The Best Saint Patrick's Day Books for Kids

Saint Patrick’s Day books

Saint Patrick’s Day is a fun holiday for all ages to celebrate, and a simple way to do that is to read Saint Patrick’s Day books!

There are plenty of festivities for adults, and so many rainbows, pots of gold, leprechauns and shamrocks to make up all sorts of Saint Patrick’s Day activities for kids!

Why read Saint Patrick’s Day books?

Saint Patrick’s Day might feel like it’s all rainbows and shamrocks, but it’s so much more than that! This is a great article that helps explain who Saint Patrick was and why we celebrate him today.

Saint Patrick was a real person and Saint Patrick’s Day started as a religious holiday. Now it’s a widespread celebration of Irish culture, and there are plenty of interesting facts and traditions about the holiday.

We celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day with the color green because the green shamrock is associated with Saint Patrick’s teachings and Ireland is sometimes known as the Emerald Isle.

Tradition says that wearing green makes you invisible to leprechauns, who like to pinch people they can see. Wearing green meant that you wouldn’t get pinched! Now people wear green on Saint Patrick’s Day because they believe it brings good luck or they wear it to honor their Irish ancestry.

Rainbows and pots of gold are also associated with Saint Patrick’s Day because of their connection to leprechauns. Leprechauns are said to hide their gold in a pot at the end of a rainbow.

Reading Saint Patrick’s Day books helps communicate the significance and celebration of the holiday as well as fostering awareness of other cultures.

The Best Saint Patrick’s Day Books for Kids

There are lots of Saint Patrick’s Day books for kids. I have a great list and I’ve broken it up by age group to make it easier to find the books that are best for young readers.

Saint Patrick’s Day Board Books for Babies and Toddlers

The Itsy Bitsy Leprechaun board book by Jeffery Burton

Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Curious George board book by H.A. Rey

St. Patrick’s Day Touch & Feel board book by Roger Priddy

St. Patrick’s Day Countdown board book by Salina Yoon

The Story of Saint Patrick’s Day board book by Patricia A. Pingry

Saint Patrick’s Day Books for Preschool (and Kindergarten)

Ten Lucky Leprechauns by Kathryn Heling

Green Shamrocks by Eve Bunting

Hooray for St. Patrick’s Day! a lift-the-flap book by Joan Holub

Lucky Tucker by Leslie McGuirk

The Leprechaun’s Gold by Pamela Duncan Edwards

St. Patrick’s Day Alphabet by Beverly Vidrine

That’s What Leprechauns Do by Eve Bunting

A Berry Lucky St. Patrick’s Day by Mickie Matheis

Saint Patrick’s Day Books for Kindergarten and up (and preschool)

Jack and the Leprechaun by Ivan Robertson

How to Trap a Leprechaun by Sue Fliess

The Luckiest St. Patrick’s Day Ever by Teddy Slater

Tim O’Toole and the Wee Folk by Gerald McDermott

Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato by Tomie dePaola

St. Patrick’s Day by Anne Rockwell

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover! by Lucille Colandro

Leprechauns Never Lie by Lorna Balian

A Fine St. Patrick’s Day by Susan Wojciechowski

Saint Patrick’s Day Books for First Grade

The Night Before St. Patrick’s Day by Natasha Wing

St. Patrick’s Day in the Morning by Eve Bunting

The Leprechaun Who Lost His Rainbow by Sean Callahan

The Leprechaun Trap: A Family Tradition for St Patrick’s Day by David Clinch

Saint Patrick’s Day Books for Second Grade

This is Ireland by Miroslav Sasek

St. Patrick’s Day by Gail Gibbons

Fiona’s Luck by Theresa Bateman

Fin M’coul: The Giant of Knockmany Hill by Tomie dePaola

Leprechaun in Late Winter (Magic Tree House) by Mary Pope Osborne

Leprechauns and Irish Folklore by Mary Pope Osborne

Saint Patrick’s Day books for All Grade School Ages

This category includes Saint Patrick’s Day books for first grade, second grade and up!

How to Build a Leprechaun Trap by Larissa Juliano

King Puck by Michael Garland

Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland by Tomie dePaola

The Story of Saint Patrick by James A. Janda

O’Sullivan Stew by Hudson Talbott

The St. Patrick’s Day Shillelagh by Janett Nolan

Discovery in the Woods: A St. Patrick’s Day Surprise by Sandy Barton

The Story of the Leprechaun by Katerine Tegen

Brigid’s Cloak by Bryce Milligan

Clever Tom and the Leprechaun: An Old Irish Story by Linda Shute

Amazon’s bestseller lists are some of my favorite ways to discover new reading material, and this list of bestselling Saint Patrick’s Day books for kids doesn’t disappoint. Be sure to check out that list for more great Saint Patrick’s Day books!

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