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Gruber, Penelope

Summary: In this graphic adaptation of the American folktale, Paul Bunyan is the biggest and strongest merman in the underwater city of Atlantis; at twelve years old he has already dragged the city away from a volcano and rescued a baby blue whale who is now his companion--but now he has to protect the citizens of Atlantis from five mega-sharks who are looking to have mermen for lunch.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FAR

Neilson, Emily

Summary: Kai, a merboy, loves to share hugs with his mother, but learns that some friends prefer fin bumps, tail claps, tentacle shakes, or claw pinches.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2020

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NEI

Komori, Yoko

Summary: "When Tokiko's parents break up, she and her father move from the bustling city to a sleepy coastal town to live with her grandmother. Starting sixth grade in a new school where everyone has known each other their whole lives isn't easy. Things start to look up when local boy Yosuke, another outsider, wants to be friends. But then strange memories start to surface. Swimming in the ocean......

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2023

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Baptiste, Tracey

Summary: "An encounter between a brown mermaid and pirate launches a humorous tale of friendship that shows how kindness and empathy go beyond words."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Young Readers 2023

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Wallace, Adam

Summary: Two children set out to capture a mermaid, but she manages to escape all of their traps.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2018

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WAL

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE WAL

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WAL

Jason June

Summary: Told in alternating voices, Crest, a merperson, who grudgingly undergoes a mandatory sojourn to help a human within one moon cycle or risk staying on land forever, suddenly develops feelings for his beneficiary Sean, leaving them torn between two worlds.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen 2022

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Phillipps, J. C. (Julie C.)

Summary: "Pacey Packer and Slasher look for the evil Alpha Unicorn's horn and try to escape Rundalyn's Dark Caverns--but mean mermaids may pose a challenge"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2022

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Kessler, Liz

Summary: A class trip to a beautiful island is overshadowed by a local myth about a mysterious ship that may have ties to the lost city of Atlantis.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC KES

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1 available in JT Series, Call number: JT Series Kessler

Schaap, Annet

Summary: Every night Lampie, the lighthouse keeper's daughter lights the lantern which warns the ships away from the rocks, but when the light goes out one night, a ship is wrecked and Lampie is sent to the Admiral's Black House in disgrace--there she finds and befriends the Admiral's son, who was born with a tail, and together they are pulled into an adventure of mermen and pirates, and secret...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SCH

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SCH

Summary: An other-worldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962. In the hidden high security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda discover a secret classified experiment.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2018

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2 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FANTASY SHA

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Shape 2018

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SHA

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SHA RATED R

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Sh

Kann, Victoria

Summary: When Splash the merminnie's flashy tricks get him in trouble, it's up to Pinkalicious and her friends to save him.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR GREEN KAN

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE KAN

Ringo, John

Summary: Edmund Talbot and Herzer Herrick are sent to the Southern Isles to enlist the aid of the mer-folk--people who had altered their bodies into the shape of mythical sea dwellers--in the battle against the fascist dictators of New Destiny.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Baen Pub. 2004

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC RIN CW #2

Eagleton, Ian

Summary: "An adventurous merman and kind fisherman find love and each other in this gorgeous update to the Little Mermaid story"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

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Idle, Molly Schaar

Summary: When young Pearl, a mermaid, becomes caretaker of a single grain of sand, she discovers that performing even the smallest task well can transform the world.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE IDL

Zarchi, Nurit

Summary: One day, a resolutely ordinary young man named Mr. Whatwilltheysay returns home to find Grain-of-Sand, a mermaid, waiting for him in his favorite armchair. Despite his objections, the two embark on a series of very watery adventures as he tries to get rid of her. But ultimately the thought of being seen with half a fish is simply too much for Mr. Whatwilltheysay to bear--what would people say?...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Yonder, Restless Books for Young Readers 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ZAR

Summary: Discover the mysterious selkies of the Scottish seas and the haunting Philippine tale of the curse of Sirena. Meet the merman from China whose tears turn to pearls and Hans Christian Anderson's brave little mermaid, pursuing her dream. These nine stories, beautifully illustrated and full of wonder, will whisk you from the bottom of the Arabian sea to rivers, deep in the Trinidadian rainforest.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: UE, EDC 2021

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Summary: A little sea princess, longing to be human, trades her mermaid's tail for legs to win the love of a prince.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2010

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Paperback, Call number: JE FIC DIS

Dadey, Debbie

Summary: Of all the creatures in the ocean, sea horses are Echo Reef's favorite. They're sweet and gentle and they glide through the water so gracefully. When Echo discovers that Rocky Ridge, one of her Trident Academy classmates, has his own pet sea horse, she wants one right away. Not everyone agrees sea horses should be pets, however. Perhaps they are happiest when swimming freely. But Echo thinks...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2015

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC DAD MT6

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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Series Dadey 2015

Dadey, Debbie

Summary: When Echo injures her tail, she can't compete in the Poseidon Tail Flippers team competition. Will Echo find a way to help her team win from the sidelines?

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2019

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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Series Dadey 2019

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE DAD

Drescher, Daniela.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Floris Books 2006

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Drescher 2006

Martin, Celestine

Summary: "What does a witch do when life's a bore? You wish for something more. If wishes were fish, homebody witch Lucy Caraway could open an aquarium and gift shop with every wish she's ever made in her entire life. When she isn't grading papers over homemade tea blends, Lucy tends to her ancestral home in Freya Grove, New Jersey, while leafing through spellbooks, protecting her familial magic from...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Forever 2022

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAR

Roffey, Monique

Summary: "The Mermaid of Black Conch spins the enchanting tale of a cursed mythical creature and the lonely fisherman who falls in love with her"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROF

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ROF

Herman, Gail

Summary: Ariel's sisters have given her a beautiful present--a shimmering star-shell necklace. Ariel can't wait to wear it to the royal concert. But when the concert's lead singer, a young girl named Laurel, suddenly disappears, it's up to Ariel and her friends to find her.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2014

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Klimo, Kate.

Summary: Jesse and Daisy and their dragon friend, Emmy, try to recover a Thunder Egg from merpeople who stole it from Daisy near the Inn of the Barking Seal, where the cousins are visiting their grandmother Polly.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2012

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KLI

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