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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
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
Harris the Hero by Lynne Rickards
Category: Picture Books | Series: Picture Kelpies
Harris the puffin is lonely and at a loose end. He sets out travelling, looking for adventure and meets a lost baby seal. Harris bravely helps his new young companion, but they run into trouble. Then a happy crowd of Scottish sea life pitches in: an eiderduck, a dolphin, otters and some fish. And there ...Show more
Hello Scottish Animals by Kate McLelland
Category: Children's Non Fiction | Series: Picture Kelpies Ser.
Say hello to Scotland's most famous animals From leaping red squirrels and hungry highland coos, to jumping dolphins and playful otters, children will love the fun and friendly illustrations. But what's that splash, splash, splashing in Loch Ness? This bright and bold picture book, packed with lively p ...Show more
Isla and Pickle Best Friends by Kate McLelland
Category: Picture Books | Series: Picture Kelpies Ser.
Isla LOVES Pickle, the adorable miniature Shetland pony who lives in her neighbour's field. The best friends have loads of fun together. They play and ride all over the island: dressing up, splashing in the sea and sharing snacks. But sometimes the mischievous pair get into a bit of trouble -- Pickle lo ...Show more
Legend of the First Unicorn by Lari Don; Natasa Ilincic (Illustrator)
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Picture Kelpies: Traditional Scottish Tales Ser.
Once upon a time in Scotland, a young prince had lost his smile.It seemed nothing could raise a smile from Prince Donald, not the baker's treats or the bard's songs. The court magician tried to make a new magical beast for the prince, but it was so awkward he let it go. Hana, the magician's granddaughte ...Show more
N is for Nessie: A Scottish Alphabet for Kids by Kate Davies
Category: Children's | Series: Picture Kelpies
Sing Auld Lang Syne while you climb to the top of a Castle. Wave to a Highland Cow in John O'Groats. Put on a Kilt and avoid those Midges as you visit a Loch (not lock!) to meet Nessie. Then speed back over the Forth Bridge to Edinburgh Zoo - not forgetting your Umbrella. Take a whistle-stop tour throug ...Show more
No Such Thing as Nessie!: A Loch Ness Monster Adventure by Chani McBain
Category: Picture Books | Series: Picture Kelpies
Finlay is going on a Nessie hunt. While visiting his Gran, who lives beside Loch Ness, Finlay is determined to get proof that Nessie, the famous Loch Ness Monster, really does exist. Finlay's Gran might believe him but his big sister Sarah keeps telling him there's no such thing. Until they spot a monst ...Show more
OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A VINEGAR BOTTLE by GODDEN RUMER & HEDDERWICK MAIRI
Category: Picture Books | Series: Picture Kelpies: Traditional Scottish Tales Ser.
The old woman is happy living in her old vinegar bottle house by a loch, until one day she saves a charming fish prince who grants her wishes in return. At first the old woman's wishes are humble -- a hot dinner and a little cottage -- but as she asks for more and more extravagant things she forgets how ...Show more
Skye the Puffling: A Baby Puffin's Adventure by Lynne Rickards
Category: Picture Books | Series: Picture Kelpies
One morning Skye, a cheeky baby puffin with an appetite for adventure, sneaks out of her parents' burrow, tumbles off the cliff edge and accidentally lands on a passing gannet's back! Skye's thrilling journey takes her around the Firth of Forth and finds her in a few tricky situations -- a perilous pig ...Show more
Speed Bonnie Boat - A Tale from Scottish History Inspired by the Skye Boat Song by Alfredo Belli (Illustrator)
Category: Picture Story Book | Series: Picture Kelpies: Traditional Scottish Tales Ser.
Speed, bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing, 'Onward ' the sailors cry;Carry the lad who's born to be kingOver the sea to Skye. Sung throughout the world, the Skye Boat Song evocatively brings alive the story of Bonnie Prince Charlie's famous journey from the Outer Hebrides to Skye, off Scotland's west ...Show more
The Dragon Stoorworm by Theresa Breslin; Matthew Land (Illustrator)
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Picture Kelpies: Traditional Scottish Tales Ser.
The Dragon Stoorworm was the very first, very worst dragon that ever lived. It was ginormous: almost as big as the whole of Scotland The King of Scotland called for warriors to defeat the terrible dragon and save his daughter, the Princess Gemdelovely, from being eaten. But none who faced the dragon ev ...Show more