A classic fairy tale gets a fresh twist in this vibrant Caribbean spin on the Little Mermaid!The Little Mermaid longs to know about the world above the ocean. When she's finally old enough to visit, she falls in love with a prince! A sea witch agrees to give the mermaid a potion that will make her human-but the spell will be broken if the prince doesn't love her too! Set in the Caribbean, with beautiful illustrations by Puerto Rican illustrator Nivea Ortiz, this fifth book in the Once Upon a World series is the same beloved fairy tale but it's totally reimagined.
Once Upon a World offers a multicultural take on the fairy tales we all know and love. Because these tales are for everyone, everywhere.
This book is part of a book series called Once Upon a World .
This book has been graded for interest at 2+ years.
There are 24 pages in this book. This book was published 2019 by Simon & Schuster .
Hannah Eliot is a children's book editor who lives in Manhattan, New York. Her favorite activities include editing (of course), writing, painting, and doodling all over every piece of notebook paper she uses. Nivea Ortiz is an illustrator from San Juan, Puerto Rico. She loves to draw and paint with a palette as intense as the colors of the Caribbean. A graduate of Pratt Institute in New York, she holds a BFA in illustration. Nivea has a prominent career in the field of children's illustration, collaborating with renowned publishing companies as well as many diverse clients. Her work has been recognized by the Society of Illustrators and the Publishers Association of the West, amongst others.
This book contains the following story:
The Little Mermaid
Deep, deep down in the sea lived the sea king and queen and their brood of mermaid daughters. When each child turned sixteen she was allowed to visit the surface of the sea and look out upon the human world. One by one each girl came of age, but having satisfied their curiosity, each agreed that their sea world was more enchanting than the world above the sea. Until the time came for the youngest princess to visit the seas surface, whereupon she saw a ship filled with beautiful people having a party and gazed upon the most handsome of all, a young prince. The youngest mermaid watched all day but then as evening drew in, a storm erupted tossing the ship this way and that. The handsome young prince was thrown into the sea and would have drowned but for the plucky young mermaid who rescued him. Scared of being discovered, the little mermaid left the unconscious prince on the beach where he was found by a lovely young woman. The prince believed that it was the young woman who had rescued
