Jamie has been watching the wee white 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...
Janis Mackay's lyrical prose tells the story of the tender relationship between a wild baby seal and the young boy who watches over it, while Gabby Grant's soft illustrations brilliantly evoke the landscape of the Orkney Islands.
This is Book 27 in the Picture Kelpies Series. See all Picture Kelpies books here.
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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.
More about Janis MackayEloise grew up in Llantrisant. She now lives in Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire, very close to the beach where she collects sea glass and walks her dog Watson Jones. She worked in the theatre inwardrobe, then studied Drama and took a postgraduate diploma in Acting. After working for over ten years as an actress, she studied for a Masters in Creative Writing at S
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