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The classic poem "The Night Before Christmas" by Clement Clarke Moore, has been translated into Scots by Kirsty Strange. Also features a brand new musical score by James Strange. With beautiful illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith, you'll enjoy this nostalgic trip as you snuggle "doon" with your bairns and experience the magic of Christmas. "Twis th' nicht afore Christmas when aw aboot tha hoose, Nae creature wis stirrin' no even a moose.....

Stick Man lives in the family tree With his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three ... After his morning jog goes horribly awry, this is the tale of Stick Man's epic journey to find his family, through the wilderness and seasons of the year.

Aesop's Fables are a fundamental building-block of world literature and 2022, Scotland's Year of Stories, is the perfect time to publish a collection of these wise, funny and thought-provoking tales from around 2, 500 years ago. The fables are firmly rooted in the natural world and feature animals as their main characters, but the life lessons they illustrate are human ones and timeless in their relevance. Young readers at home and at school ...

The magic potion''s secret is closely guarded by Asterix and his fellow Gauls as they resist the Roman invader. The potion, brewed by the druid Ogamaix, gives those who drink it superhuman strength. It is coveted by the local Roman Centurion who has a cunning plan to get his hands on the potion, but is he clever enough to outwit Asterix? A Scots...

The descriptive power of the Scots tongue shines through with understated grandeur in this lavishly illustrated translation of Prophets by Gavin Falconer and Ross G. Arthur, which for the first time brings together in the language some of the most iconic of Old Testament stories. Distilling modern Bible scholarship into forceful and affecting Scots, it is a work of aesthetic as well as religious interest, reproducing in their entirety the stun...

The descriptive power of the Scots tongue shines through with understated grandeur in this lavishly illustrated translation of History by Gavin Falconer and Ross G. Arthur, which for the first time brings together in the language some of the most iconic of Old Testament stories. Distilling modern Bible scholarship into forceful and affecting Scots, it is a work of aesthetic as well as religious interest, reproducing in their entirety the stunn...

King o the Midden is back, and mankier than ever, with his cast of grimy guests, like Sergeant Snoddy (fae Kirkcaldy), exploding fairies and a hungry hairy mammoth.

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This book, "A Dictionary of the English Languagein which the words are deduced from their originals, explained in their different meanings, and authorifed by the names of the writers in whofe works they are found. Part 1", by Samuel Johnson, is a replication of a book originally published before 1792. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.

Featuring glowing illustrations by Emma Chichester Clark, and translated from Saviour Pirotta's lively retellings, these classic fairy tales are now shared in Scots for the first time, translated by a host of well known Scottish writers.

Doon in the glen there were three ferms. The men that had these ferms were aboot as scunnersome and grippy as ony men ye could meet. They were cried Fermer Bodge, Fermer Bauchle and Fermer Beek.

Naebody wid hae believed in the hinmaist years o the nineteenth century that this warld wis bein watched keen an close bi harns greater than man's an yet as mortal as his ain... Yet ben the gap o space, harns that are tae oor harns as oors are tae thon o the breets that dee, intellects muckle an cweel an cauld, regairded thon erd wi jealous een, an slaw an siccar drew their plans agin us." First furthset in 1898, The War o the Warlds is thocht...

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Now available in Scots for the very first time, this delightful translation by James Robertson is a funny, touching and triumphant picture book story about a giraffe who finds his own tune and confidence too.

In the tradition of great storytellers, from Dickens to Dahl, comes an exquisitely dark comedy that is both literary and irreverent, hilarious and deftly crafted. Never before has a tale of three likeable and unfortunate children been quite so enchanting, or quite so uproariously unhappy.

The first magical book in the festive series, from number one bestselling author Matt Haig, and featuring enchanting illustrations from Chris Mould. Now in Scots for the first time, A Laddie Cawed Christmas is a tale of adventure, snow, kidnapping, elves, more snow and a boy called Nikolas, who isn't afraid to believe in magic.

O chionn ochd bliadhna deug, thàinig a 'Bhana-phrionnsa Nisha gu bhith na dìlleachdan dìreach làithean às deidh a breith. Dh 'fhalbh a pàrantan agus a h-uile duine le fuil Fey. Bha iad uile air an caitheamh le teine ¿¿nach robh e comasach dha stad. No co-dhiù is e seo a thèid innse. Is e seo a thathas a 'bruidhinn a-mach. Fìrinn? Is dòcha. Ach is iad sin faclan nach do chuir Nisha earbsa a-riamh. Cha b 'urrainn earbsa a bhith aca bho nach robh...

Deep Wheel Orcadia is, effortlessly, a first: a science-fiction verse-novel written in the Orcadian dialect, it's also the first full-length book in the Orkney language in over fifty years.

Yer Ain frae Edward Chisnall is a wark o gravity and humour, aw craftit in the Scots leid. Scots is virile, funny, descriptive, perfect for the soond required o ony dramatic form, novel, or poem. Dig within yersels and thare ye will find the treisur o yer ain culture, and that o the real wirth, oor weans that girn, or greet, or find things tae learn that come frae the hert. The hale faimily o oor history in Scotland is in oor wirds, the craft ...