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His first illustrated book was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Bag of Moonshine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Alan Garner, a collection of folklore tales from England and Wales, which was published in 1986. For that work he won the Mother Goose Award given to the most exciting newcomer to British children’s book illustration. Since then folklore – traditional stories, legends, and fairy tales – have been a recurring subject of his work. PJ illustrated the anthology \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOnce Upon a Place\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which was compiled by Eoin Colfer as Laureate na nÓg. In 2015, PJ published \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Boy who Fell off the Mayflower\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which was the first picture book he also authored. Since then, he has illustrated books including Eoin Colfer’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Dog Who Lost His Bark\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePatrick and the President, by Ryan Tubridy. The most recent book authored and illustrated by PJ, The Haunted Lake, was the winner of the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Honour Award for Illustration 2021. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePJ Lynch was Ireland’s fourth Laureate na nÓg (2016-2018).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"under-the-hawthorn-tree-classic-ed-fs","title":"Marita Conlo Mckenna: Under the Hawthorn Tree [1990] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first book in the famine trilogy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnder the Hawthorn Tree\u003c\/em\u003e is Ireland's top selling children's book and a classic for young readers worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIreland in the 1840s is devastated by famine. When tragedy strikes their family, Eily, Michael and Peggy are left to fend for themselves. Starving and in danger of the dreaded workhouse, they escape. 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