Katie's Ferm: A Hide-and-Seek Book for Wee Folk

Itchy Coo

by James Robertson, Matthew Fitt

Katie visits her grandparents' farm and goes in search of the mischievous cat Tam, who keeps one step ahead of her all the way. Katie asks all the animals if they have seen Tam.

Board Book

First published August 31, 2007

About the author

James Robertson (born 1958) is a Scottish writer who grew up in Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire. He is the author of several short story and poetry collections, and has published four novels: The Fanatic, Joseph Knight, The Testament of Gideon Mack, and And the Land Lay Still. Joseph Knight was named both the Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year and the Saltire Society Book of the Year in 2003/04. The Testament of Gideon Mack was long-listed for the 2006 Man Booker Prize. And the Land Lay Still was awarded the Saltire Society Book of the Year Award in 2010. Robertson has also established an independent publishing imprint called Kettillonia, which produces occasional pamphlets and books of poetry and short prose, and he is a co-founder and the general editor of the Scots language imprint Itchy Coo, which produces books in Scots for children and young people. He lives in rural Angus.

Reviews

[Library Quine · Rating 3 out of 5]

A rhyming story in Scot's dialect about Katie playing hide and seek with the cat. The story and the rhythm are lovely "Where is that cat? Dae you ken, Coo?" "He was here, but he's no here noo." [Where is that cat, do you know cow?" "He was here, but he's not here now."] However, I feel that the rhythm is somewhat broken with the inclusion of a single fold-out section and the last few lines.