When Emily the cute cat comes across the grumpy and accident prone Tristan the owl, she notices how few friends he has to help him out. So she decides to be a friend and show him caring. The incremental changes she helps him make with his lifestyle choices make a huge difference. A story of friendship and love.

Galway Fairytales are a range of books that aim to nurture children's wellbeing through Irish storytelling. These books enable discussions on topics such as bullying, friendships, kindness, teamwork, finding your source of good guidance in life, persevering as a friend, the importance of saying sorry and owning up to wrongdoing, the limits to pranking others, social inclusion, family breakup and coping with anxiety. Each story comes complete with a discussion list and sets of interesting facts about some character or aspect in the story.

Emily and Tristan is the fifth book of the Merlin Woods Series and comes complete with a discussion list as well as interesting ideas about owls.

Social-emotional learning through enjoyable Irish stories.

'If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.' Albert Einstein