The Rescue (Part 2 of Meabh & Caoimhe’s tale)
Here is part one, in case you missed it Meabh loved being in the sky, even if she could not move about in the basket. This was bad, she decided, when she heard Caoimhe crying for help but couldn’t…
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Maria
I trundle about in my medium garden closely followed by one hedgehog loving black labrador and an elderly collie x husky who love strawberries and fruit. Between real life must do's and dreaming, I write stories for children and those with a romantic soul.
The Other Side
Tales from a fictional Irish Village – 18 years and upwards. This Collection of Short Stories covers romance and drama, all sprinkled with bits of Irish humour. The tales were spun over a few years and kept in a…
Betty’s Dream Car
Maybe it was the huge meal or the memory of a baby playing in a plastic round play car, but Betty had a delicious dream. She dreamt she was driving a special car made just for Betty. The car was…
Betty Goes Flying
Chapter 1 Betty is a Grandmother. She looks like a grandmother but doesn’t think like your grandmother or mine. When not cooking or babysitting, she does what she does best—inventing things. She calls them “Gadgets or Do-Wackys.” Betty insists everything…
Short Story For Preschool Children
The cloud who learnt to hug Tiny cloud was small and thin. You could see through it and watch the larger, darker clouds high in the sky behind. At first, Tiny Cloud didn’t notice how small he was. He dived…
Connecting with Young Readers.
This blog/website has been created to promote Maria Matthew’s books among the vast sea of published books. The Runaway Schoolhouse was published almost ten years ago, and since then, it has found a pool of readers who tell me they…
Interesting Facts About Crabs.
I do not wish to spoil the story about The Runaway Schoolhouse, but the schoolhouse befriends a crab family led by Lancelot. During his adventure, Clearie, the schoolhouse, discovers that these scuttling creatures are not what they appear to be.…