10 Books About St. Patrick's Day
Over the weekend I was going through and updating some old posts. I stumbled on quite a few about St. Patrick's Day and realized that it's coming up soon! So I decided to compile a list of books that would be fun to read all about St. Patrick's day, Ireland and the Potato famine!
Here are our picks for St. Patrick's Day reading:
1. The Night Before St. Patrick's Day-- Written with the same lilting rhyming patter as The Night Before Christmas this cute story is sure to be a hit.
2. The Leprechaun's Gold-- A classic Irish tale about two harpists who decide to have a contest to see who is the best. Told with beautiful pictures and a real "Irish" feel this book is great.
3. The St. Patrick's Day Shillelagh-- I can not wait to read this story with my boys! I love the illustrations and the facts about Ireland, the potato famine, and this one family's story about immigrating to the United States.
4. The St. Patrick's Day Shamrock Mystery-- We loved this chapter book! Two sisters must solve the mystery of where all the shamrocks are coming from and end up with a new friend in the end.
5. The Luck of the Irish-- This easy reader story will be perfect for my youngest son to read to me this St. Patrick's Day!
6. That's What Leprechauns Do-- A cute story about the job of leprechauns. Follow these three cute little leprechauns as they bury their pot of gold at the end of the rainbow; stopping to have a bit of fun along the way.
7. Katie's Wish-- Another story about the potato famine; in this story Katie hates potatoes and wishes they would just go away. But when they do she feels guilty that she caused the famine.
8. How to Catch a Leprechaun-- This new book looks hilarious. Exciting pictures, a cute, catchy rhyming story line. I'm pretty sure this will become a new family favorite!
9. St. Patrick's Day Alphabet-- A great book that covers 26 of the stories and legends about St Patrick's Day in an easy to read and understand format.
10. S is for Shamrock; An Ireland Alphabet-- We love the books in this series and figured St. Patrick's Day was the perfect opportunity to learn more about Ireland.
What a fun list! Thanks for sharing!
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DeleteInteresting link! How to catch a leprechaun sounds like fun!
ReplyDeleteThe illustrations looks fun too.
DeleteWonderful! We always enjoyed Tomie DePaola's bio of St. Patrick as well.
ReplyDeleteI love all of Tomie DePaola's books. He's such a great author.
DeleteWe have a few of the same ones today :) I forgot about Katie's Wish! Great list :)
ReplyDeleteThanks. We're really enjoying them.
DeleteI need to read a few of these- esp considering my kids are Irish.
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There are so many great ones out there!
DeleteSome great books I've never heard of. I haven't read any books like this with my grandkids. Time to look out How to Catch a Leprechaun.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing
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Thanks for stopping by; hope you enjoy your time reading with the grand kids.
DeleteWho knew there were so many Irish themed kids books! I certainly didn't! Thank you for linking up to the #familyfunlinky
ReplyDeleteI was surprised when I found so many! In fact I found a few more AFTER I wrote this list too.
DeleteFantastic list, thanks for compiling it! I'm definitely going to order some of these books for my acorns. x
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Oh I am so glad I could help give you suggestions; hope you enjoy the book you order!
DeleteI'm really into books at the moment - I will have to look some of these up for my children. Sarah #FabFridayPost
ReplyDeleteI'm always adding books to our stacks and lists... I think I ordered 30 children's book through inter-library loan the other day! Hope you find some on here that you love!
DeleteGreat reading list. I really ought to read about this as I have no idea what it is about. Thanks for linking up with us on #FabFridayPost xx
ReplyDeleteI learned so much reading about his holiday with the boys; I had no idea half of the reasoning behind most of the symbols.
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