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Mermaid Days #3
A New Friend
Vera and Beaker make a new friend when they meet a mantis shrimp, in this series perfect for beginning readers!
Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency. Acorn books plant a love of reading and help readers grow!
Swim along with mermaid Vera and octo-kid Beaker! In these three stories, Vera and Beaker make a new friend with a powerful baby mantis shrimp. Together, they explore the town of Tidal Grove. Then they play fun underwater games! Young readers will love discovering Vera and Beaker’s funny adventures and learning nonfiction information about mantis shrimp. Did you know that mantis shrimp are small but very powerful? They can punch the water to create shockwaves!
With text from National Book Award finalist Kyle Lukoff, and bright, colorful artwork from artist Kat Uno, Mermaid Days is sure to be every young reader’s favorite new series. Balancing easy-to-read text, endless humor and charm, light nonfiction, and a loveable cast of underwater creatures, these laugh-out-loud stories are the perfect fit for new readers!
Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency. Acorn books plant a love of reading and help readers grow!
Swim along with mermaid Vera and octo-kid Beaker! In these three stories, Vera and Beaker make a new friend with a powerful baby mantis shrimp. Together, they explore the town of Tidal Grove. Then they play fun underwater games! Young readers will love discovering Vera and Beaker’s funny adventures and learning nonfiction information about mantis shrimp. Did you know that mantis shrimp are small but very powerful? They can punch the water to create shockwaves!
With text from National Book Award finalist Kyle Lukoff, and bright, colorful artwork from artist Kat Uno, Mermaid Days is sure to be every young reader’s favorite new series. Balancing easy-to-read text, endless humor and charm, light nonfiction, and a loveable cast of underwater creatures, these laugh-out-loud stories are the perfect fit for new readers!
- GenresPicture Books
64 pages, Paperback
First published February 7, 2023
About the author
Kyle Lukoff
28 books298 followersKyle Lukoff writes books for kids and other people.
Before becoming a full-time writer, Kyle worked at five bookstores, in four libraries, for three schools, as two genders, through one intersection: people, and books.
Before becoming a full-time writer, Kyle worked at five bookstores, in four libraries, for three schools, as two genders, through one intersection: people, and books.
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April 11, 2023
Personal review : 3 stars - I’m not exactly the intended audience for this kind of book.
It’s a very cute book - I like the illustration style. It looks like it would be really good for beginning readers, with simple text, and an easy to follow story - I could easily see it being a tv program for pre-schoolers. The plot is a little formulaic for adults, but it’s a cute way to introduce kids to an interesting sea creature.
One thing I did notice was the contractions used - most of the text avoids them, leading to what ‘sounds’ like oddly formal language (do not instead of don’t, will not instead of won’t). But there’s a few sentences where they are used, so it’s a little inconsistent- maybe something to do with reading levels?
The half-frog character was a little odd, too, given the ocean setting - not to mention that each of the cecaelia’s (octopus mer) tentacles appear to be independent characters, as well.
Overall, it’s cute. PreK-1 kids would probably enjoy it.
It’s a very cute book - I like the illustration style. It looks like it would be really good for beginning readers, with simple text, and an easy to follow story - I could easily see it being a tv program for pre-schoolers. The plot is a little formulaic for adults, but it’s a cute way to introduce kids to an interesting sea creature.
One thing I did notice was the contractions used - most of the text avoids them, leading to what ‘sounds’ like oddly formal language (do not instead of don’t, will not instead of won’t). But there’s a few sentences where they are used, so it’s a little inconsistent- maybe something to do with reading levels?
The half-frog character was a little odd, too, given the ocean setting - not to mention that each of the cecaelia’s (octopus mer) tentacles appear to be independent characters, as well.
Overall, it’s cute. PreK-1 kids would probably enjoy it.
November 17, 2023
A good early reader book for younger readers who love all things "under the sea" themed. This wasn't the best written early reader that I've encountered, but it did have some interesting information about mantis shrimp which are sea creatures that I was completely unfamiliar with. Pretty, vibrant pictures to accompany the text will entice younger readers. I'll be checking out the rest of the series to learn more about the rest of their adventures.
June 30, 2023
I honestly think Beaker and his legs are a great representation of non-disordered plurality
October 5, 2024
I did not manage to draw Beaker using the instructions at the end ._.
January 21, 2025
cute for an early reader
March 25, 2026
This was a fun series of books super quick to read - perfect for our before school morning reading.
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