Oct 292011
The Night Before St. Patrick’s Day (Reading Railroad)
Natasha Wing puts an Irish twist on a Christmas classic. It’s the night before St. Patrick’s Day, and Tim and Maureen are wide awake setting traps to catch a leprechaun! When they wake the next morning to the sound of their dad playing the bagpipes and the smell of their mom cooking green eggs, they’re shocked to find that they’ve actually caught a leprechaun. But will they be able to find his pot of gold?
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Fun, Whimsical Stories that take a Spin on a Classic Favorite,
I love this series by Natasha Wing. It expands on the classic favorite The Night Before Christmas by creating a “night before” story for each holiday. It contains part of the old classics with a new twist. They read with great rhythm, just like the classic, and entertain children while bringing adults back to their childhood.
This story is very imaginative and full of fun St. Patrick’s Day themes (shamrocks, a pot of gold, etc.). The illustrations are beautifully done and very whimsical. I have bought all these books for my godson and my mother (who is a lower grade teacher and reads them too her kids in the classroom). They are so cute, I may get them for myself too. This book is fun for all.
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|So cute,
I read this book to my child’s 1st grade class. They loved it. They were looking for the the little leprechaun on almost all the pages. A few of the kids did not get that the leprechaun played a joke on the children in the story. The kids were convinced that the gold was burined under one of the X’s. It was very funny. My child placed gold things around the house the night before St. Patrick’s in hopes to catch a Leprechaun.
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|my favorite St. Patrick’s Day book!,
After buying 3 books for St. Patrick’s Day at once, this one was my fave.
Pros: cute pictures, lots of visual detail, hidden leprechauns in pictures which are fun for kids to find, familiar rhythm, uncomplicated language, rhyming words, clear story line, characters and settings, great length of text per page and length of story for younger children, leprechaun traps which lend themselves well to extension activities
Cons: Not really a “con”, but the “trick” at the end of the story was difficult for my younger students to understand.
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