Key to map

1. Outer Hebrides – Setting for The Island and the Bear by Louise Greig

2. Loch Ness – The Water Horse by Dick King-Smith is about a Nessie-type animal

3. Coll – Home of Katie Morag by Mairi Hedderwick

4. Ardkinglas Estate – Its deep, dark wood has a trail inspired by The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

5. Crinan Canal, Argyll – Where The Wind in the Willows author Kenneth Grahame spent much of his childhood

6. Brodick Castle – Where the hero of Thumble Tumble by AH Proctor had her early adventures

7. Kirriemuir – Peter Pan author JM Barrie’s birthplace

8. Moat Brae, Dumfries – Peter Pan author JM Barrie’s childhood home

9. Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh – Setting for Greyfriars Bobby

10. Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh – The Harry Potter series by JK Rowling was written in a café nearby

11 .The Scottish Owl Centre – Home to birds like Harry Potter’s Hedwig

12. Glenfinnan Viaduct – Scene of one of the most iconic episodes in the Harry Potter books, on board the Hogwarts Express

13. Birnam – Local wildlife sparked ideas for Peter Rabbit and Friends by Beatrix Potter

14. Dundee – DC Thomson comics are produced in the home town of Dennis the Menace, Minnie and friends

15. Braemar – Inspiration for elements of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

16. Fidra Island – Another Treasure Island setting

17. Moray – The Book of the Howlat by James Robertson and Kate Leiper. A howlat is an owl in old Scots and this is a great wildlife-watching region

18. Shetland – Home to the talented Haki the Shetland Pony by Kathleen Fidler

19. Skara Brae, Orkney – Setting for The Boy With the Bronze Axe by Kathleen Fidler