A Richt Cuddy and ither fables

Title

en_US A Richt Cuddy and ither fables

Description

en_US by William J. Rae

Creator

en_US Glen, Norman See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Glen, Norman

Date

2016-01-25T19:50:38Z

en_US 2002-07

en_US 1995

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:50:38Z

Date Issued

en_US 1995

Abstract

en_US 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.

Identifier

en_US £6.95 : Formerly CIP

en_US 6118 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/81525

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Scottish Children's Press

en_US Aberdeen, Scotland

Subject

en_US PZ90.S36 Rae 1995 See all items with this value

en_US Scottish See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole