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An Amazing Illustrated Atlas of Scotland by David MacPhail
Category: Travel | Series: Kelpies World Ser.
Did you know that dinosaurs lived on the Isle of Skye 165 million years ago? That North Ronaldsay sheep only eat seaweed? Or that Loch Ness is so deep that it holds more water than all of Wales and England's lakes combined? Bursting with all you need to know about its people and places, history and cul ...Show more
Artie Conan Doyle and the Gravediggers' Club by Robert J. Harris
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Kelpies: Artie Conan Doyle Mysteries
One day Arthur Conan Doyle will create the greatest detective of all -- Sherlock Holmes. But right now Artie Conan Doyle is a twelve-year-old Edinburgh schoolboy with a mystery of his own to solve. While sneaking out to explore Greyfriars Kirkyard by night, Artie and his best friend Ham spot a ghostly l ...Show more
Artie Conan Doyle and the Scarlet Phantom by Robert J. Harris
Category: Young Adult | Series: Kelpies Ser.
One day Arthur Conan Doyle will create the greatest detective of all -- Sherlock Holmes. But right now, Artie Conan Doyle is a twelve-year-old Edinburgh schoolboy with a mystery of his own to solve.Artie and his best friend Ham are investigating the strange case of the Scarlet Phantom, an invisible jewe ...Show more
Awesome Scottish Castles - Sticker and Activity Book by Moreno Chiacchiera (Illustrator)
Category: Activity Books | Series: Picture Kelpies Ser.
Discover awesome Scottish castles in this sticker and activity book bursting with colouring, doodling, puzzles and more than 100 stickers!Have fun...-- Filling Edinburgh Castle with fun stickers-- Colouring an exciting attack on Urquhart Castle-- Doodling unicorns, dragons and other castle creatures-- D ...Show more
Between the Lies by Cathy MacPhail
Category: Young Adult | Series: Kelpiesedge
Judith Tremayne is missing. She hasn't been online, nobody has heard from her. She simply appears to have vanished, until Abbie Kerr, a school nobody, receives a message: "I want to come home". Suddenly everyone knows Abbie's name. The mean girls and the misfits alike are obsessed with Jude's disappear ...Show more
Chaos Clock by Gill Arbuthnott
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Kelpies
"What do you mean, we are the keys?" Kate asked incredulously. "From time to time, certain people are born whose fate it is to aid or thwart the attempts of Chaos to destroy time. You and David are two such people. Look." As he spoke, the room turned misty around them. Kate and David are eleven-years-ol ...Show more
Chaos Quest by Gill Arbuthnott
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Kelpies
Kate and David are at secondary school in Edinburgh. David is struggling to come to terms with his new stepmother, and Kate is being expected to take more responsibility for her younger brother. But time never stands still for long. They soon become involved in a race to prevent the Lords of Chaos from ...Show more
Cloudberry Castle: Ballerina Dreams by Janey Louise Jones
Category: Children's | Series: Kelpies
Katie Mackenzie's family runs a ballet school in a wonderful old Scottish castle. Katie loves living with the other boarders, but it's not always easy, and she misses her old best friend Mallie. So she's thrilled when her old friend asks for Katie's help training her new unruly pony. But Katie has both ...Show more
Dragonfire by Anne Forbes
Category: Children's | Series: Kelpies Ser.
"Well, I didn't ask to be a pigeon! . . . I wanted to be an eagle, didn't I? . . . Why couldn't we have been eagles instead of pigeons? What a life! Nothing but cooo, cooo and peck, peck, all the time." ". . . This is the High Street not the Highlands! We're no here to cause a sensation, and . . . if it ...Show more
First Aid for Fairies and Other Fabled Beasts by Lari Don
Category: Children's Cook Books | Series: Kelpies Ser.
Winner of a Scottish Children's Book Award.When Yann the injured centaur clip clops into Helen's life she decides to help him even though she's not exactly a vet. But that's just the beginning ... Helen's first aid kit comes in very handy when she meets Yann's friends -- a gang of fabled beasts with a h ...Show more
Hairy Hettie by Jo Allan; Polly Lawson (Text by)
Category: Picture Books | Series: Picture Kelpies Ser.
Hettie the Highland cow has lots of hair to keep her warm and cosy. But other animals want to be cosy too... In springtime two blackbirds stop by and build their nest in Hettie's hair. She's a cow not a hedge! In summertime some butterflies lay their eggs in Hettie's fur, which grow into wriggling cater ...Show more