The Leprechaun Companion

by Niall; Anderson Macnamara, Wayne Anderson

Leprechauns are elusive creatures despite their worldwide fame. Few people know much about them beyond their fondness for shoemaking, crocks of gold, rainbows (at the end of which those crocks are often buried) and perhaps their talent for granting wishes. The Leprechaun Companion aims to set this straight by collecting all that is known about these sprites and revealing much for the first time, such as the variety of their dress, what they get up to in their sociable moods and why lady leprechauns are so rare.Niall Macnamara, whose qualifications for writing about leprechauns include a great-great-grandmother from Cork who claimed to have been seduced by one, looks at the link between leprechauns and the other faery folk of Ireland, and at their cousins in neighboring countries - brownies, boggarts, piskies, spriggans, kobolds and many more. These elusive creatures have been drawn by Wayne Anderson, who first hit fame in the late 1970s with illustrations for classic books of the time, including The Magic Circus. Since then, he has illustrated a steady stream of books, including Thumbelina (1991), Wayne Anderson's Horrible Book (1997), and The Flight of the Dragons (1998).

Genres: Fantasy, Occult, Fiction

96 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Tomtom 0_0 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute book written in Leprechaun size about all kinds of little people. I liked the pictures and there is a lot of information about the fairy folk but the letters are small and sometimes it's difficult to read

[Tina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this book so much, tells you so much about leprechaun culture!

[Cecilia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Este es un excelente libro para quienes tengan interés en darse una vuelta por la vida de los duendes. Sus costumbres, sus razas, sus juegos con los humanos... todo está a la vista. Sólo hay que atreverse a entrar :p.

[Shawna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute little book of Leprechaun lore. Loved the illustrations and at 93 pages, was a quick read to finish off my month of Irish books.