Those who have loved theKatie Moragpicture books will be delighted to see that Struay's endearing heroine is back in this collection ofthree ilustrated storiesfor older children - ideal forbuilding reading confidence.

InSaturday SweetsKatie Morag and Liam can't decide which sweets to give Granny Island as a present but they do decide that the best way to make up their minds is to taste all the sweets themselves. InThe Pony and the HamsterKatie Morag is thrilled when Granny Island gets a pony called Eriska, but Katie and her friend Agnes soon find out that looking after a pet is a big responsibility. And inThe Camping HolidayKatie Morag and the Big Boy Cousins find themselves stranded by the tide but luckily Eriska is on hand to save the day.

A graduate of Edinburgh College of Art, Mairi Hedderwick was a teacher before she started illustrating childrens books. As an author and illustrator her most popular character, Katie Morag, was created in 1984.

Katie Morags home on the fictional Hebridean island of Struay is not a million sea miles away from her authors life long association with the Isle of Coll.

In 2013 Katie Morag joinedCbeebieswith the successful TV series produced byMove On Up / Struay Films.

Mairi Hedderwick has also written and illustrated many other books for children and adults, all with the backdrop of the Highlands and Islands. She was awarded an Honorary Degree from Stirling University in 2003 in recognition of her outstanding contribution to writing and illustration in Scotland, especially for children.

Her illustrated adult books areAn Eye on the Hebrides, which is a record of a six month continous journey through the islands on the west of Scotland.Highland Journey, follows the footsteps of Victorian writer and artist John T Reid;Sea Change, logs the passage of 26ft vintage yacht Anassa from east to west coast Scotland via the Caledonian canal;Shetland Rambles, her latest illustrated personal journey is in tandem with John T Reid once more.The Last Laird of Collis a memoir of Kenneth Stewart, last laird of Coll.