Louisa MacDougall
@louisamacdougall.bsky.social
Children's author based in the Hebrides. Rory and the Snack Dragons, the Highland Cowgirl & the Great Auks Great Escape. Mostly #kidlit books and wildlife. louisamacdougall.co.uk
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While waiting for delivery of my new book (Rory & the Balloon Bicycles) we heard a rumour that a strange-looking giant egg (perhaps even a DRAGON EGG) had washed up on the beach.
Of course we set out to investigate...
And look at what hatched out when we did!
#roryandtheballoonbicycles #outnow
Of course we set out to investigate...
And look at what hatched out when we did!
#roryandtheballoonbicycles #outnow
Reposted by Louisa MacDougall
The new Highland Cowgirl book ‘Showtime’ is now out!
It’s so good to see the two books together.
I loved illustrating Hanna and Calamity Jane’s new adventure, I hope you love it too.
By @louisamacdougall.bsky.social published by @foggietoddlebooks.bsky.social
foggietoddlebooks.co.uk
#kidlitart
It’s so good to see the two books together.
I loved illustrating Hanna and Calamity Jane’s new adventure, I hope you love it too.
By @louisamacdougall.bsky.social published by @foggietoddlebooks.bsky.social
foggietoddlebooks.co.uk
#kidlitart
August 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The new Highland Cowgirl book ‘Showtime’ is now out!
It’s so good to see the two books together.
I loved illustrating Hanna and Calamity Jane’s new adventure, I hope you love it too.
By @louisamacdougall.bsky.social published by @foggietoddlebooks.bsky.social
foggietoddlebooks.co.uk
#kidlitart
It’s so good to see the two books together.
I loved illustrating Hanna and Calamity Jane’s new adventure, I hope you love it too.
By @louisamacdougall.bsky.social published by @foggietoddlebooks.bsky.social
foggietoddlebooks.co.uk
#kidlitart
Reposted by Louisa MacDougall
The "AND a librarian" is key here, when holding the government to account about their promise for a library in every primary by 2029. Recommend listening to this too!
Katherine Rundell on why every school needs a library AND a librarian www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Radical with Amol Rajan - Books v Screens: Why Every School Needs a Library (Katherine Rundell) - BBC Sounds
Children’s author Katherine Rundell on the crisis of reading amongst kids.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
The "AND a librarian" is key here, when holding the government to account about their promise for a library in every primary by 2029. Recommend listening to this too!
Reposted by Louisa MacDougall
Having a cactussy Monday? Cheer up by reading about a new book by @louisamacdougall.bsky.social and enjoy the inventiveness of young Hearaich who helped her. More on our website:
www.dethadolharris.com/post/harris-...
#dethadolharris #harrisnews #guhearach #harrislife #isleofharris #cactussy
www.dethadolharris.com/post/harris-...
#dethadolharris #harrisnews #guhearach #harrislife #isleofharris #cactussy
July 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Having a cactussy Monday? Cheer up by reading about a new book by @louisamacdougall.bsky.social and enjoy the inventiveness of young Hearaich who helped her. More on our website:
www.dethadolharris.com/post/harris-...
#dethadolharris #harrisnews #guhearach #harrislife #isleofharris #cactussy
www.dethadolharris.com/post/harris-...
#dethadolharris #harrisnews #guhearach #harrislife #isleofharris #cactussy
We love hanging out in our local libraries - so much going on to support reading and readers!
It was a busy weekend at Stornoway Library with the launch Rory & the Balloon Bicycles, the 2nd book in the #RoryandtheSnackDragons & a visitor from Nottinghamshire libraries, researching her grandfather who was based in Lewis after WW2 #SaturdayLibrarian #libraries #authors #WesternIsles
July 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
We love hanging out in our local libraries - so much going on to support reading and readers!
Thanks so much to @scbwi-bi.bsky.social for having me on the Words and Pictures blog this week.
Here's what a day in my author-life looks like (though there are plenty of other not-authoring days too)
www.wordsandpics.org/2025/06/in-s...
Here's what a day in my author-life looks like (though there are plenty of other not-authoring days too)
www.wordsandpics.org/2025/06/in-s...
IN THE SHOES OF… Louisa MacDougall
Words and Pictures is the online magazine of SCBWI British Isles.
www.wordsandpics.org
June 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Thanks so much to @scbwi-bi.bsky.social for having me on the Words and Pictures blog this week.
Here's what a day in my author-life looks like (though there are plenty of other not-authoring days too)
www.wordsandpics.org/2025/06/in-s...
Here's what a day in my author-life looks like (though there are plenty of other not-authoring days too)
www.wordsandpics.org/2025/06/in-s...
Very happy to share the cover of our new Highland Cowgirl picture book
The next Highland Cowgirl #picturebook is out this summer!
The Highland Cowgirl , Showtime by @louisamacdougall.bsky.social , illustrated by me, published by @foggietoddlebooks.bsky.social follows a new story for Hanna with lots of animals,a highland show, friends & lots of dancing!
#coverreveal
The Highland Cowgirl , Showtime by @louisamacdougall.bsky.social , illustrated by me, published by @foggietoddlebooks.bsky.social follows a new story for Hanna with lots of animals,a highland show, friends & lots of dancing!
#coverreveal
June 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Very happy to share the cover of our new Highland Cowgirl picture book
A wee reminder that you can find lots of extra resources linked to my books at louisamacdougall.co.uk.
There are workbooks, colouring pages and video clips.
I'd love some feedback on what to add or take away!
#roryandthesnackdragons #thehighlandcowgirl
There are workbooks, colouring pages and video clips.
I'd love some feedback on what to add or take away!
#roryandthesnackdragons #thehighlandcowgirl
Louisa MacDougall - children's author
Welcome to my website. Read on for book news, resources and more...
louisamacdougall.co.uk
June 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
A wee reminder that you can find lots of extra resources linked to my books at louisamacdougall.co.uk.
There are workbooks, colouring pages and video clips.
I'd love some feedback on what to add or take away!
#roryandthesnackdragons #thehighlandcowgirl
There are workbooks, colouring pages and video clips.
I'd love some feedback on what to add or take away!
#roryandthesnackdragons #thehighlandcowgirl
While waiting for delivery of my new book (Rory & the Balloon Bicycles) we heard a rumour that a strange-looking giant egg (perhaps even a DRAGON EGG) had washed up on the beach.
Of course we set out to investigate...
And look at what hatched out when we did!
#roryandtheballoonbicycles #outnow
Of course we set out to investigate...
And look at what hatched out when we did!
#roryandtheballoonbicycles #outnow
June 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
While waiting for delivery of my new book (Rory & the Balloon Bicycles) we heard a rumour that a strange-looking giant egg (perhaps even a DRAGON EGG) had washed up on the beach.
Of course we set out to investigate...
And look at what hatched out when we did!
#roryandtheballoonbicycles #outnow
Of course we set out to investigate...
And look at what hatched out when we did!
#roryandtheballoonbicycles #outnow
Thank you for having me @litkidsmagazine.bsky.social. I really enjoyed mulling over these questions - its good to have a think about what it is that gets you writing!
Children's author, Louisa MacDougall, chatted with us about her writing career and inspiration in our newest blog interview! Check it out! And you won't want to miss her fun novel, Rory and the Snack Dragons. Keep shining! ✨
litkidsmagazine.wixsite.com/lit-kids-mag...
#kidlit #interview #writers
litkidsmagazine.wixsite.com/lit-kids-mag...
#kidlit #interview #writers
June 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Thank you for having me @litkidsmagazine.bsky.social. I really enjoyed mulling over these questions - its good to have a think about what it is that gets you writing!
Thank you! 😊
Absolutely CANNOT wait for this pre-order to arrive!!
In case you're equally excited about @louisamacdougall.bsky.social 's new book, here's a review of the previous one!
inquisitivenewt.com/2024/08/05/r...
In case you're equally excited about @louisamacdougall.bsky.social 's new book, here's a review of the previous one!
inquisitivenewt.com/2024/08/05/r...
May 30, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Thank you! 😊
Wolf the Badger and Badger the Wolf is a story about river erosion and an unusual animal friendship.
I was excited to learn that it placed second in the @writersonline.bsky.social Swanwick Writing for Children Competition last month.
You can read it at the link below...
I was excited to learn that it placed second in the @writersonline.bsky.social Swanwick Writing for Children Competition last month.
You can read it at the link below...
Runner Up - Swanwick 2025 | Writers Online
www.writers-online.co.uk
May 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Wolf the Badger and Badger the Wolf is a story about river erosion and an unusual animal friendship.
I was excited to learn that it placed second in the @writersonline.bsky.social Swanwick Writing for Children Competition last month.
You can read it at the link below...
I was excited to learn that it placed second in the @writersonline.bsky.social Swanwick Writing for Children Competition last month.
You can read it at the link below...
Most of my posts are about #kidlit, but I'm also in a lovely grown-up book club that meets at our local @wilibraries.bsky.social library. This month we're reading #secretsofthebees by Jane Johnson. Its character-driven Cornish fiction & my favourite book club pick so far.
May 20, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Most of my posts are about #kidlit, but I'm also in a lovely grown-up book club that meets at our local @wilibraries.bsky.social library. This month we're reading #secretsofthebees by Jane Johnson. Its character-driven Cornish fiction & my favourite book club pick so far.
Reposted by Louisa MacDougall
While enjoying the colours of Harris in the sunlight, you can read about how the Outer Hebrides inspire local artist Joceline Hildrey. 🎨🖼 You can read the interview on our webpage:
www.dethadolharris.com/post/tea-bre...
#dethadolharris #harrisnews #guhearach #harrislife
www.dethadolharris.com/post/tea-bre...
#dethadolharris #harrisnews #guhearach #harrislife
Tea break: Joceline Hildrey
In our regular feature, we join a local for a tea break and find out how they spend their time and their time off. This week, we welcome Joceline Hildrey for an artist’s view on island life.Can you in...
www.dethadolharris.com
May 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
While enjoying the colours of Harris in the sunlight, you can read about how the Outer Hebrides inspire local artist Joceline Hildrey. 🎨🖼 You can read the interview on our webpage:
www.dethadolharris.com/post/tea-bre...
#dethadolharris #harrisnews #guhearach #harrislife
www.dethadolharris.com/post/tea-bre...
#dethadolharris #harrisnews #guhearach #harrislife
Great article from @thebookseller.com about my supportive and imaginative publishers Little Door Books...
www.thebookseller.com/news/little-...
www.thebookseller.com/news/little-...
Little Door Books looks to the future after a period of sustained growth
Little Door Books’ founders Alan and Susan Windram reflect on how the business has grown and share plans for their new imprint.
www.thebookseller.com
May 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Great article from @thebookseller.com about my supportive and imaginative publishers Little Door Books...
www.thebookseller.com/news/little-...
www.thebookseller.com/news/little-...
So excited to share the cover for the new Rory the dragon book: Rory and the Balloon Bicycles.
A tale of airborne adventure, firm friendship & giant veg...plus recycled bicycles & bad balloons. Fangtastic illustrations are by Giulia Cregut.
You can pre-order now! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/rory...
A tale of airborne adventure, firm friendship & giant veg...plus recycled bicycles & bad balloons. Fangtastic illustrations are by Giulia Cregut.
You can pre-order now! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/rory...
April 16, 2025 at 10:16 AM
So excited to share the cover for the new Rory the dragon book: Rory and the Balloon Bicycles.
A tale of airborne adventure, firm friendship & giant veg...plus recycled bicycles & bad balloons. Fangtastic illustrations are by Giulia Cregut.
You can pre-order now! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/rory...
A tale of airborne adventure, firm friendship & giant veg...plus recycled bicycles & bad balloons. Fangtastic illustrations are by Giulia Cregut.
You can pre-order now! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/rory...
Reposted by Louisa MacDougall
Today UK authors are protesting against Meta for stealing our work to train their AI model. Authors earn an average of £7000 per year, we are not rich, and yet a trillion dollar company decided it didn’t want to license our work fairly as it was “too expensive”
Theft is not a valid alternative.
Theft is not a valid alternative.
April 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Today UK authors are protesting against Meta for stealing our work to train their AI model. Authors earn an average of £7000 per year, we are not rich, and yet a trillion dollar company decided it didn’t want to license our work fairly as it was “too expensive”
Theft is not a valid alternative.
Theft is not a valid alternative.
Reposted by Louisa MacDougall
Loved drawing this scene for @louisamacdougall.bsky.social beautiful story
Wolf the Badger & Badger the Wolf
A wolf with stripes like a badger meets a badger who howls like a wolf as their homes are threatened by erosion.
Can these smart outcasts convince their families to flee? #pb #scotwriterpitch2025
Illustration @sarahlovellart.bsky.social (with permission)
A wolf with stripes like a badger meets a badger who howls like a wolf as their homes are threatened by erosion.
Can these smart outcasts convince their families to flee? #pb #scotwriterpitch2025
Illustration @sarahlovellart.bsky.social (with permission)
March 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Loved drawing this scene for @louisamacdougall.bsky.social beautiful story
A Scottish Wildlife Collection for young readers🐿️🪶🐈
A scatty red squirrel who loses his nuts, a wily wildcat without a home, and a hooded crow who thinks he's a cockerel...
Meet Scotland's iconic species in this collection of short stories. Fiction plus fun facts.
#scotwriterpitch2025
A scatty red squirrel who loses his nuts, a wily wildcat without a home, and a hooded crow who thinks he's a cockerel...
Meet Scotland's iconic species in this collection of short stories. Fiction plus fun facts.
#scotwriterpitch2025
March 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
A Scottish Wildlife Collection for young readers🐿️🪶🐈
A scatty red squirrel who loses his nuts, a wily wildcat without a home, and a hooded crow who thinks he's a cockerel...
Meet Scotland's iconic species in this collection of short stories. Fiction plus fun facts.
#scotwriterpitch2025
A scatty red squirrel who loses his nuts, a wily wildcat without a home, and a hooded crow who thinks he's a cockerel...
Meet Scotland's iconic species in this collection of short stories. Fiction plus fun facts.
#scotwriterpitch2025
Reposted by Louisa MacDougall
#scotwriterpitch2025
When 'Newt' accidentally discovers a witches' grocery shop behind his mum's lab, he has no idea what's in store for him!
Coffee making robots, Latin-speaking frogs, and a trip back through time await NEWT AND THE SNICKET WITCH.
Upper MG, 25000 words.
When 'Newt' accidentally discovers a witches' grocery shop behind his mum's lab, he has no idea what's in store for him!
Coffee making robots, Latin-speaking frogs, and a trip back through time await NEWT AND THE SNICKET WITCH.
Upper MG, 25000 words.
March 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
#scotwriterpitch2025
When 'Newt' accidentally discovers a witches' grocery shop behind his mum's lab, he has no idea what's in store for him!
Coffee making robots, Latin-speaking frogs, and a trip back through time await NEWT AND THE SNICKET WITCH.
Upper MG, 25000 words.
When 'Newt' accidentally discovers a witches' grocery shop behind his mum's lab, he has no idea what's in store for him!
Coffee making robots, Latin-speaking frogs, and a trip back through time await NEWT AND THE SNICKET WITCH.
Upper MG, 25000 words.
The Ugly Puffling
#scotwriterpitch2025
When an egg rolls into the puffins' burrow, they treat it as their own. But the fluffy chick with the sharp beak is not like the others & must learn to survive in her own way.
#PB celebrating Scottish Seabirds
Pic by Joceline Hildrey (with permission)
#scotwriterpitch2025
When an egg rolls into the puffins' burrow, they treat it as their own. But the fluffy chick with the sharp beak is not like the others & must learn to survive in her own way.
#PB celebrating Scottish Seabirds
Pic by Joceline Hildrey (with permission)
March 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The Ugly Puffling
#scotwriterpitch2025
When an egg rolls into the puffins' burrow, they treat it as their own. But the fluffy chick with the sharp beak is not like the others & must learn to survive in her own way.
#PB celebrating Scottish Seabirds
Pic by Joceline Hildrey (with permission)
#scotwriterpitch2025
When an egg rolls into the puffins' burrow, they treat it as their own. But the fluffy chick with the sharp beak is not like the others & must learn to survive in her own way.
#PB celebrating Scottish Seabirds
Pic by Joceline Hildrey (with permission)
Wolf the Badger & Badger the Wolf
A wolf with stripes like a badger meets a badger who howls like a wolf as their homes are threatened by erosion.
Can these smart outcasts convince their families to flee? #pb #scotwriterpitch2025
Illustration @sarahlovellart.bsky.social (with permission)
A wolf with stripes like a badger meets a badger who howls like a wolf as their homes are threatened by erosion.
Can these smart outcasts convince their families to flee? #pb #scotwriterpitch2025
Illustration @sarahlovellart.bsky.social (with permission)
March 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Wolf the Badger & Badger the Wolf
A wolf with stripes like a badger meets a badger who howls like a wolf as their homes are threatened by erosion.
Can these smart outcasts convince their families to flee? #pb #scotwriterpitch2025
Illustration @sarahlovellart.bsky.social (with permission)
A wolf with stripes like a badger meets a badger who howls like a wolf as their homes are threatened by erosion.
Can these smart outcasts convince their families to flee? #pb #scotwriterpitch2025
Illustration @sarahlovellart.bsky.social (with permission)
We loved meeting the Beck and the beavers in Catherine Ward's By the Beaver Pool.
This beautiful book (ill Phoebe Roze) shows readers the incredible ways beavers transform the landscape, wrapped in a heart-warming story about new beginnings. @florisbooks.bsky.social
louisamacdougall.co.uk/reviews/
This beautiful book (ill Phoebe Roze) shows readers the incredible ways beavers transform the landscape, wrapped in a heart-warming story about new beginnings. @florisbooks.bsky.social
louisamacdougall.co.uk/reviews/
March 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
We loved meeting the Beck and the beavers in Catherine Ward's By the Beaver Pool.
This beautiful book (ill Phoebe Roze) shows readers the incredible ways beavers transform the landscape, wrapped in a heart-warming story about new beginnings. @florisbooks.bsky.social
louisamacdougall.co.uk/reviews/
This beautiful book (ill Phoebe Roze) shows readers the incredible ways beavers transform the landscape, wrapped in a heart-warming story about new beginnings. @florisbooks.bsky.social
louisamacdougall.co.uk/reviews/
March is the month for new children's books celebrating Scotland's incredible landscape.
Our hearts were in our mouths through Barbara Henderson's exciting eco-adventure I Don't Do Mountains! Ideal for kids who love the great outdoors @scattyscribbler.bsky.social
louisamacdougall.co.uk/reviews/
Our hearts were in our mouths through Barbara Henderson's exciting eco-adventure I Don't Do Mountains! Ideal for kids who love the great outdoors @scattyscribbler.bsky.social
louisamacdougall.co.uk/reviews/
March 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
March is the month for new children's books celebrating Scotland's incredible landscape.
Our hearts were in our mouths through Barbara Henderson's exciting eco-adventure I Don't Do Mountains! Ideal for kids who love the great outdoors @scattyscribbler.bsky.social
louisamacdougall.co.uk/reviews/
Our hearts were in our mouths through Barbara Henderson's exciting eco-adventure I Don't Do Mountains! Ideal for kids who love the great outdoors @scattyscribbler.bsky.social
louisamacdougall.co.uk/reviews/
What a World Book Day (week) we have had, with lots of school visits, a dragon hunt in the library and story-telling and paper-dragon-making at Waterstones in Inverness
March 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
What a World Book Day (week) we have had, with lots of school visits, a dragon hunt in the library and story-telling and paper-dragon-making at Waterstones in Inverness
Reposted by Louisa MacDougall
This is cool: you can get the fab @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social books even if you're rural and can't get to a stockist, which is a thing in the Highlands and in many parts of Scotland. Brilliant idea! Thank you, @scottishbooktrust ! Go to shop.scottishbooktrust.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:33 PM
This is cool: you can get the fab @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social books even if you're rural and can't get to a stockist, which is a thing in the Highlands and in many parts of Scotland. Brilliant idea! Thank you, @scottishbooktrust ! Go to shop.scottishbooktrust.com