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Author DePaola, Tomie, 1934-

Title Jamie O'Rourke and the big potato : an Irish folktale / retold and illustrated by Tomie Depaola
Published Sydney : Ashton Scholastic, 1992

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 MELB SPELK  819 Depad Tom/Joa  LIB USE ONLY
Description 28 unnumbered pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Summary SUMMARY: A lazy farmer captures a leprechaun, who grants him the biggest potato in the world. The potato fills the village and the villagers feed off it all winter
Analysis Picture books
Notes For children
Audience For 7-11 year old children
Issuing Body Teaching notes by Louise Park
Subject Children's stories, Irish.
Deception -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature.
Folk literature, Irish -- Juvenile fiction.
Folk literature, Irish -- Juvenile literature.
Folklore -- Ireland -- Juvenile fiction.
Folklore -- Ireland -- Juvenile literature.
Folklore -- Ireland.
Language arts (Primary)
Laziness -- Folklore -- Juvenile fiction.
Leprechauns -- Juvenile fiction.
Leprechauns -- Folklore -- Juvenile fiction.
Potatoes -- Folklore -- Juvenile fiction.
Potatoes -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature.
Potatoes -- Juvenile fiction.
Reading (Primary)
Tales -- Ireland -- Juvenile fiction.
Deception -- Folklore.
Folklore -- Ireland.
Potatoes -- Folklore.
Genre/Form Fairy tales.
Picture books.
Fiction.
LC no. abn91367577
ISBN 0868969346
0868969354 (paperback)