There was a Wee Lassie who swallowed a Midgie, by Rebecca Colby and Kate McLelland

We had such a fun start to the week celebrating the life of the Scottish poet Robert Burns here in Scotland. Helena learned about and read Burn’s poetry in school and Florence painted tartan, danced to Highland music and baked (and ate) traditional shortbread. After school we took a trip to the library and chose some really fun picture books relating to Scotland such as Hairy Maclarey by Lynley Dodd, The Katie Morag Stories by Mairi Hedderwick and Katie in Scotland by James Mayhew.

Just as we were leaving I spotted this book which is a re-writing of the traditional tale ‘There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly’. Remember that one? It was a favourite of Helena’s when she was younger so I had a feeling this was going to be good. And it was! It is such a brilliant book!

There was a Wee Lassie who Swallowed a Midgie  had the whole family smiling! So it goes like this – the ‘old lady’ is swopped out with a ‘wee lassie’ and she swallows a ‘midgie’ rather than a ‘fly’. The hilarious twist goes on with the wee lassie swallowing a puffin, a Scottie dog, a seal, a nessie and even a loch! Together with the brightly humoured illustrations this book is generously peppered with fun! We loved the book so much we ordered it from Amazon that very same evening.

PS I rather think Florence looks like a wee lassie in this photo too with her red hair up in pigtails!

Vanessa xx

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