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Leprechauns Never Lie
Product Description
Author: Lorna Balian
Illustrated by: Lecia Balian
Hardcover: 40 page(s)
Age Range: 4 - 8
Book Description:
Ninny Nanny and Gram are lazy and in a bad state. The roof needs fixing, the potatoes need digging, and all they have to eat is rainwater soup, so they decide to catch a leprechaun and use his fortune. But the clever leprechaun figures out how to keep his gold and teach Ninny Nanny a lesson. And it's their good fortune he did! Published in full color for the first time and written in a delightful Irish brogue, this book is sure to please young and old alike.
From The Critics:
Children's Literature
Kids and adults will enjoy the lessons in this tale and the illustrations are perfect, showing a mischievous leprechaun enjoying every minute of the work that Ninny Nanny is forced to undertake in her search for the gold.
Horn Book
satisfying tale of comeuppance