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The Night Before St. Patrick's Day (Reading Railroad)

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I love this series by Natasha Wing. It expands on the classic favorite The Night Before Christmas by creating a "night before" story for each holiday. It contains part of the old classics with a new twist. They read with great rhythm, just like the classic, and entertain children while bringing adults back to their childhood.

This story is very imaginative and full of fun St. Patrick's Day themes (shamrocks, a pot of gold, etc.). The illustrations are beautifully done and very whimsical. I have bought all these books for my godson and my mother (who is a lower grade teacher and reads them too her kids in the classroom). They are so cute, I may get them for myself too. This book is fun for all.

I read this book to my child's 1st grade class. They loved it. They were looking for the the little leprechaun on almost all the pages. A few of the kids did not get that the leprechaun played a joke on the children in the story. The kids were convinced that the gold was burined under one of the X's. It was very funny. My child placed gold things around the house the night before St. Patrick's in hopes to catch a Leprechaun.

All of the Natasha Wing books, "The Night Before..." books are WONDERFUL! Children love them and adults can enjoy reading them to their children.

LOVE IT We read it the night before the night before, the night before and the night of. My kids ages 3-6 loved it and can't wait for next March to read it again and again. We even thought of ways to make traps for the wee little men!!

This a really fun book to share with your kids before St.Patricks day, an easy to read book great book for 1st graders.

I bought this as a gift for a die-hard Irish family. The drawings and artwork are so cute. Great storyline. Received promptly. Thank you!

Using holiday books for the holiday , is one thing I have always liked to do. I like the simple form of the night before...

I bought this book for my 2 year old granddaughter who loved it. Her mother is still having to read it every night weeks after St. Pat's Day. I intend to buy all of Matasja Wing's "Night Before. . ." books. Wish she would write one for the night before the 4th of July.

My 2 year old son loves this book. The best part are all the illustrations of the leprechaun traps. We copied one from the book to catch our own leprechaun!

I understand this book is part of a series of "night before" holiday books, but this is the only one I have seen. My two oldest grandchildren (ages 6 and 7) were inspired by this book to build some leprechaun traps. Though they did not have the success the children in the book had, they had fun. And the clever twist at the end of the story shows that you just cannot trick a leprechaun. They will forever get the upper hand. Cute story set in a modern day family.