Each school in Edinburgh received free books in February 2007 as part of our schools programme, which we opted to run alongside our public and community programmes of events.  Some schools received visits from Edinburgh authors, while drama performances of When Kilts were Banned were booked by a number of schools.

Three editions of Kidnapped

Every school received 36 free copies of the specially commissioned graphic novel version, scripted and illustrated by two world famous Scots (P5+) along with Kidnapped posters and bookmarks.

23 Secondary schools received 24 free copies of the paperback edition with an introduction by Louise Welsh (suitable for S1+), 36 free copies of the retold edition and 1 free Don Johnston interactive cd-rom and audio book.

96 Primary schools received 36 free copies of the retold edition specially designed for young children (P6, P7, S1.)

21 Independent schools picked up books, posters and bookmarks from the Scottish Council of Independant Schools.

Activity Pack

Our activity pack contains a range of puzzles and resources relating to Stevenson.  There is also a special Teachers' Pack, written by a teacher and made available to us for use with this campaign.

Many schools ran special projects to tie in with Kidnapped.  You can read their feedback on our Schools Involvement page.

School Activities

South Queensferry High held a Kidnapped day, with sessions with local writers, a drama performance and even their very own piper...

One Book - One Edinburgh is a new project designed to get the whole city reading one book by a world-famous author, and we'd love to hear from you - especially as we're doing it again!  2008's book is the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde.

School Invovlement 

We worked to include every school in the city in our campaign, and we have dedicated a page to the feedback from schools.  We are always happy to hear from schools about the wyas in which they were inspired to join in.

Teacher Feedback from our Web Survey

A great story with many aspects - realised much discussion amongst the P7 children and motivated them to read other books by the same author. The pupils participated in lots of great group/individual activities after reading the novel.

I thought the graphic novel was excellent for my less able group and the boys in particular really loved it. They actually argue over who has read the most. The abbreviated text was really easily to read and my P6 coped with it very well . They really enjoyed reading a book written by someone from Edinburgh.