Bodkin Beag and Bodkin Mòr went out to pick nuts, but Bodkin Beag wouldn’t stop eating them! Bodkin Mòr set out to teach his greedy friend a lesson, unleashing a chain of unintended consequences. This traditional Scottish Gaelic tale was once the most widely-known children’s story in the Gaelic world. The Gaels brought the tale with them 200 years ago from the Highlands of Scotland to Nova Scotia, and passed it down in their oral traditon. Gaelic illustrator Emily MacDonald’s fresh and charming illustrations accompany the traditional text, reimagining the tale in 19th-century Cape Breton.
Paperback
September 2020
8.5 x 8.5 inches
32 pages
ISBN 978-1-988747-68-2
$15.99 CA
Ebook
Forthcoming 2024
ISBN 978-1-988747-69-9
$7.99 CA
Bodkin Beag and Bodkin Mòr
- Listed with the Nova Scotia School Book Bureau, NSSBB #2400248 (view)
- Also available in a Nova Scotia Gaelic edition with traditional Scottish Gaelic spelling
- Also available in a Gaelic Orthographic Conventions (GOC) Gaelic edition with reformed spelling (suitable for use in Gaelic Medium Education in Scotland)
- The Gaelic-language version is available in a free audiobook edition