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by Janis MacKay (Author), Gabby Grant (Illustrator)
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...
Author Biography
Janis Mackay is an award-winning author based in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she teaches creative writing and works as a writer and storyteller. She is the author of The Fairy Song, The Selkie Girl and the Magnus Fin and Accidental Time Traveller trilogies. Gabby Grant is an illustrator based in London, England. She has worked in graphic design and prop-making for TV and film, and has illustrated several children's books including Lewis Clowns Around and Harris the Hero by Lynne Rickards.
