Scéal Trail Amuigh Faoin Spéir: The Story

An Scéal

Buaiteoir Ghradam Réics Carló 2023
Gearrliosta LAI 2023 Catagóir 0-5

Tá Rua breá sásta go bhfuil an deireadh seachtaine ann agus gur féidir leis luí siar ar an tolg agus féachaint ar chartúin ar feadh an lae. Ach tá plean iomlán éagsúil ag Mamaí don lá. B'fhearr le Rua fanacht sa bhaile, áit a bhfuil sé te teolaí, tirim agus glan - ach an éireoidh leis? 

Scéal álainn a dhéanann ceiliúradh ar an domhan nádúrtha agus ar bheith neadaithe go teolaí ar an tolg i ndiaidh eactra mhór amuigh faoin spéir.

Údar: Sadhbh Devlin

Maisitheoir: Brian Fitzgerald

​​​​​​​Foilsithe: 2022

Aoisghrúpa: 3+

Sadhbh Devlin

Is scríbhneoir do pháistí í Sadhbh Devlin. Tá cúig pictiúirleabhar dá cuid foilsithe ag Futa Fata. Tá cónaí uirthi i mBré, Co. Chill Mhantáin lena fear chéile, a hiníní, Lile agus Sábha agus caitín dána d’arbh ainm Pico.

Tá céim aici sa Drámaíocht agus an Nua-Ghaeilge ó Choláiste na Tríonóide, BÁC agus d’oibrigh sí ar feadh na blianta i ‘saol na Gaeilge’, go príomha le Comhluadar Teo. – eagraíocht a thug tacaíocht do thuismitheoirí a bhí ag tógáil clainne le Gaeilge.

Bíonn Sadhbh ag obair ar chláracha teilifíse do TG4 freisin agus tá taithí aici bheith ag obair mar; Láithreoir, Taighdeoir  agus Cúntóir Léiriúcháin. Tá sí le feiceáil ag déanamh ealaín agus lámh-cheardaíocht ar Cúla4 ar Scoil!

Is ball í de Children’s Books Ireland, Irish Writer’s Centre, Writers in Schools agus Aontas na Scríbhneoirí Gaeilge. Scríobhann sí léirmheasana d’Inis Magazine agus tá sí ar fáil le ceardlainne éagsúla a bhaineann leis an litríocht a dhéanamh i scoileanna, ag leabharlanna agus ag féilte.

Bhí sí mar Scríbhneoir Cónaithe le dlr i 2019/2020.

Bhí sí mar Scríbhneoir Conáithe Gaeilge le DCU le haghaidh 2022.

Brian Fitzgerald

Is maisitheoir Éireannach é Brian Fitzgerald a bhfuil duaiseanna buaite aige agus a chónaíonn agus a oibríonn i mbaile cuain Dhún Laoghaire. Ba mhinic a bhí na caoirigh agus na capaill le feiceáil ó theach a óige - teach feirme ar mhachairí an Churraigh sna léaráidí ba luaithe aige. Rinne Brian staidéar ag an gColáiste Náisiúnta Ealaíne agus Deartha i mBaile Átha Cliath áit ar fuair sé amach go raibh grá aige do leabhair do pháistí a léiriú.

"Nuair a d'fhoilsigh mé mo chéad leabhar pictiúr bhí an-spreagadh orm. Maidir liom féin, níl aon chineál eile de shaothar léaráide ann a thugann tuiscint ar ghnóthachtáil. Is breá liom a bhfuil á dhéanamh agam agus bainim an-taitneamh as an iontas cruthaitheach le linn phróiseas na pictiúrleabhar a dhéanamh.

Ba é Brian buaiteoir an Chomórtais Leabhar Chiúin, Gradam Gianni De Conno sa bhlian 2014, lena leabhar "Bounce, Bounce". Tá a leabhair is déanaí le Scallywag Press agus Random House New York. ‘The Bear who had Nothing to Wear’ le Jeanne Willis agus “Bunny’s Most Fabulous Holiday Ever” a scríobh sé agus a léirigh an bheirt acu. Agus tá a chéad leabhar eile, leis an údar Jake Hope “Taking the Long Way Home” le foilsiú in 2025.

The Story

Winner Gradam Réics Carló 2023

Shortlisted LAI 2023 Category 0-5  

The way Rua sees things, Saturday is for lying on the sofa and watching cartoons all day. But Mum has a completely different plan of action. A joyful celebration of the beauty of nature and the special sofa-snuggles that follow a big adventure in the great outdoors.

A beautiful story that celebrates the natural world and being snuggled up on the sofa after a great adventure in the great outdoors.

Author: Sadhbh Devlin
Illustrator: Brian Fitzgerald
Published: 2022
Age group: 3+

Sadhbh Devlin

Sadhbh Devlin is a children’s author. She has published five Irish-language picturebooks with Futa Fata. She lives in Bray, Co. Wicklow with her husband, her twin-daughters, Lile and Sábha and a cheeky kitty called Pico.

She has a degree in Drama and Modern-Irish from Trinity College Dublin and worked for many years in the Irish language non-profit sector – most notably with Comhluadar Teo., an organisation which supported families who spoke Irish at home.

Sadhbh also works in television and helps to make programmes for TG4. She has worked as a presenter, a researcher and a production assistant. You can see her on Cúla 4 ar Scoil making arts and crafts!

Sadhbh is a member of Children’s Books Ireland, Irish Writer’s Centre, Writers in Schools and Aontas na Scríbhneoirí Gaeilge. She writes book reviews for Inis magazine and is available for presenting workshops in schools, libraries and at festivals.

She was the dlr Writer in Residence 2019/2020.

She was the Irish language Writer in Residence in DCU for 2022.

Brian Fitzgerald

Brian Fitzgerald is an award-winning, Irish illustrator who lives and works in the harbour town of Dún Laoghaire. His earliest illustrations often featured the sheep and horses that could be seen from his childhood home - a farmhouse on the Curragh plains. Brian studied at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin where he discovered his love for illustrating children's books.

"Once I had my first picture book published I was hooked. For me there is no other type of illustration work that provides such sense of achievement. The journey with the author and publisher is a fun one and everyone's input helps to create my best work. I love what I do and I enjoy the element of creative surprises during the process of picture book making. I'm reminded of the joy it brings to the reader when I add a new book or two to the shelf each year."

Brian was the winner of the International Silent Book Competition in Bologna in 2014 with his book "Bounce, Bounce"

His latest books are with Scallywag Press and Random House New York. 'The Bear who had Nothing to Wear" by Jeanne Willis and "Bunny's Most Fabulous Holiday Ever" which he both wrote and illustrated. And his next book, with author Jake Hope "Taking the Long Way Home" is due for publication in 2025.