Paddy Donnelly

Paddy Donnelly

  • 5 stars across 25 books
Paddy Donnelly is an Irish author and illustrator living in Belgium, who has illustrated many children’s books, including Fox & Son Tailers, The Golden Hare, The Vanishing Lake and Dodos Are Not Extinct. He has been nominated twice for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration and in 2023 he won the Judges’ Special Award at the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards. His books have been published worldwide, in many languages.


 


Paddy introduced us to the imaginative, little fox Rory in Fox & Son Tailers, which was featured as a World Book Day book in 2025, was shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards in 2022, and won the Literacy Association of Ireland Biennial Children’s Book Award in 2023. He hopes that this latest Ballybrush story will encourage parents and children to sit down and make a book together – just like Badger and Rory.
12th September 2024

Ava and the Acorn

All the things that you've lost - that you've loved - are not gone, When they're held in your heart, a small part still ... MoreAva and the Acorn

(14 reviews) Review
2nd May 2024

Daddy's Footsteps: A dinosaur adventure

A perfect story to read with Dad, from multi-award-winning author Michelle Robinson. Following in their daddies' giganti... MoreDaddy's Footsteps: A dinosaur adventure

(11 reviews) Review
4th March 2021

Hom

Hom is the last of his kind. I don’t know what kind of creature he is, and nobody knows he exists... apart from me. When... MoreHom

(6 reviews) Review
3rd October 2019

A Sea of Stories

A range of simple stories for new readers, with beautiful colour illustrations. Whenever Roo visits Grandpa, she love... MoreA Sea of Stories

(4 reviews) Review
28th October 2021

The Last Seaweed Pie

By buying this book, you are making a donation of 3% to the Marine Conservation Society.... MoreThe Last Seaweed Pie

(2 reviews) Review
4th April 2019

Jack and the Jungle: A Bloomsbury Young Reader: Purple Book Band

Book Band: Purple (Ideal for ages 6+)An imaginative story, ideal for children practising their reading at home or in sch... MoreJack and the Jungle: A Bloomsbury Young Reader: Purple Book Band

(1 review) Review
2nd February 2021

Here Be Dragons

Children will love this hilarious book about a silly knight who goes in search of a dragon to battle!The other knights h... MoreHere Be Dragons

(1 review) Review
6th July 2023

Wolves in Helicopters

Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for IllustrationCan Hop find a way to escape the wolves in her nightmares, even if they... MoreWolves in Helicopters

(1 review) Review
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