Kiss of the Mermaid

Critters of the Night

by Erica Farber

Illustrated in full color. The wicked sea witch has turned the family of Mara the mermaid into giant chess pieces and hidden them in a deep-sea cave. Thistle Howl wants to help, so Mara turns Thistle into a mermaid. Now they can both swim to the rescue, except there's one the sea witch needs two more chess pieces--just the size of Thistle and Mara! Will the heroic mermaids sink or swim?  

Genres: Childrens, Fiction

47 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Erica Farber was a children’s book editor.

Reviews

[Austin Smith]

I have only the most vague memory of possibly reading one or two of these Critters of the Night books as a young lad, but words cannot express how much joy these now bring me. Something about these awaken my inner child and they are an absolute delight to read. I plan on collecting the series although they seem to be very HTF. I can't wait to get my hands on more and read them.

[Bev]

Read with my son when he was in first grade.* A good beginner book that my son had a lot of fun reading with me.

*He had to keep a reading log and I just found this when going through storage tubs.

[Amanda]

I enjoyed the unusual characters and the female agency.

[Taylur Spencer]

Read this as a kid so many times, the glue binding came apart. Eventually was thrown away because there were only a couple pages left. As a lover of mermaids as a child, I loved this book to pieces and still remember it.

[Rhica]

Basically, I like the ocean and I was so pleased to have this book in my life growing up. :D
You can ask my mom, I read this book a thousand and twelve times. I wish I still had a copy. Maybe I can still find it....

[Lisa Morrow]

My son LOVED this book when he was little! I had to read it over and over to him!

[Ryan]

love it!