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Karin Ireland

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Karin Ireland is an American author of children's literature and books for adults. Several of her books for adults are self-help guides, and she has written a memoir.

Biography

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Ireland has written a variety of books for children, including Don't Take Your Snake for a Stroll, which was first published in 2003 by Harcourt. She is also the author of Albert Einstein, a biography published by Silver Burdett Press in 1989 as part of the Pioneers in Change series for children age 12 and over.[1]

Her writing for adults includes Boost Your Child's Self-Esteem: Simple, Effective Ways to Build Children's Self-Respect and Confidence.[2] Ireland has also written a memoir based on her experience with breast cancer.

Selected works

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Children's books

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  • Hollywood Stuntpeople, Messner (1980). ISBN 067134062X[3]
  • Helicopters at Work, Messner (1983). ISBN 0671465031[4]
  • Albert Einstein, Silver Burdett Press (1989).[5][6]
  • Wonderful Nature, Wonderful You, Dawn Publications (1996). (ISBN 1-883220-48-3)[7]
  • Don't Take Your Snake for a Stroll, Harcourt (2003) and Scholastic Inc. (2005). (ISBN 0-439-74646-9)[8]

Other works

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  • Boost Your Child's Self-Esteem: Simple, Effective Ways to Build Children's Self-Respect and Confidence (2000) (ISBN 0-425-17295-3)
  • Learning to Trust Myself: Lessons From Cancer and Other Life Dilemmas (ISBN 0-9761452-0-0).
  • The Job Survival Instruction Book: 400+ Tips, Tricks, and Techniques to Stay Employed, Third Edition, published by Course Technology PTR (ISBN 1-4354-5710-2)

References

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  1. ^ Smith, Roger (1998). Biographies of scientists: an annotated bibliography. Pasadena, Calif.: Salem Press. p. 30. ISBN 9780810833845.
  2. ^ Miller, Peggy Jo; Cho, Grace E. (2018). Self-esteem in time and place: how American families imagine, enact, and personalize a cultural ideal. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 39. ISBN 9780199959723.
  3. ^ Phillips, Marilyn Payne (February 1, 1981). "Hollywood Stuntpeople (Book Review)". School Library Journal. 27 (6): 66 – via EBSCOhost.
  4. ^ Tuccillo, Diane P. (April 1, 1984). "Helicopters at Work (Book)". School Library Journal. 30 (8): 115 – via EBSCOhost.
  5. ^ Hirsch, Jr., E.D. (2009). Books to Build On: A Grade-By-Grade Resource Guide for Parents and Teachers. Random House Publishing Group. p. 304. ISBN 9780307567215.
  6. ^ Owens, Trevor (December 2009). "Going to school with Madame Curie and Mr. Einstein: gender roles in children's science biographies". Cultural Studies of Science Education. 4 (4): 929–943. Bibcode:2009CSSE....4..929O. doi:10.1007/s11422-009-9177-6. S2CID 145243125.
  7. ^ Reviews of Wonderful Nature, Wonderful You
    • Maksymowych, Terry (June 2017). "Wonderful Nature, Wonderful You". The Catholic Library World. 87 (4): 297. ProQuest 1917636619
    • Young, Yvonne (Spring–Summer 2017). "Wonderful Nature, Wonderful You". Multicultural Education. 24 (3/4): 47. ISSN 1068-3844.
  8. ^ Reviews of Don't Take Your Snake for a Stroll
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