<p>About the Author\nMargaret Aitken is a Scottish writer for children. As a child, she could often be found outside hoping to stumble upon the characters of Brambly Hedge and Beatrix Potter. After studying medicine at the University of Glasgow, she worked as a doctor in the village of Doune, a filming location for Outlander and Game of Thrones. Along with her husband and three sons, Margaret is currently enjoying life in a New England-style farmhouse in Maine. When she isn’t writing she can mostly be found at the beach, in the garden, or baking something gluten-free. Old Friends is her debut picture book.\nLenny Wen is an author/illustrator who was born in Indonesia. She is the illustrator of several picture books, such as Cal Everett’s Halloween is Coming and Amy Robach’s Better Together. Lenny currently lives in Austria. When she is not illustrating or writing, you might find her staring at the trees, contemplating story ideas, reading books, filling up her cup with coffee, or hugging her dog.\nPaired with colorful and vibrant art by Lenny Wen, Old Friends by Margaret Aitken is an inventive and heartfelt debut picture book that celebrates found family, caregiving, and the value of intergenerational friendships.\nMarjorie wants a friend who loves the same things she does: baking shows, knitting, and gardening. Someone like Granny. So with a sprinkle of flour in her hair and a spritz of lavender perfume, Marjorie goes undercover to the local Senior Citizens Group. It all goes well until the Cha-Cha-Cha starts and her cardigan camouflage goes sideways. By being true to herself, Marjorie learns that friends can be of any age if you look in the right places.</p>

Old Friends

Children's Books

Aitken, Margaret

Humor

Feiwel & Friends

When Margaret Aitken was a child, more than seventy years ago, her 'small corner' was Orkney - 'that little archipelago usually shown in a box in the north-east corner on maps of Great Britain'.In this book she remembers island life - idyllic memories of growing up in a close-knit community, of walking with the poet and naturalist Robert Rendall, of the pervasive doctrine of the Brethren, of holidays to the neighbouring islands of Eday, Rousay and Westray - and vividly recalls the landscape, wildlife and people of a time long past.

In My Small Corner: Memoirs of an Orkney Childhood

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Scottish Cultural Pr

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