James King Annand MBE (2 February 1908 – 8 June 1993) was a Scottish poet best known for his children's poems.
His adult poems include translations of Bavarian folksongs and of Carmina Burana.
[2] During World War II, Annand served in the Royal Navy, taking part in the Murmansk convoys.
[2] He was a strong supporter of the Scottish Youth Hostel Association and his experiences as a hill walker and in the war at sea inspired many of his poems published in newspapers and magazines and later collected in his Two Voices (1968).
His bairnrhymes were influenced by the children's poetry in Scots written by William Soutar.