Celebrate St. Patrick's Day and Irish-American Heritage Month by reading fiction with the subject Irish or Irish-American, biographies, non-fiction about travel and places, or watch videos, everything from music, dance, Irish authors, even sports! The video, More Than a Game, follows Akron's St. Vincent-St. Mary Fighting Irish high school basketball team (featuring five future NBA players, including superstar LeBron James) as they win their way to national acclaim. Check Ancestry.com Library Edition (which can be accessed from any CMRLS Library) to see if you can claim Irish ancestors. Ask Library staff if help is needed. It is reported that as much as 11% of Americans have Irish ancestors and the Irish-American population is seven times larger than Ireland! (Washington Post; 3/17/2013)
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How to catch a leprechaun
by Adam Wallace
Kids are invited to start a St. Patrick's Day tradition with this fun-filled, lively book in verse that offers advice on how to craft the perfect trap to catch a leprechaun.
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There was an old lady who swallowed a clover!
by Lucille Colandro
A St. Patrick's Day-themed adaptation of the classic nonsense song finds the intrepid heroine from There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat! ingesting items to make a perfect rainbow for a hidden pot of gold. Original.
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The watcher in the shadows
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
"When fourteen-year-old Irene Sauvelle moves with her family to Cape House on the coast of Normandy, she's immediately taken by the beauty of the place--its expansive cliffs, coasts, and harbors. There, she meets a local boy named Ismael, and the two soon fall in love. But a dark mystery is about to unfold, involving a reclusive toymaker who lives in a gigantic mansion filled with mechanical beings and shadows of the past"
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Leprechaun in late winter by Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie travel back to nineteenth-century Ireland to inspire a young Augusta Gregory to share her love of Irish legends and folktales with the world. Reprint.
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Island of glass
by Nora Roberts
Continuing the hunt for the Star of Ice in Ireland, the immortal Doyle confronts his tragic past while the archaeologist Riley immerses herself in local history and finds herself targeted by a dark goddess
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The bishop's daughter
by Patricia Johns
"As a bishop's daughter and good Amish mother, widowed Sadie Hochstetler teaches her young son that God blesses those who try their best to please Him. But her brief marriage taught her that life is infinitely more complicated than that. Older, and serious, her late husband seemed a sensible choice-especially compared to Elijah Fisher, the spirited boy with whom she butted heads and hearts. Then Elijah abruptly left for the Englisher world, taking Sadie's beloved brother along with him-a double betrayal she still strives to forgive. Especially now that Elijah has returned . . . Elijah plans to stay in the Amish community only as long as he's needed, helping his family and working for Sadie's ailing father. The outside world has changed him, leading him to question rules and restrictions that others take on faith. Once, he'd been head over heels in love with the bishop's daughter-a girl he was judged unworthy of courting. Nine years have changed so much between them. Yet something remains-a spark that, for all their differences, might light the way home again "
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Jessica's News I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentines Day. I know i did and eat a few too many chocolates, but sometimes a little sweet treat is what we need. I am so thankful to hear that we are supposed to be having an early spring, i am ready for blooming flowers and some sunshine. And don't forget to wear some green on the 17th to steer clear of being pinched.
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