To celebrate Book Week Scotland, the creator of Katie Morag shares the books that made their mark on her when she was growing up
Being a war baby (born in 1939) there were not many children’s books in my early childhood years. The Bible, several, some translated by my paternal missionary grandfather into Congolese dialects, were always to the fore. Add to that a strong Scottish Presbyterian and national ethic, total ignorance of the classics of Potter (Beatrix) and Eeyore et al, and this is what makes this list somewhat strange and bizarre. Maybe sad.
1. Chicks Own annual
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