Lucky the leprechaun heads on new adventures with flower patch friends
Lucky the leprechaun is back, ready to teach young readers about acceptance, kindness and blessings.
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A tad mischievous but never mean, Lucky spends time in the flower patch with friends like Ima Blessing (a honeybee) and Milo (a mouse). The book highlights the challenges some of those around us face, Krofcheck said, and helps those who don无毛视频檛 have challenges understand and accept those who do.
Ima Blessing, for example, can无毛视频檛 fly.
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And Lucky, of course, is there to set a good example, always ready to lend a hand to her flower patch pals.
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The book is the second about Lucky. The women self-published 无毛视频淟ucky无毛视频檚 Little Adventure: The Tale of a Magical Leprechaun Fairy无毛视频� in 2019, introducing young readers to the character Krofcheck made up when she was a daycare owner and preschool teacher in West Virginia.
In those roles, she wove tales of a leprechaun who was 1 inch tall and would come out before St. Patrick无毛视频檚 Day.
On March 17, Lucky would turn the classroom all around and leave the little ones treats, Krofcheck said.
While the leprechaun无毛视频檚 appearance was specific to the season, Krofcheck found that months later, the children would still imagine they saw Lucky. Over the years, the tales of Lucky kept growing.
She wrote the first book and convinced Valente, then her co-worker, to illustrate it.
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They collaborated a second time, both on writing and illustrating, during the pandemic. Creating something together helped them during those trying months; so did their faith, Krofcheck said.
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That faith is also reflected in Lucky无毛视频檚 newest adventure.
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Now available on Amazon.com and at Neubauer无毛视频檚 Market House in Uniontown, the book is geared toward children 3 and up. The cost is $12.