Children's Literature for St. Patrick's Day

Suggested Literature for Kids

Balian, Lorna. Leprechauns Never Lie Humbug Books, 1992.
Primary
A lazy girl and her ailing grandmother live in a poor hut and have little to eat. Ninny Nanny (the girl) determines to catch a Leprechaun, believing that he would lead her to a pot of gold. She traps a Leprechaun who tricks her into doing chores that improve their living conditions. Though her search for gold is unsuccessful, the girl and her Gramm once again are warm and have food to eat. The crafty Leprechaun is released to dig up his pot of gold and run away.
Barth, Edna. Shamrocks, Harps, and Shillelaghs, the Story of the St. Patrick's Day Symbols. Seabury, 1977. Ages 8 and up.
Bateman, Teresa. Leprechaun Gold.
Bunting, Eve. St. Patrick's Day in the Morning. Clarion Books, 1980.
A young Irish boy named Jamie gets up early on St. Patrick's Day to celebrate the holiday with his own parade. The charming illustrations show scenes from a small village in Ireland.

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Cantwell, Mary. Saint Patrick's Day. Crowell, 1967. Ages 5-8.
Ciardi, John. The Hopeful Trout and Other Limericks. Houghton Mifflin Co., 1989.
dePaola, Tomie. Patrick, Patron Saint of Ireland.
Dillon, Jana. Lucky O'Leprechaun.
Eadie, Peter. Let's Visit Ireland. Burke Publishing Co., 1984.
Nonfiction
Gibbons, Gail. St. Patrick's Day.
Kennedy, Richard. The Leprechaun's Story. E.P. Dutton, 1979.
This magical story with delightful pen and ink drawings portrays a tradesman's determination to make his fortune and a leprechaun's equal determination to keep his gold. The story is based on the Irish legend that when you find a leprechaun and keep your eyes on him, he must take you to his pot of gold. If your eyes wander, the leprechaun and the treasure disappear.
McDermott, Gerald. Tim O'Toole and the Wee Folk. Viking Press, 1990.
Moran, Tom. A Family in Ireland. Lerner, 1986.
Nonfiction
Robertson, Ivan. Jack and the Leprechaun.
Ross, Kathy. Crafts for Saint Patrick's Day.
Vidrine, Beverly Barras. Saint Patrick's Day Alphabet.
Wetterer, Margaret K. The Mermaid's Cape. Atheneum, 1982.
A young Irish fisherman falls in love with a beautiful mermaid. When she drifts too close to shore, he steals her "shimmering sea-green cape," preventing her return to the sea and giving him power over her.

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