Animals, Beasties and Monsters of Scotland: Folk Tales for Children

By Lea Taylor and Sylvia Troon

What do you think happened when Jack refused to do his chores? Do you think you’re clever enough to hide from Dundee’s dragon? Watch out for Lefty the spider dying to tell you his story about life in the glen … The stories in this book are of animals, beasties and monsters that are fast and cunning and scary and big. And they are ready to tell their tales to you …

• Language: English
• Publisher: The History Press
• Release date: Mar 26, 2019
• ISBN: 9780750991124

Lea Taylor

LEA TAYLOR is passionate about storytelling’s ability to inspire, inform, educate, enable and enlighten, and has extensive experience of storytelling with family groups, schools, business and community groups. A founder member for BagaTelle, Midlothian’s storytelling development group, she also developed the First Young Storytellers Festival and is actively involved with Young Storytellers Scotland. She is also a working member of The Life Stories Group, working with elderly people. Recent appearances include the International Book Festival, The Royal Highland Show, Edinburgh Fringe Festival and The National Mining Museum.