12 Days O Yule - A Scottish Christmas

Take a deep breath and prepare for a journey through all twelve days of Yuletide with a cast of skaters skooshin, lassies birlin, sheep a-shooglin and the all-important five gowden rings.

The stunningly beautiful illustrations bring this Scots version of the ever-popular Christmas song to life in vivid detail. Inspired by the traditional verse, this adaptation features easy-to-understand (and pronounce) Scots words and animals, including hoolets (owls) and bonnie doos (beautiful doves).

About the author

Susan Rennie is a lexicographer and former Chief Editor of the online Dictionary of the Scots Language. A renowned Scots-language expert, she was a co-founder of Scots-language publisher Itchy Coo, and is the author of several Scots-language books for children, including Scots translations of Roald Dahl and Tintin.
Matthew Land is an illustrator currently living in Edinburgh. Since graduating from University College Falmouth in 2012, he has interspersed his illustration with working in Blackwells, Edinburgh’s oldest bookshop. He is the illustrator of The Dragon Stoorworm, and, most recently, he illustrated Alice With a Why by Anna James.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Rennie, Rennie Susan
• Assisted by: Matthew Land (Illustration), Land Matthew (Illustration)
• Publisher: BIRLINN LIMITED
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2025
• EAN: 9781780279725
• ISBN: 978-1-78027-972-5
• No. of pages: 32
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Picture books; Christmas, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / General, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / General, Age groups: children, PICTURE BOOKS, ACTIVITY BOOKS & EARLY LEARNING MATERIAL, Children’s picture books, Picture books