Anne Rooney

{{Short description|British author}} {{Use dmy dates|cs1-dates=ly|date=December 2024}} {{Use list-defined references|date=December 2024}} {{CS1 config|mode=cs2}} '''Anne Rooney''' is a British book author, primarily of non-fiction for children and young adults.{{r|alcs}} Rooney has a bachelor's degree and Ph.D. from the [[University of Cambridge]], and is also a tutor in the Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education.{{r|ice}} Her doctoral work and early books concerned medieval studies.{{r|bab}}

==Select bibliography== *''The Tretyse off Huntyng'' (1987){{r|toh}} *''Geoffrey Chaucer: A Guide Through the Critical Maze'' (1989){{r|gcgtcm}} *''Hunting in Middle English Literature'' (1993){{r|hmel}} *''Is Our Climate Changing?'' (2008){{r|iocc}} *''Feeding the World'' (2009){{r|ftw}} *''Reducing the Carbon Footprint'' (2009){{r|rcf}} *''The Story of Mathematics'' (2009){{r|som}} *''Messages from Beyond'' (2009){{r|am}} *''Strange Places'' (2009){{r|am}} *''UFOs and Aliens'' (2009){{r|am}} *''The History of Medicine'' (2012){{r|hom}} *''Great Scientists'' (2013){{r|gpih}} *''Great Mathematicians'' (2013){{r|gpih}} *''Aerospace Engineering and the Principles of Flight'' (2013){{r|aepf}} *''Audio Engineering and the Science of Sound Waves'' (2014){{r|aessw}} *''Optical Engineering and the Science of Light'' (2014){{r|oesl}} *''Dinosaur Atlas'' (2017){{r|da}}

==References== <references>

<ref name=aepf>''Aerospace Engineering and the Principles of Flight'', Crabtree, Engineering in Action, 2013. Reviews: *Steve Canipe (2013), ''Science and Children'', {{JSTOR|43176083}} *Randall Enos (2013), ''Booklist'', {{EBSCOhost|86650134|dbcode=lkh}} *Dave Jenkinson (2013), ''Canadian Review of Materials'', [https://www.cmreviews.ca/cm/vol19/no31/engineeringinaction.html] </ref>

<ref name=aessw>''Audio Engineering and the Science of Sound Waves'', Crabtree, Engineering in Action, 2014. Reviews: *Marilyn Cook (2014), ''Science Scope'', {{JSTOR|43184568}} *Barbara McMillan (2014), ''Canadian Review of Materials'', [https://www.cmreviews.ca/cm/vol20/no26/engineeringinaction.html] </ref>

<ref name=alcs>{{citation|url=https://www.alcs.co.uk/news/my-writing-living-anne-rooney/|title=My writing living: Anne Rooney|first=Caroline|last=Sanderson|date=24 July 2018|publisher=Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society|access-date=2024-12-18}}</ref>

<ref name=am>''Messages from Beyond'', ''Strange Places'', and ''UFOs and Aliens'', Black Rabbit Books, Amazing Mysteries series, 2009. Reviews: *Marcia Kochel (2009), ''School Library Journal'', {{EBSCOhost|45143325|dbcode=lkh}} *Nick Petrosino (2010), ''Library Media Connection'', {{EBSCOhost|47845465|dbcode=lkh}} </ref>

<ref name=bab>{{citation|url=https://www.annerooney.com/books-about-books|title=Books about books|first=Anne|last=Rooney|access-date=2024-12-18}}</ref>

<ref name=da>''Dinosaur Atlas'', Lonely Planet Kids, 2017. Illustrated by James Gilleard. [https://royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/young-peoples-book-prize/ypbp-books/2018/dinosaur-atlas/ Shortlisted for the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize].</ref>

<ref name=ftw>''Feeding the World: How We Produce the Food We Need for a Growing Population'', Black Rabbit Books, 2009. Review: *Jean Worsley (2010), ''Science Scope'', {{JSTOR|43182731}}; ''The Science Teacher'', {{JSTOR|24145062}} </ref>

<ref name=gcgtcm>''Geoffrey Chaucer: A Guide Through the Critical Maze'', Bristol Classical Press, 1989. Review: *James M. Dean (1991), ''Studies in the Age of Chaucer'', {{doi|10.1353/sac.1991.0030}} </ref>

<ref name=gpih>''Great Scientists'' and ''Great Mathematicians''. Rosen, Great People in History Series, 2013. With John Farndon, Alex Woolf, and Liz Gogerly. Review: *Sarah Stone (2013), ''School Library Journal'', {{EBSCOhost|89565211|dbcode=lkh}} </ref>

<ref name=hmel>''Hunting in Middle English Literature'', D. S. Brewer, 1993. Reviews: *William Marvin (1994), ''Medium Ævum'', {{doi|10.2307/43629761}}, {{JSTOR|43629761}} *J. D. Burnley (1995), ''The Review of English Studies'', {{JSTOR|519075}} *Deborah M. Sabadash (1995), ''The Modern Language Review'', {{doi|10.2307/3733267}}, {{JSTOR|3733267}} *Alain Guerreau (1996), ''Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales'' (in French), {{doi|10.1017/S0395264900054937}}, {{JSTOR|27585119}} *Sandra Pierson Prior (1996), ''Studies in the Age of Chaucer'', {{doi|10.1353/sac.1996.0038}} </ref>

<ref name=hom>''The History of Medicine'', Rosen, 2012. Review: *Patricia Austin, ''Booklist'', {{EBSCOhost|83757584|dbcode=lkh}} </ref>

<ref name=ice>{{citation|url=https://www.ice.cam.ac.uk/about-us/staff-profiles/tutor/dr-anne-rooney|title=Dr Anne Rooney|work=Staff profiles: Tutors|date=3 February 2022 |publisher=University of Cambridge, Institute of Continuing Education|access-date=2024-12-18}}</ref>

<ref name=iocc>''Is Our Climate Changing?'', Arcturus, 2008. Review: *Jillian Engberg (2008), ''Booklist'', {{EBSCOhost|35757760|dbcode=lkh}} </ref>

<ref name=oesl>''Optical Engineering and the Science of Light'', Crabtree, Engineering in Action, 2014. Review: *Barbara McMillan (2014), ''Canadian Review of Materials'', [https://www.cmreviews.ca/cm/vol20/no26/engineeringinaction.html] </ref>

<ref name=rcf>''Reducing the Carbon Footprint'', Black Rabbit Books, 2009. Review: *Jean Worsley (2010), ''Science Scope'', {{JSTOR|43184014}} </ref>

<ref name=som>''The Story of Mathematics: From creating the pyramids to exploring infinity'', Arcturus Publishing, 2009. Reviews: *N. G. Macleod (2012), ''Mathematics in School'', {{JSTOR|24767529}} *Jan Waszkiewicz (2012), "[https://eudml.org/doc/293368 Not that way!]", ''Mathematica Applicanda'' </ref>

<ref name=toh>''The Tretyse off Huntyng'' (Cambridge University Library MS Ll.1.18, fols. 48r-55v), Omirel, UFSAL, 1987. Review: *Rachel Hands (1989), ''Speculum'', {{JSTOR|2852934}} </ref>

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==External links== *[https://www.annerooney.com/ Home page]

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