Bookbug Webinar: Scots in the Early Years with Shane Strachan

Watch our webinar, with Early Years Trainer, Lindsay Finnie, and 2023 Scots Scriever, Shane Strachan, to explore ways to use and promote Scots in the Early Years.

This webinar was recorded on Wednesday 17 January 2024. Closed captions are available.

Useful links from the webinar

• Scots Language Centre resources, including the history of Scots(this link will open in a new window)
• Spikkin Scots: New survey shows what Scotland really think about Scots Language (this link will open in a new window)
• 10 stunning Scots picture books
• Scots books for bairns book list
• Explore the songs and rhymes in Scots in our Bookbug Song and Rhyme Library
• The Woof and the Cuddie video
• An Eggs-traordinar Egg: The Ugly Deukie video
• Explore the Scots section of our website

Book list

• Let’s Explore Oor Richts book and Resources illustrated by Corinna Campbell, published by CYPCS
• There’s a Mouse in My House by Ross Collins published by Nosy Crow
• Katie’s Ferm by James Robertson and Matthew Fitt and illustrated by Karen Sutherland (part of the Katie series) published by Itchy Coo
• There’s a Hole in My Bagpipes illustrated by Kate McLelland and published by Picture Kelpies
• The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales in Scots, translated by various Scots translators and illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark, published by Itchy Coo
• The Itchy Coo Book o Aesop’s Fables in Scots by Michael Morpurgo Edited by James Robertson and Matthew Fitt, published by Itchy Coo