Written by Penny Byrne
Illustrated by Liz Wackett

Brilliant! ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Published by	Independent Publishing Network 30 Oct. 2025
Genre	Children's picture book
Pages	24
ISBN-10	1836887051
ISBN-13	978-1836887058
For readers aged 2 - 5 years

On a short break to Jersey, I was looking for small gifts to bring home for the grandchildren when I stumbled upon the Christmas Market in St Helier. There were lots of wonderful arts and craft stalls, and amongst them was local author Penny Byrne with an array of her enticing children's books. Obviously I could not resist and found two absolutely perfect books which I now want to share with you. The first book, My first Jersey abc is a board book for toddlers.

The blurb:

My first Jersey abc

This delightful alphabet book, with its bright pictures and simple design, has been created to introduce English language awareness.

To broaden its reach and appeal we have also included other languages: Romanian, Polish, Urdu, Portuguese and Jersey's very own Jèrrais.

Children's Picture Book Board Book

My thoughts:

Fabulous, brightly coloured images illustrate the text in this charming board book for young children.

Image of the red squirrel page showing the uppercae and lower case letter R and the word in several languages. A large red squirrel is running along a branch

I bought this for a two-and-a-half-year-old and she was immediately and completely taken with it because the ABC demonstrated items that she knew but had not seen in other ABC books previously. Her favourite is the red squirrel as we only see greys locally.

I was particularly interested in the inclusion of the equivalent words in other languages and hope that will encourage an interest in languages as she gets older.

I am delighted with my purchase and highly recommend it to encourage vocabulary development.

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Penny Byrne Author

Author Bio – Penny Byrne
Penny Byrne is a children’s author inspired by the history and the beauty the wonderful island of Jersey CI. Locally she works with the Government of Jersey, charities, organisations and schools to create books that are fun to read, gorgeous to look at and in many cases that teach children (and adults) about Jersey. Penny offers talks, books readings and workshops to Primary Schools across the Island, including covering the topics of the Stone Age, the Occupation and the Corn Riots.

Author Bio – Penny Byrne

Penny Byrne is a children’s author inspired by the history and the beauty the wonderful island of Jersey CI.

Locally she works with the Government of Jersey, charities, organisations and schools to create books that are fun to read, gorgeous to look at and in many cases that teach children (and adults) about Jersey.

Penny offers talks, books readings and workshops to Primary Schools across the Island, including covering the topics of the Stone Age, the Occupation and the Corn Riots.