Wee Seal

The lyrical story of a tender relationship between a young boy and wild baby seal, set on Scotland's Orkney Islands.
Jamie has been watching the wee seal that lives on the beach. At night the wee seal cuddles up to its mother. In the morning she goes out to sea and leaves it alone like a strange white stone on the sand.
One day tourists come and crowd the wee seal but Jamie knows just what to do to protect it until its mother comes back...

About the author

Janis Mackay was born and grew up in Edinburgh, but moved to London to study journalism. She has an MA in Creative Writing and has held writer-in-residence posts in both Caithness and Sutherland. She currently lives in Edinburgh, where she teaches creative writing and works as a writer and storyteller. She is the author of the Magnus Fin series, and The Accidental Time Traveller, for older children.Gabby Grant studied illustration at Westminster University, London. She combines illustration with graphic design and prop-making for TV and film, and has worked on programmes ranging from Newsnight to Harry Hill's TV Burp. She is the illustrator of three other Picture Kelpies, The Big Bottom Hunt by Lari Don, and Lewis Clowns Around and Harris the Hero, by Lynne Rickards.

Summary

The story of a tender relationship between a young boy and wild baby seal. Set in the Orkney Islands.

Product details

• Authors: Mackay Janis, Janis Mackay, Janis Mackay
• Assisted by: Gabby Grant (Illustration), Grant Gabby (Illustration), Gabby Grant (Illustration)
• Publisher: Floris Books
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 01.04.2023
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Picture books
• EAN: 9781782508779
• ISBN: 978-1-78250-877-9
• Pages: 24
• Age Recommendation: ages 3 to 6
• Series: Picture Kelpies
• Subjects: Scotland; JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Marine Life; Orkney Islands; Picture storybooks; JUVENILE FICTION / Places / Europe