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Recommended age: 5-8
A colourful collection of illustrated rhymes and jokes by Traveller and settled children from Finglas, Co Dublin.
Nearly twenty years after it’s first edition, Clotty Malotty and Her Friends returns to print.
This book focuses on rhymes from the settled and Traveller community of North Dublin but it opens the doorway to explore rhymes from different cultures around the world. Rhymes, ditties, lullabies and jingles are universal and are part of the heritage of every culture.
This book supports a developmental education approach through discussion around the roots of rhymes and what they tell us about living conditions in ‘the old days’ and can act as a prompt for a wider discussion about poverty, justice and fairness in the world today.
– Cross-Currents Magazine, a guide to multicultural books for young people
‘Clotty Malotty and all her Friends’ is published by Kids’ Own Publishing Partnership as part of their Unheard Voices series intended to make Traveller culture visible. Kindly funded by Irish Youth Foundation, Traveller Education Support Options, The Arts Council, Ireland Aid and Barnardos.
A Kids’ Own Publication
1st Edition (2003)
2nd Edition (2022)
Paperback: 27 pages, full colour
Product Dimensions: 24 x 24 x 0.3 cm
ISBN-10: 1902432193
ISBN-13: 978-1902432199
100% of proceeds support children’s participation in the arts.