{"product_id":"9781529506662-coorie-doon","title":"Coorie Doon: A Scottish Lullaby Story","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBeautiful bedtime reading for 3–5-year-olds from Jackie Kay, the former Scottish Makar and acclaimed poet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A labour of love from both creators … this is about being safe and cosy, and about the remembered happiness of family, home, friends, pets and landscape.” \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A wild, imaginative picture book, filled with enduring tenderness” \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A warm hug of a book … this also seems as personal as any of Kay’s poetry. And as full of love.” \u003ci\u003eThe Herald, Book of the Month\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e“\u003c\/i\u003eDreamy and beautifully illustrated … a magical book.” \u003ci\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Beautifully poignant … brimming with love.” \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe stunning debut picture book from Jackie Kay, one of the UK's foremost poets, rooted in familiar folk songs, and injected with gloriously lyrical old Scots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen Shona was a wee bit bairn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHer daddy would sing Coorie Doon,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTill she cooried doon and fell asleep\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnder the huge eye o’ the moon.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery night, Shona is tucked into bed by her loving parents, who sing her old and familiar folk songs: \u003ci\u003eTiree Love Song; Goodnight, Irene \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWill Ye Go, Lassie, Go? \u003c\/i\u003eAnd as Shona sleeps, we follow the people and places that drift into her dream world: her best \"fiere\", Ali, her dog, Marley, her cat, Flo. Then, years later, we meet Shona when she is sixty – actually sixty years old! – as she tucks her daddy, now an old man, into bed. And it is her turn to sing to him: \"Coorie Doon, Coorie Doon, wee Daddy\". \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMagnificently illustrated by Jill Calder, this is a truly original picture book that celebrates the small, perfect rituals of childhood and how they become a vital part of who we are. The book also includes a QR code to scan that will link through to a video from Jackie Kay and free audio recordings of songs from the book from legendary folk singers Peggy Seeger, Claire Brown and Suzanne Bonnar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41680046817377,"sku":"9781529506662","price":10.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_31213293.jpg?v=1730966064","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529506662-coorie-doon","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}