Gerry Daly
@gerrydalyart.bsky.social
Illustrator and author of picturebooks https://gerrydalyart.ie
Yay! 👏⚡️
Huge congrats to Tom, Erika and Shannon 🥳
Huge congrats to Tom, Erika and Shannon 🥳
The WINNER of the 2025 @specsaversie.bsky.social Children’s Book of the Year - Junior is...
Run Home, Little Fox, Tom McCaughren & @erikamcgann.bsky.social, Illustrated by @shannonbergin.bsky.social (@theobrienpress.bsky.social)
#APIBA #StoriesMakeUs
Run Home, Little Fox, Tom McCaughren & @erikamcgann.bsky.social, Illustrated by @shannonbergin.bsky.social (@theobrienpress.bsky.social)
#APIBA #StoriesMakeUs
November 28, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Yay! 👏⚡️
Huge congrats to Tom, Erika and Shannon 🥳
Huge congrats to Tom, Erika and Shannon 🥳
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“I liked it so much I got another one of the series”
A lovely review of ‘Puffling and the Stormy Sea’ on today’s Oliver Callan Show from 6 year old Erin 💫
A lovely review of ‘Puffling and the Stormy Sea’ on today’s Oliver Callan Show from 6 year old Erin 💫
November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“I liked it so much I got another one of the series”
A lovely review of ‘Puffling and the Stormy Sea’ on today’s Oliver Callan Show from 6 year old Erin 💫
A lovely review of ‘Puffling and the Stormy Sea’ on today’s Oliver Callan Show from 6 year old Erin 💫
Reposted by Gerry Daly
Join us for our annual Books of the Year Online event on Monday 24th November. Check out the fab line up of authors we’ll be talking to below! And we will be giving out a 10% discount code on the night! Book your free ticket here: halfwayupthestairs.ie/product/2411...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Join us for our annual Books of the Year Online event on Monday 24th November. Check out the fab line up of authors we’ll be talking to below! And we will be giving out a 10% discount code on the night! Book your free ticket here: halfwayupthestairs.ie/product/2411...
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Lots of signed copies of Puffling and the Stormy Sea by @erikamcgann.bsky.social and me at Dubray books in Cork 😊
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@theobrienpress.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Lots of signed copies of Puffling and the Stormy Sea by @erikamcgann.bsky.social and me at Dubray books in Cork 😊
@theobrienpress.bsky.social
@theobrienpress.bsky.social
Fab to spot Puffling’s new book in Dublin’s Winding Stairs window with the gorgeous new book from Lauren O’Hara and Oscar Wilde 😊
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#illustration #picturebooks
November 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Fab to spot Puffling’s new book in Dublin’s Winding Stairs window with the gorgeous new book from Lauren O’Hara and Oscar Wilde 😊
@erikamcgann.bsky.social
@theobrienpress.bsky.social
#illustration #picturebooks
@erikamcgann.bsky.social
@theobrienpress.bsky.social
#illustration #picturebooks
Lovely to visit J. Joyce & Co. shop in Cork today and sign / doodle lots of new Puffling books! 😊
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November 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Lovely to visit J. Joyce & Co. shop in Cork today and sign / doodle lots of new Puffling books! 😊
@erikamcgann.bsky.social
@theobrienpress.bsky.social
@erikamcgann.bsky.social
@theobrienpress.bsky.social
Puffling’s new book by @erikamcgann.bsky.social and me spotted in the Eason window on Nassau Street Dublin. Already looking pretty Christmassy!
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November 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Puffling’s new book by @erikamcgann.bsky.social and me spotted in the Eason window on Nassau Street Dublin. Already looking pretty Christmassy!
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🎉 PUB DAY 🎉
I was so lucky to get to work with the wonderful Tom McCaughren on this book, which is gorgeously illustrated by Shannon Bergin.
Have read it at a few events already and it's going down a storm! 🌟📚🌟
I was so lucky to get to work with the wonderful Tom McCaughren on this book, which is gorgeously illustrated by Shannon Bergin.
Have read it at a few events already and it's going down a storm! 🌟📚🌟
Happy publication day to the heartwarming ‘Run Home Little Fox’ written by Tom McCaughren, @erikamcgann.bsky.social and illustrated by Shannon Bergin.
Available in all bookshops!
Available in all bookshops!
October 13, 2025 at 10:12 AM
🎉 PUB DAY 🎉
I was so lucky to get to work with the wonderful Tom McCaughren on this book, which is gorgeously illustrated by Shannon Bergin.
Have read it at a few events already and it's going down a storm! 🌟📚🌟
I was so lucky to get to work with the wonderful Tom McCaughren on this book, which is gorgeously illustrated by Shannon Bergin.
Have read it at a few events already and it's going down a storm! 🌟📚🌟
We always enjoy thinking up endpapers for the Puffling books.
For Puffling and the Stormy Sea (just out from @theobrienpress.bsky.social ) we focused on the basking shark who plays a starring role.
The front endpapers are a wallpaper. Is that a rabbit with a beak? Yes 😊
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For Puffling and the Stormy Sea (just out from @theobrienpress.bsky.social ) we focused on the basking shark who plays a starring role.
The front endpapers are a wallpaper. Is that a rabbit with a beak? Yes 😊
@erikamcgann.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 10:40 AM
We always enjoy thinking up endpapers for the Puffling books.
For Puffling and the Stormy Sea (just out from @theobrienpress.bsky.social ) we focused on the basking shark who plays a starring role.
The front endpapers are a wallpaper. Is that a rabbit with a beak? Yes 😊
@erikamcgann.bsky.social
For Puffling and the Stormy Sea (just out from @theobrienpress.bsky.social ) we focused on the basking shark who plays a starring role.
The front endpapers are a wallpaper. Is that a rabbit with a beak? Yes 😊
@erikamcgann.bsky.social
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“Erika and Gerry's Puffling is one of the best picture book series out there, and this new entry meets the bar they've set.”
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O'Brien Picture Books
O'Brien are still at it! Here's another two upcoming titles that I'm very excited to see on the shelves. These are going to do really well f...
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September 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
“Erika and Gerry's Puffling is one of the best picture book series out there, and this new entry meets the bar they've set.”
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@gerrydalyart.bsky.social
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Reposted by Gerry Daly
Happy publication day to ‘Puffling and the Stormy Sea’ written by @erikamcgann.bsky.social and illustrated by @gerrydalyart.bsky.social 🌊
Available in all bookshops!
Available in all bookshops!
September 29, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Happy publication day to ‘Puffling and the Stormy Sea’ written by @erikamcgann.bsky.social and illustrated by @gerrydalyart.bsky.social 🌊
Available in all bookshops!
Available in all bookshops!
Reposted by Gerry Daly
🎉PUB DAY🎉
Puffling and the Stormy Sea by me and @gerrydalyart.bsky.social is out today!
Published by @theobrienpress.bsky.social and available in your lovely local bookshop 😊
Puffling and the Stormy Sea by me and @gerrydalyart.bsky.social is out today!
Published by @theobrienpress.bsky.social and available in your lovely local bookshop 😊
September 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
🎉PUB DAY🎉
Puffling and the Stormy Sea by me and @gerrydalyart.bsky.social is out today!
Published by @theobrienpress.bsky.social and available in your lovely local bookshop 😊
Puffling and the Stormy Sea by me and @gerrydalyart.bsky.social is out today!
Published by @theobrienpress.bsky.social and available in your lovely local bookshop 😊
Happy book birthday Puffling! 🥳🌟
Out today from @theobrienpress.bsky.social Puffling and the Stormy Sea is an amazing new adventure for Puffling by @erikamcgann.bsky.social and was a total joy to illustrate.
Huge thanks to all the OBP team 😊
#picturebook #illustration #discoveririshkidsbooks
Out today from @theobrienpress.bsky.social Puffling and the Stormy Sea is an amazing new adventure for Puffling by @erikamcgann.bsky.social and was a total joy to illustrate.
Huge thanks to all the OBP team 😊
#picturebook #illustration #discoveririshkidsbooks
September 29, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Happy book birthday Puffling! 🥳🌟
Out today from @theobrienpress.bsky.social Puffling and the Stormy Sea is an amazing new adventure for Puffling by @erikamcgann.bsky.social and was a total joy to illustrate.
Huge thanks to all the OBP team 😊
#picturebook #illustration #discoveririshkidsbooks
Out today from @theobrienpress.bsky.social Puffling and the Stormy Sea is an amazing new adventure for Puffling by @erikamcgann.bsky.social and was a total joy to illustrate.
Huge thanks to all the OBP team 😊
#picturebook #illustration #discoveririshkidsbooks
Puffling and the Stormy Sea will be published trw by @theobrienpress.bsky.social
It was a lot of fun to illustrate @erikamcgann.bsky.social ’s amazing new Puffling story 😊
I really enjoyed painting many stormy sea scenes. Using impasto, gouache, oil pastel.
#picturebook #illustration #puffin
It was a lot of fun to illustrate @erikamcgann.bsky.social ’s amazing new Puffling story 😊
I really enjoyed painting many stormy sea scenes. Using impasto, gouache, oil pastel.
#picturebook #illustration #puffin
September 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Puffling and the Stormy Sea will be published trw by @theobrienpress.bsky.social
It was a lot of fun to illustrate @erikamcgann.bsky.social ’s amazing new Puffling story 😊
I really enjoyed painting many stormy sea scenes. Using impasto, gouache, oil pastel.
#picturebook #illustration #puffin
It was a lot of fun to illustrate @erikamcgann.bsky.social ’s amazing new Puffling story 😊
I really enjoyed painting many stormy sea scenes. Using impasto, gouache, oil pastel.
#picturebook #illustration #puffin
Coming soon from @theobrienpress.bsky.social a gorgeous and stunning new book from @erikamcgann.bsky.social and Conor Busuttil!
#picturebook #discoveririshkidsbooks
#picturebook #discoveririshkidsbooks
September 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Coming soon from @theobrienpress.bsky.social a gorgeous and stunning new book from @erikamcgann.bsky.social and Conor Busuttil!
#picturebook #discoveririshkidsbooks
#picturebook #discoveririshkidsbooks
Reposted by Gerry Daly
‘Puffling and the Stormy Sea’ is the newest addition to @erikamcgann.bsky.social and @gerrydalyart.bsky.social’s Puffling books family!
When a brave little puffling from Skellig Michael ends up far from home, will her new friends be able to help her find her way back?
Out next week!
When a brave little puffling from Skellig Michael ends up far from home, will her new friends be able to help her find her way back?
Out next week!
September 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
‘Puffling and the Stormy Sea’ is the newest addition to @erikamcgann.bsky.social and @gerrydalyart.bsky.social’s Puffling books family!
When a brave little puffling from Skellig Michael ends up far from home, will her new friends be able to help her find her way back?
Out next week!
When a brave little puffling from Skellig Michael ends up far from home, will her new friends be able to help her find her way back?
Out next week!
Reposted by Gerry Daly
More bookish goodness! The super-sweet Puffling and the Stormy Sea by @erikamcgann.bsky.social and @gerrydalyart.bsky.social; games and mystery are afoot in Blowing the Whistle by Gerard Siggins, and it's creepytimes at sea with Amy Clerkin and Where the Shadows Hide. #OBrienPress
September 24, 2025 at 8:19 AM
More bookish goodness! The super-sweet Puffling and the Stormy Sea by @erikamcgann.bsky.social and @gerrydalyart.bsky.social; games and mystery are afoot in Blowing the Whistle by Gerard Siggins, and it's creepytimes at sea with Amy Clerkin and Where the Shadows Hide. #OBrienPress
Thanks so much! 🙏😊
Puffling and the Stormy Sea by @erikamcgann.bsky.social @gerrydalyart.bsky.social gorgeous! 4th in this enchanting series! Curiosity, adventure & kindness set on Skelligs. Puffling is swept to sea but will she get home with help? Love the gannets & basking shark! 10/10💫 @theobrienpress.bsky.social
September 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Thanks so much! 🙏😊
Thanks a mil for featuring our books! 💜 Fab work everyone @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social
And well done all the nature trailers! 👏👏
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And well done all the nature trailers! 👏👏
@theobrienpress.bsky.social
Thank you so much to Book at One for their support and this beautiful plaque! The fund enabled us to run our Puffling Seaside Nature Trail over the summer.It was a huge success with many families enjoying the trail around the seafront in Greystones @gerrydalyart.bsky.social @erikamcgann.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Thanks a mil for featuring our books! 💜 Fab work everyone @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social
And well done all the nature trailers! 👏👏
@theobrienpress.bsky.social
And well done all the nature trailers! 👏👏
@theobrienpress.bsky.social
Thank you so much @ravenbooks.bsky.social! 💜
The much anticipated new Puffling hatches next week! Another Skellig tale filled with imagination, curiosity, adventure, resourcefulness and cameraderie. And joy! Just look at that cover🌈
Words by @erikamcgann.bsky.social, art by @gerrydalyart.bsky.social, published by @theobrienpress.bsky.social
Words by @erikamcgann.bsky.social, art by @gerrydalyart.bsky.social, published by @theobrienpress.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Thank you so much @ravenbooks.bsky.social! 💜
Our new book! 💜
Puffling and the Stormy Sea by @erikamcgann.bsky.social and me will be published very soon by @theobrienpress.bsky.social
Always mega to get a first copy in hand. Can’t wait to reveal more, and see Puffling’s thrilling new adventure out in the world 😊
#illustration #picturebook
Puffling and the Stormy Sea by @erikamcgann.bsky.social and me will be published very soon by @theobrienpress.bsky.social
Always mega to get a first copy in hand. Can’t wait to reveal more, and see Puffling’s thrilling new adventure out in the world 😊
#illustration #picturebook
September 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Our new book! 💜
Puffling and the Stormy Sea by @erikamcgann.bsky.social and me will be published very soon by @theobrienpress.bsky.social
Always mega to get a first copy in hand. Can’t wait to reveal more, and see Puffling’s thrilling new adventure out in the world 😊
#illustration #picturebook
Puffling and the Stormy Sea by @erikamcgann.bsky.social and me will be published very soon by @theobrienpress.bsky.social
Always mega to get a first copy in hand. Can’t wait to reveal more, and see Puffling’s thrilling new adventure out in the world 😊
#illustration #picturebook
Reposted by Gerry Daly
A brave little puffling lives on Skellig Michael.
It’s a windy, stormy day – a perfect day for a wild adventure.
But she ends up far from home!
Can her new animal friends help her find her way back?
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It’s a windy, stormy day – a perfect day for a wild adventure.
But she ends up far from home!
Can her new animal friends help her find her way back?
@erikamcgann.bsky.social
@gerrydalyart.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
A brave little puffling lives on Skellig Michael.
It’s a windy, stormy day – a perfect day for a wild adventure.
But she ends up far from home!
Can her new animal friends help her find her way back?
@erikamcgann.bsky.social
@gerrydalyart.bsky.social
It’s a windy, stormy day – a perfect day for a wild adventure.
But she ends up far from home!
Can her new animal friends help her find her way back?
@erikamcgann.bsky.social
@gerrydalyart.bsky.social
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“packed with adventure for young readers with many twists and turns”
What a lovely review of “Puffling and the Stormy Sea” from @childrensbooksireland.ie
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What a lovely review of “Puffling and the Stormy Sea” from @childrensbooksireland.ie
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@gerrydalyart.bsky.social
Puffling and the Stormy Sea | Childrens Books Ireland
During a storm, Puffling wants to go on a wild adventure. Her parents encourage her to look for animals that come out in the storms from the comfort of their nest, but Puffling becomes curious and ven...
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September 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
“packed with adventure for young readers with many twists and turns”
What a lovely review of “Puffling and the Stormy Sea” from @childrensbooksireland.ie
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What a lovely review of “Puffling and the Stormy Sea” from @childrensbooksireland.ie
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@gerrydalyart.bsky.social
Puifín Beag ar an fhuinneog álainn 💜@ansiopaleabhar.bsky.social
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Mortified it's taken me so long to visit @ansiopaleabhar.bsky.social in their new (temporary) location on Camden Street. Love that they're sharing the building with the School of English! Excellent window - puifín beag álainn😍 @gerrydalyart.bsky.social
August 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Puifín Beag ar an fhuinneog álainn 💜@ansiopaleabhar.bsky.social
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Freya did great finding on her Puffling Seaside Nature Trail!
Running all summer, check it out in store Mon to Sat 10-5:30!
@gerrydalyart.bsky.social
@erikamcgann.bsky.social
@theobrienpress.bsky.social
@sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social
Running all summer, check it out in store Mon to Sat 10-5:30!
@gerrydalyart.bsky.social
@erikamcgann.bsky.social
@theobrienpress.bsky.social
@sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Freya did great finding on her Puffling Seaside Nature Trail!
Running all summer, check it out in store Mon to Sat 10-5:30!
@gerrydalyart.bsky.social
@erikamcgann.bsky.social
@theobrienpress.bsky.social
@sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social
Running all summer, check it out in store Mon to Sat 10-5:30!
@gerrydalyart.bsky.social
@erikamcgann.bsky.social
@theobrienpress.bsky.social
@sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social