A book by Corkman Cethan Leahy about teenage mental health is one of ten titles shortlisted for a major Irish book award.

The leaves are still clinging to the trees but if you were walking down Cork’s South Mall yesterday, there was a sense of it: Christmas. It’s coming.

Zoo treasures: An Easter Treasure Trail will keep visitors entertained with clues hidden in various locations within Dublin Zoo on Easter Sunday and Monday. 

A children’s animation series produced by an Irish company has been snapped up by TV stations in Britain and Germany and a book based on it has secured international distribution.

An Irish animation company is celebrating this week as it looks forward to its cartoon's premiere on the BBC today.

For children starting school what better way to ease into a new language than by sharing a good story.

Here is a summary of each of the short-listed books.

Paula used to live in Africa. After university, she taught for five years. Then she worked in the area of human rights in South Africa.

THE FIRST SNOW by M Christina Butler and Frank Endersby (Little Tiger; €13.03) is a big, colourful book that tells of a young deer’s first encounter with snow.

THE Beatles’ psychedelic cartoon, The Yellow Submarine, is being made into a children’s book.

The Beatles’ psychedelic cartoon The Yellow Submarine is being made into a children’s book.