OBD Mermaids - YOUTH | Oak Brook Public Library

1) The ocean calls: a haenyeo mermaid story

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Wanting to follow in the footsteps of her free-diving haenyeo grandmother, a young Korean girl dutifully consumes her grandmother's strength-building abalone porridge and practices her breath control before suiting up and overcoming fears to make remarkable discoveries.

2) Julián is a mermaid

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"While riding the subway home from the pool with his abuela one day, Julián notices three women spectacularly dressed up. Their hair billows in brilliant hues, their dresses end in fishtails, and their joy fills the train car. When Julián gets home, daydreaming of the magic he's seen, all he can think about is dressing up just like the ladies in his own fabulous mermaid costume: a butter-yellow curtain for his tail, the fronds of a potted fern for...

3) The mermaid and the shoe

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Each of King Neptune's fifty mermaid daughters seemed more remarkable than the last, except for little Minnow, who seems to be good only at asking questions. When she finds a strange object, Minnow follows her questions to a wondrous world and finds answers, including the answer to the most important question of all: Who am I?

4) Barbie in a mermaid tale

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Webster, Christy

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Step into reading. Step 2 book

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Barbie takes the starring role in a story of mermaid adventure.

5) Oona and the shark

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DiPucchio, Kelly

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Oona volume 2

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Oona the mermaid is friends with everyone, but when her attempts to befriend a shark with sensory issues fail miserably she realizes what may be fun for her may be overwhelming for him.

6) Oona

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Dipucchio, Kelly

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Oona volume 1

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This comical and heartfelt picture book is a winning celebration of invention, creativity, and friendship. With gorgeous underwater scenes and a crowd-pleasing tale, this is one little mermaid who is here to make a splash!

7) Sofia the first: the floating palace

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During her family vacation on a floating palace, Sofia befriends a mermaid, and through their friendship helps save the mermaid's kingdom.

8) The little mermaid

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"In this reinvention of Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale, a little mermaid trades her voice for legs and makes a new friend on land, but must return to the sea to save her family"--

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Idle, Molly Schaar

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Book, Wonderbook

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When young Pearl, a mermaid, becomes caretaker of a single grain of sand, she discovers that performing even the smallest task well can transform the world.

10) Magical mermaids!

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Step into reading. Step 1 book

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Leah's day at the petting zoo becomes a magical adventure when Nickelodeon's Shimmer and Shine lend a hand. -- Amazon.com

11) Aqualicious

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Pinkalicious volume 6

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At the beach, Pinkalicious and her brother help a tiny mermaid, a merminnie, to go back home.

12) Sink or swim

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Mlynowski, Sarah

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Whatever after volume 3

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Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Playaway Bookpack

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Once again Abby and her brother Jonah go through the magic mirror in their basement, and this time they find themselves interfering in the Little Mermaid story--and needing to set things right and make sure everyone has a happy ending.

13) Emily Windsnap and the monster from the deep

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Emily Windsnap volume 2

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Reunited with her merman father and now living on an island located in the Bermuda Triangle, twelve-year-old Emily accidentally awakens the fearsome kraken, a terrifying octopus-like monster, and also faces a bully from her past.

14) The tail of Emily Windsnap

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Emily Windsnap volume 1

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After finally convincing her mother that she should take swimming lessons, twelve-year-old Emily discovers a terrible and wonderful secret about herself that opens up a whole new world.

15) Emily Windsnap and the castle in the mist

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Emily Windsnap volume 3

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When she incurs Neptune's wrath by finding a diamond ring buried under rocks in the ocean, Emily is put under a curse that will force her to choose to be either a mermaid or a human and split up her parents forever.

16) Emily Windsnap and the siren's secret

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Emily Windsnap volume 4

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When Neptune tells Emily and her merman father and human mother to return to Brightport to try to make merpeople and humans work more closely together, Emily faces problems with old enemies, her new, half-merfolk friend Aaron, and a mystery related to a group of legendary lost sirens.

17) The Princess in Black and the mermaid princess

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Princess in Black volume 9

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"The Princess in Black and her friends are enjoying a day of sun and sea on Princess Sneezewort's royal boat when a real, live mermaid princess emerges from the waves! Eeeeeee! Princess Posy needs their help protecting her very cute sea goats from being eaten by a very greedy kraken. But the princesses and the Goat Avenger quickly realize that fighting underwater can be tough for land dwellers, and only the mermaid Princess Posy can save the day....

18) No kidding, mermaids are a joke!: the story of the little mermaid, as told by the Prince

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The other side of the story

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Believing that his friends are playing a practical joke on him to make him think mermaids are real, the Prince concocts an elaborate scheme to get back at them.

19) The little mermaid: the story of Ariel

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Disney princess

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"Dive under the sea and into Ariel's enchanting world. Featuring a sea witch and her spells, dinglehoppers and mermaids, this deluxe storybook retelling of the classic animated film is a treasure to behold."--Back cover.

20) Mermaid dance

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Hakala, Marjorie

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On the first night of summer when high tide brings the ocean to the edge of the forest, woodland animals watch mermaids frolicking under a full moon.