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Authors:
Matthew Fitt and James Robertson
Illustrator: Deborah Campbell
May
I introduce A Wee Book o Fairy Tales, a wonderfully visual
and vibrant book that retells six of the world's best-known
fairy tales, but here's the twist, written in the colourful
language of Scots!
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Publication:
October 2003
Price: £5.99
Format: pbk 140mm x 140mm
Extent: 96pp
Illustrations: Full colour |
Click on images
to enlarge.
Wee Rid Ridin Hood
"Mind noo, lass, and dinna daunder,
And frae the pathway dinna wander.
Go straight tae your Grannie Mutchie's hoose
They say there's a wolf oot on the loose." |
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"Aw
the better tae EAT ye wae!"
said the wolf, and he threw aff the covers
and caught Wee Rid Ridin Hood and
swallied her doon in yin moothfae."
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Wee
Rid Ridin Hood
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Rumplestiltskin |
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"Noo
sit ye doon, lass, and birl the wheel,
And spin this straw ontae the reel.
Turn it tae gold or I'll tak your life,
But if ye can dae it I'll mak ye my wife"
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"I'm
gonnae cry. I'm gonnae greet
There's nothing mair for us tae eat."
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Billy Goat Gruff |
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Snaw White |
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"Babbarty
Widd wis a muckle dark place
fou o crabbit wolves and bears.
The palace guards took young Snaw White
intae the middle o the widd
And left her alane"
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"Wi
a gasp, Cinderella slipped oot o the prince's
airms and ran doon the palace steps
and lowped intae her carriage."
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Cinderella |
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To
purchase A Wee Book o Fairy Tales in Scots, the book will be published
October 2003 and will be available thereafter in all main bookstores.
For
details about the authors of this book and their strongly held belief
in reintroducing the Scots language into today's society check out
www.itchy-coo.com
and for more information about the publishers look at www.blackandwhitepublishing.com
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