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Children's Recommendations - If you like Mermaids

If you like mermaids - Picture Books

The mermaid
ISBN: 9780399170720
Title: The mermaid by Jan Brett - Set in the ocean off Japan, this retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears stars Kiniro, a mermaid, who finds a baby octopus's breakfast, chair, and bed just right
Author: Brett, Jan, 1949- author, illustrator.
The mermaid and the shoe
ISBN: 9781554537716
Title: The mermaid and the shoe by K.G. Campbell - When Minnow discovers a curious object, she sets out to learn the object's function and uncovers answers to her questions about herself and her life's purpose
Author: Campbell, K. G. (Keith Gordon), 1966- author, illustrator.
Book cover for Mermaids on parade by Melanie Hope Greenberg
ISBN: 9780399247088
Title: Mermaids on parade by Melanie Hope Greenberg - A young girl participates in Coney Island's Mermaid Parade to celebrate the opening of the ocean during the summer solstice
Author: Greenberg, Melanie Hope.
Aqualicious
ISBN: 9780062397331
Title: Aqualicious by Victoria Kann - At the beach, Pinkalicious and her brother help a tiny mermaid, a merminnie, to go back home
Author: Kann, Victoria, author, illustrator.
Fancy Nancy and the mermaid ballet
ISBN: 9780061703812
Title: Fancy Nancy and the mermaid ballet by Jane O'Connor - Nancy makes the best of not dancing the lead in her ballet school's Deep Sea Dances show, but becomes jealous when her best friend gets a better role
Author: O'Connor, Jane.
How to catch a mermaid
ISBN: 9781492662471
Title: How to catch a mermaid by Adam Wallace & Andy Elkerton - Two children set out to capture a mermaid, but she manages to escape all of their traps
Author: Wallace, Adam, author.
Mermaid School
ISBN: 9780399557163
Title: Mermaid School by Joanne Stewart Wetzel - Molly enjoys her first day at Mermaid School, where she makes new friends, learns new things, and hears a story about children with no tails
Author: Wetzel, JoAnne, author.
Oona
ISBN: 9780062982247
Title: Oona by Kelly DiPucchio - Oona and her best friend Otto love to search for treasure... and often find trouble instead! But when the grandest treasure yet is stuck in a deep, dark rift, Oona's not sure if she can dive right in.
Author: DiPucchio, Kelly, author
Peppa's mermaid adventure
ISBN: 9781338611748
Title: Peppa's mermaid adventure by Lauren Holowaty - When Peppa and Rebecca come up with a plan to have an under-the-sea party, they get carried away and invite all their friends. Can Miss Rabbit, Entertainer Extraordinaire, come to the rescue?
Author: Holowaty, Lauren, author.
The ocean calls
ISBN: 9781984814869
Title: The ocean calls : a haenyeo mermaid story by Tina M. Cho - Wanting to follow in the footsteps of her free-diving haenyeo grandmother, a young Korean girl suits up and overcomes fears to make remarkable discoveries
Author: Cho, Tina M., author.
Mermaid and me
ISBN: 9780316426626
Title: Mermaid and me by Soosh - A girl and a mermaid become best friends as they figure out how to enjoy their favorite things together, but when the shore becomes unsafe Mermaid must leave, promising to return
Author: Soosh, author, illustrator.
Mabel
ISBN: 9781452155272
Title: Mabel : a mermaid fable by Rowboat Watkins - A picture book about a mermaid named Mabel and the seven-armed octopus who becomes her friend and helps her see that she is just right the way she is
Author: Watkins, Rowboat, 1967- author, illustrator.
The little mermaid
ISBN: 9780316440318
Title: The little mermaid by Jerry Pinkney - In this reinvention of Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale, a little mermaid trades her voice for legs and makes a new friend on land, but must return to the sea to save her family
Author: Pinkney, Jerry, author, illustrator.
Part-time mermaid
ISBN: 9781484726808
Title: Part-time mermaid by Deborah Underwood - At night, a little girl imagines she is a mermaid, making daring rescues with the help of her animal friends.
Author: Underwood, Deborah.

If you like mermaids - Fast and Fun

Trouble at Trident Academy
ISBN: 9781614793229
Title: Trouble at Trident Academy by Debbie Dadey - Mermaids Shelly and Echo are excited to begin third grade at the prestigious Trident Academy but challenges await the best friends
Author: Dadey, Debbie.
Lilly and Fin
ISBN: 9781524701017
Title: Lilly and Fin: a mermaid's tale by Cornelia Funke - Two merpups escape from the clutches of the humans who want to add them to their collection of rare aquatic creatures
Author: Funke, Cornelia, 1958- author, illustrator.
Mermaids in the backyard
ISBN: 9780375971204
Title: Mermaids in the backyard by Catherine Hapka - When her family moves from Chicago to an island in South Carolina, Lindy is sure she will be unhappy until she makes a surprising discovery in the backyard of their beach house
Author: Hapka, Cathy.
Book cover for The third wish by Emily Rodda
Title: The third wish by Emily Rodda - When her home is threatened by fire, Jessie returns to the magical world of the Realm and visits the mermaids of Under-Sea to search for a wish-stone
Author: Rodda, Emily.
Under the lagoon
ISBN: 9780736482073
Title: Under the lagoon by Kiki Thorpe - The fairies in Never Land think that mermaids are nothing but trouble. So when Gabby befriends a mermaid, Kate, Mia, and Lainey warn her to stay away. But Gabby doesn't want to lose her new friend!
Author: Thorpe, Kiki, author.
Mystery at Mermaid Cove
ISBN: 9781665928045
Title: Mystery at Mermaid Cove by Melody Mews - Itty must figure out why the mermaids of Lollyland have stopped singing
Author: Mews, Melody, author.
The Princess in Black and the mermaid princess
ISBN: 9781536209778
Title: The Princess in Black and the mermaid princess by Shannon Hale & Dean Hale - The Princess in Black and her friends are enjoying a day of sun and sea on Princess Sneezewort's royal boat when a real, live mermaid princess emerges from the waves!
Author: Hale, Shannon, author.
Mermaid you look
ISBN: 9781665914086
Title: Mermaid you look by Andres Miedoso - Desmond and Andres visit the acquarium where they discover a mermaid whose song puts anyone who hears it under a spell
Author: Miedoso, Andres, author.
Book cover for Mermaids vs. unicorns by J.C. Phillipps
ISBN: 9780593179574
Title: Mermaids vs. unicorns by J.C. Phillipps - Pacey Packer and Slasher look for the evil Alpha Unicorn's horn and try to escape Rundalyn's Dark Cavern, but mean mermaids may pose a challenge
Author: Phillipps, J. C. (Julie C.), author, illustrator.
Mermaid School
ISBN: 1419745182
Title: Mermaid School by Lucy Courtenay - Marnie is excited to go on a field trip to see the legendary palace of Queen Maretta with all her friends, but when her mom gets sick and cannot join the trip, Aunt Christabel agrees to come in her place
Author: Courtenay, Lucy, author.
Isadora Moon goes camping
ISBN: 9780399558269
Title: Isadora Moon goes camping by Harriet Muncaster - Half-fairy, half-vampire Isadora Moon goes on a family camping trip to the beach and loses her father's heirloom comb
Author: Muncaster, Harriet, author, illustrator.
Lacey the little mermaid fairy
ISBN: 9780545851961
Title: Lacey the little mermaid fairy by Daisy Meadows - Rachel and Kirsty are excited to attend the special Fairy Tale Festival at TipTop Castle, but when Jack Frost steals Lacey's magic conch shell, the fairy can't get home again
Author: Meadows, Daisy, author.

If you like mermaids - Fiction

Ingo
ISBN: 0060818522
Title: Ingo by Helen Dunmore - As they search for their missing father near their Cornwall home, Sapphy and her brother Conor learn about their family's connection to the domains of air and of water
Author: Dunmore, Helen, 1952-
The tail of Emily Windsnap
ISBN: 0763624837
Title: The tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler - After finally convincing her mother that she should take swimming lessons, twelve-year-old Emily discovers a terrible and wonderful secret about herself that opens up a whole new world
Author: Kessler, Liz.
Hannah
ISBN: 9780439783101
Title: Hannah by Kathryn Lasky - In 1899, a fifteen-year-old orphan named Hannah meets a noted portrait painter who seems to know things about her that even she is not aware of, and at a summer home in Maine, she feels an undeniable pull to the sea
Author: Lasky, Kathryn.
Sink or swim
ISBN: 9780545415699
Title: Sink or swim by Sarah Mlynowski - Abby and her brother Jonah go through the magic mirror in their basement and find themselves interfering in the Little Mermaid story
Author: Mlynowski, Sarah.
Bad mermaids make waves
ISBN: 9781681197920
Title: Bad mermaids make waves by Sibéal Pounder - Mermaids Beattie, Mimi, and Zelda are summoned back from a summer on land to save their underwater world from some seriously bad mermaids
Author: Pounder, Sibéal, author.
The islander
ISBN: 0789424908
Title: The islander by Cynthia Rylant - Living with his grandfather on an island off British Columbia, orphaned ten-year-old Daniel feels deep loneliness until the night he meets a mermaid whose identity he tries to learn
Author: Rylant, Cynthia.
Fairy tail ending
ISBN: 9780316384087
Title: Fairy tail ending by Suzanne Selfors - Mermaid princess Meeshell knows that someday she will leave her sea kingdom and live on land, but a change in the tides leads her to attend Ever After High, where she wonders if she will be able to fit in
Author: Selfors, Suzanne, author.
The dragon in the sea
ISBN: 9780375970658
Title: The dragon in the sea by Kate Klimo - Jesse and Daisy and their dragon friend, Emmy, try to recover a Thunder Egg from merpeople who stole it from Daisy near the Inn of the Barking Seal, where the cousins are visiting their grandmother Polly
Author: Klimo, Kate.
A comb of wishes
ISBN: 9780063043435
Title: A comb of wishes by Lisa Stringfellow - Twelve-year-old Kela is still mourning her mother when she finds a magical mermaid's comb while she and her friend are looking for sea glass on her Caribbean island
Author: Stringfellow, Lisa, 1970- author.

If you like mermaids - Non-fiction

Sukey and the mermaid
ISBN: 0027781410
Title: Sukey and the mermaid by Robert D. San Souci - Unhappy with her life at home, Sukey receives kindness and wealth from Mama Jo the mermaid
Author: San Souci, Robert D.
Mermaid tales from around the world
ISBN: 0590443771
Title: Mermaid tales from around the world by Mary Pope Osborne - A collection of twelve mermaid tales from around the world, featuring such sources as France, Greece, and North Africa
Mermaids and mermen
ISBN: 9780822599814
Title: Mermaids and mermen by Shannon Knudsen - People throughout time have told tales of mermaids and mermen. Here, readers explore the folklore and myths behind the stories
Author: Knudsen, Shannon, 1971-
Mermaids most amazing
ISBN: 0399242880
Title: Mermaids most amazing by Narelle Oliver - Including several legends perfect for reading aloud, and maps of the mermaid world, "Mermaids Most Amazing" provides a comprehensive introduction to these beloved creatures
Author: Oliver, Narelle, 1960-
Imaginary menagerie
ISBN: 9780152063252
Title: Imaginary menagerie: a book of curious creatures : poems by Julie Larios - A collection of poems that describe mythical creatures, including mermaids, firebirds, and the sphinx
Author: Larios, Julie Hofstrand, 1949-
The little mermaid and other fishy tales
ISBN: 9781907967818
Title: The little mermaid and other fishy tales by Jane Ray - An illustrated collection of deep-sea adventures features an international selection of stories and poems including "The Fisherman and His Wife," "Whalesong," and "The Ballad of John Silver"
Author: Ray, Jane, 1960- author.
The little mermaid
ISBN: 0698400011
Title: The little mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen - A little sea princess, longing to be human, trades her mermaid's tail for legs, hoping to win the love of a prince and earn an immortal soul for herself
Author: Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875.