The Sunken Ship (Mermaid Days #1)

by Kyle Lukoff (Author) Kat Uno (Illustrator)

The Sunken Ship (Mermaid Days #1)
Reading Level: K − 1st Grade
Series: Mermaid Days

Dive under the sea with Mermaid Days, a series perfect for beginning readers! Pick a book. Grow a Reader!

This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency. Acorn books plant a love of reading and help readers grow!

Swim along with mermaid Vera and octo-kid Beaker! In these three stories, Vera and Beaker go on adventures in their town of Tidal Grove. They explore a sunken ship, and Vera helps Beaker with an unusual octopus problem.

With text from Stonewall award-winning author Kyle Lukoff, and bright, colorful artwork from artist Kat Uno, Mermaid Days is sure to be every young reader's favorite new series. Balancing easy-to-read-text, endless humor and charm, light nonfiction, and a loveable cast of underwater creatures, these laugh-out-loud stories are the perfect fit for new readers!

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A sweet, undersea-set testament to the importance of teamwork.

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Kyle Lukoff
Kyle Lukoff is the author of many books for young readers. His debut middle-grade novel, Too Bright To See, received a Newbery honor, the Stonewall award, and was a National Book Award finalist. His picture book When Aidan Became A Brother also won the Stonewall. He has forthcoming books about mermaids, babies, apologies, and lots of other topics. While becoming a writer he worked as a bookseller for ten years, and then nine more years as a school librarian.

Hala Tahboub is a children's book writer and illustrator. She started her creative journey as an architect and interior designer. She won the SCBWI Canada East chapter's Storyteller Award for Illustration in 2019, and she was the SCBWI's December Featured Illustrator in 2020. Hala believes in kindness, coffee, chocolate, and in the immense power of stories. She lives in Montreal.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781338794601
Lexile Measure
410
Guided Reading Level
K
Publisher
Scholastic Inc.
Publication date
May 03, 2022
Series
Mermaid Days
BISAC categories
JUV008000 - Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | General
JUV045000 - Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Chapter Books
JUV066000 - Juvenile Fiction | Mermaids
Library of Congress categories
Friendship
Marine animals
Mermaids

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