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Rachel Lees
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Lecturer in Language and Literacy at University of Glasgow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Former English (Secondary) & Primary teacher
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International Companion to Scottish Children’s Literature
ed Maureen A Farrell & Robert A Davis

Examining Scottish writing for children – from Stevenson & Barrie to contemporary writers, & from picturebooks to YA

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Book cover: The International Companion to Scottish Children’s Literature Edited by Maureen A. Farrell and Robert A. Davis Image: standing against a blue sky, with the sea behind, is a paper sculpture made from printed book pages. The sculpture combines models of a sailing ship, a one-legged pirate with a parrot, a palm tree, and a treasure chest Contents Series Editors’ Preface Acknowledgements Introduction (Maureen A. Farrell and Robert A. Davis) 1. The Origins of Scottish Children’s Literature (Maureen A. Farrell) 2. ‘Through the Midnight Sea’: Some Dimensions of Scottish Children’s Poetry (Robert A. Davis) 3. Children’s Scottish Historical Fiction (Beth Dickson) 4. A ‘Spell of Stories’: Scottish Children’s Fantasy (Sarah Dunnigan) 5. Gaelic Plays for Children 1900–1950 (Sìm Innes) 6. Stevenson’s Junior Fiction (David Robb) 7. Mollie Hunter’s Teen Fiction: Transitioning through Enchanted Humanness to Adulthood (Ralph Jessop) 8. Adolescent Citizenship in Cathy MacPhail’s Mosi’s War and Claire McFall’s Bombmaker (Fiona McCulloch) 9. From Fairy Cauldrons to An Gruffalo: The Development and Challenges of Scottish Gaelic Children’s Literature (Mairi Kidd) 10. Scottish Children’s Picturebooks Within a European and Global Context (Penni Cotton) 11. Ambition and Identity: Scottish Children’s Literary Prizewinners (Morna Fleming) Contents (continued) 12. Scottish Poetry in the Scottish Secondary Classroom: Seeing Beyond the Set Texts (Jennifer Farrar) 13. Scottish Children’s Literature: Where Are We Now? (Maureen A. Farrell) Endnotes Further Reading Notes on Contributors Index
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I LOVED it!
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Wow! 🤩
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Very cold in Glasgow (-3) but no snow yet. Bright and sunny.
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Lovely picture 🤩🤩🤩
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Some choice outtakes from the comments section 😂
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