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ABOUT THIS BOOK

PUBLISHER: Birlinn General

FORMAT: Electronic book text

ISBN: 9780857908643

RRP: £3.99

PUBLICATION DATE:
March 6, 2014

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ABC My Granny Caught a Flea

Ewan McVicar

Adults may lament that today’s children do not sing in the playground, but the kids know better. Funny, imaginative, shocking and nonsensical rhymes and songs are as much in evidence today as they always were.In this book, one of Scotland’s best-known storytellers introduces hundreds of such rhymes from all over the country. Some date back hundreds of years; many others have been collected on the author’s personal visits to schools. The result is an entertaining anthology which also offers a fascinating insight into the minds of Scottish children over the years.

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Ewan McVicar

Ewan McVicar was born in Inverness. After working abroad, he returned to Scotland and was employed in various areas of social work before becoming a self-employed storyteller, author and songwriter. He has performed in over 200 schools and countless other venues across Scotland, as well as in Canada, the USA, Holland, Russia, Sweden and Uganda. He has written some 40 songs which have been commercially recorded, including 20 for the Singing Kettle children’s show and a 1960s Top Twenty hit.