Mar 8, 2024
What a World Book Day! Author and Scots Scriever Susi Briggs was invited to talk about her Scots Language picture books at Kirkcudbright Book Week – and, of course, reveal her latest book Yum. What a lovely audience of nursery and P1/2 children from the local...
Feb 29, 2024
Children across Scotland have been welcoming copies of Shona the Vet into their school. This delightful picture book, published last year by Foggie Toddle Books, has been sent to every primary school in Scotland this week as part of a project organised by...
Jan 12, 2024
Happy New Year! We took an extended break for the first time in eight years, so it’s been a bit of a slow start getting back into gear! We reopened on Monday the 8th of January after spending the previous Friday doing our favourite job – NOT –...
Aug 30, 2023
With the summer holidays now over in Scotland, and the other UK schools going back next week you would think we’d have time to draw breath. But here in Wigtown we have only a short time to take stock before the annual Book Festival. As it always runs from the...
May 18, 2022
Joining the team at Foggie Toddle is Bhreagh (Scots Gaelic for beautiful) though on her first day we wondered if her name should be Houdini. We’re hoping she’ll settle down to be a bookshop dog but on her first day she worked out (by lunchtime) how...
