Books with author Martin Breen

This beautifully illustrated graphic novel tells the stories of fearless females who have fought, and continue to fight, for the rights of women today.Featuring familiar icons like Harriet Tubman and Malala Yousafzai, and introducing hidden figures like Táhirih, readers will be fascinated reading about these female activists who advocated for equality, education, and bodily integrity throughout history.

The chequered history of Bunratty is filled with stories of sieges and conquests, executions and murders, even an occasional spirit, of ambitious men, and their wives, seeking to be overlord; of Norman, Irish and English, all inextricably linked to mould the story of Bunratty, spanning a period of almost 800 years. Four distinct castles or fortifications have stood here since the middle of the thirteenth century, an indication of the importance of the site, situated as it is on the river passage to Limerick, once an important Viking and later Norman trading centre. If walls could talk this is the book they would write - as Martin Breen takes you on a journey through the history of this most renowned of Irish castles.

Freedom. Equality. Sisterhood. WOMEN IN BATTLE is the book for anyone who wants to learn as much as possible about the history of feminism in as short a time as possible.Presented as a graphic novel and spanning 150 years of recent history, WOMEN IN BATTLE celebrates the fight for women's rights all over the world.Topics include the suffragette movement, female world leaders, abortion and contraception, gay marriage and #MeToo. Slowly but surely we are making progress. We need only dare to be heard.

A hands-on introduction to the science of meteorology, explaining how to make equipment to measure rainfall, wind direction, and humidity, record measurements and observations in a weather log, make weather predictions, and perform other related activities.A hands-on introduction to meteorology explains how to make equipment to measure rainfall, wind direction, and humidity, record measurements and observations in a weather log, make weather predictions, and perform related activities.

David Matthews is having a rough time. Being a teenager is bad enough, but when he picks up and moves to Japan for a year, with barely any knowledge of the language and none of the social behaviors of Japanese teenagers, things go from bad to worse.Until one day, David attends a temple ceremony and finds himself possessed by a Japanese god.Suddenly, he can understand and speak Japanese. He has unbelievable new powers, including the ability to shift into a tiger, and a powerful sword he can materialize at will from its sheath—his body. But nothing comes for free, and these changes bring David face-to-face with the most terrifying creatures of Japanese legend—vengeful okami, demonic oni and terrifying ghostly yurei.Trained by his host family, famous sword-makers and the keepers of an ancient secret entrusted to their family by the first Emperor of Japan, David must fight desperately to save his host sister from a hoard of Japanese monsters. Evil has returned to Japan, and David must overcome his own insecurities if he is to save her and become a True Samurai—the protector of Japan.

Readers and listeners will enjoy this story of forest animals as they discover that anything is possible when they work together. Four animal friends enjoy a magical garden among their homes-a garden, unbeknownst to them, planted and created through their own travels. This story of cooperation, seed transfer, and seasonal changes provides many opportunities for reader interaction and comes complete with suggestions for integration across the content areas. Have fun with it, learn with it, and tap into your own creativities using literature as a teaching tool or simply enjoy the message of community. The Treehouse Path is sure to warm the hearts of all ages.

Readers and listeners will enjoy this story of forest animals as they discover that anything is possible when they work together. Four animal friends enjoy a magical garden among their homes-a garden, unbeknownst to them, planted and created through their own travels. This story of cooperation, seed transfer, and seasonal changes provides many opportunities for reader interaction and comes complete with suggestions for integration across the content areas. Have fun with it, learn with it, and tap into your own creativities using literature as a teaching tool or simply enjoy the message of community. The Treehouse Path is sure to warm the hearts of all ages.

Sometimes children have trouble getting off to sleep. Ask any parent. One reason is that often their heads are full and busy. Thinking about their day, or the day to come. This book is designed to help children get off to sleep. Using hypnotherapy tecniques, it does not hypnotise, but encourages the child to relax and want to sleep by the use of certain words, such as restful and relax. There are twelve short stories, each taking about ten minutes for the parent to read. Each story takes the child into an interesting place, but always ending with encouraging the child to go to sleep. The stories simply redirect the childs wonderful imagination towards relaxing, and then sleeping.

The animals have come to say goodnight. One by one the animals say goodnight and slowly one by one fall asleep. Its bed time in the world and for those of us who love animals we can take the time to say goodnight. Dogs and cats and dolphins and ostriches and many other friends have come to say goodnight. Sleep is important, but before we can fall asleep its nice to say goodnight to each other. So, goodnight from us to you.