Whit the Clockleddy Heard: What the Ladybird Heard in Scots

by Julia Donaldson, James Robertson (translator), and Lydia Monks (illustrator)

James Robertson (Translator)

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Yince upon a ferm steyed a sonsie reid chook,
A goose in a pen, and in a dub a deuk,
A hairy grumphie, a sheep like a rug,
A kenspeckle cuddie and a jimp wee dug,
Twa cats that miaowed and purred aw day,
A braw prize coo...
and a clockleddy tae.

Now available in Scots for the very first time, What the Ladybird Heard is the latest addition to Itchy Coo's fantastic range of books for children, now translated as Whit the Clockleddy Heard. In this new book, meet two crafty robbers, a tiny ladybird and a whole farmyard of fun. Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len have a cunning plan to steal the farmer's fine prize cow. But they reckon without the tiniest, quietest creature of all. And she has a plan of her own. Join the ladybird as she has a new adventure in Scots that Itchy Coo readers will love.

  • ISBN10 1845029577
  • ISBN13 9781845029579
  • Publish Date 1 May 2015
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 12 March 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Black and White Publishing
  • Imprint Itchy Coo
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 32
  • Language sco