The Tattoo Fox: Makes New Friends: 1

by Alasdair Hutton (Author), Stref (Illustrator)

New
Illustrated
2014
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After joining the soldiers marching in the Tattoo, the Tattoo Fox and her friend Castle Cat accidentally end up aboard a truck and have to find their way back to Edinburgh. Upon her return, Tattoo Fox is reunited with her kits and continues to explore the capital of Scotland, witnessing even more fantastic sights like at the zoo, the Funfair, Murrayfield, Craigmillar Castle and the Thistle Parade. On their journey back through Edinburgh, the Tattoo Fox makes several new friends, including a dog fox, a border terrier, a squirrel and a hare. The Fox's adventures once again end at the Tattoo, where she must save the day in order to take her place in the procession, this time with her kits by her side.

Synopsis

After joining the soldiers marching in the Tattoo, the Tattoo Fox and her friend Castle Cat accidentally end up aboard a truck and have to find their way back to Edinburgh. Upon her return, Tattoo Fox is reunited with her kits and continues to explore the capital of Scotland, witnessing even more fantastic sights like at the zoo, the Funfair, Murrayfield, Craigmillar Castle and the Thistle Parade. On their journey back through Edinburgh, the Tattoo Fox makes several new friends, including a dog fox, a border terrier, a squirrel and a hare. The Fox's adventures once again end at the Tattoo, where she must save the day in order to take her place in the procession, this time with her kits by her side.

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
Pages: 128
Edition: 1
Publisher: Luath Press Ltd.
Published: 11 Aug 2014
ISBN 10: 1910021474
ISBN 13: 9781910021477

Author Bio

ALASDAIR HUTTON has been the Voice of the Tattoo since 1992. He has been writing and telling stories for children since he was at primary school. He has been writer and narrator of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo since 1992 and has written and introduced hundreds of events and concerts in Scotland and around the world. He won a David Thomas Charitable Trust Writing Award for one of his short stories and wrote the history of the 15th Scottish Volunteer Battalion of the Parachute Regiment to which he belonged for 22 years. He worked for the BBC in Scotland and Northern Ireland and has been a Scottish Member of the European Parliament for the South of Scotland and Convener of Scottish Borders Council. He lives in the Scottish Borders town of Kelso and writes little stories for his grand-daughter Aline who lives far away in America.