This is the audiobook edition of Biorachan Beag agus Biorachan Mór, a well-known traditional Gaelic tale in Cape Breton. Read aloud by Ìomhair MacDhòmhnaill (Edward MacDonell). Cover illustration by Eimilidh Dhòmhnallach (Emily MacDonald). Produced and made available for free by Bradan Press with the support of Comhairle na Gàidhlig (the Gaelic Council of Nova Scotia) through the Gàidheil air Adhart program.

Little Biorachan and Big Biorachan went out to pick nuts, but Little Biorachan wouldn’t stop eating them! Big Biorachan set out to teach his greedy friend a lesson, unleashing a chain of unintended consequences… This traditional Scottish Gaelic tale was once the most widely-known children’s story in the Gaelic world. The Gaels brought the tale with them 200 years ago from the Highlands of Scotland to Nova Scotia, and passed it down in their oral traditon. Gaelic illustrator Emily MacDonald’s fresh and charming illustrations accompany the traditional text, reimagining the tale in 19th-century Cape Breton.

Chaidh Biorachan Beag is Biorachan Mór a-mach do’n choille, a bhuain chnothan… ach cha sguireadh Biorachan Beag gan ithe! Bha Biorachan Mór ag amas air leasan a theagasg dha a charaid gionach, sanntach, agus sin mar a thòisich sreath de bhuilean gun dùil. Air aon àm bha an sgeulachd air tè den fheadhainn a b’ ainmeile do chloinn air feadh na Gàidhealtachd, bho Alba gu Eilean Cheap Bhreatainn, Alba Nuadh. Rinn dealbhadair Eimilidh Dhòmhnallach dealbhan ùr, tarraingeach do theacsa traidiseanta an sgeulachd, ga shealltainn dhuinn mar a bhiodh e air tachairt air an eilean san 19mh linn.

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Rugadh Eimilidh Dhòhmnallach (ni’n Scott ’ic Fhraing ’ic Ruairidh Sis) air Eilean Cheap Breatainn. Thàinig a muinntir bho Bhràigh Loch Abar, Mòrar agus na h-Eileanan Siar. Tha i ag obair aig taigh-tasgaidh Baile nan Gàidheal ann an Sanndraigh. Tha i a’ fuireach ann an Centreville, far am bidh i a’ dèanadh ealain agus a’ coiseachd ’sa choille leis a’ chù aice.

Gaelic artist Emily MacDonald grew up in Cape Breton Island. Her people came from Lochaber, Morar, and the Western Isles of Scotland. She works at the Highland Village Museum in Iona, Cape Breton. She lives in Centreville, where she makes art and enjoys walking in the woods with her dog.