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I am so lucky to spend my life working with books and stories. I've run groups for babies, toddlers and their parents in libraries, reading stories and introducing children and carers to great books; I spend time writing and I'm Editor-at-Large for the magnificent independent publisher, AlannaMax in the UK.
In my spare time, I read - what a wonderful life!
There are some Children's Books on my shelves (obviously) but for a more comprehensive selection of children's recommendations, look at Lulu's shelves:
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	Lola at the Library by Anna McQuinn (Goodreads Author), Rosalind Beardshaw (Illustrator) 4.12 avg rating — 2,531 ratings — published 2006 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lola Plants a Garden by Anna McQuinn (Goodreads Author), Rosalind Beardshaw (Illustrator) 4.04 avg rating — 869 ratings — published 2014 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lola Loves Stories 4.10 avg rating — 852 ratings — published 2009 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lola Gets a Cat by Anna McQuinn (Goodreads Author), Rosalind Beardshaw (Illustrator) 4.15 avg rating — 549 ratings — published 2016 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lola Reads to Leo (3 Lola Reads) 3.97 avg rating — 530 ratings — published 2011 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leo Can Swim (2 Leo Can!) by Anna McQuinn (Goodreads Author), Ruth Hearson (Illustrator) 3.83 avg rating — 363 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lola Goes to School by Anna McQuinn (Goodreads Author), Rosalind Beardshaw (Illustrator) 3.95 avg rating — 337 ratings — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leo Loves Baby Time by Anna McQuinn (Goodreads Author), Ruth Hearson (Illustrator) 3.89 avg rating — 313 ratings — published 2014 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leo Gets a Checkup by Anna McQuinn (Goodreads Author), Ruth Hearson (Illustrator) 3.91 avg rating — 196 ratings — published 2018 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lola Meets the Bees by Anna McQuinn (Goodreads Author), Rosalind Beardshaw (Illustrator) 4.10 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 2024 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The late 1980’s in Ireland was a challenging place. It was hard to find employment and opportunities were few and far between. So it was, that like so many of my generation, immediately on graduation I emigrated in search of work and opportunities.

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Lola Reads (10 books)
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Anna McQuinn (Goodreads Author),

Rosalind Beardshaw (Illustrator)

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Leo Can! (10 books)
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Anna McQuinn (Goodreads Author),

Ruth Hearson (Illustrator)

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Glenmore Valley (2 books)
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Anna McQuinn (Goodreads Author),

Paul Young (Illustrations)

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Lola's Nana-Bibi Comes to Visit (Lola Reads)

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“Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.”
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“There is no intensity of love or feeling that does not involve the risk of crippling hurt. It is a duty to take this risk, to love and feel without defense or reserve.”
― William S. Burroughs

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My eternal thanks for writing such a lovely, lovely story. I am still reading "Lola" to my daughter. It remains one of our favorite "before bed" books!

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Thankyou for telling me about this site and for rating Daddy's Truck. I can't wait to do the same for you.

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