leprechauns

Presents six illustrated retellings of traditional Irish stories of leprechauns and other "little people.".

When a Leprechaun begins to make mischief on Jimmy's farm, Jimmy must come up with a way to outsmart it so his family and the animals can live in peace.

"It's St. Patrick's Day and Hubie needs to find something green to wear for the big class parade. Leprechauns, four-leaf clovers, pickles - how can he possibly make a decision with all these great options?" (publisher).

After his mother and stepfather die in a Vancouver mudslide, eleven-year-old Andy Flynn, having been saved by leprechauns, is taken by his stern aunt to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he meets the charming father he thought was dead, and where he must decide what place to call home.

Sixteen-year-old half-goddess Morgan is wrapped up in normal concerns, such as junior prom and parental problems, when she learns that Colin, her Irish love, is the victim of a fairy curse and she must make a deal with a leprechaun to save him.

This book aims to set the record straight by collecting all that is known about leprechauns and revealing much for the first time, such as the variety of their dress, what they get up to in their sociable moods and why lady leprechauns are so rare. It also discusses the other faery folk of Ireland.

Daniel's grandfather insists that the story about treasure at the end of a rainbow is only a fairy tale, but when he and Daniel encounter a leprechaun after spending a day looking for the gold, he is not so certain.

When Lucky O'Leprechaun goes to school, the students in Mr. Eliot's class try to catch him and end up taking a trip to the moon.

The author reflects on his childhood correspondence with a leprechaun who, in the handwriting style of the child's father, teaches him the true meaning of friendship.

In rhyming text, ten lucky leprechauns play in the woods, in a book introducing both St. Patrick's Day and the numbers one through ten.