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Pick Your Brains About Ireland (Pick Your Brains S.)

Pick Your Brains About Ireland (Pick Your Brains S.)

by Caspar Williams (Illustrator), Mary O ' Neill (Author)

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    Paperback 2005

    $21.16
Synopsis

At last, a series that tells children what they want to know about Ireland, whether they are visiting on holiday, learning about Ireland at school, bored at the airport or want to learn more about their Irish heroes. Pick Your Brains about Ireland and find out its: Vital facts and figures * History in a nutshell * Local customs * Fabulous builidings and sights * Great inventors, artists, writers and scientists * Food and drink * Incredible festivals and the stories behind them * Sport * Good books and wicked websites * Phrases in gaelic such as 'my parents will pay!'.

$21.16

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2 in stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 128
 Edition: illustrated edition
 Publisher: Cadogan Guides
Published: 01 Apr 2005
ISBN 10: 1860112218
ISBN 13: 9781860112218

Media Reviews
'Plenty of fascinating facts presented with the kind of irreverence kids love' - The Times 'Let your children impress poolside companions and dinner guests by spouting amusing anecdotes and informative titbits, all harvested from this jolly piece of literature' - Observer; 'some of this is fascinating and delivered in the sort of language many children will like' - Books of the Week, The Sunday Times; 'Aimed at (and edited by) 8-12-year olds, Pick Your Brains is a fun, fact-filled series... The perfect antidote to plane, train or automobile rage' -Irish Independent; 'A handy guide to great places' to visit, weird customs, history and bizarre facts... Some of the places sound fab and you would never have heard about them without a guidebook. * * * * Viewers' review, BBC Newsround website
Author Bio
Mary O'Neill was born in Cork and aised in Dublin where she lived until 1988, when she moved to Oxford. She has taught and written for the schools market for many years. She frequently returns to Ireland her home country, has a twelve-year-old daughter and a rapidly ageing Irish husband.