The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn

Description

Translated by SHEENA BLACKHALL. Illustrated by AXEL SCHEFFLER.

The Gruffalo quo, “Ye’ll dae as I bid –
Niver set fit in the deep derk wid.”

Bit ae snawy nicht the Gruffalo’s Bairn ignores fit her faither has tellt her an tip-taes oot intae the cauld. Eftir aa, there’s nae sic thing as the Muckle Coorse 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.

Sheena Blackhall’s Doric version of The Gruffalo is now followed by The Doric 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 the North-East and with Doric speakers wherever they bide.

Product Details

Published: 11th October 2016
Format: Paperback 270x215mm
Extent: 32 pages
ISBN: 9781785300691

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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