WINNER of the KPMG Children's Books Ireland Awards Honour Award for Illustration. Shortlisted for the 2024 An Post Irish Book Awards. Shortlisted for the 2025 English 4-11 Picture Book Awards.
"Colfer and McCarthy are a dazzling duo in this endlessly entertaining retelling of banshee folklore. McCarthys illustrations elevate this story, making it a genuine work of art filled with familiar Irish iconography that readers will adore." - The Irish Examiner
Banshees are supernatural Irish harbingers of doom, but where do they come from? The answer: they grow in pods on the prickly gorse bush. The sole job of a baby banshee, a "bansheenie" as they are called, is to bond with a human. Once bonded, they know everything about that person. Most importantly when they will die.
Our bansheenie, named Beanie, is no ordinary herald of death. When she sees her person, a little girl called Rose, she decides to change her own and Roses fate, and instead of delivering bad news, Beanie wants to protect Rose and her family. When her banshee's howl of doom won't work, she must draw power and strength from the ancient secrets and hidden networks of the natural world around her. She must create a brand new sound, a new way of being in the world that will change ... everything.
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Colfer and McCarthy are a dazzling duo in this endlessly entertaining retelling of banshee folklore. McCarthys illustrations elevate this story, making it a genuine work of art filled with familiar Irish iconography that readers will adore. * The Irish Examiner * [ a] touching and funny story [ ] The stunning illustrations conjure up a mysterious, magical world. * Daily Mail * Beanie the Bansheenie takes a dark area of Irish folklore and adapts it into an almost Coraline-esque fantasy that will enthral readers of any age (adults included!). The story, while rooted in Irish folklore, is beaming with quirky originality, forming a dynamic plot. Beautifully illustrated, the spreads are begging to be stared at until youve absorbed every tiny detail. * Children's Books Ireland * Beaming with quirky originality, with plenty of twists, turns and surprises that quickly click into place to form a dynamic plot. Beautifully illustrated, subtle nods allude to both the author and illustrators past books, with sprinkles of pop culture references that will have you glued to the page. Beanie the Bansheenietakes a dark area of Irish folklore and adapts into an almost Coraline-esque fantasy that will enthral readers of every age! * RTE Ireland * Artemis Fowl creator Colfer and The Wilderness author/illustrator McCarthy join forces to turn a familiar myth of Irish folklore into a powerful, unforgettable and universal story of love, perseverance and friendship against all odds. * The Bookseller *
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Winner of KPMG Children's Books Ireland Award 2025 (UK). Short-listed for The Irish Book Awards 2024 (Ireland) and English 4-11 Book Awards Leicester 2024 (UK).
Eoin Colfer is the New York Times bestselling author of the childrens fantasy series Artemis Fowl. His other notable works include Cloud Babies, illustrated by Chris Judge, The Dog Who Lost His Bark, Half Moon Investigations, Airman and The Supernaturalist, and he has sold over twenty million books worldwide. He was the Irish Childrens Laureate, the winner of the Evergreen Young Adult Book Award, and won the Irish Childrens Book of the Year Award for his story Imaginary Fred, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers. He lives in Ireland with his wife and two children. You can visit him online at www.eoincolfer.com and on Instagram as @eoincolfer.
Steve McCarthy is an Irish designer, illustrator, and bearded gentleman. His debut author-illustrator title, The Wilderness, won the KPMG Childrens Books Ireland Awards 2023 honour award for illustration and was shortlisted for a Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration. His poetry anthology with Sarah Webb, A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea was the 2017 Childrens Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards. Steve comes from working as a background designer, most notably for the animated feature film Song of the Sea, which was nominated for an academy award in 2015. He lives in south east London. Find Steve online at www.mrstevemccarthy.com, and on Twitter and Instagram as @mrstevemccarthy.
