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Item Category 2: Paperback
Record 268 of 62126

Main Title:
To a mouse : on turning up in her nest, with the plough, November, 1785 / by Robert Burns : explained, translated and illustrated by Barclay Burness.
Author:
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796, author
Burness, Barclay, author and illustrator
Imprint:
Scotland : Barclay Burness, 2021.
Collation:
42 unnumbered pages : illustrations (colour) ; 22 cm.
Audience:
pyl; pym.
Contents:
'To a mouse' / Robert Burns - - Background information / Barclay Burness - - Explanation of the poem / Barclay Burness.
Summary:
There are 3 sections within this book. The complete poem as published in ‘Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect’ from the Kilmarnock Edition, July 1786 by Robert Burns. Background influences on Robert, during his life up to this point, which would have influenced him to write this poem. Explanation of each verse of the poem. The poem is repeated with harder words underlined in red with the meaning alongside. This is followed by a translation of the poem underneath.
ISBN:
9798518607958 (pbk)
Local Class:
821
Language:
English
Scots
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BRN:
4161250
Bookmark Link:
https://aberdeencity.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/KIDS/BIBENQ?BRN=4161250

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