Winter might mean rainy days, but that needn’t mean afternoons of boredom. Here to help is our brand new craft book, Paper Folding with Children. With easy-to-follow tutorials and lots of colour photographs, it’s full to the brim with bright, fun origami projects for children. So make the most of that rainy day and...
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In a very exciting first for Floris, our Picture Kelpie Wee Granny’s Magic Bag will appear on the big screen – well, the television screen at least! – this Burns Night (January 25th). Wee Granny’s Magic Bag, written by Elizabeth McKay and illustrated by Maria Bogade, will be read by none other than the...
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Once upon a time, in a kingdom far far away, three talented young illustrators were paired up with three award winning Scottish authors and storytellers to create Picture Kelpies’ Traditional Scottish Tales. People traveled from miles around to visit their local bookshops and marvel at the wondrous books that had been created. Some even...
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At Floris Books, we love our libraries. We recognise that libraries are at the heart of communities, and we passionately believe in the importance of Scottish school libraries with dedicated and knowledgeable staff. To celebrate Book Week Scotland and the launch of our brand new Scottish Primary School Library Competition, every member of the...
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Fresh from our success at the Scottish Children’s Book Awards 2014, where Kelpies author Janis Mackay took home the Younger Readers Award for her time-travel-trouble adventure The Accidental Time Traveller, we are proud to announce that we have had 3 books shortlisted once again for the 2015 Awards! Our three shortlisted books are: Pyrate’s...
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Storytelling happens all over the world, every day, and it comes in many different forms. The content and themes of these tales vary hugely across different countries and the same goes for the illustrations that accompany them. For this week’s #FlorisDesign takeover we will be taking a closer look at the beautiful...
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Every year as part of the Kelpies Prize, we look for the best unpublished children’s fiction with a Scottish twist. This year, the Kelpies Prize is celebrating the tenth anniversary of its launch and since February, our judges have been working their way through a mountain of entries to find our three finalists for...
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The tomte (or nisse in Norway and Denmark) is a creature from Scandinavian myth. Tomtes are generally thought to be small, bearded men who wear brightly coloured caps, although there are many regional variations to the story. They are rarely seen by humans so it is very difficult to obtain an accurate description! Traditionally,...
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