The Singing Mermaid - Hardcover

Donaldson, Julia

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1447285506 ISBN 13: 9781447285502

Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books, 2015

Synopsis

Tempted by the promise of fame and fortune, the Singing Mermaid joins a circus. The crowds love her, but the poor mermaid is kept in a tank by the wicked circus owner Sam Sly, and she soon longs to return to the freedom of her ocean home.

The Singing Mermaid is a delightful tale from the stellar picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks, creators of What the Ladybird Heard. With brilliant rhyming verse and bright and distinctive illustrations, this glittery board book is perfect for young readers.

Enjoy all the stories from Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks: Sharing a Shell, The Princess and the Wizard, The Rhyming Rabbit, The Singing Mermaid, Sugarlump and the Unicorn, Princess Mirror-Belle and the Dragon Pox, What the Ladybird Heard, What the Ladybird Heard Next and What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday.

About this title

Review:

[A] tip-top adventurous ballad which will hold its readers captive (Guardian)

[...] a delightful rhyming adventure. (Daily Mail)

Book Description:

Join the Singing Mermaid in a circus adventure as she attempts to escape back to her seaside home.

About this edition

• Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1447285506
• ISBN 13: 9781447285502
• Binding: Board book
• Number of pages: 30
• Illustrator: Monks Lydia