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This comical and heartfelt picture book is a winning celebration of invention, creativity, and friendship. With gorgeous underwater scenes and a crowd-pleasing tale, this is one little mermaid who is here to make a splash! New York Times bestselling author Kelly DiPucchio and illustrator Raissa Figueroa would like to introduce Oona-the big wide sea's littlest mischief-maker. Oona and her best friend Otto love to search for treasure...and often find...

Rachel is worried that she has done something to upset her human boyfriend, Owen, because lately he has not come to visit her in Neptunia--but it turns out that the truth could put an end to their relationship completely.

Siren Phillips has lived her life thinking she's an ordinary girl, in an ordinary town. On the eve of her twelfth birthday, however, she learns that she is far from ordinary. Destined to turn into a mermaid at the age of twelve, Siren must struggle with her new reality, saying goodbye to her mother and friends while she transitions into the water. To make matters worse, a group of hunters is after her, trying to catch her.

The Mermaid in the Bathtub is a charming, gorgeously retro retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's classic story "The Little Mermaid," by beloved Israeli author and illustrator duo Nurit Zarchi and Rutu Modan. One day, a resolutely ordinary young man named Mr. Whatwilltheysay returns home to find Grain-of-Sand, a mermaid, waiting for him in his favorite armchair. Despite his objections, the two embark on a series of very watery adventures as he tries...

"This seductive collection plumbs the depths of the mermaid's realm, a world rich with myth, mystery, history, romance, and abounding in natural beauty. Gorgeous art and photography, fascinating stories and essays, do-it-yourself projects, and delicious [mermaid-inspired] recipes provide hours of reading and viewing pleasure for aspiring mermaids, and those captivated by these exotic inhabitants of the sea."--Page 4 of cover.

"Mermaids are protected by the government under the Endangered Species Act, which means you aren't able to kill them even in self-defense. This is especially problematic if you happen to live in the isolated fishing village of Siren Cove, where there exists a healthy population of mermaids in the surrounding waters that view you as the main source of protein in their diet. The only thing keeping these ravenous sea women at bay is the equally-dangerous...

When two of her Neptunia relay team members are injured and unable to swim in the thirteen-year-olds' race, Cora presses her friends Rachel and Shyanna into service--but when the team's lucky Sea Lion statue disappears Cora fears sabotage and sets out to find the guilty party, and her chief suspect is a merboy on the rival Titania team.

"It's Marnie Blue's first day at Lady Selia Foam's Mermaid School, and she's terrified. What if she can't make new friends? What if she's asked to ride a seahorse? And what if the teachers assume she's just like her aunt Christabel, a famous singer who was a troublemaker at the school. Even though Marnie is sweet and tries her best to fit in, a mermaid named Orla seems intent on getting her in trouble, and the teachers are quick to assume that Marnie...

Experiencing occasional visions of the future, mermaid Kiki Coral receives a psychic warning that her classmate, Rocky Ridge, will have a dangerous encounter with a giant leatherback turtle, a premonition she fears nobody will believe.

Marnie competes against her friend Orla and Gilly, a new student at Lady Sealia Foam's Mermaid School, for the lead role of Queen Maretta in the annual Clamshell Show. Marnie Blue's adventures continue at Lady Sealia Foam's Mermaid School. Now that she's saved the day and made some new friends, she's ready to conquer the next challenge and continue to learn more about her underwater world.