Third Grade Mermaid
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
For fans of The Dork Diaries comes a new and heavily illustrated chapter book series about a fiery third grade mermaid who thinks she wants to be where the shimmery Sirens are!Cora is a small mermaid with a BIG personality. But like so many mermaids in the third grade, she is struggling to truly be herself. She wants to be like the Singing Sirens, the most glamorous swim team in the sea. Unfortunately, an annoying road--er, seablock--keep getting in her way.When Cora fails her spelling test, her coach says she can’t be on the team unless she gets an A on the next one!Can Cora conquer her spelling test, make the swim team, AND stay true to herself at the same time?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this entertaining but uneven series opener, Cora the mermaid has no trouble with the "three S's" of swimming, splashing, and singing, but a fourth spelling proves more difficult. Raymundo (The Monkey Goes Bananas) structures Cora's story as a heavily illustrated diary, one filled with loose, energetic ink drawings colored with watery splashes of blue, as well as crossed-out words that reflect Cora's spelling struggles. Brash and headstrong, Cora doesn't hurt for personality, though her narration has a tendency to ramble ("I shouldn't be saying I was there! And I wouldn't if it wasn't for... Ohhh! I'll get to that! The fact is, I was there, okay?") as the plot zigzags among Cora's attempt hide her new pet (a gigantic shrimp mutated by toxic waste) from her mother, evade bully sharks, address friendship troubles, and improve her spelling grade. Ages 6 8.
Customer Reviews
Super Cute & Hilarious
My nephew got an autographed paperback copy of this book. He’s a race cars and tools kind of little guy. So my sister didn’t think that this book would be something he would be into, but he loved it. He liked how Cora kept getting annoyed with the other characters, because he has that type of personality. And he liked her sense of humor. He had my sister read it to him, about 20 times. Then she read the book to me, during a long commute, and I became an insta-fan. This book cracked me up. I even loved the silly puns. The author is so talented, the way he channeled the personality of a little girl. Absolute Genius! The storyline was full of plot twists, and never got boring. However, I hope there’s an explanation in a future Third Grade Mermaid book, about why the mermaids like to sink humans’ ships. Anyway, I loved it, and I’m getting my own copy.