Tiddler is most borrowed book in Scotland
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Tiddler, written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler, has been announced as being the most borrowed book in Scottish Public Libraries – beating off competition from established authors for adults like Ian Rankin, James Patterson and Michael Connelly, who normally dominate such listings. In Scotland Tiddler was borrowed 13,000 times between July 2008 and July 2009 and more than 40,000 times across the UK according to the PLR figures.
Tiddler is the story of a small, unassuming fish who is able to wow his classmates with his imaginative stories – eventually finding that the power of his tales is strong enough to get him home when he’s swept up in a fisherman’s net. Julia had this to say: “I am so delighted that Tiddler is at the top of the PLR list in Scotland. I have a particular soft spot for Tiddler as it is all about the magic of storytelling. Children are the adult readers of the future and libraries play a really important part in helping to nurture this.”
Julia Donaldson
Julia Donaldson was born in London but has lived in Scotland for much of the last twenty years and is a frequent visitor to libraries and festivals around the country where she brings her stories alive with drama and song. Stick Man, another title written and illustrated by the best-selling and award-winning duo, reached number six in the same PLR listing.
The news was reported in the Scotsman on Friday 12th February.