Dare to Dream
Irish People Who Took on the World (and Won!)
Published on 21. October 2019
Book
Hardback
64 pages
978-1-78849-127-3 (ISBN)
Description
'Dream big. You can't put a limit on your dreams because nothing is impossible.' Katie Mullan, Ireland Hockey Captain
Are you ready to be inspired?
Open this book and discover a world of courage, bravery and adventure.
Adventurers, explorers, inventors, dreamers.... for a small country Irish people have had a huge impact internationally. From helping street children in India, to saving Jewish children during World War II and exploring new worlds, their reach has been world-wide. From Michael Collins to Rosie Hackett, Lady Gregory to Tom Crean, this book celebrates the brave and daring Irish.
Be inspired by some of Ireland's most daring and fearless men and women.
Are you ready to be inspired?
Open this book and discover a world of courage, bravery and adventure.
Adventurers, explorers, inventors, dreamers.... for a small country Irish people have had a huge impact internationally. From helping street children in India, to saving Jewish children during World War II and exploring new worlds, their reach has been world-wide. From Michael Collins to Rosie Hackett, Lady Gregory to Tom Crean, this book celebrates the brave and daring Irish.
Be inspired by some of Ireland's most daring and fearless men and women.
Reviews / Votes
a companion publication to the fantastic Blazing A Trail ... vivid portraits by Graham Corcoran ... Sarah Webb's accessible prose delivers key and fun facts. This title is a great addition to school bookshelves with lots of scope for further reading and project-based work ... discover ... be inspired * InTouch Magazine * incredible true-life stories ... concise one-page biographies of well-known and lesser-known figures from all walks of Irish history and contemporary life, from revolutionaries like Padraig Pearse and Elizabeth O'Farrell to rock-stars like Bono and Hozier. However, it is the lesser-known stories - like that of American Civil War soldier Albert DJ Cashier and adventurer Madam Dragonfly - that really sing. Graham Corcoran's chiselled portraits dominate suggestive background landscapes, which use a few key details to support Webb's pithy prose' * Irish Times * amazing lives that will inspire young dreamers ... provides plenty of inspiration for the country's next generation of movers and shakers * Evening Echo *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Dublin
Ireland
Target group
Children/juvenile
Reading Age: From 8 years, Interest Age: From 7 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 249 mm
Width: 185 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78849-127-3 (9781788491273)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Sarah Webb is an award-winning children's writer. She won Irish Book awards for Blazing a Trail: Irish Women who Changed the World (illustrated by Lauren O'Neill) and A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea: Favourite Rhymes from an Irish Childhood (illustrated by Steve McCarthy).
Sarah runs creative writing clubs for young writers, reviews children's books for the Irish Independent, programmes many children's and family events and works part-time in a children's bookshop. Passionate about bringing children and books together, Sarah was awarded the Children's Books Ireland Award for Outstanding Contribution to Children's Books in Ireland.
www.sarahwebb.ie
Sarah runs creative writing clubs for young writers, reviews children's books for the Irish Independent, programmes many children's and family events and works part-time in a children's bookshop. Passionate about bringing children and books together, Sarah was awarded the Children's Books Ireland Award for Outstanding Contribution to Children's Books in Ireland.
www.sarahwebb.ie
Content
WILLIAM PARSONS Engineer and Astronomer 4-5
GEORGE BOOLE Mathematician 6-7
AGNES MARY CLERKE Science Writer 8-9
ALBERT DJ CASHIER American Civil War Soldier 10-11
LADY GREGORY Writer and Co-Founder of the Abbey Theatre 12-13
DOUGLAS HYDE Ireland's First President 14-15
ROGER CASEMENT Human Rights Activist and Irish Nationalist 16-17
LENA RICE Wimbledon Winner 18-19
MAUDE DELAP: 'THE JELLYFISH LADY' Marine Biologist 20-21
LILY AND LOLLY YEATS Artists, Craftswomen and Publishers 22-23
INVENTORS AND DISCOVERERS 24-25
TOM CREAN Antarctic Explorer 26-27
GRETTA COUSINS Suffragette, Teacher and Civil Rights Campaigner 28-29
PATRICK PEARSE Teacher and Revolutionary 30-31
JAMES JOYCE Writer 32-33
ELIZABETH O'FARRELL Nationalist, Midwife and Loyal Friend 34-35
REX INGRAM Movie Director, Producer and Writer 36-37
ROSANNA 'ROSIE' HACKETT Trade Unionist and Nationalist 38-39
CYNTHIA EVELYN LONGFIELD: 'MADAM DRAGONFLY' Dragonfly Expert and Adventurer 40-41
ERNEST WALTON Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist 42-43
MARY ELMES Aid Worker and Humanitarian 44-45
JACK KYLE Surgeon and Rugby Legend 46-47
RONNIE DELANY Olympic Champion 48-49
JOHN HUME Politician and Civil Rights Campaigner 50-51
PROFESSOR SUSAN McKENNA-LAWLOR Astrophysicist 52-53
BOB GELDOF Musician and Humanitarian 54-55
U2 Musicians 56-57
PHILIP TREACY Hat Designer 58-59
CORA STAUNTON Sportswoman 60-61
DREAMERS OF TOMORROW 62-63
GEORGE BOOLE Mathematician 6-7
AGNES MARY CLERKE Science Writer 8-9
ALBERT DJ CASHIER American Civil War Soldier 10-11
LADY GREGORY Writer and Co-Founder of the Abbey Theatre 12-13
DOUGLAS HYDE Ireland's First President 14-15
ROGER CASEMENT Human Rights Activist and Irish Nationalist 16-17
LENA RICE Wimbledon Winner 18-19
MAUDE DELAP: 'THE JELLYFISH LADY' Marine Biologist 20-21
LILY AND LOLLY YEATS Artists, Craftswomen and Publishers 22-23
INVENTORS AND DISCOVERERS 24-25
TOM CREAN Antarctic Explorer 26-27
GRETTA COUSINS Suffragette, Teacher and Civil Rights Campaigner 28-29
PATRICK PEARSE Teacher and Revolutionary 30-31
JAMES JOYCE Writer 32-33
ELIZABETH O'FARRELL Nationalist, Midwife and Loyal Friend 34-35
REX INGRAM Movie Director, Producer and Writer 36-37
ROSANNA 'ROSIE' HACKETT Trade Unionist and Nationalist 38-39
CYNTHIA EVELYN LONGFIELD: 'MADAM DRAGONFLY' Dragonfly Expert and Adventurer 40-41
ERNEST WALTON Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist 42-43
MARY ELMES Aid Worker and Humanitarian 44-45
JACK KYLE Surgeon and Rugby Legend 46-47
RONNIE DELANY Olympic Champion 48-49
JOHN HUME Politician and Civil Rights Campaigner 50-51
PROFESSOR SUSAN McKENNA-LAWLOR Astrophysicist 52-53
BOB GELDOF Musician and Humanitarian 54-55
U2 Musicians 56-57
PHILIP TREACY Hat Designer 58-59
CORA STAUNTON Sportswoman 60-61
DREAMERS OF TOMORROW 62-63