Elspeth MacGregor is the local author of a marvellous book for young children about A Foghorn Called Charlie.
The story tells the tale of six year old Charlie, who has a very loud voice. His Auntie explains what a foghorn is and they practise together in the garden at home. Then she takes him to North Berwick and he spends the summer warning little sailing boats to keep clear of the rocks at the end of the harbour. Suddenly danger threatens!
The story is suitable for 3-7 year olds and, as the story progresses, they participate in becoming foghorns themselves, so the session tends to get quite loud. The children can colour in the illustrations and even colour in and cut out a medal as a reward for being such good foghorns.
One of the first people to read the book was Michael Portillo, who described the book as “amusing and original: a witty author teamed up with a brilliant illustrator”. Since then it has received enthusiastic reviews from young readers/ listeners, and has delighted parents and grandparents.
Profits from the book go to The Seabird Centre and the St Columba Hospice Bookshop in North Berwick.
