Scottish Folk & Fairy Tales: Fables, Folklore & Ancient StoriesScottish tales collected here are rooted in the lochs and highlands of the landscape. Scottish folk and fairy tales are full of mischief and malevolence, with spirits and goblins, bogles, witches, kelpies and mer folk lurking in every corner of the land, behind every tree and craggy rock at midnight. In these pages lurk the Fairy queen, and the Sith, or silent folk, who mingle with animals that speak of prophesy and lore, and enchantments that rule

a gnome and a fire-breathing snotwoggle to stop it

And whether drawn together by ancient magic

Packed with the most amazing stories of the life of plants it will open your eyes to the extraordinary green life forms we share the planet with

initiatory rituals

such as the Baba-Yaga

She spent her teenage years reading a lot of murder mysteries and hoping that she'd get the chance to do some detecting herself (she didn't)

You are staying at your friend Nada's dojo in Japan

and the unexpected paths that lead to happiness

Because something isn't quite right

lavish hardcover edition

which he seamlessly wove into resplendent poetry

updated cover design with a custom illustration on foil-stamped faux cloth and additional pages of material covering new developments