You don’t have to be Irish to enjoy St. Patrick’s Day and it can be lots of fun for children. Books for kids provide the perfect opportunity to learn about the color green, Irish customs, and holiday folklore. There are some wonderful St. Patrick’s Day books for kids, both picture books for younger readers and chapter books for older readers. I hope you find something you and your child will enjoy!
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St. Patrick’s Day Books for Kids of All Ages
There are so many fun books to help your child learn about and celebrate this holiday. There are choices for kids of all ages.
St. Patrick’s Day Picture Books
In The Night Before St. Patrick’s Day, Natasha Wing puts an Irish twist on a Christmas classic.
Readers can follow along as Jamie tries to prove he’s old enough to participate in the holiday parade in St. Patrick’s Day in the Morning by Eve Bunting.
James Dean is back with another fun adventure in Pete the Cat: The Great Leprechaun Chase.
Younger readers can practice counting to ten with Ten Lucky Leprechauns by Kathryn Heling.
The Old Lady is back! The popular series by Lucille Colandro continues with There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover.
Young readers will learn that catching a leprechaun is harder than it looks in How to Catch a Leprechaun by Adam Wallace.
Celebrate the holiday with a leprechaun family in The Luckiest St. Patrick’s Day Ever by Teddy Slater.
Readers can learn all about the history and traditions of the holiday in St. Patrick’s Day by the ever popular Gail Gibbons.
Younger readers can celebrate the holiday along with everyone’s favorite monkey in Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Curious George by H. A. Rey.
Colleen helps a leprechaun save the St. Patrick’s Day parade in The Leprechaun Who Lost His Rainbow by Sean Callahan.
St. Patrick’s Day Chapter Books
Author Mary Pope Osborne is back with an Irish adventure for Jack and Annie in Magic Treehouse #43: Leprechaun in Late Winter.
Is the new gym teacher a leprechaun? Find out in Leprechauns Don’t Play Basketball (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, #4) by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones.
Fans of the Rainbow Magic series by Daisy Meadows will enjoy reading Rainbow Magic Special Edition: Lindsay the Luck Fairy.
Readers can enjoy a magical March adventure in Discovery In the Woods: A St. Patrick’s Day Surprise by Sandy Barton.
This is a great list of books for kids! I like that they would work for a variety of ages!
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Great selection! I had no idea there were so many St. Patrick’s Day books. Pinned and shared.