St. Patrick's Day

by Gail Gibbons

Hardcover, 1994

Status

Available

Call number

394.262

Genres

Nonfiction

Publication

Holiday House (1994), Edition: 1st, 32 pages

Description

In addition to the story of Patrick's life, here is information about how St. Patrick's Day is celebrated. There are decorations from shamrocks to shillelaghs. People give cards, share meals, and wear green to honor Ireland, the Emerald Isle--and there are parades! Included are six legends about Patrick.

User reviews

LibraryThing member teddiemitchell

St Patricks Day is an informational book telling young readers about the history behind St Patricks Day. The story goes through and tells about Saint Patrick and all he did in Ireland to teach the natives about God. The story tells us all about the traditions for St Patricks Day and why we wear

green.

I can relate to this story because every year of St Patricks Day we wear green or else we get pinched. I also remember making Shamrocks in school on this day.

As a classroom extension, the students will make their own shamrocks to hand around the classroom. We would also dicuss St Patricks Day and the history behind it all.

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LibraryThing member coolcaro

This short book is full of wonderful details about the celebration of St. Patrick's Day. Although this holiday is not usually a big part of elementary schools, it does still take place and is more than just shamrocks and leprechauns. This book tells the history of the holiday as well as what people

do to celebrate it. The simple wording allows this to be a great book for a read aloud on St. Patrick's Day. In working with building students' knowledge of other cultures and holidays, St. Patrick's Day is an excellent source to add to the classroom.

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LibraryThing member kml022

This is a good book to use when learning about what St. Patrick's Day is. It talks about the Irisih history of the holiday and how it came to be a holiday. It also discusses some of the traditions that people do in regards to St. Patrick's Day such as dress in green, bake goodies, put on plays, and

throw parties.

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LibraryThing member bac031

Great way to teach the history and why we recognize St. Patrick on March 17th to a classroom. It is informative about the Irish culture in Ireland. Also how the color green, shamrocks, leprechauns, the harp (musical instrument) relate to the St. Patrick's day holiday. In the back it tells the

different legends about St. Patrick.

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LibraryThing member amn004

This book gives students tons of information about St. Patrick's Day. It is a great book to have in the classroom and very useful.

LibraryThing member smdorr

This has the history of St. Patrick's Day and goes into a mini biography of St. Patrick. It provides holy customs of St. Patrick's Day and other celebrated tradtions, such as wearing green and parades. This is a good book to teach about why we celebrate St. Patrick's Day and how do people celebrate

it all over the world.

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LibraryThing member dukefan86

There's a lot of good information about St. Patrick's Day in this children's book, but it's not overwhelming, and the pictures are pretty cute. One of the new things I learned about St. Patrick's Day is that it was celebrated in the U.S. for the first time back in 1737 (which surprised me) in

Boston (which didn't).

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LibraryThing member KristenRoper

A very basic introduction to the contemporary, secular holiday of St. Patrick's Day. A good place to start with a young child that focuses on tangible represenations of the holiday, as opposed to its cultural history or meaning.

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