The Orkney Gruffalo's Bairn: The Gruffalo's Child in Orkney Scots (Scots Edition) - Softcover

Donaldson, Julia

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9781785300714: The Orkney Gruffalo's Bairn: The Gruffalo's Child in Orkney Scots (Scots Edition)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1785300717 ISBN 13: 9781785300714
Publisher: Itchy Coo, 2016

Synopsis

The Gruffalo said 'Noo, listen tae me -
Nivver go oot in that cowld, snowy trees!'

But wan snowy night the Gruffalo's Bairn ignores whit her fither has tellt her an tiptoes oot intae the cowld. Eftir aal, there's no such thing as the Muckle Mad Moose ... is there?

In 2015, following on from the huge success of James Robertson's Scots translation of The Gruffalo, Itchy Coo published four dialect versions: the Orkney, Shetland, Doric and Dundee Gruffalos have all proved immensely popular as celebrations of the Scots language's astonishing regional diversity.

Simon Hall's Orkney version of The Gruffalo is now followed by The Orkney Gruffalo's Bairn. A cautionary tale about what happens when a small Gruffalo leaves the comfort of its cave and sets off into the dark wood on a wintry night, this is sure to be another big hit in Orkney and with Orcadian speakers wherever they bide.

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About the Author

Julia Donaldson, the 2011-2013 Children's Laureate, is the outrageously talented, prize-winning author of the world's most-loved picture books including The Gruffalo and What the Ladybird Heard. The Gruffalo, illustrated by Axel Scheffler, is now a children's classic and publishing phenomenon; celebrating 15 years in 2014, selling over 3 million copies worldwide, was voted Great Britain's favourite bedtime story on BBC Radio 2 and was adapted and broadcast as an animation on BBC 1.Simon Hall is a secondary school teacher, a poet, and author. He studied Scottish Language and Literature at Glasgow University where he was awarded the Ewing Prize for Scottish Literature. Since 2014 he has been one of Education Scotland's Scots Language Co-ordinators, supporting schools in the teaching of Scots and development of Scots language resources. He is the author of The History of Orkney Literature (2010) which was joint winner of the Saltire Society's First Book of the Year award.

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Publisher
Itchy Coo
Publication date
2016
Language
Scots
ISBN 10 
1785300717
ISBN 13 
9781785300714
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
32
Rating
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