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30 Superb St. Patrick’s Day Books

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30 Superb Books for St. Patrick’s Day

Reading themed books to your kids can bring excitement towards reading. Sometimes it’s all they need to help them gain a love for reading. There is nothing more satisfying than seeing your children curled up with a book. I have gathered a list of my favorite St. Patrick’s Day books for your family to devour. Please let us know what your favorite book is. I’m torn. But Two of my favorites are Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato and The Luckiest St. Patrick’s Day Ever. Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

  1. The Night Before St. Patrick’s Day
  2. Patrick’s Day
  3. Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Curious George
  4. The Luckiest St. Patrick’s Day Ever
  5. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover
  6. The Leprechaun Who Lost His Rainbow
  7. Patrick’s Day Countdown
  8. That’s What Leprechauns Do
  9. Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland
  10. Emeraldalicious
  11. Ten Lucky Leprechauns
  12. The Irish Cinderlad
  13. The Story of Saint Patrick’s Day
  14. The Leprechaun’s Gold
  15. Patrick’s Day Alphabet
  16. Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato
  17. Green Shamrocks
  18. A Fine St. Patrick’s Day
  19. Patrick’s Day in the Morning
  20. The Story of the Leprechaun
  21. Hooray for St. Patrick’s Day!
  22. The Goopy Ghost at St. Patrick’s Day
  23. Too Many Fairies: A Celtic Tale
  24. S is for Shamrock
  25. Lucky O’Leprechaun
  26. Clover Hunt
  27. Happy St. Patrick’s Day Hello Kitty
  28. Lucky Tucker
  29. Patrick and the Three Brave Mice
  30. Patrick’s Day

Have you read any of these St Patrick’s Day books? Which ones jump out at you?

My Five Favourite Books for Babies #TMMGG2013

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When my babies were still scarcely able to open their eyes I started reading to them. I have had a lifelong passion for books and reading and knew immediately that was one thing I wanted to instil in my children – a love of reading. In fact I read essays and articles about nurturing a love for books from even before the girls arrived. One of the pictures in my head that grew in my heart was that of me sitting and cuddling with my kids and reading to them. Those were precious moments, perfect for bonding.

There are a few sweet board books I have still kept from those early years. I will keep them forever because they stand the test of time and will ring true even for grandchildren years from now. I thought that you might appreciate a list of my favourite infant board books because it is the season of giving and gifting and books are always the perfect present.

My Five Favourite Books for Babies:

Goodnight Moon

The Very Hungry Caterpillar board book

Guess How Much I Love You

Runaway Bunny

 Time for Bed

You can click on any one of the above links and purchase directly from Amazon. Time For Bed is a gorgeous little book of rhyme about animals going to sleep. I adore Mem Fox. Good Night Moon and The Runaway Bunny are both by Margaret Wise Brown and they are the first books my oldest daughter ever received. They are timeless and beautiful. I especially love The Runaway Bunny because it gently assures babies and toddlers that a mother’s love means you will never be lost. Eric Carle’s books are always magnificent and the drawings are truly unique. Guess How Much I Love You is just a sweet little, loving and gentle story. I have always believed babies take in so much more than we give them credit for and their brains are perfect little sponges. What better way to build a relationship than to read with them?