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Coorie Doon: A Scottish Lullaby Story: The stunning debut picture book from critically acclaimed Scottish poet Jackie Kay

By (author) Jackie Kay, Illustrated by Jill Calder

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The 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. When Shona was a wee bit bairn Her daddy would sing Coorie Doon, Till she cooried doon and fell asleep Under the huge eye oâ€™ the moon. Every night, Shona is tucked into bed by her loving parents, who sing her old and familiar folk songs: Tiree Love Song; Goodnight, Irene and Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go? And 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 â€“ actually sixty years old! â€“ 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"". Magnificently 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.