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Itchy Coo's New and Forthcoming Titles


Designed for children of at pre-school and primary level right through to Higher Still, these books combine imaginative text and delightful illustration to bring Scots language reading into both home and school.

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Moose in the Hoose

A Moose in the Hoose: A Scots Counting Book
James Robertson and Matthew Fitt

This is a counting book with a difference. In A Moose in the Hoose Karen Sutherlands comical and endearing illustrations bring numbers to life. Busy beasties and humorous rhyming couplets illustrate each number from 1 to 20, not to mention 'hunners' and 'thoosans'..

Age Range: Pre-School and early primary


The Compact Coo

The Compact Coo - The Itchy Coo Audio Collection
Various Contributors

A much asked-for resource for the classroom, this CD contains extracts from the entire Itchy Coo series - material from currently available titles as well as those to be published later in 2003.

Age range: 5-15

Double Heider

Double Heider - Twa Novellas in Scots
Loon by Sheena Blackhall
The Girnin Gates by Hamish MacDonald

These two novellas on related themes but very different in approach and narrative voice are bound back to back or heelstergowdie, the Scots for back to front or head over heels

Age range: 13+

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King o the Midden - Manky Mingin Rhymes in Scots
Edited by Matthew Fitt and James Robertson
Illustrated by Bob Dewar

Are the contents of this poetry book sweet and safe? No. They come with a health warning: if you dont like to read about things that are rude, scunnersome, surreal, bizarre or just plain daft, King o the Midden is probably not for you.

Age Range: 8-12



Smoky Smirr o Rain

The Smoky Smirr o Rain: A Scots Anthology
Matthew Fitt and James Robertson

This packed anthology contains a vast selection of literature in Scots. From the Renaissance Makars to contemporary authors, together with work in translation from a number of different languages, it gathers into one volume writers as diverse as Robert Henryson, William Dunbar, Robert Fergusson, Robert Burns, Jean Elliot, Walter Scott, Hugh MacDiarmid, Liz Lochead, Charles Baudelaire and Feodor Dostoevsky, as well as some of the finest anonymous ballads and songs ever composed.

Age Range: 15+

Tam o Shanter

Tam O Shanter's Big Night Oot
Matthew Fitt and James Robertson

This collection of eight plays has been conceived and written by teachers and pupils from all over Scotland. Taking a poem, story or historical event as its starting-point, each piece retells an episode in modern Scots, using dialects and forms that reflect the way Scots is spoken across the country today.

Age Range: 11-14



Wee Book o Fairy Tales

Wee Book o Fairy Tales
Matthew Fitt and James Robertson

What better language to hear and read some of the worlds best-loved fairy tales than Scots? For parents and teachers, the familiarity of these tales makes them the ideal first step into reading the language aloud, while the combination of these vibrant stories with enchanting illustrations and simple but exciting Scots will captivate and inspire children of all ages.

Age Range: 5+ Years