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Picture Book · Ages 6–6 · 2001 · Est. 9 min read-aloud
Mairi's Mermaid
By Michael Morpurgo, Lucy Richards (Illustrator)
Part of the Blue Bananas series
Mairi struggles with swimming and doubts mermaids' existence.
3.7/5 Goodreads · 62 ratings
48 pages· 1,170 words· Est. 9 min read-aloud
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Bookroo's summary
Mairi can't swim, and pretending to be a mermaid isn't helping. But when she encounters a real tiny mermaid in need, her world turns magical. Can Mairi overcome her fears and help her new friend? Dive into a colorful adventure where friendship and courage make waves.
From the publisher
Robbie says swimming is easy. You just have to pretend you’re a mermaid. But that doesn’t help Mairi. She isn’t even sure that mermaids are real… - Simple, lively text - Speech bubbles for shared reading - Fully illustrated in colour
At a glance
- Format
- Library Binding
- Pages
- 48
- Words
- 1,170
- Reading age
- 6–6
- Audience
- Early Reader
- Lexile
- 550L
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- 2.8
- F&P level
- ~N
- Scholastic level
- J
- AR points
- 0.5
- AR interest level
- LG
- AR quiz
- 106630
Publication
- Published
- March 15, 2006
- First published
- September 1, 2001
- Publisher
- Crabtree Pub Co
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Picture Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9780778708513
- LCCN
- 2005035765
- OCLC
- 62897299
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