Whit an unco sicht it is tae see a cleckin o wee deukies wi a hen!

– Tak tent tae the tale o Jennie Dubbie-deuk, her that wis scunnert whan the fermer’s wife keepit her frae cleckin her ain eggs.

Jennie Dubbie-deuk is up tae high-doh! She is not allowed to cleck her ain eggs so she gangs furth o the ferm to find a dry an couthie bield for a nest. In the howe o the wuid, she meets a weel-buskit chief with black pyntit  lugs and reid-broun whuskers, sitting on a tree-runt surrounded by tall fairy-thimmles. He is gey gentie and neighbourly and offers her shelter in a bruckle bit bothy behind his simmer hoose. But why is his bothy stappit fu of fedders, and why is the tod-like chiel so keen for Jennie to lay her eggs there?

The Tale o Jennie Dubbie-deuk is a Scots translation of Beatrix Potter’s much-loved story, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck. This bilingual edition prints Beatrix Potter’s original  text alongside the Scots version on each page, accompanied by her classic colour illustrations.