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PAGES: 32
PUBLICATION DATE: March 22, 2018
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The Treasure of the Loch Ness Monster
Lari Don; Illustrated by Nataša Ilinčić
Ishbel and Kenneth need to save their family from going hungry, so when they remember the old local tale about treasure under Urquhart Castle, they set off across Loch Ness in a rowing boat. But the loch may be hiding its own secrets. There’s another ancient story about a giant monster living in the depths . . .
Legends of the Loch Ness Monster abound, but this new tale from renowned Scottish children’s author and storyteller Lari Don sidesteps the modern Nessie to create a new Loch Ness Monster myth inspired by local folklore.
A perfect companion to bestselling picture book The Secret of the Kelpie, also by Lari Don, this timeless tale of Scotland’s most famous creature, atmospherically brought to life by Natasa Ilincic’s stunning illustrations, is destined to become the classic Loch Ness Monster story.
Lari Don
Children’s fantasy author Lari Don was born in Chile, and travelled widely in South and Central America as a child, before her family settled in North East Scotland. She lived in Tain, Innerleithen and Dufftown, and went to Speyside High School. She studied at Glasgow University, then became a Press Officer for the SNP. Later, she worked as a researcher and producer for BBC Radio Scotland.
Although she had been writing for a while, her first success came in 2001 when she won the Canongate Prize for her short stories, which were written for adults. Her first children’s book, First Aid For Fairies, was published in 2008 and won a Royal Mail Award for Scottish Children’s Books a year later. Since then she has written three other fantasy novels, most recently Rocking Horse War, as well as a version of Robert Burns’s Tam O’Shanter. She has also written picture books for pre-school children, such as The Big Bottom Hunt.
Lari Don now lives in Leith in Edinburgh with her two children, and is a full time author and storyteller.