“May you have all the happiness and luck
that life can hold—and at the end of your rainbows
may you find a pot of gold.”
An Old Irish Saying
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day
Read Picture Books
and
Make fun Arts and Crafts!
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About the Book
Three Ways to Trap a Leprechaun, inspired by the leprechaun trap phenomenon made popular in elementary school classrooms, includes tips on how to trap your very own leprechaun—just be sure to let him go!
Maker-girl Claire is determined to catch a leprechaun to prove that these magical, mischievous, miniature marvels are real.
This picture book romp puts Claire head-to-head with her rival, Finn the Leprechaun, with hilarious results. Will this leprechaun be caught once for all, or will he give her the slip?
MAKE a Leprechaun Trap by HarperCollins Publishers
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About the Book
Bronze Moonbeam Award, Independent Press Award
2024 Children's Book Council 2024 Favorite for K-2nd Grade
Discover the remarkable story of Saint Patrick, Ireland’s greatest bishop, through a beautifully illustrated retelling in rollicking rhyming verse. Drawing from the saint's own words from his Confessions, this engaging book presents Saint Patrick’s life and mission with joy and depth. While you won’t find four-leaf clovers or rainbows in these pages, you will uncover a whimsical tale about forgiveness, love, and a touch of Irish folklore.
MAKE a St. Patrick Puppet from Catholic Icing
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Jo wants to paint all the wonderful things she loves. With a palette of red, yellow, and blue, Jo knows she can mix any colors together to create new ones. Her imagination takes flight as she explores painting with primary and by mixing her own secondary colors, each picture as beautiful as the last. But through her exploration of the colors of the rainbow, Jo finds that her favorite is a combination of them all: brown.
With stunning artistry from debut author/illustrator Pavonis Giron comes an illuminating story of self-love through color theory.
MAKE a Rainbow from OOLY
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First the planning, then the waiting! Is this the year these kids will catch a leprechaun? Parents and children will love starting a new St. Patrick's Day tradition with this engaging and entertaining book.
Find ideas on How To Catch A Leprechaun!
Catching leprechauns is no easy task-you need more than dandelion tea and four-leaf clovers! You'll need the perfect trap with precise calculations and proper engineering-and How to Build a Leprechaun Trap can help!
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An Irish family stays together with the help of Fiona’s talent for making one-of-a-kind lace in this heartwarming immigration story from the New York Times bestselling creator of The Keeping Quilt.
Many years ago, times were hard in all of Ireland, so when passage to America becomes available, Fiona and her family travel to Chicago. They find work in domestic service to pay back their passage, and at night Fiona turns tangles of thread into a fine, glorious lace. Then when the family is separated, it is the lace that Fiona’s parents follow to find her and her sister and bring the family back together. And it is the lace that will always provide Fiona with memories of Ireland and of her mother’s words: “In your heart, your true home resides, and it will always be with you as long as you remember those you love.”
This generational story from the family of Patricia Polacco’s Irish father brims with the same warmth and heart as the classic The Keeping Quilt and The Blessing Cup, which Kirkus Reviews called “deeply affecting” in a starred review, and embraces the comfort of family commitment and togetherness that Patricia Polacco’s books are known for.
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‘That spider needs a good squishing!’
Spuds is just an ordinary, everyday leprechaun, living life quietly with his wife, Rose. He’s not easily upset. In fact, there’s only one thing that Spuds hates, and that’s spiders. So he wasn’t at all happy when Leggers McWeb arrived at Toadstool Cottage …
Spuds and the Spider is a heart-warming tale of friendship for children.
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MEGAN CAHILL-ASSENZA – is from Northport, NY, and a recent Children’s Literature Fellow from Stony Brook University. A writer, filmmaker, and animal lover, Megan is pursuing a career in children’s literature. She currently works in the Academic Tutoring Center at Suffolk County Community College.
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