Book of Mermaids

Manning-Sanders, Ruth

ISBN 10: 0416110509 / ISBN 13: 9780416110500

Published by Methuen young books, 1967

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Book of Mermaids
• Publisher: Methuen young books
• Publication Date: 1967
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0416110509
• ISBN 13: 9780416110500
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Stories about mermaids come from almost every country by the sea--from Iceland to India, America to Arabia. In these sixteen stories, Ruth Manning-Sanders captures the quirky personalities of mermaids and mermen, recounting their marvelous schemes and adventures with a master story-teller's eye for detail.

Review

From shores as separate as Ireland and Indian and America comes one of the freshest collections in this well-established series, with a succession of droll, tender, arresting images: great-grandmother riding the wave in her rocking chair in ""Sven and Lilli""; the young sailor kicked out of the Kingdom of Ocean by the statue of a little warrior: every creature of the sea jumping and spinning and leaping to Maurice's magical tune; the fat, scraggle-toothed mermaid in ""The Magic Lake"" and the untidy mermaid in the story of the same name. The American contribution, ""Long John and the Mermaid,"" is a small marvel--a mermaid undone by her love for a whale, but what a grand ride she has first! An abundance for reading or telling. Kirkus Reviews