Lawhead, Stephen R.

Summary: Offers a fictionalized account of the life of Saint Patrick, discussing how he overcame years of abuse and servitude to turn to the extraordinary.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2003

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAW

Heinrichs, Ann

Summary: Dress in some green, savor a slice of soda bread, and catch a little luck of the Irish! Kids will discover the history behind Saint Patrick's Day, and find out ways to celebrate on their own. Young readers learn about the festivities and traditions associated with this celebration of Irish culture.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Juvenile Holidays - Springtime Holidays, Call number: J 394.262 HEI

Freeman, Philip

Summary: Ireland's patron saint has long been shrouded in legend: he drove the snakes out of Ireland; he triumphed over Druids and their supernatural powers; he used a shamrock to explain the Christian mystery of the Trinity. But his true story is more fascinating than the myths. We have no surviving image of Patrick, but we do have two letters that he wrote about himself and his beliefs--letters that...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PATRICK FRE

MacGill-Callahan, Sheila.

Summary: Before he becomes a saint, Patrick drives all the snakes but one out of Ireland and that last one he throws into Scotland's Loch Ness.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1999

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1 available in Juvenile Holidays - Springtime Holidays, Call number: JE MAC

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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JE MAC

Hodges, Margaret

Summary: When a poor Irish peddler follows the instructions given to him by Saint Patrick in a dream, his life is greatly changed. Includes background on Saint Patrick and on the origin of the story.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books 1997

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1 available in Juvenile Holidays - Springtime Holidays, Call number: JE HOD

Summary: They were the most legendary and respected politicians, statesmen and warriors of history's first republic since the days of ancient Rome. They were also traitors and smugglers, rabble rousers and hot-heads, unfaithful husbands and prodigious drinkers. Our "Founding Fathers" were, in fact, human beings. Gain a fascinating glimpse behind the images on the marble busts and faces on our dollar...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks 2000

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FOU

Summary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WOR
Call number: DVD 709 WOR

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010

Berenstain, Mike

Summary: Join Papa, Mama, and the cubs as Gramps introduces them to some of the traditions most associated with St. Patrick's Day, from gathering to enjoy a parade down Main Street to leprechauns and pots of gold.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperFestival, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021

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2 available in Juvenile Holidays - Springtime Holidays, Call number: JE BER

Herman, Eleanor

Summary: While Prince Alexander succumbs to the evil influence of Smoke Blood magic, his betrothed travels from afar to unite their kingdoms against the darkness threatening them.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Teen 2017

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HER

Ford, Michael Curtis.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 2002

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FOR

Renault, Mary.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 1969

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC REN

Summary: In simple rhyming text, Thing One and Thing Two from Dr. Seuss's "The Cat in the Hat" chase a tricky leprechaun through a St. Patrick's Day parade, where they encounter bag pipe and harp players, Irish stepdancers, four-lead clovers, a rainbow, and even a pot of gold.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2022

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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD DR

Llywelyn, Morgan.

Summary: This is the story of Saint Brendan the Navigator, whose legendary quest to find the Isle of the Blessed is one of the most remarkable and enduring of early Christian tales. Among Irish saints, Brendan the Navigator is second only to Patrick. Founder of several Christian monasteries, he most famously guided a group of monks on a dangerous journey into the unknown vastness of the ocean on a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2010

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LLY

Heling, Kathryn.

Summary: In rhyming text, ten lucky leprechauns play in the woods, in a book introducing both St. Patrick's Day and the numbers one through ten.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2012

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2 available in Juvenile Holidays - Springtime Holidays, Call number: JE HEL

Adams, Wes

Summary: It's Saint Patrick's Day in the deep blue sea, but the gold that Pout-pout fish puts in his pot to complete his costume is missing. Can Pout-pout and his friends locate the gold in time to save the day?

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2019

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2 available in Juvenile Holidays - Springtime Holidays, Call number: JE ADA

Fabbri, Robert

Summary: Alexander the Great's sudden and unexpected death has left the largest, most formidable empire the world has ever seen leaderless. As the fight to take control descends into ruthless scheming and bloody battles, no one - man, woman or child - is safe. As wars on land and sea are lost and won, and promises are made only to be broken, long-buried secrets come to light in the quest for the true...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Books 2021

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FAB

Burton, Jeffrey

Summary: Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with five little leprechauns.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Holidays - Springtime Holidays, Call number: BOARD BUR

Daynes, Katie.

Summary: Whoever heard of a dragon who doesn't like fighting? And what will happen when the boldest dragon fighter of them all comes to stay?

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2017

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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN DAY

Fabbri, Robert

Summary: "The cause of Alexander the Great's sudden death is no longer in doubt - it was murder. But by whom? As his former followers struggle for power, the bonds of family, friendship and political loyalties are tested to the limit. As is the strength of the formidable empire that Alexander had wrought. Never before has the Western world seen such turmoil, such a threat to civilisation. As battles...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Books, an imprint of Corvus 2022

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FAB

Herman, Eleanor

Summary: After winning his first battle, Prince Alexander fights to become the ruler his kingdom demands--but the line between leader and tyrant blurs with each new threat. Meanwhile, Hephaestion, cast aside by Alexander for killing the wrong man, must conceal the devastating secret of a divine prophecy from Katerina even as the two of them are thrust together on a dangerous mission to Egypt. The...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Teen 2016

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HER

Summary: "In Irish Coffee Murder by Leslie Meier, reporter Lucy Stone is writing about four Irish-step-dancing students. But the story becomes headline news when one girl's mother is found dead in her bathtub. In Death of an Irish Coffee Drinker by Lee Hollis, Hayley Powell caters the after-party for comedian Jefferson O'Keefe. But Jefferson keels over after gulping down his Irish coffee, leaving Hayley...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC IRI

McNamara, Margaret

Summary: Katie and her family make shamrocks for each of her classmates to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but when Mrs. Connor shows a shamrock that looks very different, Katie is sad until, together, they learn the distinction between a shamrock and a four-leaf clover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Holidays - Springtime Holidays, Call number: JBR GREEN MCN