The Orkney Gruffalo's Bairn
JULIA DONALDSON
Description
Translated by SIMON HALL. Illustrated by AXEL SCHEFFLER.
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.
Product Details
Published: 11th October 2016
Format: Paperback 270x215mm
Extent: 32 pages
ISBN: 9781785300714
Author
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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