Fiona's Luck

Before I get into the actual review of this work, please allow me a very short rant. I noted that that a review from Publisher's weekly felt "that the wordy writing style often slows the proceedings and may confuse younger readers trying to puzzle out the bargain between Fiona and her leprechaun foil." Of the many, many absolutely ludicrous statements I have read in Publishers Weekly reviews over the years, this one has... Read Full Review

Let me first start with the artwork in this book. Chills, that's what it does. Gives me a good case of the shivers, it's just that moving. (Gotta love the use of color, too - compare brown, dark, drab luckless Ireland with green, growing, lucky Ireland!) The story is compelling, and has a few good vocabulary words in it, but not so much that you think the author was throwing them in for the heck of it. And the moral of the... Read Full Review

I love this book. The story and illustrations are wonderful. All the children I nanny for love this story.

Irish-American author Teresa Bateman presents Fiona's Luck, a delightful children's picturebook weaving a fantastic fable of cleverness. When luck vanishes from Ireland - hens give no eggs, cows give no milk, and potatoes rot in the ground - young Fiona deduces that leprechauns have stolen the luck of the Irish, and improvises a plan to get their attention and restore luck to the people, using her own knowledge of leprechaun... Read Full Review

Once, there was luck floating in the air all over Ireland for anyone to grab when they needed it, thanks to the leprechauns. When humans came, however, the luck stuck to them more than to anyone else and the leprechaun king became worried that there wouldn't be enough luck left for the leprechauns. He sent out his people to collect the luck so he could keep it safe, but they followed his orders too well and collected all the... Read Full Review