The Katie Morag Treasury

[Katie Morag’s] adventures are so appealing to children from all backgrounds * The Times *Bringing all the stories together in this single volume only reinforces Hedderwick’s achievement in conjuring up an endearing character, a tight-knit community and a glorious landscape. – Ruth Thomson * *It’s a beautiful gift book, one to treasure and given the popularity of the stories, a book that will see much joyful use. * Parents in Touch website *

Mairi Hedderwick, a graduate of Edinburgh College of Art, was a teacher before becoming a children’s book illustrator. As an author and illustrator, her most popular character, Katie Morag, was created in 1984. Katie Morag’s home on the fictional Hebridean island of Struay reflects her author’s life-long association with the Isle of Coll. In 2013, Katie Morag joined Cbeebies with a successful TV series produced by Move On Up / Struay Films. Mairi Hedderwick has also written and illustrated many other books for children and adults, all set against the backdrop of the Highlands and Islands. She was awarded an Honorary Degree from Stirling University in 2003 in recognition of her outstanding contribution to writing and illustration in Scotland, especially for children. Her illustrated adult books include An Eye on the Hebrides, a record of a six-month continuous journey through the islands on the west of Scotland; Highland Journey, which follows the footsteps of Victorian writer and artist John T Reid; Sea Change, logging the passage of a 26ft vintage yacht Anassa from east to west coast Scotland via the Caledonian canal; Shetland Rambles, her latest illustrated personal journey, once more in tandem with John T Reid; and The Last Laird of Coll, a memoir of Kenneth Stewart, the last laird of Coll.

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