The Weather Girls – Bringing History Alive Sarah Webb
Join award-winning children’s author, Sarah Webb, to hear a remarkable tale of friendship, bravery and adventure, inspired by true events from World War 2. Dive into the real-life history of Maureen Sweeney, the Blacksod woman whose D-Day weather readings would impact the entire trajectory of the war. Inspired by Maureen’s incredible true story, Sarah’s new children’s book, The Weather Girls (The O’Brien Press) follows twelve-year-old Grace Devine as she and her family and friends secretly change the course of history. Children and teachers will also have a chance to ask Sarah their questions about storytelling, finding ideas, and how to write their own stories or books.
Sarah Webb is an award-winning children’s author. 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, and The Little Bee Charmer of Henrietta Street. She runs creative writing clubs for children and teens, reviews children’s books for the Irish Independent and is Events Manager at Halfway up the Stairs children’s bookshop in Greystones, Co Wicklow. 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 new novel for children, The Weather Girls, a thrilling story of bravery, adventure and friendship, was inspired by Maureen Sweeney, a remarkable Irishwoman who played an important role in D-Day.