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Porridge the Tartan Cat and the Bash-Crash-Ding by Alan Dapre
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Young Kelpies: Porridge the Tartan Cat
When Porridge was a wee kitten he toppled into a tin of tartan paint -- which is easy to do and not so easy to say. Now he lives by Loch Loch with the quirky McFun family: Gadget Grandad, Groovy Gran, Dino Dad, Mini Mum and the twins, Roaring Ross and Invisible Isla. Everyone has a super secret -- or tw ...Show more
Shadowsmith by Ross MacKenzie
Category: Children's | Series: Kelpies Ser.
"Are you brave?" When the mysterious Amelia Pigeon turns up at Kirby's bedroom window in the dead of night, this is the question she asks him -- right before they tumble into a world of ancient malevolent spirits who have torn their way into Kirby's quiet seaside village. Kirby isn't feeling brave at al ...Show more
Silver Unicorns and Golden Birds - Scottish Traveller Tales for Children by Duncan Williamson; Linda Williamson (Editor)
Category: Children's | Series: Kelpies Ser.
'Scotland's greatest contemporary storyteller.'-- The GuardianSilver Unicorns and Golden Birds is a treasure trove of traditional Scottish folk and fairy tales as told by Duncan Williamson, one of Scotland's greatest storytellers.Young readers will explore a land of folklore and magic inhabited by frien ...Show more
Six Lives of Fankle the Cat by George Mackay Brown
Category: Children's | Series: Kelpies
When the shopkeeper gives Jenny a skinny, black kitten she has no idea who she has adopted. Fankle is no ordinary cat. The fiercely clever feline has lived six lives so far: lives of adventure, danger, fortune and poverty. He's stared down angry pirates, started a blood feud, won a war, advised an empre ...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
TARANTULA TIDE by TREGENZA SHARON
Category: Children's fantasy | Series: Kelpies
Winner of the Heart of Hawick Children's Book Award 2010. Smugglers. Vikings. Shetland should be a fascinating place for a holiday, but Jack is harbouring a secret and is less than enthusiastic to be there. Then he meets Izzie and her exotic pets and things soon start to get more interesting: Jack finds ...Show more
The Accidental Time Traveller by Janis Mackay
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Kelpies
One ordinary day, Saul is on his way to the corner shop when a girl appears suddenly in the middle of the road. She doesn't understand traffic, or the things in shops, and she's wearing a long dress with ruffled sleeves. Her name is Agatha Black. Agatha Black is from 1813, and Saul needs to find a way t ...Show more
The Baby Deer Rescue (Animal Adventure Club 1) by Michelle Sloan; Hannah George (Illustrator)
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Young Kelpies Ser.
If there's a wild animal in trouble, the Animal Adventure Club are here to help Isla, Buzz and Gracie love helping the animal rangers at their local park - and they love animals So when a baby deer gets trapped, they're the first to the rescue. Can they save the little creature - even with new girl Lex ...Show more
The Baby Otter Rescue (Animal Adventure Club 2) by Michelle Sloan; Hannah George (Illustrator)
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Young Kelpies Ser.
If there's a wild animal in trouble, the Animal Adventure Club are here to help Isla, Buzz, Gracie and Lexi love helping the rangers at their local nature reserve - and they love animals So when the Animal Adventure Club find a baby otter that's been flooded out of his riverside home, they spring into ...Show more
The Boy with the Butterfly Mind by Victoria Williamson
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Kelpies Ser.
Jamie Lee wants to be normal. But his ADHD makes him feel like his brain is full of butterflies.Elin Watts wants to be perfect. If she can be, surely her dad will come home. When Jamie and Elin's families blend, the polar opposites of chaotic Jamie and ordered Elin collide. As their lives spiral out of ...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