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Sarah Webb

Sarah Webb

Sarah Webb is an award-winning children’s writer. Her books include 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), both winners of Irish Book Awards.

She runs creative writing clubs for young writers, reviews children’s books for the Irish Independent, and programmes children’s and family events for book festivals and MoLI (Museum of Literature Ireland). She also 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.

Her latest novel for children is The Little Beekeeper of Henrietta Street (illustrated by Rachel Corcoran), set in Dubiln in 1911.

www.sarahwebb.ie

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Be Inspired! - Young Irish People Changing the World

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The Little Bee Charmer of Henrietta Street

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Sally Go Round The Stars - Favourite Rhymes from an Irish Childhood

  • Download Activity sheets: Colour your own rhyme: I've Got a Dog as Thin as a Rail ...

  • Download Activity sheets: Colour your own rhyme: Row, Row, Row Your Boat ...

  • Download Activity sheets: Colour your own rhyme: There Was An Old Woman Who Swallowed A Fly ...

Blazing a Trail - Irish Women Who Changed the World

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Dare to Dream - Irish People Who Took on the World (and Won!)

  • Download Teaching Guides: Teaching guide to the book by Nicola Heaney