Books with author Doyle Malachy

A heart-warming read-aloud (shout-aloud!) comedy from Malachy Doyle, boldly illustrated by Ed Vere, about a very noisy family and a very quiet middle child ... who just wants some PEACE!! The Bungles are ever such a noisy bunch and Sam, the middle Bungle, is desperate to escape his booming, twooting, banging, clanging family. So off he wanders into the wood for some peace and quiet. Deeper and deeper he goes, until ... EEK! What's that climbing up his trouser leg? BEEK! He's lost and cold and scared! But wait ... what can he hear?! A boomty-boomty-booming! Who could it be? You've guessed it! It's his family all a-banging, squeaking and squawking! Sam realizes that quiet may be good ... but sometimes noisy's just as good - especially when you're lost!

Martin can't believe his eyes when a strange girl emerges from the sea. "How can I go home now my sea-cloak is in tatters?" she cries. "When I wore it I could fly, walk, and swim to my home at the bottom of the sea." Martin and his mother decide to help Una, and Martin searches far and wide for the things they need to repair her cloak: silver grasses, tiny green feathers, rare shells. Then comes the day when Una can at last fly away, and soon Martin begins to miss his new friend in this haunting tale woven from Irish folktales.

When the bold boy finds a pea, he puts it in his nut-brown bag and he does a little dance and he sings a little song and off he toddles. He finds an old lady to look after the pea, but her speckledy hen eats it. When the bold boy finds out, he pops the speckledy hen into his nut-brown bag, saying "Naughty, naughty! You ate my pea so now you're mine, for that's the law where I come from!" And so it continues, until the bold boy discovers that the law where he comes from is not necessarily the law of the land!

What are Sandcastle Stompers? Where would you find a Wooden Hill? What would you do with a Brainbox Banana? Who is Pickpocket and how does Soggadrop save the day? Find out when you spend the night with Hickory Horseradish at the Great Castle of Marshmangle. This rhythmic romp with words was Malachy Doyle and artist Paul Hess' first book for Andersen Press. The thrilling perspectives and energetic humor of the pictures match the inventiveness of the text.