{"id":14,"date":"2010-06-17T20:20:44","date_gmt":"2010-06-17T19:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corinaduyn.com\/site\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:25:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:25:04","slug":"cirrus-chronicles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.corinaduyn.com\/site\/cirrus-chronicles\/","title":{"rendered":"Cirrus Chronicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.corinaduyn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/24441_2120606.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corinaduyn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/24441_2120606.jpg\" alt=\"Cirrus Chronicles- Landing in Ballynelligan\" class=\"wp-image-726\" style=\"width:304px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.corinaduyn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/24441_2120606.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.corinaduyn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/24441_2120606-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u2026encourage adults and children to see the magic and wonder that lies all about us, unimagined and unrecognised in everyday things. \u2013&nbsp;Christy Parker<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><em>Cirrus Chronicles &#8211; Landing in Ballynelligan (2009) <\/em>by Corina Duyn is a richly illustrated modern day Fairy Tale for all ages. Corina conjured up these stories during her ten minute walks near her home. Walking was a painful and exhaustion undertaking, but taking pictures and imagining the life of birds and fairies, occupied her mind.&nbsp; The result is the story of Cloud Fairy Cirrus Kalani when he accidentally lands in a field in Ballynelligan, Lismore, Co. Waterford (Ireland). Cirrus encounters birds, Fairies, and befriends Robert Cat and Wally Wood Mouse. He learns about their lives, and there is magic in the air.&nbsp; You can read a bit about the story behind the book on <a href=\"http:\/\/corinaduyn.blogspot.com\/2016\/12\/cirrus-chronicles-story-inspired-by.html\"><strong>Little Wings BLOG<\/strong><\/a>.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><em>Cirrus Chronicles by Corina Duyn ISBN: 978-0-9563589-1-2; 56 pages, full colour, 14&#215;14 cm &#8211; Written and illustrated by Corina Duyn &#8211; Published by Little Wings 2009.<\/em> <em>The book is out of print, but has been republished in 2026 in digital format on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/littlewings\/docs\/cirrus_chronicles_-_landing_in_ballynelligan_by_co?fr=xKAE9_zMzMw\">ISSUU \u2013 Little Wings<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Endorsements for Cirrus Chronicles<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;.<em>.. I love the book &#8230; it&#8217;s very special.&nbsp; I read it last night with my granddaughter S\u00edafra,&nbsp;and we had a great time talking about it.&nbsp;She gave it a hundred out of a hundred!&#8221; <\/em>Actor and story teller&nbsp;Nuala Hayes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>&#8220;&#8230;.&nbsp;I love the real world around Lismore that Corina Duyn has conjured up. Especially the Cloudland International Rainbow Dance Festival, where the cloud fairies dance and eat sky-blue candyfloss and drink rainbow lemonade. You may even learn Cloud-Hole-Jumping. &nbsp;<em>Who knows, but at some future date, people may come to Lismore (co. Waterford- Ireland) &nbsp;to track the habitat of many of the creatures of this book.&nbsp;<\/em><\/em>Liam Murphy- Munster Express<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Like any good fairy on her travels, Lismore author and all round artist Corina Duyn, will drop in on the children of her local Liosmore Mochuda national school.&nbsp;<\/em><em>Corina\u2019s underlying hope is that her books \u2018will encourage adults and children to see the magic and wonder that lies all about us, unimagined and unrecognised in everyday things\u2019. \u2013<\/em>&nbsp;Christy Parker&nbsp;<em>Corina brings Cirrus to school&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<\/em>Dungarvan Observer 12-\u201809<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sample pages<\/p>\n\n\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artlinks.ie\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Artlinks \" src=\"http:\/\/www.corinaduyn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/lartlinks-logo-300x76.jpg\" alt=\"Artlinks \" width=\"109\" height=\"27\"><\/a><\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imet.ie\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMET\" src=\"http:\/\/www.corinaduyn.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMETlogo-sponsors-of-Cirrus-1.jpg\" alt=\"IMET\" width=\"42\" height=\"42\"><\/a>&nbsp;Supported by<em>&nbsp;Artlinks 2009 Bursary and IMET (Irish M.E. 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