My son loves wermaids.
You know, those mythical, half-human, half-fish creatures.
Wermaids.
As I was looking through the display in the children’s area of our library, I saw this book and knew before I opened it that it would be great for bedtime:
Photo from amazon.com
This pretty little girl is Meriam.
She’s a mermaid, although she keeps her fin hidden and keeps you guessing.
Meriam doesn’t like bedtime.
Can’t say I blame her. If I could spend my time traveling underwater, swimming with the fishies and dolphins and pearl diving, I wouldn’t want to go to bed either.
But Meriam’s mom insists, and helps her get ready for bed.
Mermaid Dreams is by Mark Sperring, and will appeal to any child who is hesitant to give up playing for bed. The illustrations are done by twin sisters, Kate and Liz Pope. They won an iParenting Media award in 2004 for their first picture book, Wanda’s First Day. I can see why.
I’ve been trying to find the right words to describe the illustrations in this book, and there’s really only one word that keeps coming to mind:
Jazzy.
There are lots of colors (but not too bright), different things to look at on every page. My son studied each page, looking at everything they drew. The drawings are child-like, making it very appealing to children. Definitely worth taking finding a copy.
Other books by Mark Sperring:
- The Fairytale Cake
- Find-a-Saurus
- Wanda’s First Day (illustrated by the Pope Twins)
