Thistle Street
A rhyming picture book introducing Scots words through rhyme with illustrations by Claire Keay.
A day-in-the-life of Thistle Street’s residents sees a scooter crash ‘stramash’, a thieving squirrel causing a ‘stushie’ and a wet dog getting its owner ‘drookit’.
Meanwhile don’t walk three dogs at the same time or you’ll end up in a ‘fankle’!
An engaging, fun and memorable way to learn new words.
‘Mr MacKay the village greengrocer isn’t the happiest man.
The vegetable garden outside his back door hasn’t been growing to plan.
You might think it cuddly and even quite sweet to have visits each day from a rabbit.
But finding your carrots all nibbled and gnawed is more likely to make you feel crabbit.’
Companion books Thistle Sands and Thistle Games are out of print but can often be tracked down second-hand.
“A charming, funny and traditional story with gentle watercolour illustrations bringing the text to life and providing plenty of detail to spot, this is a story which also introduces the concept of new words through dialect. Intelligent and clever, fun and lively: a charming book.”
– The School Librarian
