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A hapless leprechaun embarks on a quest to find his luck on the most auspicious day of the year in this delightfully rhythmic picture book about weathering disappointment and finding what makes you unique by New York Times bestselling author Alastair Heim. Little Clover leprechaun is the only one without any luck! He’s tired of feeling left out and lonely while the other leprechauns glow with magic and good fortune. This St. Patrick’s Day, when luck is in the air, Clover sets out to find his luck. But is there a rainbow out there for the unfortunate leprechaun?

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A tale of an unlucky leprechaun’s quest in the human world. A joyful sing-along brings out all of the leprechaun land’s small inhabitants—except for chronically unfortunate little Clover, who’s overslept. Determined to find better luck, Clover sets off to discover his rainbow and the treasure that goes with it. He’s soon joined by a cute puppy (though he doesn’t recognize that event as evidence of good luck). Clover and the pooch see a puddle with a rainbow and jump in. But instead of finding the treasure, they just douse the onlooking human kids. Clover subsequently spots and pursues promising rainbows on a bookstore door, on a frozen treat, on a skateboard, in a bouquet of balloons, and on a giant kite. Bad luck results in Clover losing every one, signaled by his refrain, “Of ALL the luck!” But just as he bemoans his “saddest, baddest day,” it’s redeemed by a crowd who tell him that—despite the damage Clover’s wrought—a leprechaun’s visit has made this St. Patrick’s Day the best ever. And Clover sees those previously lost rainbows reappearing everywhere. Pino’s jauntily ebullient rainbow-colored cartoon art depicts diverse humans and leprechauns, while Heim’s upbeat verse brings the tale to a chipper conclusion. A baseball cap and green tracksuit let pale-skinned, red-haired Clover fit into the human world, despite his tiny proportions. A lighthearted story of going for one’s goal no matter what.  -- Kirkus * November 15, 2025 *

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Alastair Heim is the author of more than twenty children’s picture books including the #1 New York Times bestselling official sequel to How the Grinch Stole Christmas! titled How the Grinch Lost Christmas!, as well as Hello, Door, which was named one of the New York Public Library’s Best Books of 2018; The Great Puppy Invasion, which won the 2019 Oklahoma Redbud Read-Aloud Award; and Quiet Down, Loud Town!, which was named a 2021 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. He has also written four books for Dr. Seuss Beginner Books titled If I Had Your Vote, If I Ran Your School, If I Were Saint Nick, and If I Drove an Ice Cream Truck—all featuring the Cat in the Hat. He is represented by Kelly Sonnack of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency and lives in Kansas City with his wife and three children. Pablo Pino was born in August 1981 in Buenos Aries, Argentina. He grew up watching cartoons, playing football, and drawing a lot. These days, he doesn’t watch as much TV and only plays football once a week, but still has the joy of painting every day because for the last ten years, he’s been working as a professional illustrator for different print media. What he enjoys the most is illustrating books for children and teenagers. In addition to illustrating almost fifty books, Pablo also does character designs and board games and collaborates on designs for schoolbooks and magazines with various worldwide publishing companies. He is self-taught and his illustrations are mostly computer drawn, but he always adds textures that he makes with pencils, crayons, acrylics, and pretty much any material that lets him gets messy like when he was child.

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