A beautiful new edition of Dick King-Smith's Paddy's Pot of Gold, from the renowned author of Babe The Sheep-Pig.
Brigid lives in Ireland, she’s an only child, and she just so happens to have a hole in one boot on her birthday. Surprise! These are the exact four things needed to see a leprechaun.
Meet Patrick Victorious Wellington Right-Handed O’Reilly – but you can call him Paddy.
Everyone knows that leprechauns have a pot of gold buried somewhere, but Paddy insists that a single shilling is all he has in the world. Is he telling the truth? Or are leprechauns as stingy as Brigid’s parents say?
This is Book 3 in the The Dick King Smith Centenary Collection Series. See all The Dick King Smith Centenary Collection books here.
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After serving as a soldier in World War II, Dick King-Smith became a farmer and then a teacher of English. His first book, The Fox Busters, was published in 1978 and he went on to become one of the most prolific English writers for children. He is best known for The Sheep-Pig, which was adapted into the movie Babe in 1995, and won the 1984 Guardian Children'
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