The Doric Gruffalo

Description

Translated by SHEENA BLACKHALL. Illustrated by AXEL SCHEFFLER.

THE GRUFFALO
Now Available in Doric Scots

Everybody loves The Gruffalo and now you can enjoy this children's classic for the very first time in Doric Scots! Translated by Sheena Blackhall and published by Itchy Coo, this new edition of The Gruffalo will delight both children and adults alike.

"A moose tuik a dander ben the wid.
A tod saw the moose, and the moose luiked guid."

Come a wee bit farrer intae thon deep mirk wid, an fin oot fit happens fin the sleekit moose faas in wi a hoolet, a snake an a hungry gruffalo . . .

Product Details

Published: 21st October 2015
Format: Paperback 270x215mm
Extent: 32 pages
ISBN: 9781785300042

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.

Sheena Blackhall is a prize-winning poet and fiction writer and is the author of many collections of short stories and poems written in Doric or North-East Scots. She is Creative Writing Fellow at Aberdeen University's Elphinstone Institute. She has a short story in Pure Ghosters, published by Itchy Coo, and her books include The Singing Bird, Stagwyse (Selected Poems) and Hielanman's Sporran.

Axel Scheffler is a German-born illustrator and animator based in London. He is best known for his cartoon-like pictures for children's books, particularly The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child, written by Julia Donaldson.

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