Introduction --The princess and the other frog / by Siobhan Parkinson -- Finbar the Furious: the ogre who could do no wrong / by Paula Leyden -- Eleanor / by John Boyne -- Badness, madness and trickery / by Malachy Doyle -- The beach of the whispering stones / by Maeve Friel -- The princess who wanted to be queen / by Deirdre Sullivan -- The sky-snake and the pot of gold / by Darragh Martin -- About the authors.