Welleran Poltarnees is the pen name of Harold Darling,^[1][2] an author who is best known for having written numerous "blessing books"^[3] that employ turn of the 20th century artwork. This pen name is based on two of Lord Dunsany's most famous stories: The Sword of Welleran and Poltarnees, Beholder of Ocean.

Selected bibliography

• The Baby Blessing
• The Kindness Book
• A Christmas Blessing (1996)
• A House Blessing (1994)
• A Blessing Of Healing And Strength
• A Book for My Father
• Sharing the Pleasures of Reading
• An Irish Blessing for the Home (2005)
• In Praise of Sailing (2004)
• A Book of Unicorns (1978) (which includes many illustrators including Mercer Mayer).
• The Happy Book
• A Blessing of Music
• A Birthday Blessing
• Optimism
• Weird and Wonderful: Discoveries from the Mysterious World of Forgotten Children's Books (2010)
• All Mirrors are Magic Mirrors: Reflections on Pictures Found in Children's Books (1972)
• Covering Christmas
• Big Book of Christmas
• Welcome Baby
• This Is My Wish For You
• Happiness
• By The Sea
• Hooray For Dogs
• Hooray For Babies
• I Love You
• The Golden Rule
• Invisible Art (The Art Brothers Welleran Poltanees, Richard Kehl and Cooper Edens)
• In Praise of Sailing