Most of my books aren't new to me, so it was nice to find this one. The Littlest Leprechaun by Brandi Dougherty. As teachers, we often read aloud the same books year after year, and it's always nice to read something new to freshen it up for our own sakes.
This St. Patrick's Day tale is different from all the others I own because it doesn't focus on humans trying to catch leprechauns and how tricky leprechauns can be. Instead, we get the fun of having a window into a delightful little leprechaun village.
It is a story about Liam, the youngest leprechaun in a family of busy, hard-working leprechauns. All he wants to do is find a way to be helpful in his village, but very time he tries to help someone, it turns out that he is too small to do the work they are doing.
Of course, Liam's size eventually proves to be a blessing when Clover the unicorn gets into a jam. The whole village, with the exception of "the grumpy leprechaun," learns that even the littlest leprechaun is valuable to their village.
Michelle Lisa Todd's illustrations are darling! Filled with all the St. Paddy's colors, they make the reader wish to be right there on the page with leprechauns.
If you're looking for a fun, easy prep St. Paddy's math activity, head on over to my TPT store! I've got Lucky Charms math packs for bother upper and lower elementary classes.
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