![]() ![]() ![]() Ballantyne, particularly The Coral Island (1858). Without George MacDonald we might not have Narnia, or Middle Earth within the Scottish canon itself, Stevenson was heavily influenced by R.M. David Balfour and Long John Silver, Ratty and Mole, the multi-hued fairies and Peter Pan are just a few of the characters dreamed up by Scottish firesides who have gone on to shape the way we think about stories for children and young people. Among the output of its thinkers, Scotland has, of course, produced a remarkable number of classics of children’s literature. I recently began a children’s non-fiction title with these words. Perhaps the chilly weather and long, dark winter nights keep people inside by the fire and inspire them to dream big dreams. Scotland doesn’t have a big population, but it has produced an incredible number of important scientists, writers, inventors, doctors and other thinkers, and more still have come to live and work here. Scotland is a small, rainy country in the north of Europe where umbrellas turn inside-out and wheelie bins fly around in the wind. Here she talks about the landscape of children's literature in Scotland. Mairi Kidd is Head of Literature, Languages and Publishing at Creative Scotland. This first appeared in IBBY - visit their website: ![]() Dreaming Big Dreams: Children's Literature in Scotland ![]()
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