Jana Dillon, Children's Book Author and Illustrator, School Visits and Writers Workshops

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 and 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 open Baby Moira's suitcase in their new home, out stumbles a disoriented Lucky O'Leprechaun.  Now the girls have a chance to make a wish each!

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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.

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Someone's been nibbling on the student's snacks.  Who else could it be but 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.

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