Scotland has a great many myths and legends about dragons and fairies, selkies and witches, glaistigs, kelpies and other strange beings.

Read about them here along with spooky stories of haunted houses, ghostly animals, curses, prophecies and magic spells.

Find out:

 • about Morag the Storm Witch

 • about the Disappearing Minister

 • who the Finfolk were

 • about the unlucky tree

 • what a clootie well is

 • about the ghost of Mr Swan

 • where the wizard Merlin is buried

    and much more …

Supernatural Scotland is fully illustrated throughout with objects from National Museums Scotland and other national collections. An 8-page black and white section has games, puzzles and drawings for colouring-in – for home or classroom use.

The book is part of the new-look Scotties, a series of exciting, full-colour information books for young readers containing a wealth of interesting facts, illustrations and photographs, stimulating activities, places of interest, and selected websites.

Eileen Dunlop is also the author of Saints of Scotland in the Scotties series, and of Robert Louis Stevenson: The Travelling Mind and Queen Margaret of Scotland, published by NMSE.