An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales (Illustrated Scottish Treasuries) Hardcover – Illustrated, 5 July 2012

Fabulous storytelling with amazing illustrations

I've been looking for something like this as a gift for my son for a while - there are a couple of really good Scottish tale collections, but none that are illustrated. Most of the stories in the collection are relatively well known (in Scotland at least) and newcomers to the stories will recognise similarities with other tales (for example, 'the wee bannock' is similar to 'the gingerbread man' and 'whuppity stoorie' is similar to 'Rumpelstiltskin'). There are ten tales altogether, plus one more to conclude the book. The illustrations are very beautiful, and there are very few text-only pages, so enough to keep the attention of younger children (my son is just under three). The overall presentation is very similar to the story collections published by Barefoot Books, which my son loves.

This is the second time I have purchased this book; both times for granddaughters- first time a great response and this time all parcelled up for birthday on 1st March! I have, however, had a sneak preview of a couple of the stories and they are wonderful and not without wee scary moments which are just what children want/like. Happy to recommend this book and even suggest good for joint reading with children but adults will enjoy them too. The illustrations are very atmospheric and add to the tales - a wonderful book.

Great book with absolutely stunning artwork in it.The artist should be more famous than she is. Would love to see more of her work in more books !!!!

I loved the high quality of:Pages/ coverIllustrationsStoriesAlso - a little add on - I love the smell of the book. But that might just be a me thing.

Brought as a new baby present and very impressed. Big book with quality feel. Looks like it will last for years.

A good book. Just not what I need this year.

I really love this book! There is a short blurb before the story begins that tells you the origins of the story, which gives it a lovely context. This book has beautiful illustrations that span over two pages. The stories are long fables that would probably wear out the attention span of my 10 month old but would be great for 5 years and above. Personally am very happy with this purchase! And would buy the rest in the series.