The Mermaid's Purse

The Mermaid's Purse PDF

Author: Patricia Polacco

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 49

ISBN-13: 0399166920

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"Stella loves books so much, she starts her own library--but then a storm threatens to destroy everything"--

My Mermaid Bag

My Mermaid Bag PDF

Author: Elanor Best

Publisher:

Published: 2020-02

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 9781789474114

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Dive in to a world of mermaid play in this dazzling activity book! From megamazes to complete and puzzles to solve, to sweet scenes to search and pictures to colour, there's something for everyone. Little hands will love touching the two-way sequins on the cover, and with the unique handle, it's perfect to take with you on the go.

The Mermaid's Purse

The Mermaid's Purse PDF

Author: Ted Hughes

Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780375805691

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In The Mermaid's Purse, Ted Hughes explores the ocean. From starfish and seagulls to mermaids and monsters, 28 poems capture the beauty, drama, and mystery of the sea and the seashore. Here is the ghostly cormorant: "Drowned fishermen come back/As famished cormorants/With bare and freezing webby toes/Instead of boots and pants." The strange and comical flounder: "The flounder sees/Through crooked eyes./Through crooked lips/The flounder cries." And the mermaid herself: "Call her a fish, /Call her a girl./Call her the pearl/Of an oyster fresh/On its pearly dish." By turns lyrical, whimsical, and robust, The Mermaid's Purse showcases the distinctive voice and appreciation of the natural world that made Ted Hughes among the most respected of late-20th-century poets. Made doubly accessible by Flora McDonnell's distinctive black-and-white art, this sea-themed collection will delight children and be welcomed by educators.

The Mermaid's Purse

The Mermaid's Purse PDF

Author: Katy Gardner

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9780141006741

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The deepest secrets drive the darkest currents. Strange tides are acting upon Cass Bainbridge. Impelling her to leave London and the comfortable home she shares with her partner, to take up a lecturing job on the south coast. But Brighton isn't the natural choice for a woman with a long-standing fear of the sea. And dealing with some of the students on her course - surly, difficult or just plain odd - against the backdrop of a series of attacks on campus, means Cass is soon finding elements of her new life distinctly disturbing. Painful memories begin closing in on her; the spectre of a secret that finally tore apart her damaged childhood and changed her life for ever. And the sense she is being stalked - a series of strange phone calls, a malignant presence around her flat-build the whispering stream of disquiet into a wave that threatens to engulf her.

Dear Mermaid

Dear Mermaid PDF

Author: Alan Durant

Publisher:

Published: 2015-05

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781406359879

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Join Holly as she learns about a magical undersea world in this picture book containing a real gift.

My Fairy Purse

My Fairy Purse PDF

Author: Make Believe Ideas Ltd

Publisher:

Published: 2020-03-03

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9781789473926

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A shaped sticker activity book, with 750+ stickers and card press-outs.

The Mermaid's Purse

The Mermaid's Purse PDF

Author: Patricia Polacco

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2016-10-04

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 069817416X

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Based on the life of beloved author-illustrator Patricia Polacco’s own amazing grandmother, this wonderful celebration of reading and community is as exhilarating as it is heartwarming. Young Stella loves books so much, her books begin to take over the farmhouse. “Why, Stell, you need your own library to hold those books,” her pa tells her, so he and the neighbors build her one! She calls it “the Mermaid’s Purse,” since the midwife said Stella was born in one. Stella opens the Purse to her neighbors and travels around the countryside, sharing her books door-to-door. Not everyone gives them a chance at first, like grouchy Pig Ears Lonsberry. But farmer Dunkle sure changes his mind when information in a book saves his sick sheep. Eventually, everybody comes to love the Mermaid’s Purse—so when a tornado destroys it, scattering Stella’s precious books far and wide, the whole community rallies to help.