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Rosie, a young mermaid, has just moved to Trident City and is lonely. She's trying to catch fish to play school with when she meets another young mermaid, Aqua, who is also too young to attend school. The two decide to visit Trident Academy, where their older siblings and cousins attend, to learn how they can play school. Unfortunately, they both get into big trouble! Rosie scares Nanny Manny when she sneaks away without letting her know and Aqua talks her into sneaking into the school where they run into Headmaster Hermit. Happily, all ends well when the headmaster talks to their parents and decides to start a Mini Mermaid and Merboy school for the kids.
The text is in a large, bold font and simple black and white pictures are scattered throughout the story. There is a list of characters at the beginning and a "word list" and set of questions at the end.
This certainly isn't great literature - the writing is rather choppy and trite and some of it makes no sense, like a seven-year old being too young to go to school. It's a different touch to see a nanny caring for a child, which will probably vary in familiarity by area. Kids may be disappointed that there aren't more colorful/sparkly pictures inside the book, to match the pretty cover.
Verdict: My ideal series for this niche is Princess in Black, followed by Paula Harrison's Kitty, with Acorn's Unicorn and Yeti and Fairylight Friends, but this does fill a niche and readers eager for mermaid stories that they can read, with or without a little help, will be very happy to see this. Parents who don't want to read the entirety of Dadey's full-length Mermaid Tales will also appreciate a shorter book! A must-have if you have a lot of young mermaid fans learning to read.
ISBN: 9781534489257; Published May 2023 by Aladdin; Review copy provided by publisher; Donated to the library
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