- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Not Applicable; Reprint edition (Oct 1 1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0929605632
- ISBN-13: 978-0929605630
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 16.7 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 717 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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From School Library Journal
Grade 1-4-By Edith Nesbit. Four children rescue a mermaid and plunge into a great sea adventure.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.
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Imagine helping to rescue a REAL mermaid from captivity and then going with her to her kingdom under the sea, riding around on seahorses and being caught up in a war! Join Francis, Mavis, Bernard and Kathleen for an adventure that's not just another day on the beach. Reprinted from the 1913 book includes original illustrations. J K Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books, considers E Nesbit one of her favorite writers.
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THAT going to the seaside was the very beginning of everything,- only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep-tracks, and then are just grass and furze and bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk. Read the first page
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THAT going to the seaside was the very beginning of everything,- only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep-tracks, and then are just grass and furze and bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk. Read the first page
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent, but want more details.,
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This is a great book for any young reader, especially those interested in fantasy and mythology, although some parts are much different than the "tradional" view of merfolk in general (such as removable tails), but the story was good. What I noticed first was the ommission of various details, such as how they suddenly learn of the mermaid's name or leaving out details in the battles towards the end. I did find, however, that the narrator does a good job of telling the tale, like a mother would tell it to her daughter. All in all, a good story with a little action and lots of magical adventure.
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of her best; especially good for well-read bookish types,
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I love all of E. Nesbit's books; they are some of my dearest childhood favorites. I also really like the Enchanted Castle, The Magic City, and The Story of the Amulet. Wet Magic is more poetic and literate; there seems to be more visual beauty, and I love the scene where the book characters are literally coaxed out of all their books to help with the battle.
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This is a great book for any young reader, especially those interested in fantasy and mythology, although some parts are much different than the "tradional" view of merfolk in general (such as removable tails), but the story was good. What I noticed first was the ommission of various details, such as how they suddenly learn of the mermaid's name or leaving out details in the battles towards the end. I did find, however, that the narrator does a good job of telling the tale, like a mother would tell it to her daughter. All in all, a good story with a little action and lots of magical adventure.
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One of her best; especially good for well-read bookish types,
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I love all of E. Nesbit's books; they are some of my dearest childhood favorites. I also really like the Enchanted Castle, The Magic City, and The Story of the Amulet. Wet Magic is more poetic and literate; there seems to be more visual beauty, and I love the scene where the book characters are literally coaxed out of all their books to help with the battle.
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