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Crossley-Holland, Kevin

Summary: A collection of forty-eight classic folktales from England and Ireland celebrates the enduring power of language and imagination.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2019

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 398.2 CRO

Loehr, Mallory

Summary: A simple story about a leprechaun--see where he lives, what he likes, and what happens if you catch one.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Golden Book 2021

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

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: "The traditional stories of Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales transport us to the fantastical world of Celtic folklore. These timeless tales brim with wit and magic, and each one is brought to life with elegant silhouette art in this special illustrated edition." -- Page [4] cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2016

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 CEL

Summary: An illustrated collection of twenty stories from many Celtic regions, including "The Battle of the Birds, "Finn MacCool and the Scotch Giant," and "The Ship that Went to America."

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1999

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Fairytales Celtic

Bord, Janet

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Granada 1985

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.364 BOR

Carroll, Yvonne.

Summary: An illustrated collection of traditional Irish tales, including "The King with Donkey Ears" and "The Brown Bull of Cooley."

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gill & Macmillan 1999

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Milligan, Bryce

Summary: Relates a legend about the Irish slave girl who became Saint Brigid, beginning with a celestial song, a mysterious gift, and a prophecy on the night of her birth.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2002

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 MIL

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC Milli

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dorset Press 1986

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Mack, Hughey

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gollancz 1988

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 398.2 MCG

Wilde

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 1991

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398 WIL

Bunting, Eve

Summary: Irish giant Finn McCool is told that in order to become wise he must catch and eat the salmon that possesses knowledge, but Finn finds that he cannot bring himself to kill the miraculous fish.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2010

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E Bun

O'Brien, Flann

Summary: A Irish college student avoids studying by writing a novel in which the central character, a writer named Dermot Trellis, is attacked by his own characters--figures, including the Pooka and Finn MacCool, whom he has borrowed from Irish myth and legend.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dalkey Archive Press 1998

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OBR

Sullivan, Deirdre

Summary: A dark, feminist retelling of 'The Children of Lir' told in Sullivan's hypnotic prose. A retelling of the favourite Irish fairytale 'The Children of Lir'. Aífe marries Lir, a king with four children by his previous wife. Jealous of his affection for his children, the witch Aífe turns them into swans for 900 years. Retold through the voice of Aífe, Savage Her Reply is unsettling and dark,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little Island Books 2023

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

Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)

Summary: A collection of Irish fairy tales, with a concentration on the fairies themselves, including "The Stolen Child," "The Witches' Excursion," and "The Horned Women."

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 1990

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 398.21 YEA

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: H. Holt 1998

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.087 AT

Leavy, Una.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Roberts Rinehart 1996

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De Paola, Tomie.

Summary: The laziest man in all of Ireland catches a leprechaun, who offers a potato seed instead of a pot of gold for his freedom.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1992

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 398.2 DEP

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DEP

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE Fairy dePaola

Doyle, Malachy.

Summary: An enchanting collection of seven of the most popular Irish folk tales.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2000

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 DOY

Krull, Kathleen.

Summary: A collection of stories, folklore, poetry, and songs from Ireland.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books For Children 2004

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Fairy Krull

McShane, Marianne

Summary: An Irish storyteller revisits the little-known legend of the Mermaid Saint in a haunting, beautifully illustrated tale of kindness, music, and longing. Long ago, on the eastern coast of Ireland, a monk from the Abbey of Bangor was collecting driftwood along the wave-tossed shore when he found a boy washed up amid a circle of seals. At first the boy, wrapped in a shawl of woven seagrass, could...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCS

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

MacDonald, Margaret Read

Summary: An old woman complains about all the housework she has to do, but when some fairies come to help her she finds that they are more trouble than they are worth.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish Children 2010

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MAC

San Souci, Robert D.

Summary: In this retelling of an Irish folktale, a brave young woman battles a sea serpent and rescues her true love from a giant.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 1999

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 SAN

De Paola, Tomie.

Summary: Fin M'Coul's wife, Oonagh, helps him outwit his arch rival, Cucullin.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1981

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 DEP

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