Secular Charlotte Mason

Anyone read anything special for St. Patrick's Day? 

Shamrocks, Harps and Shillelaghs: The Story of the St. Patrick's Day Symbols by Edna Barth is one of my favorites.  I read it with my older kids when they were between 8 and 10 yo and now we are reading it again with KodyGirl. Basically, it is the history and symbolism of Ireland and St. Patrick's Day in a nutshell. Quality info that is a relatively quick read--my favorite.  I have the other books in this holiday series and I must say this one is the most accurate and the best written. I have a feeling it is because the quality of the source material is better than with the other books. It's always a good sign when a book sites Seumas McManus and Padraic Colum as part of it's source material. The chapter on the conversion of pagan Ireland to Christianity is actually fairly well balanced considering it's about a saint--a rarity in children's books. All the books in the series are illustrated with basic line drawings. I really like this book but only one or two of the other books in the series come even close to it's quality.