“The Burpee Bears – A Christmas Adventure” is a new seasonal picture book by the celebrity fitness guru Joe Wicks. The story of the book revolves around the Burpee Bears getting ready for Christmas and the arrival of Granny Bear for Christmas. It’s snowing incessantly in the area, but the Burpee Bears have fun playing […]
“Learn Irish with Fiadh – An Nollaig” is a new English/Irish bilingual picture book. The book is aimed at younger children to help them to learn new Irish vocabulary in a fun way. It’s also aimed at parents/teachers to assist the young child in learning this new Irish vocabulary. The first book in this series […]
This is a good book and I am happy to be the one to review it. It is an amazing book in my opinion with a lot of joy and fun. I think Izzy is a great young inspiring girl with a lot of stories to tell with her little puppy boots. It is great […]
“Father Christmas Needs a Wee!” is a seasonal picture book that will definitely appeal to younger pupils. It tells the story of how Father Christmas has been indulging in drinks and treats at all of the houses that he has visited. Unfortunately, then nature calls and he needs a wee! What is he to do? […]
From the pen of the well-known Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Victoria Sandoy, The Christmas Pine tells the beautiful story of the journey of a pine tree in its forest setting to a city square to act as its centrepiece Christmas Tree. The story, told in verse, is actually based on a true story, celebrating […]
Like many customs and traditions associated with the Christmas season, stories vary as to their exact origins. The following information about the traditional Christmas song, “The Twelve Days of Christmas”, was found on an internet website: “The 12 Days of Christmas” was originally published as a Christmas Carol in 1780. But some say its origins […]
“Monster Christmas”, written by Giles Andreae and illustrated by Nikki Dyson, is a beautiful picture book which has just been published in a new paperback edition. The story, told in rhyming verse, surrounds a time when Father Christmas feels that he is getting too old to deliver Christmas presents around the world again. He feels […]
Irish music website Dabbledoo Music has put together some Free seasonal music activities for use in the classroom in the run-up to Christmas. There are three different activities to choose from. The first is aimed at younger classes where they can sing along to a variety of Christmas tunes, both traditional and modern. The second […]
Welcome back to Nollaig Shona, your Seomra Ranga website for all your Christmas resources! After a lot of planning, designing and preparation over the last few months, the revamped website is finally ready. First set up in 2011, the website needed an update for its tenth birthday. The website has got a good Spring […]
Did you know some of the following facts about the Christmas period and Christmas traditions and customs: A traditional Christmas dinner in early England was the head of a pig prepared with mustard. It is believed that the tradition of using the Crib to tell the story of the Nativity was started by St […]