The poor goodwife o'Kittlerumpit! Everyone was sorry for her, but nobody helped her. Who could blame her for trusting in a mysterious gentlewoman who came along offering to cure her ailing sow? How could the goodwife know that this woman is not who or what she seems? How the goodwife will need good luck indeed to hold onto her dearest treasure. This description may be from another edition of this product.
Preston McDaniels has illustrated many other children's books, and kids with good reading skills will appreciate John Stewig's retelling of the classic Whuppity Stoorie, paired with McDaniels' fine drawings. A poor goodwife trusts a mysterious witch to cure her ailing sow and finds herself in a struggle for her greatest treasure in this classic folk story of trust and courage.
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One of the reasons Scots is dying as a language is because of reviews like the one above. While no doubt Scots words will be difficult for young readers who are just learning to read English, they should not be dissuaded from tasting the vocabulary of another culture. I recommend this book both for its use of rich language and its well-documented retelling of a classic Scottish story.
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