Johnny Magory and the Game of Rounders

Johnny Magory and the Emma-Jane Leeson

Johnny Magory and the Game of Rounders is the second book in the series of adventures of Johnny Magory.
Have you heard the story about Johnny Magory?
The second book from “The Adventures of Johnny Magory” series set amongst the flora and fauna of the raised bogs of Ireland.
Johnny and Ruairi team up with their magical friends Lord Stag, Finn Hare, Ms Grouse, and many more for a game of Rounders they’ll never forget.
But in all the fun has Johnny forgotten about his work… And his Mammy and Daddy?
Johnny Magory and the Game of Rounders was inspired by the beautiful bogs of Co. Kildare in Ireland.

“I’ll tell you a story about Johnny Magory”.

Growing up in Ireland, each and every night Emma-Jane Leeson’s Mammy and Daddy told her “a story about Johnny Magory”.
These ‘made-up’ tales were usually derived from whatever sort of harm and devilment EJ had got up to that day and she couldn’t wait for bedtime for her mother to read a book and her father to tell her a story about what Johnny had done too!
Based on the old Irish rhyme “I’ll tell you a story about Johnny McGory. WIll I begin it? That’s all that’s in it!”, her father’s storytelling ensured EJ and her siblings went to sleep excited about their next “adventure” in the morning.

Three decades later, this inspired Emma-Jane Leeson to write down a few stories and bring Johnny McGory to the next generation (and indulged her passion for little people with big imaginations, writing and wildlife as well!)