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The Elsewhere Emporium (Nowhere Emporium #2) by Ross MacKenzie
Category: Children's | Series: Kelpies Ser.
The Nowhere Emporium has been stolen.The shop from nowhere has vanished without a trace. Will it ever reappear?As they search for the lost Emporium, Daniel and Ellie encounter magical bookshops, deserted islands, and an array of magicians (both dead and alive). Meanwhile a dangerous force is attacking t ...Show more
The Fox Girl and the White Gazelle by Victoria Williamson
Category: Children's | Series: Kelpies Ser.
Reema runs to remember the life she left behind in Syria.Caylin runs to find what she's lost. Under the gray Glasgow skies, twelve-year-old refugee Reema is struggling to find her place in a new country, with a new language and without her brother. But she isn't the only one feeling lost. Her Glasgwegia ...Show more
The Hill of the Red Fox by Allan Campbell McLean
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Kelpies
It is the time of the Cold War. Soviet spies are feared, and secrets are traded. People disappear. Thirteen-year-old Alasdair, living in London, knows nothing of this world. He can't wait to start his long summer holiday on the Isle of Skye, away from his mother and aunt. But things don't go quite as p ...Show more
The Island and the Bear by Louise Greig
Category: Children's | Series: Picture Kelpies
"Anything can happen anywhere. Anywhere was an island. Anything was a bear." One windy morning on a wild and quiet Hebridean island, a bear appeared where there should not have been a bear. The gentle giant played happily in streams, danced in the wind, and would not harm a living thing. But even friend ...Show more
The Otherwhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie
Category: Young Adult | Series: Kelpies Ser.
The mysterious Nowhere Emporium has appeared once more. With its shining bricks the colour of midnight, and rich scents of melting chocolate and exotic spices, it's easy to see why inquisitive Mirren isn't the only one bewitched by the magical store. Behind the Emporium's red velvet curtain lies a palac ...Show more
The Reluctant Time Traveller by Janis Mackay
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Kelpies
If Saul and Agnes don't do something their den will be destroyed. But the title deeds that could save it were lost in 1914. Good job they know the secret of time travel! Still, is travelling back in time to a world on the verge of war really a good idea? When Agnes disappears Saul has no choice - he can ...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 Teeger That Cam For His Tea : The Tiger Who Came to Tea in Scots by Judith Kerr
Category: Picture Books | Series: Picture Kelpies
'There is a chap at the door jist as Sophie an her mum are sittin doon for their tea. Wha could it be? They dinna think it's a muckle, furry, strippit teeger -- that's for shair!' No children's bookshelf is complete without the classic The Tiger Who Came to Tea, but what if Sophie opened the door to ...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
There Was a Wee Lassie Who Swallowed a Midgie by Rebecca Colby
Category: Picture Books | Series: Picture Kelpies Ser.
A hilarious Scottish twist on a much-loved rhyme sees the wee lassie swallow a succession of Scottish animals -- all to catch the midgie. 'There was a wee lassie who swallowed a midgie. I don't know why she swallowed the midgie, So teeny and squidgy!' In this hilarious twist on a much-loved rhyme, the w ...Show more
This Bonny Baby - A Mirror Board Book by Kasia Matyjaszek (Illustrator); Michelle Sloan (Concept by)
Category: Children's Educational | Series: Wee Kelpies Ser.
Meet the bonny babies who love having fun and getting messy, doing all the things that babies do -- playing in the park, finger painting, having dinner... and more, until it's time for bed. But what does your bonny baby love to do? Look into the mirror to find out The perfect book to share with wee one ...Show more