Gypsy, Roma Traveller

A selection of titles promoted to celebrate Gypsy, Roma and Traveller history month.

Fiction and non-fiction books for adult readers, and also several childrens' picture books by Richard O'Neill.

Browse our collection of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller related eAudio and eBooks at this link: Kirklees Libraries' eAudio and eBook collection

Updated May 20, 2024
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Bury me standing : the Gypsies and their journey
Fonseca, Isabel.
Paper Book
With 50 illustrations and 3 maps.
Polonius the Pit Pony
O'Neill, Richard
Paper Book
When Polonius the pit pony escapes from the coal mine he's worked in all his life, he joins a family of Travelers. Although he enjoys the freedom and the fresh air that their lifestyle offers, he wishes he could give something back to the family in return.When the chance arrives for him to do...
The can caravan
O'Neill, Richard, (Storyteller)
Paper Book
When Janie's neighbor Mrs Tolen goes into hospital with a broken hip, it looks as though she will have to move out of her old caravan and into a house. Janie is desperate to help, but all seems lost until her school visits a local recycling plant. All it takes from there is imagination, a supportive...
Ossiri and the Bala Mengro
O'Neill, Richard.
Paper Book
A Traveller girl creates her own musical instrument from a willow branch and lots of recycled objects. She plays it enthusiastically, but it sounds terrible! Ignoring warnings not to awaken the ogre in the hills, Ossiri goes there to practise playing her instrument. Will she wake the ogre, and will...
Yokki and the Parno Gry
O'Neill, Richard.
Paper Book
When a Traveller family experiences a run of bad luck, an imaginative boy called Yokki lifts their spirits with tales of a magical white horse. A traditional Traveller-family folk tale which inspires hope and celebrates creativity. Told by a Romani storyteller together with a picture book author to...
Gypsy boy
Walsh, Mikey.
Paper Book
An Eye-Opening Memoir of Growing Up Gypsy Mikey Walsh was born into a Romany Gypsy family. They live in a secluded community, and little is known about their way of life. After centuries of persecution, Gypsies are wary of outsiders, and if you choose to leave you can never come back. ...
Gypsy boy on the run
Walsh, Mikey.
Paper Book
Mikey Walsh didn't know what life was like beyond his Gypsy community. But after fleeing home at age fifteen, he had no choice but to find out. After centuries of persecution, Gypsies are wary of outsiders, and if you choose to leave, you can never come back. Torn between his family and...
This Time Next Year We'll Be Laughing
Winspear, Jacqueline
Paper Book
A 2021 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Critical/Biographical "Jacqueline Winspear has created a memoir of her English childhood that is every bit as engaging as her Maisie Dobbs novels, just as rich in character and detail, history and humanity. Her writing is lovely, elegant and...

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