Children's books review: Fresh tales well worth racing off to the bookstore to grab

Pet O’Connell rounds up a fresh selection of the latest children’s books, from the understanding of individuality, to stories from two Irish racing legends
Children's books review: Fresh tales well worth racing off to the bookstore to grab

 

Rowan Tree Stables: Horse Show Surprise by Nina Carberry, illustrated by Nuno Alexandre Vieira (Gill Books, €13)

What makes a good story isn’t a celebrity name on the cover, but the words within. As it happens though, the words within the latest children’s books from two of Ireland’s best-known female ex-jockeys are well worth a flutter.

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