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St Patrick’s Day Books for Preschoolers

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25 Feb
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Leprechauns, shamrocks, and pots of gold. These St Patricks Day books for preschoolers are packed full of these holiday themes and more!

Add one or more of these books to your upcoming St. Patrick’s Day reading activities to get your kids in the holiday spirit.

Keep scrolling to see our list of St. Patrick’s Day books your little ones are sure to love!

St Patricks Day Books for Preschoolers

Below, I've featured just a handful of St. Patrick's Day picture books that will help your little ones celebrate St. Patrick's Day.

You should be able to find them at your local library or bookstore. If not, you can click each image cover to purchase them on Amazon.

How to Catch a Leprechaun

You've been planning night and day, and finally you've created the perfect trap with shamrocks, pots of gold, and rainbows galore!

Now all you need to do is wait. Is this the year you'll finally catch the leprechaun?

Start a St. Patrick's Day tradition with this fun and lively children's picture book and get inspired to build leprechaun traps of your own at home or in the classroom!

Laugh along in this zany story for kids that blends STEAM concepts with hilarious rhymes and vibrant illustrations!

Lucky the Leprechaun on the Loose

Each year during the month of March up until the famous Irish holiday, Lucky comes to visit children at school and at home. But he isn’t here just for a visit!

Lucky wants to create some March magic by hiding toys, leaving messages and surprises, and even making messes while the children aren’t looking.

Pete the Cat: The Great Leprechaun Chase

It's St. Patrick's Day, and it's also the grand opening of Pete the Cat's leprechaun catching business. Pete gears up to trap a leprechaun for his friends!

But catching a leprechaun is never easy—especially if it’s Clover, who's full of tricks.

Will luck be on Pete’s side? Or will Pete learn luck is actually something earned?

The Berenstain Bears' St. Patrick's Day

Join Papa, Mama, and the cubs as Gramps introduces them to some of the traditions most associated with the holiday, from gathering to enjoy a parade down Main Street to leprechauns and pots of gold.

The silly fun starts with Gramps leading the family to dress all in green, with green clover leaves to wear.

After he introduces the legend of the leprechaun, the cubs dream of traveling to a green and pleasant land...

When they wake, they're sitting in their folding chairs on Main Street in Bear Town. and there's a parade to cheer!

How to Trap a Leprechaun

Legend has it that if you catch a leprechaun, he’ll grant you a wish. But, be careful! Leprechauns are full of trickery.

To catch one, you’ll need to be clever in crafting your trap. Grab some glitter and glue and get prepared for your wily holiday visitors!

On the night before St. Patrick’s Day, leprechauns show up to steal your treasures and then disappear as quickly as they came.

However, if you’re careful you might be able to catch one and then he’ll grant you a wish.

You’ll have to be sneaky and set just the right trap to trap a leprechaun.

Lucky Little Leprechaun

Not all leprechauns are lucky! Follow along to the story of the leprechaun as he encounters endless mishaps and misfortunes on his journey to the end of the rainbow.

But even a little bad luck won't stop him from getting to what he treasures most: his friends.

This story features a soft plush finger puppet toy leprechaun built into the book, providing tactile and verbal learning opportunities.

Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato: An Irish Folktale

Jamie O'Rourke is the laziest man in all of Ireland, far too lazy to help his wife on their farm.

Then, after a chance encounter with a leprechaun, Jamie finds himself growing the biggest potato in the world.

But what will happen when the potato grows too large for Jamie and the villagers to handle?

The Night Before St. Patrick's Day

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? 

The Secret Life Of Leprechauns

A fun picture book for younger children.

Enter the secret world of leprechauns.

Fun and silly St Patrick's day book for kids.

Teaching Resources

This leprechaun trap craft kit comes with everything you need to build an attractive trap for a devious leprechaun—and fool-proof tips for catching one!

Explore the colors and symbols of St. Patrick’s Day with this fun Mini St. Patrick’s Day themed Playdough Kit. Kids can “bury” the gold coins and jewels in the playdough and dig for it, then put their discovered treasure in the cauldron. 

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