Book Genre: Fiction
Publishing Info: Scholastic Inc, 32 pages
Awards or honors received: None
Summary: This is a St. Patrick’s day book, about a leprechaun who makes shoes and has hidden gold. A dog named lucky comes around, and the leprechaun doesn’t like it at first, but learns to sort of like the dog. The leprechaun’s gold goes missing and he blames the dog, who really was the one who took it to protect it.
Personal rating and reason for rating: *** Good. A really good tale, that teaches a good value of friendship. Good read aloud in first grade!
Reading level: 3.8
Interest level: k-3Possible uses of the text in integrated units of study (reading and writing across the curriculum): Using the book around St. Patrick’s day is a great idea. Can be used to teach trust and friendship.
Potential Problems or Difficulties: I don’t see any problems or difficulties.
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I did this book at St. Patrick's Day as well. My students loved it! They really liked the way that I read the story with an Irish accent. We made pots of gold and then hid them in the room. We also make leprechaun traps to catch those wee sneaky buggers.
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