Graffeg releases free children's s book about lockdown

Independent Welsh publisher Graffeg Publishing has released a new story and colouring book about lockdown by Malachy Doyle and illustrator Andrew Whitson. In collaboration with Irish publisher An tSnáthaid Mhór, Molly and the Shutdown is available to download in three languages—English, Irish and Welsh.

The story is about how a young girl, Molly, and her family cope with a virus shutdown, while living on a small island off the mainland. Molly does puzzles, plays her fiddle and looks after her pets whilst her mother helps other residents on the island and her father is stuck on the mainland. 

The story is also available to watch on Youtube. Doyle reads the

, Máire Zepf reads the  and Naomi Keevil reads the . 

Other books in the Molly series include Molly and the Stormy Sea (Graffeg, 2018), Molly and the Whale (Graffeg, 2019) and Molly and the Lighthouse which will be published by Graffeg on 26th June 2020.