Gerry Daly

We always enjoy thinking up endpapers for the Puffling books.

For Puffling and the Stormy Sea (just out from @theobrienpress.bsky.social ) we focused on the basking shark who plays a starring role.

The front endpapers are a wallpaper. Is that a rabbit with a beak? Yes 😊

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Thanks 😊 🙏

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“Erika and Gerry's Puffling is one of the best picture book series out there, and this new entry meets the bar they've set.”

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Book cover with illustration in the background

Happy publication day to ‘Puffling and the Stormy Sea’ written by @erikamcgann.bsky.social and illustrated by @gerrydalyart.bsky.social 🌊
 
Available in all bookshops!

A copy of children's picture book Puffling and the Stormy Sea propped up next to a stuffed toy of a puffling. The book cover features a wild sea background in blues and greens, with the main Puffling character in the foreground, smiling while balancing on the back of a basking shark. Above the title overhead is a rainbow.

🎉PUB DAY🎉

Puffling and the Stormy Sea by me and @gerrydalyart.bsky.social is out today!

Published by @theobrienpress.bsky.social and available in your lovely local bookshop 😊

Happy book birthday Puffling! 🥳🌟

Out today from @theobrienpress.bsky.social Puffling and the Stormy Sea is an amazing new adventure for Puffling by @erikamcgann.bsky.social and was a total joy to illustrate.

Huge thanks to all the OBP team 😊

#picturebook #illustration #discoveririshkidsbooks

Puffling and the Stormy Sea will be published trw by @theobrienpress.bsky.social

It was a lot of fun to illustrate @erikamcgann.bsky.social ’s amazing new Puffling story 😊

I really enjoyed painting many stormy sea scenes. Using impasto, gouache, oil pastel.

#picturebook #illustration #puffin

Coming soon from @theobrienpress.bsky.social a gorgeous and stunning new book from @erikamcgann.bsky.social and Conor Busuttil!
#picturebook #discoveririshkidsbooks

Puffling books collection

‘Puffling and the Stormy Sea’ is the newest addition to @erikamcgann.bsky.social and @gerrydalyart.bsky.social’s Puffling books family!

When a brave little puffling from Skellig Michael ends up far from home, will her new friends be able to help her find her way back?

Out next week!

More bookish goodness! The super-sweet Puffling and the Stormy Sea by @erikamcgann.bsky.social and @gerrydalyart.bsky.social; games and mystery are afoot in Blowing the Whistle by Gerard Siggins, and it's creepytimes at sea with Amy Clerkin and Where the Shadows Hide. #OBrienPress

Thanks so much! 🙏😊

Aw so brill 👏 Delighted it all went well Trish! 🙏

Thanks a mil for featuring our books! 💜 Fab work everyone @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social
And well done all the nature trailers! 👏👏
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Thank you so much @ravenbooks.bsky.social! 💜

Our new book! 💜

Puffling and the Stormy Sea by @erikamcgann.bsky.social and me will be published very soon by @theobrienpress.bsky.social

Always mega to get a first copy in hand. Can’t wait to reveal more, and see Puffling’s thrilling new adventure out in the world 😊
#illustration #picturebook

Puffling illustration and book cover with blue font

A brave little puffling lives on Skellig Michael.
It’s a windy, stormy day – a perfect day for a wild adventure.
But she ends up far from home!
Can her new animal friends help her find her way back?

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“packed with adventure for young readers with many twists and turns”

What a lovely review of “Puffling and the Stormy Sea” from @childrensbooksireland.ie

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Puifín Beag ar an fhuinneog álainn 💜@ansiopaleabhar.bsky.social

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Freya did great finding on her Puffling Seaside Nature Trail!

Running all summer, check it out in store Mon to Sat 10-5:30!
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A new Puffling book! 🥳
Absolutely loved painting so many stormy scenes.

1/ We are delighted to announce the launch of our Puffling Seaside Nature Trail, running through July and August, kindly supported by the #booksatonecommunityfund Inspired by the Puffling books, by @erikamcgann.bsky.social & @gerrydalyart.bsky.social , published by @theobrienpress.bsky.social

Page of Inis Magazine with cover of Puifín Beag agus an Dorchadas

“Is scéal é seo a thógfadh do chroí, agus chuirfeadh sé i gcuimhne duit d’óige fosta!”

July’s Inis Magazine features a brilliant review of @erikamcgann.bsky.social and @gerrydalyart.bsky.social’s ‘Puifín Beag agus an Dorchadas’ - a sweet, endearing picture book translated by Muireann ní Chíobháin.

Illustrator Gerry Daly in front of Halfway Up The Stairs’ store windows holding one of his books.

White table with several Puffling colouring books, signed by Gerry Daly

Flipchart with the hand drawn illustration of a seal and a crab

Illustrator @gerrydalyart.bsky.social spent a lovely Saturday at @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social reading Puffling stories, bringing them to life through gorgeous illustrations, signing copies and, this time, he even launched a Puffling nature trail!
 
Make sure you check out his handy work!

Always fab to visit @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social
Paint the window! Read stories! Draw pictures! & sign books!
We also launched a Puffling nature trail 😊
Tnx everyone for coming!
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Join us for a Puffling event with illustrator @gerrydalyart.bsky.social tomorrow (Saturday) at 3pm!

Can’t wait to visit @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social this Sat 😊

Tnx Oisín!

Out today in paperback 😊
It’s Too Dark, Puffling by @erikamcgann.bsky.social and me is published by @theobrienpress.bsky.social
Available in all bookshops

“Adorable” The Irish Times

Picture book cover of the new paperback ‘It’s Too Dark, Puffling’ in front of a background illustration from the book and the words Out in Paperback in yellow.

The beloved tale of ‘It’s Too Dark, Puffling’ is now available in paperback!
 
Available in all bookshops, the perfect night-time read.

Thank you Arts Council for their help in making this publication possible.

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The new greenway in Dublin port is so fab! 💜 will be visiting this a lot

#dublin #bike