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 Sweetieraptors - Susan Rennie
 Sweetieraptors - Susan Rennie ... kinds of amazing dinosaurs with Scots names. Although aimed at young children from pre-school to lower primary, its humour will appeal to readers of all ages. Among those the bairns will meet are Sweetieraptors, Wheechosaurs, Clartydactyls and the spiky Jaggiesaurus. The beautiful illustrations bring the words alive, to create a book that will be returned to again and again as a source of pleasure and learning for both children and adults alike.Newest Review: ... an dook their taes.” Okay I realise that the majority are now thinking to yourselves, “What on earth???” Well let me ... more ... explain.
If something is Dreich it is dull and boring so he sits and cries all day and Plowtering means to splash so this dinosaur is paddling in puddles and sticking his toes in it.
The book continues with lots of differently named dinosaurs having fun and then right at the back of the book is a translation section to help anyone out that is new to Scottish phrases.
***The Illustrations***
The pictures in this book are set out in small frames on one side of the page and then expand to full page for the solution to th...more |
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Sweetieraptors - Susan Rennie: Take A Look At These Scottish Dinosaurs (800 words)
by - written on 21/08/07 (Very useful, 147 readings)
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***Background*** Straight off I’m going to say that Susan Rennie specialises in books that are written with the Scots language in the forefront. I know a lot of you out there are not Scottish so I will try to translate the sayings as best I can along the way. The delightful drawings in this book, are provided by Julie Lacome, who has also provided the illustrations for many other children’s books. ***The Story*** The story starts with a question. “Dae Sweetieraptors eat broon rice?” This asks, ‘Do Sweetieraptors eat brown rice?’ Quite straightforward to start with. The answer we are given ... Read the complete review
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