Book - Wee Gillis

Wee Gillis  By Munro “I wrote Ferdinand the Bull” Leaf Illustrated by Robert “I illustrated Ferdinand” Lawson Wee Gillis is a Scottish orphan, so you know this book is different from the start. He lives in the Highlands and Lowlands, half the year each, with a different set of relatives, both of whom want him to live with them year-‘round. The book is about how he decides which to go to. Will he herd cattle in the Lowlands, or stalk stags in the Highlands? You’ll have to read it to find out. That’s the catch. It’s every bit as good as Ferdinand, and has the same look and vibe. Sincere, friendly, interesting story, and the illustrations are the kind that AI will never be able to duplicate. The book is physically gorgeous, a green-and-red thin hardback—a good size, now that you mention it, for hooking a metric metal ruler over and jamming up tight while somebody helps you measure your PBH. The endpapers are red-and-white It is a Caldecott Honor book. Written in 1938, at a time when i