Bad Mermaids: On the rocks by Sibeal Pounder
Ill. by Jason Cockcroft. Bloomsbury, 2018. ISBN 9781408877142
(Age: 8-11) Recommended. Another hilarious, laugh out loud book
about mermaids, evil mothers, talking seahorses, fish, crocodiles
and more. Featuring magical mysteries and fabulous fashions, this
adventure brings a whole new twist to the underwater world of
mermaids.
We leave where we left the girls the previous time in Bad
Mermaids, stuck in a ship being flung to parts unknown. Steve
is getting shipsick/seasick? The girls are trying not to panic too
much. And on the other side of the story we see Paris. A girl we
already met in a fleeting way in the first book, is the one who
handles the ice cream cart. But she is also much more than that. She
also loves inventing and has put a tracker on the mermaids.
My favourite part of the book was the mermaids, seeing their
friendships, and seeing them discover new places, and try to, once
again, save the day.
I love that we found out more about the mermaid world. This time we
see about a kingdom with crocodiles. Mermaids with crocodiles'
tails, crocodiles for transport. And then the fact that there are
even more kingdoms/countries to explore, and I hope that we will be
going there as I want to see what mermaids live there and what their
life is like.
It was fun that we discover magic is real, and that there are
witches.
The book is delightfully illustrated.
Donna Isgar