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St. Patrick's Day Alphabet

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This is a really cute book with great illustrations that makes wonderful use of bright colors. It also tells good stories and is imaginative in the objects chosen to represent the individual letters. Being half-Irish, I did find it objectionable that one page said: "B is for beer. The Irish drink lots and lots of that!" HEY ONLY JOKING!!! That's not in here. Shame on me. Seriously, however, this is a pretty book and little ones should love it and parents too. Easily five stars.

"E is for 'Everybody is Irish,' a favorite saying on St. Patrick's Day. Almost everybody, Irish or not, celebrates this day."

Or so Beverly Barras Vidrine reminds the reader that St. Patrick's Day is all-inclusive in her beautiful, vividly green "St. Patrick's Day Alphabet," illustrated by Patrick Soper and published by Louisiana's Pelican Press.

A teacher can do a fine job of teaching what St. Patrick's Day is all about, using this delightful alphabet book. Not only St. Patrick, but key symbols of Ireland are also illustrated. G is for the green-ness of the Emerald Isle; S is for the shamrock that represents the Holy Trinity, M is for March 17--the day St. Patrick is honored, and I is for Irish, the people of Ireland.

A beautiful bulletin board can be constructed by color-printing these pages for show and tell. K is for Kells and the Book of Kells, T is for the tri-color flag of Ireland, O is for oak from which shillelaghs (walking sticks) are made--great tourist buys in Ireland, H is for Harp, a national symbol of Ireland. See what I mean? A great bulletin board!

Parents interested in the Irish will also delight in sharing this book with their little ones.

This book was awesome. It explains the true meaning of Saint Patrick's Day with every letter of the alphabet. It has great illustrations. So many people have no clue what this holiday is except for the fact they wear green. The students really enjoyed it. Thank you.