Emily's Big Discovery
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Chapter Book · Ages 6–9 · 2022 · Est. 16 min read

Emily's Big Discovery

By Liz Kessler, Joanie Stone (Illustrator)

Book #1 in the The World of Emily Windsnap series

A young girl discovers she is a mermaid and embarks on underwater adventures with a new friend

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64 pages· 1,427 words· Est. 16 min read
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Emily Windsnap, living on a houseboat, has never learned to swim. Her mother's warnings keep her away from water, but school swimming lessons change everything. As she dives in, Emily feels a strange sensation—her legs seem to fuse together. Driven by curiosity, she ventures into the sea, only to find her legs replaced by a shimmering tail. With a mermaid's tail and a vast ocean before her, Emily embarks on a journey of discovery and adventure, eager to uncover the mysteries of her new identity and make friends along the way.

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Introducing an exciting new line of readers that brings half-mermaid Emily Windsnap–star of the New York Times best-selling series–to a younger audience. Even though she lives in a houseboat, Emily Windsnap doesn’t know how to swim. Her mother has always cautioned her to stay out of the water. But it’s hard to make friends at the beach when everyone else is having fun in the waves! So when swimming lessons start at school, Emily is excited to finally have the chance to learn. Standing beside the pool, she feels the water calling her, but when she jumps in, she gets a strange, kind of scary sensation . . . like her legs are stuck together. Eager to figure out what’s happening, Emily later dives into the sea. She gets that weird feeling again, but this time she looks down to see that her legs are gone–replaced by a shiny, beautiful tail! Welcome to Emily’s Big Discovery, the first in a sparkling, charmingly illustrated series of readers. With a mermaid tail and an entire ocean awaiting her, Emily is eager to meet new friends and swim off on big adventures in this inviting new series for the younger set, based on the best-selling middle-grade series by Liz Kessler.

At a glance
Format
Pages
64
Words
1,427
Reading age
6–9
Audience
Transitional Reader
Lexile
520L
Themes & topics
Books about friendshipBooks about swimmingBooks about mermaidsBooks about self-discoveryBooks about ocean adventures
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~3.4
F&P level
~N
Publication
Published
April 12, 2022
Publisher
Candlewick
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781536225549

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