Gaelic Board-book Launch: An Stàball

Fri 10 Oct

Thigibh còmhla ruinn gu An Lanntair gus AN STÀBALL a chur air bhog, leabhar-bùird air a sgrìobhadh ann an Gàidhlig bho thùs. Tha an leabhar-bùird seo le flapaichean a thogail freagarrach do dh’aoisean 0–5 agus ’s e co-obrachadh eadar Alba agus Canada a th’ann.

Tha an t-ùghdar, Anne Ramsay, na h-oifigear tràth-ìrean aig Comann nam Pàrant agus b’àbhaist dhi a bhith teagasg aig Sgoil-Àraich Lacasdail. Tha an dealbhadair, Kate Phillips, à Eilean Cheap Bhreatainn, Alba Nuadh agus i na dealbhadair is sgrìobhadair de nobhailean ghrafaig; choisinn i duaisean airson a cuid obrach.

Bidh an t-ùghdar a’ soidhneadh leabhraichean agus bidh i a’ leughadh an leabhar a-mach…le fuaimean nam beathach na lùib! Bidh am foillsichear an làthair cuideachd, Emily NicEòghainn bho Chlò a’ Bhradain, a tha a’ tadhal à Canada. Tha an tachartas seo saor an asgaidh is fosgailte dhan phoball. Tha e freagarrach do gach aois, gu h-àiridh do phàistean òg.

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Join us at An Lanntair for the launch of the original Gaelic board book AN STÀBALL. This lift-the-flap board book for ages 0–5 is a transatlantic collaboration between Scotland and Canada.

Author Anne Ramsay is a Gaelic development officer with Comann nam Pàrant and former preschool teacher at Sgoil-Àraich Lacasdail. Illustrator Kate Phillips from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia is an award-winning illustrator and graphic novelist.

The author will be signing copies of the book and offering a read-aloud with ALL the animal noises! Publisher Emily McEwan of Bradan Press, visiting from Canada, will also be there. This event is free, open to the public, and suitable for all ages, especially wee ones. Thigibh ann agus cleachd ur cuid Ghàidhlig còmhla ruinn!