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Description for Thistle Sands
Paperback. A braw Scots story for bairns! Welcome to Thistle Sands, a beautiful Scottish beach where you'll meet children playing and fun Scots words. Illustrator(s): Keay, Claire. Series: Picture Kelpies. Num Pages: 32 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AC; YBCS. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 231 x 190 x 3. Weight in Grams: 200.
A braw Scots story for bairns!
Welcome to Thistle Sands, a beautiful sandy Scottish beach where you'll meet lots of friendly folk and some fun Scots words. Don't worry if you're PEELY WALLY, just grab a bucket and spade for a day of making sandcastles, exploring rock pools and playing with beach balls. No need to look GLAIKIT, just watch out you don't fall on your BAHOOKIE and if you get MAUCHIT you can take a dip in the sparkling water.
This funny story, told in bright rhyming verse, is full of the lively Scottish characters who've come ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Floris Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Picture Kelpies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
32
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782500490
SKU
V9781782500490
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-3
About Mike Nicholson
Mike Nicholson won the Kelpies Prize for new Scottish children's fiction in 2005. He is the author of another Picture Kelpies, Thistle Street, and two stories for children aged 7 and up, Catscape and Grimm. Mike lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. Claire Keay is an artist and illustrator based in Essex in England. Claire has illustrated four previous children's books, ... Read more
Reviews for Thistle Sands
'Children, both in Scotland and further afield, will love the detailed illustrations as well as appreciating the interesting new Scots words they will have added to their vocabulary.'
St John's Church Magazine 'My nine and six-year old loved Thistle Sands, a title pitched at younger children
but the desire to learn the Scots for bottom is, apparently, ... Read more
St John's Church Magazine 'My nine and six-year old loved Thistle Sands, a title pitched at younger children
but the desire to learn the Scots for bottom is, apparently, ... Read more