Folk music star Sheila Stewart MBE recounts the life of her own mother, Belle Stewart, who was born in a bow tent on the banks of the River Tay and grew up in a........
When a giant kidnaps two exiled Orkney princesses, their youngest sister sets off to save them from their captor and the from the tiny ‘Peerie folk’ in this chi........
This keek-a-boo book in Scots features funny rhymes and colourful pictures as Katie searches her house for all her animal friends. Lift the flaps to reveal the ........
Robert Burns: The Story of Scotlands National Poet - Lindsay Publications
Scottish storyteller Judith Paterson presents the life of Robert Burns in this new book for children. Paterson tells the stories of Burns’ life alongside verses........
Popular and prolific storyteller Jess Smith gathers this collection of stories for younger readers from memories of her childhood. Smith writes: ‘Come with me o........
This passionate new novel by Donald Smith imaginatively fills in the gaps between Robert Burns’ correspondence with his many friends and lovers. It focuses on t........
The conclusion of Jess Smith's autobiographical trilogy, Tears for a Tinker sees Jess finally say farewell to the life of the traveller. Her story is told with ........
Fireside Tales of the Traveller Children - Birlinn
The great Duncan Williamson recounts tales that have been handed down through generations of Travelling people. This is a new and expanded edition of Williamson........
The second book in Jess Smith's autobiographical trilogy, this picks up where Jessie's Journey leaves off. Combining folklore and her own family stories, Jess r........
The first book in Jess Smith's autobiographical trilogy, Jessie's Journey follows the story of young Jessie and her family as they roam the country in an old bl........
These stories gathered by Sheila Stewart from family and friends are not the polite versions, suitable for the nursery; they paint a vivid picture of the rawnes........
Stanley Robertson weaves personal recollection with story and myth as he introduces a host of storytellers, real and imagined, who recount their tales to their ........
A novel by Jess Smith, the author of Jessie's Journey, Bruar's Rest spans the early years of the twentieth century, through the First World War, in an epic tale........