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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
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
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
The Secret of the Kelpie by Lari Don; Philip Longson
Category: Picture Books | Series: Picture Kelpies: Traditional Scottish Tales Ser.
"Every loch in Scotland, however beautiful, has its cold, dark depths.And every loch in Scotland has its kelpie.But it's easy to forget those dangers on a sunny afternoon..."Flora is playing with her brothers and sisters by the loch when she notices a stunning white horse. While her siblings clamour for ...Show more
The Tale of Tam Linn by Lari Don
Category: Children's Classic Fiction | Series: Picture Kelpies: Traditional Scottish Tales
Janet is forbidden from visiting the woods near her father's castle because legend says that long ago a local boy called Tam Linn was stolen there by the fairy queen and never returned. But Janet isn't afraid of fairy stories...Deep in the woods, by a well, she meets a fairy knight -- the famous Tam Lin ...Show more
The Treasure of the Loch Ness Monster by Lari Don; Natasa Ilincic (Illustrator)
Category: Children's Classic Fiction | Series: Picture Kelpies: Traditional Scottish Tales Ser.
Ishbel and Kenneth need to save their family from going hungry, so when they remember the old local tale about treasure under Urquhart Castle, they set off across Loch Ness in a rowing boat. But the loch may be hiding its own secrets. There's another ancient story about a giant monster living in the dep ...Show more
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