Captain Cillian Learning Adventures Schools Programme
Releasing in 2019!
All star Accreditation for Captain Cillian
All Star Accreditation Awarded for Captain Cillian Learning Adventures in May 2018.
All Star Product for Children's Education Through Irish. Read more about this award on the Blog page.
All Star Product for Children's Education Through Irish. Read more about this award on the Blog page.
Irish Grannies & Santa Support Bilingual High Seas Adventure Venture!
December 2017
Captain Cillian, the award winning bilingual (Irish / English) set of children's books that use fun adventure themes to disguise language, geography and marine life learning has become a big hit with both Irish Grandmothers & Santa Claus.
Last Christmas, over 1,000 Grannies in Ireland shipped Captain Cillian gift packs to their grandchildren overseas and in the past two years Santa has placed Captain Cillian Gift Sets in over 7,000 Christmas Stockings across the globe.
This years Captain Cillian Christmas Gift Set (€25 including free postage at www.captaincillian.com) comes in a beautifully designed gift pack and includes each of the 4 books in the series to date, a selection of Captain Cillian stickers, a Captain Cillian fun reward wall-chart & book marks, with everything contained in a sturdy portable holder. Uniquely, the gift can be personalised online by the sender (with a Galway Claddagh Christmas themed Captain Cillian post card) during the purchasing process, before being sent directly from the website to anywhere in the world.
Both fun and educational, each Captain Cillian story takes children (from age 3 – 9) on a journey of discovery where they enjoy swashbuckling adventures while exploring the Wild Atlantic Way, discovering ocean facts and learning key words in the Irish language. At the end of each adventure there is a quiz, puzzles and some creative playtime activities.
Written and designed by Galwegian husband and wife team Carina Ginty and John O’Connor, Captain Cillian books have been dispatched to 20 countries since they launched the series in 2015 including the UK, US, Australia, Asia, Dubai as well as several other European destinations.
The books are also available to buy on their own at 7 euro each in Dublin Airport and all good book shops in Ireland or Northern Ireland with O’Brien’s Press. It is an ideal gift for families at home and abroad who wish their children to stay connected with Ireland and the Irish language.
A library of book and promotional images is available to download at http://www.captaincillian.com/media-gallery.html
Editors Notes:
The four Captain Cillian books in the series include Captain Cillian Pirates Ahead Adventure, Captain Cillian Hidden Caves Adventure, Captain Cillian Surfing Adventure and Captain Cillian Stormy Sea Adventure. The first Captain Cillian book launched in October 2015 and further titles, a gift box and a personalised postcard service followed in 2016 and 2017.
In 2017, the Marketing Institute of Ireland shortlisted Captain Cillian as one of the Top Five Irish Products in Ireland. Foras na Gaelige and LEO Galway awarded development grants to Captain Cillian in 2016 and 2017.
Captain Cillian, the award winning bilingual (Irish / English) set of children's books that use fun adventure themes to disguise language, geography and marine life learning has become a big hit with both Irish Grandmothers & Santa Claus.
Last Christmas, over 1,000 Grannies in Ireland shipped Captain Cillian gift packs to their grandchildren overseas and in the past two years Santa has placed Captain Cillian Gift Sets in over 7,000 Christmas Stockings across the globe.
This years Captain Cillian Christmas Gift Set (€25 including free postage at www.captaincillian.com) comes in a beautifully designed gift pack and includes each of the 4 books in the series to date, a selection of Captain Cillian stickers, a Captain Cillian fun reward wall-chart & book marks, with everything contained in a sturdy portable holder. Uniquely, the gift can be personalised online by the sender (with a Galway Claddagh Christmas themed Captain Cillian post card) during the purchasing process, before being sent directly from the website to anywhere in the world.
Both fun and educational, each Captain Cillian story takes children (from age 3 – 9) on a journey of discovery where they enjoy swashbuckling adventures while exploring the Wild Atlantic Way, discovering ocean facts and learning key words in the Irish language. At the end of each adventure there is a quiz, puzzles and some creative playtime activities.
Written and designed by Galwegian husband and wife team Carina Ginty and John O’Connor, Captain Cillian books have been dispatched to 20 countries since they launched the series in 2015 including the UK, US, Australia, Asia, Dubai as well as several other European destinations.
The books are also available to buy on their own at 7 euro each in Dublin Airport and all good book shops in Ireland or Northern Ireland with O’Brien’s Press. It is an ideal gift for families at home and abroad who wish their children to stay connected with Ireland and the Irish language.
A library of book and promotional images is available to download at http://www.captaincillian.com/media-gallery.html
Editors Notes:
The four Captain Cillian books in the series include Captain Cillian Pirates Ahead Adventure, Captain Cillian Hidden Caves Adventure, Captain Cillian Surfing Adventure and Captain Cillian Stormy Sea Adventure. The first Captain Cillian book launched in October 2015 and further titles, a gift box and a personalised postcard service followed in 2016 and 2017.
In 2017, the Marketing Institute of Ireland shortlisted Captain Cillian as one of the Top Five Irish Products in Ireland. Foras na Gaelige and LEO Galway awarded development grants to Captain Cillian in 2016 and 2017.
CAPTAIN CILLIAN SETS SAIL AGAIN WITH
A Pirate ADVENTURE
December 2016
Captain Cillian, the bi-lingual sea faring adventurer, takes once again to the high seas of Ireland in the latest instalment in the series released today. Captain Cillian Pirates Ahead Adventure (RRP 6.99) is the fourth title from the Captain Cillian stable that has sold over 4,000 books since launching a year ago, and is written and designed by husband and wife team Carina Ginty and John O’Connor. Both fun and educational, each Captain Cillian story takes children (from age 3 – 9) on a journey of discovery where they enjoy swash buckling adventures while exploring the Wild Atlantic Way, discovering ocean facts and learning key words in the Irish language. At the end of each adventure there is a quiz, puzzles and some creative playtime activities. In the latest Captain Cillian Pirates Ahead Adventure, Captain Cillian ventures further afield and sails from Bundoran in County Donegal along the Northern Irish coastline encountering pirates, poison, cannon balls, bridges, giants and treasure. Living and working in Galway, Carina and John were inspired to create the Captain Cillian characters after their sons Cillian and Breen were born. Author Carina germinated the idea for the books in 2008 when she was completing a PhD in GMIT examining the value of marine tourism in Ireland and how children are engaged from an early age with the sea. Since launching the book series in October 2015, the Captain Cillian books have shipped not only nationwide but also worldwide to families based in the UK, US, Australia, Asia, Dubai as well as several other European destinations. Self-published and distributed by O’Briens Press, the Captain Cillian franchise is available online at www.captaincillian.com and is available in many book shops nationwide. *** CAPTAIN CILLIAN GIFT BOX *** Captain Cillian has a beautiful learning adventure gift set that can be ordered exclusively online at www.captaincillian.com and delivered directly anywhere in the world. It includes each of the 4 books in the series, a selection of Captain Cillian character stickers, a Captain Cillian fun reward wall-chart and book marks, with everything contained in a beautifully designed gift pack holder. In addition every order will also contain a Captain Cillian GIft for You or Christmas Card that features a specially produced illustration of the Claddagh in Galway and can be personalised by the sender. Priced at €25 this gift set can be posted directly from the website, with free postage, to anywhere in the world. It is an ideal gift for families at home and abroad who wish their children to stay connected with Ireland and the Irish language. *** Other Captain Cillian books in the series include Captain Cillian Hidden Caves Adventure, Captain Cillian Surfing Adventure and Captain Cillian Stormy Sea Adventure. The series originally launched in October 2015. A library of book and promotional images is available to download at http://www.captaincillian.com/media-gallery.html About the author and designer:
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