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Irish Children's Book of the Year (Irish Book Awards)
Shortlisted for the Reading Association of Ireland Awards 2009
White Raven selection 2008
History
Book Details:
Price:
€19.95
Binding: hb
Pages: 96
Size: 285x225mm
ISBN-10 0-86278-881-1
ISBN-13 978-0-86278-881-0
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Rights held:
World, all languages.
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Black Flag: Picture books and storytelling to read aloud
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We are going on a long, mysterious journey to find out what we can about the island of Ireland...
The Story of Ireland begins ‘After the Ice’ and lasts 9,000 years. It tells the story of the whole island and its people.
The book’s 27 chapters chronicle invasions, wars, Christianity, famine and a divided island, mixed with tales of Celtic head hunters, mysterious stone tombs, the Vikings, the black death, life in castles, the Titanic tragedy, music, mobiles and computers. When it ends a new story is just beginning.
With beautiful and humorous illustrations throughout, and visual jokes on each page, the history of Ireland is presented in an engaging and readable manner.
The Story of Ireland recounts the entire history of Ireland from the ice age to the present day, ties in with the school curriculum, and is excellent for school projects - this is one book that no library or classroom should be without.
Included in the International Youth Library’s White Ravens 2008 collection.
Extract available: read some of this book now ...
Who Were The Celts?
Teaching Resources: free to view and download
The Celts: Activity 1
The Celts: Activity 2
The Celts: Activity 3
The Celts: Activity 4
Saints & Pagans: Activity 1
Saints & Pagans: Activity 2
Saints & Pagans: Activity 3
Saints & Pagans: Activity 4
Statues with a Story: Activity 1
Statues with a Story: Activity 2
Statues with a Story: Activity 3
To School: Activity 1
To School: Activity 2
To School: Activity 3
To School: Activity 4
To School: Activity 5
Time Travel: Activity 1
Time Travel: Activity 2
Time Travel: Activity 3
History Detectives: Activity 1
History Detectives: Activity 2
History Detectives: Activity 3
Footprints in the Future: Activity 1
Footprints in the Future: Activity 2
Best of Ireland: Activity 1
Best of Ireland: Activity 2
Best of Ireland: Activity 3
List of all available resources
Problems viewing resources? You will need a PDF file reader, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader,
which is available free from
Adobe.
Praise for The Story of Ireland
'This book is a significant breakthrough in the writing and presentation of history to Irish children and ought to be in every school library, if not in every home.' INIS magazine, Spring 2008
'Filled with fun facts on everything from the Stone Age to the Celtic Tiger and is illustrated in a way that will delight children. A great gift for any curious child.' The Irish Times
'A family must-have . . . each page is a treasure of knowledge, cleverly fragmented with illustrations, photos and brilliant cartoons that provoke the reader to dip in and be hooked!' Irish Examiner
'Most impressive in its inventiveness, wealth of witty illustration, mixture of fun and serious history. It is great to see work of this quality from an Irish publishing house in these straitened times. This book deserves to be in every home and school.' Sunday Independent
Robert Dunbar’s top 30 Books of the Year 2007. 'Some 9,000 years of Irish history are colourfully and humorously delineated in an ambitiously conceived and successfully executed 'story'.' The Irish Times
'A fun way to present history to children and O’Brien are to be commended for doing a fine job in condensing 900 centuries worth of history.' Sunday Business Post
'Deserves a place in every school and home library . . . such a quality that its appeal ought to endure for many years and many readings to come’ InTouch Magazine
'Clever, informative and above all entertaining.' Eoin Colfer
'Written in a lively, informal style, its attractive pages are full of informative facts broken down into child-friendly, bite-sized pieces, ideal for internet-savvy modern youngsters . . . Every household in Ireland should have a copy, not to mention libraries and schools. I can’t recommend it highly enough. A triumph!' Sarah Webb, Children’s Books Ireland, BookFest
'This is a beautifully presented book which brings the History of Ireland to life for young children. It is lively and colourful with plenty of stories, people and places.' Mary Hanafin T.D.
'Absolutely wonderful.' The Ryan Tubridy Show, RTE Radio One
'A sophisticated production.' Sunday Tribune
'A joy to read and look at - bright, lively and informative.' The Newsletter
'Some kids thought that Irish history would never be enjoyable, but that’s before The Story of Ireland was written!!! With all its funny illustrations and its cool facts, its very easy to read and makes Irish history much more interesting.' Kilkenny People
'Without any question this is the Children’s Book of the Year.' Irish Independent
'Every house in Ireland should have it.' Waterford News & Star
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