I Am a Meadow Mermaid

by Kallie George (Author) Elly MacKay (Illustrator)

I Am a Meadow Mermaid
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Reading Level: K − 1st Grade
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A farm girl with a big imagination turns her landlocked home into an ocean playground in this dreamy picture book for little mermaids everywhere.

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 new kid from a neighboring field, it's still a chance to make a new friend, one with an imagination as expansive and a love of the ocean as deep as the little girl's own.

This fanciful, whimsical picture book will charm young mermaids and little pirates everywhere, and inspire them to embrace the spirit of the ocean in the things around them, no matter where they live!

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Joyful and memorable. 

ALA/Booklist

This enjoyable picture book celebrates the power of a child’s imagination.

Review quotes

"A whimsical homage to imaginary play and friendship. . . . Joyful and memorable." —Kirkus Reviews

"Poetic in an unpretentious way, George's graceful text uses apt imagery and reads aloud beautifully. MacKay's artwork, created by photographing paper dioramas, helps viewers imagine the meadow mermaid's moments of drama as well as her magical surroundings. . . . This enjoyable picture book celebrates the power of a child's imagination." —Booklist

"This wonderful picture book will have you longing for the adventure and imagination of childhood. Children and parents will be swept away." —Story Monsters Ink

"[A] beautiful celebration of waving wheat fields and starlit nights, and also a tribute to the friendship between two children." —Winnipeg Free Press

"With a beautiful and poetic narrative arc told by a meadow mermaid, this awe-inspiring tale sends a message to young readers that anything is possible so long as you believe." —Young Adulting

"The spare but poetic text is accompanied by pictures long on atmosphere but short on fine detail. Together, they move the reader past the here-and-now fields of grass to conjure a sense of waves tossing on the sea." —CM: Canadian Review of Materials
Kallie George
Kallie George is the author of many books for children, including the picture books The Secret Fawn; Goodnight, Anne; and I Hear You, Forest; and the chapter book series the Magical Animal Adoption Agency and Heartwood Hotel. She also works as a children's book editor and has taught writing workshops for both children and adults. Kallie lives with her family in Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780735271371
Lexile Measure
540
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Tundra Books (NY)
Publication date
June 06, 2023
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV051000 - Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play
JUV066000 - Juvenile Fiction | Mermaids
Library of Congress categories
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