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Sarah Webb Books in Order

Find Sarah Webb's books in order, from Ask Amy Green and the Songbird Cafe Girls to romantic novels, Irish history, nursery rhymes, and children's nonfiction.

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Kids Can Cook

by Sarah Webb

1998

Children learn basic cooking through recipes contributed by Irish children's authors and tested by young cooks. Clear instructions and safety advice introduce kitchen skills, with Terry Myler's illustrations accompanying this practical collection for beginners.

Always the Bridesmaid

by Sarah Webb

2001

Approaching thirty, Amy faces uncertainty at work and in love while weddings multiply around her. Invitations from her sister and friends bring bridesmaid duties, old romantic possibilities, and uncomfortable questions about her own future.

Young cooks explore dishes from different countries in a collection designed to make international food approachable. Simple recipes introduce children to cooking while taking their kitchen experiments beyond the familiar meals they already know.

Something to Talk about

by Sarah Webb

2002

Beautician Lucy decides her best friend Max needs a girlfriend and arranges a dinner to introduce him to Jenny. Max has his own ideas about romance, and his secretive new relationship complicates their friendship.

Some Kind of Wonderful

by Sarah Webb

2003

After discovering her husband's affair, Rosie leaves Dublin with her young daughter and takes a gallery job in Wicklow. Life at a country estate brings new responsibilities, unfamiliar people, and a chance to reconsider her future.

It Had to Be You

by Sarah Webb

2005

Molly manages a romance bookshop whose new owner wants to replace love stories with literary fiction. As she fights for the shop, his attractive son and her friends' political and romantic troubles complicate her plans.

Take a Chance

by Sarah Webb

2005

Shy piano teacher Mia takes her injured sister's place in an ABBA tribute band, determined to prove herself. Meanwhile, romantic upheaval and an accident uncover secrets that threaten both the group and its family relationships.

Three Times a Lady

by Sarah Webb

2005

Sally, Eve, and Ashling have followed very different paths through work, motherhood, and romance. When Mark returns from Boston for a school reunion, all three women find themselves drawn toward the same man again.

Mum's the Word

by Sarah Webb

2007

Thirty-five Irish women writers contribute personal accounts of motherhood to this anthology compiled by Sarah Webb. Their experiences explore the realities of raising children, bringing different voices together around a subject that crosses generations and literary styles.

Anything For Love

by Sarah Webb

2009

Single mother Alice needs work and finds a fundraising job at St Jude's Hospital. Her charming boss, a formidable wealthy chairwoman, and the people around them draw her into a world of complicated relationships and secrets.

Boy Trouble

by Sarah Webb

2009

Thirteen-year-old Amy Green faces changing family arrangements, school friendships, and a crush from art class. Helping her teenage aunt Clover answer an advice column pulls Amy into other people's problems while her own life grows complicated.

Bridesmaid Blitz

by Sarah Webb

2010

Amy and Clover head to Paris to find bridesmaid dresses for Amy's mother's wedding. A French boy adds romantic complications to their shopping trip, leaving Amy with more to think about than the wedding preparations.

Emma the Penguin

by Sarah Webb

2010

Emma hopes to play a dog in her school's Noah's Ark production, but she is assigned the penguin instead. Disappointment gives her a new challenge as she discovers what her unexpected part can offer.

Summer Secrets

by Sarah Webb

2010

An island holiday with her family leaves Amy worrying about her boyfriend's messages from Rome and noticing a young gardener. Clover's opportunity to interview an actor brings another journey, along with secrets that involve Amy.

The Loving Kind

by Sarah Webb

2010

With her writing career faltering and her relationship over, Libby agrees to ghostwrite a former Miss Ireland's story. Entering Lulubelle Ryan's modelling world brings unfamiliar people, unexpected complications, and new questions about her own life.

When The Boys Are Away

by Sarah Webb

2010

Meg returns to Dublin after years of travel with her partner and children, only to find her old friendships have changed. Family complications, new neighbours, and a new job make settling back more difficult than expected.

Wedding preparations and relationship troubles keep Amy and Clover busy, while a cheating boyfriend puts their investigative instincts to work. Clover's confidence and college plans add another complication as family secrets begin to affect their lives.

Sally Go Round the Stars

by Sarah Webb

2011

This illustrated collection gathers nursery rhymes familiar to Irish children alongside favourites from Britain and farther afield. Sarah Webb and Claire Ranson select verses for sharing aloud, accompanied by Steve McCarthy's pictures throughout the book.

Dancing Daze

by Sarah Webb

2012

Mills's ballerina sister wins a leading role with a ballet company in Budapest, but something seems wrong. Amy and Clover investigate, entering a world of dance where a prestigious opportunity may conceal unexpected trouble.

The Shoestring Club

by Sarah Webb

2012

Julia wants a designer dress for her ex's engagement party but cannot afford it. Sharing the dress with elephant keeper Arietty creates an unusual friendship, while Julia's drinking and family secrets complicate her fresh start.

The Memory Box

by Sarah Webb

2013

Awaiting results for a hereditary illness, Pandora wants her daughter's father to know about their child. A journey to Paris and memories from her past force her to consider what she can preserve for Iris.

Wedding Belles

by Sarah Webb

2013

Amy's fourteenth birthday arrives amid preparations for her mother's wedding, but the groom disappears. Her boyfriend's silence, Mills's cheerleading difficulties, and Clover's secret add complications as Amy tries to make sense of the trouble around her.

Photographs, letters, and objects from Imperial War Museums introduce students to the First World War. Historical evidence connects experiences on the battlefield and home front, helping readers examine the conflict through the lives of individuals.

Mollie stays with her great-grandmother on Little Bird Island while her mother films a television programme. New friendships at the Songbird Cafe brighten an unpromising visit, but the cafe's possible closure threatens their meeting place.

Sunny Days and Moon Cakes

by Sarah Webb

2015

Sunny loves baking and drawing but struggles to speak to people outside her family. Her friends on Little Bird Island offer support, while a planned journey to China raises questions about her past and her voice.

Anne of Green Gables

by Sarah Webb

2016

This illustrated retelling introduces young readers to Lucy Maud Montgomery's story of orphan Anne and her new family. Adapted for the Collins Big Cat reading series, it follows her experiences as she builds a different life.

After her mother's death, Aurora finds it difficult to care about anything until she meets a dolphin called Click. Dangerous fishing nets prompt her and her Songbird Cafe friends to act to protect him.

Sarah Webb selects songs, poems, and nursery rhymes from Irish childhood, bringing familiar verses together with international favourites. Steve McCarthy illustrates a collection made for reading and singing aloud, with animals, sailors, and playful nonsense.

Blazing a Trail

by Sarah Webb

2018

Twenty-eight Irish women's lives introduce young readers to achievements in exploration, politics, sport, and the arts. Illustrated by Lauren O'Neill, these profiles describe women who pursued ambitions and challenged the expectations placed upon them.

Dare to Dream

by Sarah Webb

2019

Irish explorers, inventors, campaigners, and other ambitious figures feature in this illustrated collection of lives. From Tom Crean to Rosie Hackett, their experiences show how people from Ireland pursued challenging goals and made an international impact.

Animal Crackers

by Sarah Webb

2020

Sarah Webb and Alan Nolan introduce animals from around the world through facts, illustrations, activities, and quizzes. Unusual habits and surprising physical abilities give young readers ways to explore familiar creatures and discover less familiar species.

Irish and international nursery rhymes, poems, and songs fill this illustrated collection selected by Sarah Webb. Steve McCarthy's pictures accompany verses about creatures, pirates, and other childhood favourites, offering material for reading and singing together.

In Dublin in 1911, Eliza and her brother move into a Henrietta Street tenement after their mother's death. Circus performers and neighbours offer possibilities for work and friendship while the children cope with their father's illness.

Be Inspired!

by Sarah Webb

2022

Profiles introduce young Irish people working in environmental activism, sport, journalism, writing, and other fields. Their experiences show how individual interests become public achievements, from beach cleaning and beekeeping to athletic success and efforts to support others.

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The Bookshop Sisters

by Sarah Webb

2026

In 1956, Rosy Heron and her older sister spend the summer helping at their aunt's Dublin bookshop. Delivery work and bookselling lead Rosy to investigate secret nighttime activities and unexplained events in the shop's basement.

Ask Amy Green books in order

Explore this series
  1. Book cover for "Boy Trouble"

    Boy Trouble

    by Sarah Webb

    2009Ask Amy Green, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Bridesmaid Blitz"

    Bridesmaid Blitz

    by Sarah Webb

    2010Ask Amy Green, Book 3
  3. Book cover for "Summer Secrets"

    Summer Secrets

    by Sarah Webb

    2010Ask Amy Green, Book 2
  4. Book cover for "Love and Other Drama-Ramas!"

    Love and Other Drama-Ramas!

    by Sarah Webb

    2011Ask Amy Green, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "Dancing Daze"

    Dancing Daze

    by Sarah Webb

    2012Ask Amy Green, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "Wedding Belles"

    Wedding Belles

    by Sarah Webb

    2013Ask Amy Green, Book 6

The Songbird Cafe Girls books in order

Explore this series
  1. Book cover for "Mollie Cinnamon is Not a Cupcake"

    Mollie Cinnamon is Not a Cupcake

    by Sarah Webb

    2015The Songbird Cafe Girls, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Sunny Days and Moon Cakes"

    Sunny Days and Moon Cakes

    by Sarah Webb

    2015The Songbird Cafe Girls, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Aurora and the Popcorn Dolphin"

    Aurora and the Popcorn Dolphin

    by Sarah Webb

    2016The Songbird Cafe Girls, Book 3

Standalone Sarah Webb books

  1. Book cover for "Kids Can Cook"

    Kids Can Cook

    by Sarah Webb

    1998
  2. Book cover for "Children's Parties"

    Children's Parties

    by Sarah Webb

    1999
  3. Book cover for "Always the Bridesmaid"

    Always the Bridesmaid

    by Sarah Webb

    2001
  4. Book cover for "Kids Can Cook Around the World"
  5. Book cover for "Something to Talk about"

    Something to Talk about

    by Sarah Webb

    2002
  6. Book cover for "Some Kind of Wonderful"

    Some Kind of Wonderful

    by Sarah Webb

    2003
  7. Book cover for "It Had to Be You"

    It Had to Be You

    by Sarah Webb

    2005
  8. Book cover for "Take a Chance"

    Take a Chance

    by Sarah Webb

    2005
  9. Book cover for "Three Times a Lady"

    Three Times a Lady

    by Sarah Webb

    2005
  10. Book cover for "Mum's the Word"

    Mum's the Word

    by Sarah Webb

    2007The Truth about Motherhood
  11. Book cover for "Anything For Love"

    Anything For Love

    by Sarah Webb

    2009
  12. Book cover for "Emma the Penguin"

    Emma the Penguin

    by Sarah Webb

    2010
  13. Book cover for "The Loving Kind"

    The Loving Kind

    by Sarah Webb

    2010
  14. Book cover for "When The Boys Are Away"

    When The Boys Are Away

    by Sarah Webb

    2010
  15. Book cover for "Sally Go Round the Stars"

    Sally Go Round the Stars

    by Sarah Webb

    2011Favourite Rhymes from an Irish Childhood
  16. Book cover for "The Shoestring Club"

    The Shoestring Club

    by Sarah Webb

    2012
  17. Book cover for "The Memory Box"

    The Memory Box

    by Sarah Webb

    2013
  18. Book cover for "The First World War with Imperial War Museums"
  19. Book cover for "Anne of Green Gables"

    Anne of Green Gables

    by Sarah Webb

    2016Band 17/Diamond
  20. Book cover for "A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea"

    A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea

    by Sarah Webb

    2017Favourite Rhymes from an Irish Childhood
  21. Book cover for "Blazing a Trail"

    Blazing a Trail

    by Sarah Webb

    2018Irish Women Who Changed the World
  22. Book cover for "Dare to Dream"

    Dare to Dream

    by Sarah Webb

    2019Irish People Who Took on the World
  23. Book cover for "Animal Crackers"

    Animal Crackers

    by Sarah Webb

    2020Fantastic Facts about Your Favourite Animals
  24. Book cover for "The One with the Waggly Tail"

    The One with the Waggly Tail

    by Sarah Webb

    2020Favourite Rhymes from an Irish Childhood
  25. Book cover for "The Little Bee Charmer of Henrietta Street"
  26. Book cover for "Be Inspired!"

    Be Inspired!

    by Sarah Webb

    2022Young Irish People Changing the World
  27. Book cover for "The Bookshop Sisters"

    The Bookshop Sisters

    by Sarah Webb

    2026

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