in Dublin with her family and two very fluffy cats. This is her first book.Erin Brown is a Northern Irish illustrator who lives and works on the beautiful island of Jersey. After graduating from the University of Ulster with a bachelors degree in Fine Art, a passion for stories and children’s books took hold. She combines her love for hand drawn lines and traditional techniques with the flexibility and freedom of adding colour digitally. When she’s not working in her tiny studio, she can be found baking something overly sweet, exploring the forests and cliff paths of Jersey or down at the sea shore, watching the tide roll in.

• ‘Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven’ by W.B. Yeats page ‘Les Ballons’ by Oscar Wilde ‘Lambs’ by Katharine Tynan ‘On Snow: A Riddle’ by Jonathan Swift ‘On the Beach at Fontana’ by James Joyce ‘The Planter’s Daughter’ by Austin Clarke ‘The Heart of the Wood’, anonymous, translated by Lady Augusta Gregory ‘Freedom’ by George William (AE) Russell ‘Beg-Innish’ by J.M. Synge ‘A Mayo Love Song’ by Alice Milligan ‘The Fisherman’ by Lady Jane Wilde ‘Home’ by Francis Ledwidge ‘In Tír na nÓg’ by Ethna Carbery ‘The Wayfarer’ by Patrick Pearse ‘Echo’ by Thomas Moore ‘I Am Raftery the Poet’ by Antoine Ó Raifteirí, translated by Douglas Hyde ‘The Scholar and His Cat, Pangur Bán’, anonymous, translated by Robin Flower ‘The Little Waves of Breffny’ by Eva Gore-Booth ‘The Lake Isle of Innisfree’ by W.B. Yeats

‘Children’s Book of the Week’ lovely … a delight for both parents and children