We’re fair trickit tae be among e gran nominees fur e 2025 Scots Book Awards! Aaron Gale’s beuk ‘Foggie-Bummer Rescue’ his bin nominated fur Best Bairn’s Beuk. ‘Foggie-Bummer Rescue’ is a poem aat tells e story o a quine an her faither fa saves a puggled foggie-bummer. Iss beuk his affa bonnie an bricht picturs an a rare tale aboot giein a haun tae thon fa need it, like iss puggled wee foggie-bummer. E beuk even his a guide on foo tae help puggled foggie-bummers, wi a recipe tae mak succar watter. It cums wi a glossary o Doric wirds tae help new readers o the leid an a link tae an audio file sae ye can listen alang as ye read. Ye can fin a read alang video o e story on oor Facebook page inna.              

Votin’s throw on Sunday 31^st August. Ye can vote bi gaun tae e Scots Language Awards website. A ye hiv tae dee is ging tae e ‘Vote Noo!’ page, fill in yer name an email address, an cast yer vote.  https://projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotslanguageawards/nominate-noo/ 

We won iss category last year wi Riverbank Primary 5’s beuk ‘Summer e Magic Scurry’. It wid be rare tae bring hame e prize fur e second year in a row! E Scots Language Awards’ll be doon in Dundee on Satudray 6^th September.

We are delighted to be amongst the talented nominees for the 2025 Scots Book Awards! Aaron Gale’s book ‘Foggie-Bummer Rescue’ has been nominated for Best Bairn’s Beuk. ‘Foggie-Bummer Rescue’ is a poem which tells the story of a girl and her dad who saves an exhausted bee. The book has beautiful and vibrant illustrations and tells a heartwarming story about extending kindness to those in need, in this case a tired little bee. The book even includes a guide on how to help exhausted bees, with a recipe to make sugar water. It also comes with a glossary of the Doric words to help keen new readers of the language.

The book also comes with a link to an audio file to listen along with the story, which can help young readers pronounce Doric words that may be new to them. You can also find a read along video to the story on our Facebook page.

Voting closes on Sunday 31^st August. You can vote by visiting their website. All you need to do is go to the ‘Vote Noo!’ section, fill in your name and email address and cast your vote. https://projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotslanguageawards/nominate-noo/ 

We won this category last year with Riverbank Primary 5’s book ‘Summer e Magic Scurry’. It would be fantastic to bring home the award for the second year in a row! The Scots Language Awards will be held on Satudray 6^th September in Dundee.

Text bi Molly Devine