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  • Bibliography:
    15 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 2007
  • Latest Book:
    July 2018
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Full Series List in Order

Alfie Green

Alfie Green and the Magical Gift (May-2007)
Alfie Green and the Bee-Bottle Gang (Jul-2007)
Alfie Green and a Sink Full of Frogs (Oct-2007)
Alfie Green and the Fly-Trapper (Oct-2007)
Alfie Green and the Supersonic Subway (Mar-2008)
Alfie Green and the Snowdrop Queen (Oct-2008)
Alfie Green and the Monkey Puzzler (Sep-2009)
Alfie Green and the Chocolate Cosmos (Mar-2010)
Alfie Green and the Conker King (Jan-2012)

Danny Wilde

Little Croker (Sep-2008)
Feile Fever (Jul-2009)
Tiger Boots (May-2010)

Book List in Order: 15 titles



  • A rusty key opens a dusty box hidden in Alfie's grandad's shed. Inside is an old, old book -- with magical powers. The book promises Alfie a gift, but first he must take the crystal flower across Sleepy Meadows full of Snapping Dragons to the crooked...



  • Alfie is in big trouble. He stopped Whacker Walsh and his gang from trapping bees in the park and now they are out to get him. What can he do? The wise old plant in the magical book comes up with a plan that sends Alfie back to Arcania in search of t...



  • Hundreds of tiny eyes peep up at Alfie Green from the sink in his garden. Frogs! Who invited them? And when the frogs tell their friends and relations about their great new swimming pool, the place is invaded. Alfie needs help -- fast. This is a job ...



  • Alfie's house is invaded by flies. His fly-trap plant is too small to eat them all so the wise old plant uses magic to make it bigger. Then it gets BIGGER and BIGGER and BIGGER. Nothing is safe! Alfie decides the only place for the Giant Fly Trapper ...



  • When the Emerald Cactus in the Desert of Doom explodes, Budsville is covered in sparkling green sand ... Soon the evil Desert Elves will arrive on their Scorpion Chariots. How can Alfie stop them? A very special lawnmower hidden in a secret subway un...



  • 'How do you play every game?' yelled Mick. 'Like the All-Ireland Final!' cheered the whole dressing room.Danny Wilde wants one thing more than anything else in the world and that's to get his GAA team, Littlestown Crokes, to the top of the League. Wi...



  • It’s Christmas Eve in Budsville and Alfie Green wishes it would snow.

    There is one person who can help his wish come true â€" the Snowdrop Queen. But she lives near the top of the Perilous Peaks in Arcania. This is a place too dangerous fo...



  • Danny Wilde and his teammates are finding the Under-14s Division tough going. They've lost one of their best goal-scorers to injury and it looks like they'll have no chance of winning the County Féile!Could Todd, the new Australian kid, be the answe...



  • The circus has come to town. But it's no ordinary circus, it's Monty's Marvellous Monkey Circus and all the performers are monkeys! All the kids from Budsville are really excited, except for Alfie who suspects all is not what it seems ......






  • Budsville's chocolate fair cancelled? No way, Alfie decides. The wise old plant tells him of the Roaring Rainforest in Arcania where he can collect chocolate seeds. But it won't be easy. Alfie first has to brave the vicious Spider Plants and the Fore...



  • The third Danny Wilde book'Enjoy your football and you'll always be a winner!' yelled the coach.The Crokes are doing well in the football league this season, but off the pitch things aren't so good; Danny's dad, the Crokes' coach, is having a hard ti...



  • Alfie would love to win the School Conker Championship. But with Conor Hoolihan on his team and Whacker Walsh cheating all the time, he has no chance. He needs to find a Super Cracking Conker, and he needs to find one fast. Alfie must travel through ...



  • Josh Bloom is on a field trip with his class to Cherry Tree Manor; while the house and gardens are beautiful, what really interests the class is the fact that Manor's owner, General Edgar Pennington, disappeared mysteriously exactly twelve years to t...



  • Charlie Stubbs has one passion in life â€" playing football. When his family moved from Dublin to Manchester it was hard, but at least he was close to his favourite team. Manchester United. Now twelve, Charlie's been in top form all season for the Sa...



  • Santa Claus tells one of his elves about Jesus Christ. He tells her that Christmas is not about Santa or presents; it is about the day that God gave us the savior of the world. This book takes many of the symbols of Christmas and shows how they ar...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Joe O'Brien has published 15 books.

Joe O'Brien does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Curious Elf, was published in July 2018.

The first book by Joe O'Brien, Alfie Green and the Magical Gift, was published in May 2007.

Yes. Joe O'Brien has 2 series.