Karin Ireland

{{short description|American author}}

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

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.{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Roger |title=Biographies of scientists: an annotated bibliography |date=1998 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OZEIv5N1LwQC&dq=%22Karin+Ireland%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA30 |publisher=Salem Press |location=Pasadena, Calif. |isbn=9780810833845 |page=30}}

Her writing for adults includes Boost Your Child's Self-Esteem: Simple, Effective Ways to Build Children's Self-Respect and Confidence.{{cite book |last1=Miller |first1=Peggy Jo |last2=Cho |first2=Grace E. |title=Self-esteem in time and place: how American families imagine, enact, and personalize a cultural ideal |date=2018 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |isbn=9780199959723 |page=39 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j8Q9DwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Karin+Ireland%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA39}} Ireland has also written a memoir based on her experience with breast cancer.

Selected works

= Children's books =

  • Hollywood Stuntpeople, Messner (1980). {{ISBN|067134062X}}{{cite journal |last1=Phillips |first1=Marilyn Payne |title=Hollywood Stuntpeople (Book Review) |journal=School Library Journal |date=February 1, 1981 |volume=27 |issue=6 |page=66|via=EBSCOhost}}
  • Helicopters at Work, Messner (1983). {{ISBN|0671465031}}{{cite journal |last1=Tuccillo |first1=Diane P. |title=Helicopters at Work (Book) |journal=School Library Journal |date=April 1, 1984 |volume=30 |issue=8 |page=115|via=EBSCOhost}}
  • Albert Einstein, Silver Burdett Press (1989).{{cite book |last1=Hirsch, Jr. |first1=E.D. |title=Books to Build On: A Grade-By-Grade Resource Guide for Parents and Teachers |date=2009 |publisher=Random House Publishing Group |isbn=9780307567215 |page=304 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BaLrsHKHE6kC&dq=%22Karin+Ireland%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA304}}{{cite journal |last1=Owens |first1=Trevor |title=Going to school with Madame Curie and Mr. Einstein: gender roles in children's science biographies |journal=Cultural Studies of Science Education |date=December 2009 |volume=4 |issue=4 |pages=929–943 |doi=10.1007/s11422-009-9177-6|bibcode=2009CSSE....4..929O |s2cid=145243125 }}
  • Wonderful Nature, Wonderful You, Dawn Publications (1996). ({{ISBN|1-883220-48-3}})Reviews of Wonderful Nature, Wonderful You
  • {{cite journal |last1=Maksymowych |first1=Terry |title=Wonderful Nature, Wonderful You |journal=The Catholic Library World |date=June 2017 |volume=87 |issue=4 |page=297}} {{ProQuest|1917636619}}
  • {{cite journal |last1=Young |first1=Yvonne |title=Wonderful Nature, Wonderful You |journal=Multicultural Education |date=Spring–Summer 2017 |volume=24 |issue=3/4 |page=47|issn=1068-3844}}
  • Don't Take Your Snake for a Stroll, Harcourt (2003) and Scholastic Inc. (2005). ({{ISBN|0-439-74646-9}})Reviews of Don't Take Your Snake for a Stroll
  • {{cite news |title=DON'T TAKE YOUR SNAKE FOR A STROLL by Karin Ireland |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780152023614 |access-date=17 October 2023 |work=Publishers Weekly |date=May 5, 2023}}
  • {{cite journal |last1=Foote |first1=Diane |title=Don't Take Your Snake for a Stroll (Book) |journal=Booklist |date=May 15, 2023 |volume=99 |issue=18 |pages=1671–1672|via=EBSCOhost}}
  • {{cite news |title=DON'T TAKE YOUR SNAKE FOR A STROLL |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/karin-ireland/dont-take-your-snake-for-a-stroll/ |access-date=17 October 2023 |work=Kirkus Reviews |date=May 15, 2003 |language=en}}
  • {{cite journal |last1=Call |first1=Nancy |title=Don't Take Your Snake for a Stroll (Book) |journal=School Library Journal |date=October 2003 |volume=49 |issue=10|via=Literary Reference Center Plus}}

=Other works=

  • 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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