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    A Wee Book o Fairy Tales in Scots

    By Deborah Campbell

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    "Wee pig, wee pig," said the wolf. "Can I come ben?"
    "Whit? And let in a wolf that I dinna ken?
    I'm in my hoose and I'm no feared.
    By the hair on my broostlie beard
    Away ye go, ye big hairy cloon."
    "Then I will hech and I'll pech and I will blaw your hoose doon."

    Her are six of the world's best-loved folk and fairy tales, retold in lively modern Scots by Matthew Fitt and James Robertson. Familiar stories like Cinderella and Rumpelstiltskin are given a fresh look and sound in these new versions, which are ideal for bedtime, nursery and classroom reading. Great entertainment for children and grown-ups alike.

    Includes: Cinderella, Wee Reid Ridin Hood, The Three Wee Pigs, Snaw White, The Billy Goats Gruff and Rumpelstiltskin.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherItchy Coo
    Release dateMar 23, 2016
    ISBN9781785300509
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    A Wee Book o Fairy Tales in Scots
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    Deborah Campbell

    DEBORAH CAMPBELL is an award-winning writer who has reported from many countries around the world, including Iran, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Mexico, Cuba and Russia. Her work, much of which involves spending long periods of time in the societies she covers, has appeared in Harper's, The Economist, The Guardian, New Scientist, and Foreign Policy, and she is the recipient of three National Magazine Awards for her foreign correspondence. A Disappearance in Damascus: Friendship and Survival in the Shadow of War won the 2016 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-Fiction. Campbell has guest lectured at Harvard, Berkeley, Zayed University in Dubai, and the National Press Club in Washington. She teaches at the University of British Columbia.

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