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Share These St. Patrick's Day Books With Your Students

Four-leaf clovers, leprechauns, pots of gold — share the rich history of this special holiday with your students! 

 

By Scholastic Editors
March 1, 2024

Saint Patrick's Day is a wonderful opportunity to fill your lesson plans with a little extra fun and a lot of extra luck! Celebrate the luckiest day of the year and light up your students' faces by reading books filled with leprechauns, four-leaf clovers, and rainbow magic together.

Start with the humorous counting picture book Ten Lucky Leprechauns, which teaches numbers and covers themes of friendship. Ten leprechauns search for a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, but they discover friendship is the most magical treasure of all. 

Shop the best books about St. Patrick's Day for your students below now. You can find all books and activities — including more holiday books — at The Teacher Store.

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Peppa Pig: Peppa Loves St. Patrick's Day

Grades Pre-K - K
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Peppa and George are going to Ireland for an Irish-dancing festival! But when the band forget their instruments, will Peppa's new Irish four-leaf clover be able to bring them some luck? 

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Ten Lucky Leprechauns

Grades Pre-K
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An alliterative counting picture book featuring ten hilarious leprechauns!

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If you've got a mystery you need solved, Pete's your man-err, cat! Well, actually, he's Eric's cat, and the two of them manage to get to the bottom of what's brewing.

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How to Trap a Leprechaun

Grades Pre-K - 1
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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!

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There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Clover

Grades Pre-K - 2
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She's back! That lovely old lady has returned just in time for St. Patrick's Day. Now she's swallowing items to make the perfect rainbow to hide a pot of gold.

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How to Catch a Leprechaun

Grades K - 2
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First the planning, then the waiting! Is this the year these kids will catch a leprechaun? Parents and children will love starting a new St. Patrick's Day tradition with this engaging and entertaining book.

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Calendar Mysteries: March Mischief

Grades 2 - 3
$5.21$6.95
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It's St. Patrick's Day in Green Lawn. Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy dress up a leprechaun statue for the town's yearly contest. They leave it out on the porch overnight, but the next morning it's missing! Who is behind the mischief?

It's St. Patrick's Day and Hubie needs to find something green to wear for his class parade. Leprechauns, four-leaf clovers, pickles-how can he possibly make a decision with all these great options? He had better choose quickly, because there's a rainbow out and everyone is looking for the pot of gold at the end of it.

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