  | Good little mermaid's guide to bedtime Author: Sumner, Eija | |
| Price: $23.78 | ||
Summary:
This little mermaid is too FIERCE and SCARY and FEROCIOUS to follow The Good Little Mermaid's Guide to Bedtime ... well, except the part about snuggling her shark stuffie.
| Illustrator: | Gregory, Nici |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (03/01/24)
Booklist (02/15/24)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/03/24)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 02/15/2024 A bedtime guide for good mermaids intrudes upon a feisty mergirl’s personal routine with comedic results in this tongue-in-cheek offering. First things first, she’s no good mermaid. She is a predator, and sleep is for guppies. She brushes her teeth, sure . . . so that they gleam like razor-sharp blades. She polishes her scales—so that they flash like danger. This utterly enjoyable reinterpretation of mermaids, told in an innovative way, is deliciously naughty, though it may skew too dark for some. It’s a bedtime story turned on its head, with digital illustrations that perfectly balance adorable and disturbing. Sure, she has teeth that tear through scales and crunch bones, and she shouts things like, “I am the darkness,” while swimmers paddle away from her in panic. But she’s baby-bellied and aqua-haired and somehow still cute, despite her violent and humorous protestations. This book is utterly original, delightfully dark, and as twisted as a branch of undersea coral. Good night, little mermaid. Sweet nightmares. - Copyright 2024 Booklist.
