Favorite Leprechaun / St. Patrick's Day Books for Kids.

Today is March 1st-- only 16 more days until St. Patrick's Day!  Our official countdown has begun!

What a fun & magical day...leprechauns, rainbows, chocolate gold coins, the color green, Shamrock shakes, we love it all!

To get things started, here are our favorite picks for St. Patrick's Day / leprechaun books.  Hurry to your local library or book store to check them out!

1.  Clever Tom and the Leprechaun: An Old Irish Story by Linda Shute

2.  Tim O'Toole and the Wee Folk by Gerald McDermott

3.  That's What Leprechauns Do by Eve Bunting

4.  Leprechaun Luck: A Wee Book of Irish Wisdom by Erin Gobragh

5.  Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato by Tomie dePaola

6.  Jack and the Leprechaun by Ivan Robertson

7.  The Night Before St. Patrick's Day by Natasha Wing

8.  Magic Tree House #43 Leprechaun In Late Winter by Mary Pope Osborne

9.  St. Patrick’s Day by Gail Gibbons

10.  The Story of the Leprechaun by Katherine Tegen

11.  The Leprechaun in the Basement by Kathy Tucker

12.  Too Many Leprechauns by Stephen Krensky

13.  The Luckiest St. Patrick's Day Ever by Teddy Slater

14.  Lucky O'Leprechaun (Lucky O'Leprechaun Series) by Jana Dillon

15.  The Leprechaun’s Gold by Pamela Duncan Edwards

16.  Fiona’s Luck by Teresa Bateman

17.  Leprechauns Never Lie by Lorna Balian

18.  Lucky Tucker by Leslie McGuirk

19.  The Leprechaun Under the Bed by Teresa  Bateman

20.  The Leprechaun Who Lost His Rainbow by Sean Callahan

Happy Reading!