Big people, little people - Malachy Doyle

King Iubdan, ruler of the Little People, believes he is the mostpowerful king in the world. No one dares to contradict him, but Ossian,the court minstrel knows something that no one else does. He hasdiscovered the kingdom of the Big People. The two kingdoms are shockedto discover the existence of the other and when the two rulers meet, itseems unlikely that they will ever learn to get on. Luckily theirchildren have other ideas, and what happens next helps to explain whythe people of Ireland are like they are today.

Malachy Doyle was born in Northern Ireland. He

is the best-selling and award-winning author of many books, ranging

from picture books to teen fiction. Among his most popular are the Amadansseries, published by Orchard. Georgie and Who is Jesse Flood?

for older readers are both published by Bloomsbury. He's also written

widely for eductional publishers, including Collins, Oxford and Ginn.