This picture book follows Mei as she travels all over the Asia Pacific region to gather the team of MIRA mermaids in order to stop Pirate Polymer from polluting.
My review:
Do you love mermaids or have family that does? Do you care about the oceans, the animals in it, our world? Then, this is the book for you!
This book features a sundry of mermaids that have been in mythological legends in Asian areas of the Pacific ocean. In addition, the book features real land masses, animals that near extinction, and world pollution.
Even if the author just featured these ideas, it would be a good book; but she took it up a notch and wrote a great story that appeals to all.
The story line is, there is a pirate polluting the oceans and her mission is to find and stop him. Along the way, she meets mermaid friends and animals who help her accomplish this mission. A nice little twist happens at the end. Of course, I won't tell you what that is, read the book.
I seriously loved everything about this book. The story was great and the illustrations superb. If that was not enough to make me happy, the back of the book highlighted the following glossaries: Animal glossary,cultural and historical references, geographical glossary, and note about areas mentioned. Wow!
Run,don't walk and get you a copy of this book. It should be in all classrooms and home school teaching.
5 stars!
Disclosure: I received a copy of this book from the author. The views here are 100% my own and may differ from yours.
~Michelle, Reading Authors Network
Where to find the author:
Crystal Z. Lee grew up in a bilingual household in Taiwan and in California. She is an avid traveler and has visited over thirteen countries in Asia. Her favorite travel memories include hiking the forests of Borneo, boating in Phuket, cruising down the Yangtze River, chasing butterflies in Taiwan, attending literary festivals in Hong Kong, and visiting family in Singapore. Crystal is the author of children's books A Unicorn Named Rin and Kai the Dancing Butterfly. Her poetry was recently included in the UK anthology, Tabula Rasa. She is also the author of a novel, Love and Other Moods.
