Following the success of her debut children’s book in 2019, Lucy Kennedy is back this autumn, with The Friendship Fairies Go to School – publishing Friday 28 August, timed perfectly for the new school year to help children with back to school nerves.
Known for her infectious sense of humour on Radio Nova every morning and her hit TV show Living with Lucy, this year the busy mum of three added another string to her bow as she finished writing her second children’s book during lockdown, all while juggling broadcasting from her living room and home-schooling. Lucy says of her latest book, ‘We have all been home together for so long that the return to school will be even more rife with nerves and jitters this September - for children and their parents! I hope that my book goes some way towards showing children that back to school and new school nerves are the norm and hopefully they can be brave and get through it and come out smiling at the end of the day. It paints a magical picture of school that I hope will get little ones excited about the new term, all going well over the next few weeks!’
The Friendship Fairies Go to School is a charming, and beautifully told story that reunites Lucy with superb illustrator Phillip Cullen for another wonderful adventure that young readers will adore. Written with Lucy’s trademark sense of fun, The Friendship Fairies was first published in 2019 and became an instant hit as children all over Ireland fell in love with the Dixon sisters Emme, Holly and Jess. In book two we see the return of the cheeky fairy trio, as they get ready to go back to school after their summer holidays – only this year, Emme is starting a new school, Bell-Spell Castle, and is nervous about making friends and settling into her new class without her sisters by her side.
The Friendship Fairies Go to School by Lucy Kennedy, illustrated by Philip Cullen will be published by Gill Books on 28 August 2020, priced €12.99. Order online or buy instore from Dubray Books and receive a free Friendship Fairies pencil case (while stocks last).
