NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release:  February 27, 2006
Contact:  Sam Gnuse, Altamont Public Library Board President
Subject: St. Patrick’s Day books available at the Altamont Public Library

Each year we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on March 17.  This festive holiday has everyone wearing green and talking about four leaf clovers, shamrocks, leprechauns, and kissing the blarney stone.  We eat corned beef and cabbage.  But do we know why?

Visit the Altamont Public Library and take advantage of the number of books that explain these strange traditions.  Beth Speers, Librarian, recommends the following books for children:  Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland by Tomie dePaola, The St. Patrick’s Day Shillelagh by Janet Nolan, The Luckiest Leprechaun by Justine Korman, and A Fine St. Patrick’s Day by Susan Wojciechowski.  Other books on St. Patrick’s Day and Ireland are available at the library.

To help your child or grandchild research the traditions of the holiday, read some of these interesting and entertaining storybooks available.  Remember, everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day!