'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.

About the Author
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

Reviews

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 *


Awards
Short-listed for TheJournal.ie Best Irish Published Book of the Year 2019 (Ireland).



Book Information
ISBN 9781788491273
Author Sarah Webb
Format Hardback
Page Count 64
Imprint O'Brien Press Ltd
Publisher O'Brien Press Ltd
Weight(grams) 434g
Dimensions(mm) 242mm * 180mm * 12mm