Going Green!

I can't believe that it's already March.  We all know what happens in March...St. Patrick's Day!  My days of drinking green beer are LONG over.  Now that I have 2 adorable nephews in my life, I love to get them excited about fun holidays like this.

The other day I picked up a few books for them to help them learn more about St. Patrick's Day:

I was surprised at how many choices there were when it came to St. Patrick's Day books in the children's section at my local bookstore.  The two I picked were The Night Before St. Patrick's Day by Natasha Wing and Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato by Tomie dePaola, one of my favorite illustrators.  

In The Night Before St. Patrick's Day, my nephews will read about a brother and sister who are trying to catch a leprechaun.  In the photo below, the mom has made them green eggs for the holiday.  My mom used to make us green eggs, green milk and send us to school with sandwiches made on green bread!

They decide to make traps to catch the leprechaun and to lure the him into the trap, they make sure to use shiny objects (which leprechauns apparently like).

Since receiving the book, my almost 3 year old nephew has called me to talk all about leprechauns and how he wants to catch one!  He even made a trap this weekend including a shiny object!  I love watching his imagination and vocabulary grow with each new book.

In the second book, Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato, we read about Jamie and how he grows a GIANT potato.  It's big enough to feed his whole town!

Tomie dePaola has always been one of my favorite children's author and illustrator.  His stories are always classics!

So if you have some little ones in your life, run out and get them some fun treats for this fun, green holiday!