The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots

by Robertson, James; Fitt, Matthew

• ISBN13: 9781785303135
• ISBN10: 1785303139
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2020-12-24
• Publisher: Itchy Coo

Summary

Nine Classic Fairy Tales Tellt in Scots for the first time: "The Princess and the Pea" translatit by Elaine C Smith. "The Ugly Deukie (The Ugly Duckling)" translatit by Shane Strachan. "The Tindel-Box (The Tinderbox)" translatit by Thomas Clark. "The Wee Match Lassie (The Littttle Match Girl)" translatit by James Robertson. "The High Heid Yin’s New Claes (The Emperor’s New Clothes)" translatit by Val McDermid. "The Tin Sodger (The Tin Soldier)" translatit by Matthew Fitt. "The Princess and the Grumpumphieman (The Swineherd)" translatit by Susi Briggs. "The Nichtingale (The Nightingale)" translatit by Ashley Douglas. "The Wee Sea Quine (The Littttle Mermaid)" translatit by Sheena Blackhall.

Author Biography

James Robertson is a co-founder of Itchy Coo. He writes books for both adults and children, in English and in Scots. His novel The Testament of Gideon Mack was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2006. For Itchy Coo he has translated Roald Dahl’s The Fantastic Mr Fox and A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh into Scots. Matthew Fitt has represented Itchy Coo at the United Nations and Tartan Week in New York. He has provided advice and information on the Scots Language to the Scottish Government, Council of Europe, British Council, Learning & Teaching Scotland, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education, General Teaching Council, Literature Forum for Scotland, and at national and international conferences. Matthew is currently Secretary of UK EBLUL (European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages).