Tim O'Toole and his wife, Kathleen, are so poor they have not a penny or a potato between them. Even their cats are too skinny for the mice to chase! When Tim goes out to find a job, he stumbles upon "the wee folk"-a band of leprechauns who give him gifts to make his fortune. That is, if Tim can keep clear of the evil McGoon family. . . .
"The telling here has a well-honed, Irish lilt; the illustrations, by a Caldecott winner, are lively, expressive, and well sprinkled with sprightly men in green."-Kirkus Reviews
"This book is a winner."-Booklist
ISBN: | 9780140506754 |
Publication date: | 1st February 1992 |
Author: | Gerald McDermott |
Publisher: | Puffin Books an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 32 pages |
Series: | Picture Puffins |
Genres: |
Fantasy / Magical Traditional Tales Funny |