{"id":86492,"date":"2025-08-23T03:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T03:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/86492\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T03:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T03:03:08","slug":"top-5-childrens-books-written-in-scots-chosen-by-ashley-douglas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/86492\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 children\u2019s books written in Scots, chosen by Ashley Douglas\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/a\/9500\/9781785302145\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Diary o a Wimpy Wean<\/a> by Thomas Clark<\/p>\n<p>For slightly older bairns, this is a hilarious and heartwarming transformation of Jeff Kinney\u2019s Wimpy Kid into pitch-perfect everyday modern Scots.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/a\/9500\/9781913836443\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1680_Books_Top_5_Drop_in.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-271074\" style=\"width:150px;height:auto\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/a\/9500\/9781913836443\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Lass and The Quine<\/a> by Ashley Douglas, illustrated by Kate Osmond, is out now (Tippermuir Books, \u00a38.99). 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