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Series
Publisher
Usborne Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
This delightful series of board books is aimed at very young children. The bright pictures, with their patches of different textures, are designed to develop sensory and language awareness. Babies and toddlers will love turning the pages and touching the feely patches.
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Language
English
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"You may think you know how the fairytale goes: a mermaid comes to shore and weds the prince. But what the fables forget is that mermaids have teeth. And now, her daughters have devoured the kingdom and burned it to ashes. On the run, the mermaid is joined by a mysterious plague doctor with a darkness of their own. Deep in the eerie, snow-crusted forest, the pair stumble upon a village of ageless children who thirst for blood, and the three "saints"...
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Series
Publisher
Aladdin Quix
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Aqua Wave loves everything about dolphins: the way they swim and twirl, dance and dive. And more than anything she would love to ride one in the annual Trident City Dolphin Dash. But her older sister, Shira, is concerned Aqua will fall off and hurt herself--just like Shira once did--and she won't giver her permission. Will Aqua's wish come true or will Shira's worrying keep her from her deep-sea dreams?"--
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Quix
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Rosie is a little mermaid who loves dancing with dolphins and building towering sandcastles. But she's just moved to Trident City and doesn't have one single friend to join her. She's too young to go to Trident Academy with her older cousin Rocky, her parents are busy at work, and Manny Nanny, who takes care of Rosie, can be kind of boring, even though she's super nice. Then, Rosie meets Aqua and finds that having a new friend might be more trouble...
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Series
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
"Unicorn has a dream. A beautiful, bewitching, bubbly dream: Unicorn longs to be a mermaid! (Sometimes. Not all the time.) With the help of her trusty craft kit, Kitty is determined to make her best friend Unicorn’s dream come true. But one elaborate DIY mermaid tail later, plus a beach trip that doesn’t go as planned, Unicorn doesn’t feel very beautiful or bewitching. When Unicorn starts to feel insecure, can Kitty help make him feel enchanting...
6) Mermaid day
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
On Mermaid Day, the mer-queen throws a big bash and sea creatures of all kinds attend, including a shy shark who joins in the dancing.
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A little girl dreams of adventures in the water and feels the spirit of the ocean all around her . . . even though she lives on the prairie, with flat land as far as the eye can see. But she won't let a little detail like that stand in the way of being a meadow mermaid! Frolicking in the "waves" of wheat and "oceans" of grass, spying sea horses and . . . a shipwrecked sailor? Even if that shipwreck is actually an overturned bike and the sailor a...
Series
Untold legends volume 2
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The second book in the Untold Legends series, this is an anthology of short stories that feature mermaids"--
Author
Publisher
Random House Studio
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Preparing for the Mermaid Ballet, mermaid best friends Harmony and Echo practice their steps again and again, but when Echo gets stage fright, Harmony comes up with the perfect solution for Echo to overcome her shyness"--
Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Paralympic champion swimmer and gold medalist Jessica Long celebrates the importance of dreaming big and the power of being different in The Mermaid with No Tail. As a baby, Jessica was adopted from a Russian orphanage. Her legs were amputated below the knee when she was 18 months old. Despite this, Jessica has become a world-class swimmer and one of the most decorated athletes of all time. Dive into this illustrated picture book based on Jessica's...
Author
Series
Mermaid the witch and the sea volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"By sinking a fleet of Imperial Warships, the Pirate Supreme and their resistance fighters have struck a massive blow against the Emperor. Now allies from across the empire are readying themselves, hoping against hope to bring about the end of the conquerors' rule and the rebirth of the Sea. But trust and truth are hard to come by in this complex world of mermaids, spies, warriors, and aristocrats. Who will Genevieve--lavishly dressed but washed up,...
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Princess Ariel joins Prince Eric on his trip to the Arctic to oversee the construction of a new port. But when Ariel discovers that the project is endangering the coral reefs below–and the merfolk who live there–can she convince the team to stop work before the merfolk take matters into their own hands?"--
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Sweet, awkward sixteen-year-old Ruby Gillman is desperate to fit in at Oceanside High, but she mostly just feels invisible. She's math-tutoring her skater-boy crush, who only seems to admire her for her fractals, and she's prevented from hanging out with the cool kids at the beach because her over-protective supermom, has forbade Ruby from ever getting in the water. But when she breaks her mom's #1 rule, Ruby will discover that she is a direct descendant...
Series
Witches of Brooklyn volume 4
Publisher
RH Graphic
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"School is back in session, and that means new friends, new lessons, and NEW MAGIC! Readers and reviewers are seeing stars for this smash-hit graphic novel series that is just the right mix of sweet and spooky! A trip to Coney Island to pick up trash goes sideways when Effie and Garance learn that there is a missing...mermaid?! Every time Effie thinks she finally has this magic life down, something new pops up! But this time, with the help of Garance,...
20) Surf princess
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
©2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Barbie has an adventure as a mermaid.
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