• Paddy Donnelly’s engaging illustrations bring this cute story to life.

Meep is the hardest-working robot in the solar system who is sent to Mars to collect information for the scientists back on planet Earth. Meep whirrs around the surface of the red planet, finding more about this mysterious place. But there is no sign of life anywhere. Or is there?
Little ones will love this “They’re behind you!” tale of a brave little robot that bravely goes where no other Irish-speaking robot has gone before.

Author
Children's Writing Fellow at the Seamus Heaney Centre
Máire Zepf is an award-winning writer, a leading voice in the recent renaissance of children’s publishing in the Irish language. Her picture book Ná Gabh ar Scoil! (Don’t Go to School!) has been published in numerous language editions worldwide, including US English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean and Turkish. The book was an IBBY International List Writing Honoree, 2018. This is Máire’s third picture book with Futa Fata.

Illustrator
Paddy Donnelly is an Irish illustrator who now lives in Belgium. With over 14 years experience as an illustrator and designer, Paddy now gets to make a living drawing dinosaurs and his 5 year old self is very happy about this. Coming from a graphic design background, Paddy is comfortable working in a number of different illustration styles depending on the type of project. He has been creating kids apps for iOS under the brand Wee Taps and wishes that Pluto was still a planet.