Those gallus Gauls and glaikit Romans are at it again. After the groundbreaking success of the first Scots Asterix translation, Asterix and the Pechts, Matthew Fitt is going back to the very first Asterix adventure. Asterix the Gaul is now getting the same treatment as Itchy Coo publish Asterix the Gallus, the original tale of menhirs and mayhem retold in entertaining easy-to-read Scots.

 

This book is part of a book series called Asterix .

There are 48 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2014 by Black and White Publishing .

Rene Goscinny was born in Paris in 1926, and spent most of his childhood in Argentina, before eventually moving to Paris in 1951. He died in 1977. Matthew Fitt is a poet and writer of fiction. His futuristic thriller But n Ben A-Go-Go (2000), a novel written entirely in Scots, has received critical acclaim and substantial sales, and he is working on a sequel. Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo created Asterix in 1959. His adventures were first published in English in 1969. Goscinny died in 1977, and Uderzo now writes and illustrates the Asterix adventures.