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Irish American Heritage for Kids

Celebrate Irish American heritage with books featuring Irish & Irish American characters and settings.

Princeton Public Library

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  • The Indestructible Tom Crean

    Heroic Explorer of the Antarctic

    Thermes, Jennifer,
    Ages 4-8. The Indestructible Tom Crean reveals the incredible true stories of Crean's adventures on the Discovery, Terra Nova, and Endurance expeditions. When the Endurance becomes trapped in the frozen sea and sinks, it is up to Crean and…
    BookNew York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2023. — Ju B Cre
  • Between Worlds

    Folktales of Britain & Ireland

    Crossley-Holland, Kevin,
    Ages 10+. The definitive collection of British and Irish folktales from master storyteller and poet Kevin Crossley-Holland. Rich and strange, these eerie and magical folktales from across Britain and Ireland have been passed down from…
    BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2019. — Ju Folk & Fairy Tales 398.2 Cro
  • Ages 10+. Set during the Irish Land Wars (1879-1882) this novel in verse follows Anna Mallon through a series of tragedies as her mother dies, older sibling immigrate to America, and she and her father and sister with special needs are…
    BookNew York : Holiday House, [2019] — Ju F Gif
  • Ages 9+. Ronan, fifteen, the youngest and lowliest recruit to Ireland's secret Garda, faces untold danger from the wee people while trying to prove his imprisoned parents were framed.
    BookNew York, NY : Amulet Books, 2019. — Ju F Len
  • Pirate Queen

    the Legend of Grace O'Malley

    Lee, Tony, 1970-
    Ages 10+. A true daughter of the fearsome O'Malley clan, Grace spent her life wishing to join the fight to keep Henry VIII's armies from invading her homeland of Ireland - only to be told again and again that the battlefield is no place…
    Graphic NovelSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2019. — Ju 741.5 Lee
  • Ages 4-8. At Christmastime, six-year-old Angela takes the baby Jesus from the cold church manger to her warm house in Limerick, Ireland. Based on a childhood story told by the author's mother.
    Picture BookNew York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2019. — Ju HOLIDAY E McC CHRISTMAS
  • Ages 8:. Fionn Boyle, terrified of the sea, must spend the summer with this older sister, Tara, and their grandfather on Arranmore, an island that has been known to make people disappear, and seems to be restless again.
    BookNew York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2018. — Ju F Doy
  • Ages 10+. In 1929 New York City, twelve-year-old housemaid Martha O'Doyle suspects that a wealthy recluse may be trying to communicate with the outside world through the paintings on her gallery walls.
    BookNew York, NY : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2016] — Ju F Fit
  • Ages 12+. It is 1943, and thirteen-year-old Michael O'Shaunessey, son of the Irish ambassador to Nazi Germany in Berlin, is also a spy for the British Secret Service, so he has joined the Hitler Youth, and pretending that he agrees with…
    BookNew York : Scholastic Press, 2016. — Ju F Gra
  • Famous Myths and Legends of the World

    Myths and Legends of Ancient Britain and Ireland

    Ages 10+. Myths and legends from Ancient Britain and Ireland. Features include information about the history and culture behind the myths, pronunciations, lists of deities, word glossary, further information, and index.
    BookChicago : World Book, a Scott Fetzer company, [2015] — Ju Folk & Fairy Tales 398.2 Fam
  • Ages 4-8. Sibling Chihuahuas Bella and Harry travel to Dublin with their family to visit the Ha'Penny Bridge, Trinity College Library, Giant's Causeway, Blarney Castle, and the Cliffs of Moher.
    Picture Book[Delray Beach, Fla.] : Bella & Harry, LLC, [2014] — Ju E MAN
  • Ages 4-8. Fiona and her family moved from Ireland to Chicago to begin a new life. Yet, when the family is struck with misfortune, will Fiona's lace help save them?
    Picture BookNew York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2014] — Ju E POL
  • Ages 4-8. Young Maeve feels a strong connection to the mysterious, mummified body of a young girl that her grandfather uncovers while cutting turf in an Irish bog. Includes facts about bogs and the mummies that have been found in them.
    Picture BookBoston : Clarion Books, 2012. — Ju E BUN
  • Ages 8+. In Ireland in the Middle Ages, young Brother Cuthbert, known for making mistakes and giving up easily, is chosen through a miscommunication to serve as scribe for an illuminated manuscript of the Nativity story, through which the…
    Picture BookAnn Arbor, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, [2012] — Ju HOLIDAY E WHE CHRISTMAS
  • Ages 4-8. When the pot of green shamrocks that Rabbit has been growing for St. Patrick's Day goes missing, he asks all the other animals if they have seen it.
    Picture BookNew York : Scholastic, [2011] — Ju HOLIDAY E Bun ST PATRICKS DAY
  • Magic Tree House Research Guide

    Leprechauns and Irish Folklore: a Nonfiction Companion to Leprechaun in Late Winter

    Osborne, Mary Pope,
    Ages 6+. Join Jack and Annie as they research leprechauns and Irish folklore and find out the facts behind the fiction.
    BookNew York : Random House, [2010] — JU F Osb
  • Ages 6+. When Terry wakes up in the middle of the night to horrible screeching, he thinks the Banshee has come to pay his family a visit.
    Picture BookNew York : Clarion Books, 2009. — Ju E Bun
  • Ages When a terrible blight attacks Ireland's potato crop in 1845, twelve-year-old Nory Ryan's courage and ingenuity help her family and neighbors survive.
    BookNew York : Yearling, 2008. — Ju F Gif
  • Ages 4-8. A clever woman named Fiona must pass the leprechaun king's tests when she tries to get back all the luck he has locked away from humans.
    Picture BookWatertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2007] — Ju E Bat