The Nurchies
Meet your new best friends
Published on 6. June 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
32 pages
978-1-7393904-0-2 (ISBN)
Description
'Nurturing goodness leads to happiness!' This inspiring and brightly illustrated picture book introduces children to three characters who do just that.
With appealing and captivating illustrations, The Nurchies picture books will help children understand how values such as caring, generosity, patience, and forgiveness can promote well-being.
Families and children explore a worthwhile message: "Friends treat each other kindly", helping them to make and maintain friendships.
The first book in a series of three, this story introduces the characters, PLEASE, THANK YOU and SORRY. On a dreary, wet autumn day, PLEASE receives a text from her good friend, THANK YOU, who happens to be feeling quite glum. She invites THANK YOU over for tea and yummy lemon drizzle cake. When the rain abates and a big plumptious sun bursts out, they venture off to the village park on their cool micro-scooters. But what surprises await, and how will the day conclude? These unique characters will seek to both stimulate and reward young minds.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Ireland
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 4 to 7 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight
150 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-7393904-0-2 (9781739390402)
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Person
Ben Linehan is a children's author and illustrator who creates inspiring picture books for early readers that seek to both stimulate and reward young minds. Ben has self-published five picture books to date. In 2022, he self-published 'The Nurchies' Children's Picture Books, a series of three books devised as an aid for parents to nurture good behaviour in their children. In 2023, Ben's next picture book was 'Goozebob, you've Made Us Cool Again!' a story that aims to educate children about climate change in a creative and accessible way. Ben graduated from the DIT College of Art, Dublin, with a Degree in Visual Communications. In 2020, he completed a certificate in animation from Griffith College, Dublin. Before becoming an author, Ben worked as a graphic designer and illustrator in several advertising agencies, which greatly influenced his passion for narrative and storytelling. When he's not writing, Ben enjoys oil painting and has exhibited in several Irish art galleries. His latest book, 'There's a Bopperjinks inside my dreams', released in November 2024, will be his fifth picture book.You can follow his writing journey on Instagram @kidsbooksmn and on his website www.magicnarrative.com