Lucky O'Leprechaun Comes to America
The three O'Brien girls live with their old Uncle Patrick until their parents, who have
emigrated to America, send for them. They beg Uncle Patrick to join them, but he claims he can't afford the ticket although he is in
possession of an ancient family treasure that he unearthed in the potato field. Loving uncle
that he is, he hides the treasure in the girls' suitcases. Like all leprechauns, Lucky can't help following his nose to the gold.
He is is accidentally locked in Baby Moira's suitcase. He tries to escape on the ship to America, but is unsuccessful. When
Kathleen, Bridget, and Moira O'Brien finally open Baby Moira's suitcase in their new American home, out stumbles a disoriented
Lucky O'Leprechaun. Now the girls have a chance to make a wish each!
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emigrated to America, send for them. They beg Uncle Patrick to join them, but he claims he can't afford the ticket although he is in
possession of an ancient family treasure that he unearthed in the potato field. Loving uncle
that he is, he hides the treasure in the girls' suitcases. Like all leprechauns, Lucky can't help following his nose to the gold.
He is is accidentally locked in Baby Moira's suitcase. He tries to escape on the ship to America, but is unsuccessful. When
Kathleen, Bridget, and Moira O'Brien finally open Baby Moira's suitcase in their new American home, out stumbles a disoriented
Lucky O'Leprechaun. Now the girls have a chance to make a wish each!
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Kathleen warns baby Moira to wait before she makes her wish, but bossy baby Moira won't wait.
The girls try to get Uncle Patrick O'Brien to come to America with them.
Lucky O'Leprechaun
When Meg and Sean O'Sullivan spend St. Patrick's Day weekend with their doting grand-aunties, Kathleen, Bridget, and Moira, they discover a leprechaun lives in their garden. They set about making traps to catch Lucky O'Leprechaun. Each time the little trickster outwits them, until they finally devise a trap with the grand-aunties' help. What they wish for surprises and enchants everyone.
Meg and Sean O'Sullivan make their wish.
Lucky O'Leprechaun in School
Someone's been nibbling on the student's snacks. Everyone assumes it's the new kid, Kevin O'Malley. When the class hears footsteps running along the ceiling tiles, Kevin explains that his cousins Meg and Sean once caught Lucky O'Leprechaun in the neighborhood, so the class sets off on a leprechaun hunt led by Kevin. Once they catch Lucky, their wish makes studying so much more fun!
When I make author visits to schools, and I finish reading a book, the kids burst into spontaneous applause, but when I read Lucky O'Leprechaun in School, they sit in awed silence for almost a minute before they burst into applause.
When I make author visits to schools, and I finish reading a book, the kids burst into spontaneous applause, but when I read Lucky O'Leprechaun in School, they sit in awed silence for almost a minute before they burst into applause.
"Look!" cried Lucky O'Leprechaun.
Upsie Downsie, Are You Asleep?
The idea for this book came to me when I mused that my son Brian's dream come true would be to trick the adults into letting him stay up really late. The book is dedicated, "To Brian, the real Upsie Downsie."
The mischievous little piglet in blue pajamas, Upsie Downsie, is having fun with his toys, but when Mumsie calls, "Upsie Downsie, are you asleep?" he pretends that he just can't fall asleep although he'd really, really like to. So Mumsie brings home the neighbors one by one to help Upsie fall asleep. Instead, one by one, they begin snoring. Finally, after Upsie Downsie is told to listen to the sounds of the night, he drifts off . . . until Mumsie calls, "Upsie Downsie, are you asleep?" But don't worry, all ends well!
The illustrations are based on buildings and interiors in England, Scotland, and Wales from cozy cottages to a tiny castle with a moat, and I've filled them with animals dressed and acting like humans. There are Upsie's papa Popsie, who's bowling with the old boys, Mayor Gumsie the goat, Miz Crumbsie the cat, and others.
To order the book, go to Amazon.com.
The mischievous little piglet in blue pajamas, Upsie Downsie, is having fun with his toys, but when Mumsie calls, "Upsie Downsie, are you asleep?" he pretends that he just can't fall asleep although he'd really, really like to. So Mumsie brings home the neighbors one by one to help Upsie fall asleep. Instead, one by one, they begin snoring. Finally, after Upsie Downsie is told to listen to the sounds of the night, he drifts off . . . until Mumsie calls, "Upsie Downsie, are you asleep?" But don't worry, all ends well!
The illustrations are based on buildings and interiors in England, Scotland, and Wales from cozy cottages to a tiny castle with a moat, and I've filled them with animals dressed and acting like humans. There are Upsie's papa Popsie, who's bowling with the old boys, Mayor Gumsie the goat, Miz Crumbsie the cat, and others.
To order the book, go to Amazon.com.
Dr. Wumsie prescribes a warm bath to help Upsie Downsie fall asleep.
Little Thumb, written by Wanda Dionne
Little Thumb tells her owner to roll a ball, play with toys, tie a knot, hold a sandwich, and enjoy all the wonderful things she can do instead of sucking her thumb.
My neighbor's daughter posed for the illustrations.
Wanda Dionne writes:
Flowers to pick
Pebbles to throw.
Mud pies to make
Gardens to grow.
To order the book, go to Amazon.com.
My neighbor's daughter posed for the illustrations.
Wanda Dionne writes:
Flowers to pick
Pebbles to throw.
Mud pies to make
Gardens to grow.
To order the book, go to Amazon.com.
Sasha's Matrioshka Dolls, illustrated by Deborah Nourse Lattimore
When Sasha's only doll, a rag doll, is shredded by the mice to make a nest, Boxer, her loving grandfather, carves her a thumbling doll of wood. Sasha paints it to be a matrioshka, a "little mother." When the mice run off with that, Boxer retrieves it and makes a matrioshka-shaped box that is too big to fit in the mouse hole. But then a rat runs off with that. Boxer saves it, but now he must make a bigger box. A series of playful, larcenous, or busy animals force Boxer to make bigger and bigger boxes to keep matrioshka safe, much to Boxer's humorous exasperation and Sasha's delight. In the end, the gift for love changes the little family's fortunes.
To buy a signed copy, send a check for $15 to Jana Dillon, 110 Tupper Road, Sandwich, MA, 02563-1828. Remember to include your return address so I can mail it to you! If you'd like it dedicated to a certain person, include a note.
To order, email JanaDillonHamby@gmail.com
It will cost $15 including postage. I will sign it and dedicate to whomever you are giving it.
Matrioshkas are Russian nesting dolls. Matrioshka means "little mothers," and is pronounced ma-TRUSH-ka
