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Here are twenty-one of Aesop's best-loved fables, translated into Scots by Sanjeev Kohli, Elaine C. Smith, Kathleen Jamie, Liam McIlvanney and others.They include favourites such as The Lion and the Moose, The Dug in the Byre and The Wolf and the Shepherd's Laddie. Based on Michael Morpurgo's lively retellings, and with glowing illustrations by Emma Chichester Clark, these fables are as entertaining and full of truth today as they were when first told more than two thousand years ago.
'An honour to have Aesop coming out in Scots. He'd be pleased too!'Michael Morpurgo
About the author
Matthew Fitt is a novelist and poet as well as a translator. Matthew was winner of the Outstanding Contribution to Children's Books award at the 2020 Scottish Book Trust Awards. He has written numerous children's books and translated a number of titlesinto Scots including Roald Dahl's
The Eejits, David Walliams'
Mr Mingin and J.K.Rowling's
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stane. He is a co-founder of andcontributing author to the Itchy Coo imprint.
James Robertson is a co-founder of Itchy Coo. He writes books for both adults and children, in English and in Scots. His novel
The Testament of Gideon Mack was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2006 and featured on the Richard and Judy Book Club in 2007. For Itchy Coo his translations include Julia Donaldson's
The Gruffalo and
Room on the Broom and Roald Dahl's
Fantastic Mr Fox.
Summary
Here are twenty-one of Aesop's best-loved fables, translated into Scots by Sanjeev Kohli, Elaine C. Smith, Kathleen Jamie, Liam McIlvanney and others.
They include favourites such as The Lion and the Moose, The Dug in the Byre and The Wolf and the Shepherd's Laddie. Based on Michael Morpurgo's lively retellings, and with glowing illustrations by Emma Chichester Clark, these fables are as entertaining and full of truth today as they were when first told more than two thousand years ago.
'An honour to have Aesop coming out in Scots. He'd be pleased too!'
Michael Morpurgo
Foreword
Twenty-one of Aesop's favourite fables are featured in this book, now retold in Scots for the first time by a host of well known Scottish writers.
