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Olive O Brien

Olive O Brien

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I'm a children's writer and freelance journalist and I live in Cork, Ireland. I previously practised as a lawyer and a few years ago, I changed career path. I returned to university to complete a Masters in Journalism, at DublinCityUniversity. Since then, I has worked at The Sunday Business Post, Dublin, Ireland and travelled around the world, during which time, I worked at Mid-Day newspaper, Bangalore, India. This year I set up my own publishing company, Silver Angel Publishing. Perry the Playful Polar Bear is my first foray into writing for children. Copies may be purchased at www.oliveobrien.com

Gimme-Jimmy

Gimme-Jimmy

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<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><font face="Calibri">JamesAlexander’s nickname was Gimme-Jimmy because he was a greedy and selfish bully.<span>  </span>Imagine Jimmy’s concern when he discoveredthat every time he said the word “Gimme”, his hand grew larger. <span> </span>Jimmy was happy to discover that when he waspolite and said “Please” and “Thank you”, his hand began to shrink.<span>  </span>He started practicing his new “Polite Rule”and found out that it was much more fun to share.<span style="color:#000000;"></span></font></span></p><p></p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12pt;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Calibri;"></span> </p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span>

Story Behind The Book

Olive O’Brien is a freelance journalist, who previously practised as a lawyer. A few years ago, she changed career path and returned to university to complete a Masters in Journalism, at Dublin City University, Ireland. Since then, she has worked at The Sunday Business Post in Dublin and travelled around the world, during which time, she worked at Mid-Day newspaper, Bangalore, India. She is now back in Ireland and this year she set up her own publishing company, Silver Angel Publishing. Perry the Playful Polar Bear is her first foray into writing for children! Copies may be purchased at www.oliveobrien.com

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