Background
Parkinson grew up in Galway and Donegal, studied English Literature and German at Trinity College, Dublin, and later completed her Doctor of Philosophy on the poetry of Dylan Thomas.
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No Peace for Amelia by Siobhan Parkinson (1994-10-01)
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Call of the Whales
(Over three summers, Tyke journeys with his anthropologist...)
Over three summers, Tyke journeys with his anthropologist father to the remote and icy wilderness of the Arctic. Each summer bring short intense friendships with the Eskimos, and adventures 'which Mum doesn't need to know about'. Tyke is saved from drowning and hypothermia, joins a bowhead whale hunt, rescues his new-found Eskimo friend, Henry, from being swept away on an ice floe, and witnesses the death of innocence with the killing of the narwhal or sea unicorn. An adventure story set in the endless days of a freezing Arctic landscape, with a haunting presence in the form of the magnificent bowhead whales. A book which will echo in the mind long after the Northern Lights have faded from the final chapters. Call of The Whales is a powerful, captivating novel of coming of age. The story is told by Tyke now an adult, in a series of evocative flashbacks, as he relives the adventures and encounters that have influenced the rest of his life. Call of the Whales was shortlisted for the Reading Association of Ireland award 2001.
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(No Peace for Amelia) By (author) Siobhan Parkinson published on (April, 1998)
(It's 1916 but Amelia Pim's thoughts are on Frederick Good...)
It's 1916 but Amelia Pim's thoughts are on Frederick Goodbody and not on the war in Europe. Then Frederick enlists. The pacifist Quaker community is shocked but Amelia is secretly proud of her hero and goes to the quayside to wave him farewell. For her friend MaryAnn, there are problems too, with her brother's involvement in the Easter Rising. What will become of the two young men and what effect will it have on the lives of Amelia and MaryAnn? A story of conflict, hope and courage. Sequel to the No. 1 Bestseller AMELIA.
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blue like friday
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The Henny Penny Tree (Panda Legends)
(A new tale in a traditional style. Great Uncle Fergus giv...)
A new tale in a traditional style. Great Uncle Fergus gives a gold coin, a silver coin and a copper coin to his three nieces, Tall One, Middling and Littlest. Now, you can buy lots of lovely things with gold and silver, but what can the Littlest girl do with her copper coin? Why did she get stuck with that one? Large print and uncomplicated text with illustrations on every page make this ideal for beginner readers.
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(Call of the Whales ) Author: Siobhan Parkinson Oct-2000
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(The Henny Penny Tree ) Author: Siobhan Parkinson Apr-2008
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Blue Like Friday BLUE LIKE FRIDAY by Parkinson, Siobhan (Author) Mar-18-08 Hardcover
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No Peace for Amelia
(It's 1916 but Amelia Pim's thoughts are on Frederick Good...)
It's 1916 but Amelia Pim's thoughts are on Frederick Goodbody and not on the war in Europe. Then Frederick enlists. The pacifist Quaker community is shocked but Amelia is secretly proud of her hero and goes to the quayside to wave him farewell. For her friend MaryAnn, there are problems too, with her brother's involvement in the Easter Rising. What will become of the two young men and what effect will it have on the lives of Amelia and MaryAnn? A story of conflict, hope and courage. Sequel to the No. 1 Bestseller AMELIA.
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Kathleen: The Celtic Knot (Girls of Many Lands) by Parkinson, Siobhan(September 1, 2003) Paperback
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Breaking the Wishbone
(A group of teenagers, adrift from their families, scrapin...)
A group of teenagers, adrift from their families, scraping together a makeshift home in the House that Everyone Forgot. At first, it's just like being on holiday for Johnner, but then the harsh life of a homeless person soon becomes present - the relaity of life in a Dublin squat.
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Kathleen: The Celtic Knot (Girls of Many Lands)
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Kathleen: The Celtic Knot (Girls of Many Lands) by Siobhan Parkinson (2003-09-04)
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Cows Are Vegetarians
('Sinead, there's a wild animal out there!' 'That's not a ...)
'Sinead, there's a wild animal out there!' 'That's not a wild animal! That's Henry.' 'Don't touch him, Sinead,' I shouted. 'He'll bite you. He'll eat you!' 'She won't eat me. Cows are vegetarians.' Sinead, Michelle's country cousin, is such a Miss Knowall. Even if vegetarians don't eat meat, that cow still has terrible big teeth. And who has a cow in the garden anyway? Michelle lives in the town. When she visits the country she finds wild animals in the garden, lambs in the kitchen, muck everywhere and no shops, clubs or streetlights. But somehow life on the farm is not boring after all.
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Siobhan Parkinson
Edit ProfileEducation
Trinity College.
Career
She writes for both children and adults and was made Laureate na nÓg in 2010. She has published more than twenty books since 1992, winning numerous awards, and her books have been translated into multiple languages. She has written in both Irish and English, and also translated from German into English.
As of 2011, she was commissioning editor and publisher with Little Island, an imprint of New Island Books.
She is a former co-editor of Bookbird, the magazine of international children"s literature organisation IBBY, and former editor of Inis, published by Children"s Books Ireland (China, Burma, India Theatre of Operations). She also teaches creative writing at Marino Institute of Education, and has held numerous Writers-in-Schools short-term residencies, with a particular emphasis on working with children with special needs.
On 10 May 2010, Parkinson was conferred by President of Ireland Mary McAleese as the first ever Laureate na nÓg, a position she would hold until 2012. In her capacity as laureate she expressed the wish that "every child in the country would have access to a library where they could go and find the books that are going to open their minds".
Achievements
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Parkinson has been shortlisted eleven times for the Bisto Book of the Year award, which she won on one occasion, for Sisters. Number Way!, in 1997. She has received Bisto Merit and Honour Book awards four times and has had two IBBY Honours and several White Ravens. Most recently she won an Oireachtas award for Dialann Sár-Rúnda Amy Ní Chonchúir.
Works
book
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Breaking the Wishbone
(A group of teenagers, adrift from their families, scrapin...)
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Call of the Whales
(Over three summers, Tyke journeys with his anthropologist...)
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(No Peace for Amelia) By (author) Siobhan Parkinson published on (April, 1998)
(It's 1916 but Amelia Pim's thoughts are on Frederick Good...)
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No Peace for Amelia
(It's 1916 but Amelia Pim's thoughts are on Frederick Good...)
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Cows Are Vegetarians
('Sinead, there's a wild animal out there!' 'That's not a ...)
- Kathleen: The Celtic Knot (Girls of Many Lands)
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The Henny Penny Tree (Panda Legends)
(A new tale in a traditional style. Great Uncle Fergus giv...)
- No Peace for Amelia by Siobhan Parkinson (1994-10-01)
- blue like friday
- (Call of the Whales ) Author: Siobhan Parkinson Oct-2000
- (The Henny Penny Tree ) Author: Siobhan Parkinson Apr-2008
- Blue Like Friday BLUE LIKE FRIDAY by Parkinson, Siobhan (Author) Mar-18-08 Hardcover
- Kathleen: The Celtic Knot (Girls of Many Lands) by Parkinson, Siobhan(September 1, 2003) Paperback
- Kathleen: The Celtic Knot (Girls of Many Lands) by Siobhan Parkinson (2003-09-04)
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Breaking the Wishbone
Membership
She has been writer in residence to Dublin City and the Irish Writers" Centre, to Waterford City, and the Church of Ireland College of Education. She is a former board member of China, Burma, India Theatre of Operations and was on the China, Burma, India Theatre of Operations working group to renovate the Bisto Book of the Year awards.
