A Richt Cuddy and ither fables
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Glen, Norman
Rae, William J.
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1995
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According to the verso of the title-page, Scottish Children's Press concentrates on works in the Scots language, and books written in English but with an identifiably Scottish content. I am not sure which category this book falls into. I read and enjoyed the first two stories, namely the title-story and The Cock and the Fox (Wi apologies tae Chaucer and his Nun's priest). The latter story is cleverly done. It employs television-watching, by chickens and humans, as a main motif. The fox thus introduces himself as a talent scout and he auditions Chanterkie by having him perform in front of a water-pump as though it were a microphone. Rennie suggests that Chanterkie close his eyes: It'll mak you aa the mair romantic. Chanterkie escapes Rennie's mouth by asking that Rennie use his television connections to get his death onto the tv news that evening. Rennie starts to mock Chanterkie's stupidity for believing the talent-scout story… But of course he cannot finish the statement before Chanterkie is free. The other stories seem to me to be original. The last story, Polis Puss, is done in dramatic form. Each story gets one black-and-white illustration.
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Scottish Children's Press
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6118 (Access ID)