This is the first of four books of short stories from husband and wife team Peter Dickinson and Robin McKinley. Each book reflects and explores the magical and symbolic characteristics of the elements water, fire, air and earth, and contain stories from each author. The tales from the first book include stories of mermaids and underwater cities, celebrating the wondrous power and unknown territory of water.

 

This book features in the following series: Elemental Series, The Elementals .

There are 304 pages in this book. This is a short story book. This book was published 2002 by Random House Children's Publishers UK .

Robin McKinley has won many awards, including the Newbery Medal for The Hero and the Crown , a Newbery Honor for The Blue Sword , and the Mythopoeic Award for Adult Literature for Sunshine .