Traveling Tom and the Leprechaun by Teresa Bateman is a book about an Irish princess named Kathleen. Kathleen did not wish to marry because she was not interested in any of the noblemen’s sons who liked her. Since people in the country began to talk she came up with a plan. She said she would marry the man who could win a leprechaun’s pot of gold in a single day’s time. She figured it would take an intelligent, daring man to accomplish such a task. She was right, one day a fine man named Tom came down from the mountains to take a shot at her challenge. He succeeds and they end up married in the end. Although the story was very predictable, as many fairytales and Disney movies are, I thought it was cute. Tom won the challenge by being patient with and kind to the leprechaun and these are qualities we would like children to have. This would be a good book to read when talking about Ireland or St. Patrick’s day.
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