My Mom Is a Mermaid!
Apr 2025 · Sold by Doubleday Books for Young Readers
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You think your family is strange? What if your mom was a mermaid?!
Fans of the magical creatures in the "How to Catch a" series will love this new super-silly picture book that celebrates how ALL families are weird.
Mermaid Mom sings whale songs, never gets out of the bath, and tells really corny mom jokes ("How do mermaids send messages? By sea-mail!"). But when her daughter tags along with her to an underwater gig as a kids' party clown, she learns how funny and how special her mer-mom really is.
Young readers will love following this unusual mother-daughter team as they swim off on adventures in a funny and warm new picture book, the start of an exciting series.
With page after page of jokes, puns, and visual gags, this story's humor is perfect for families to read together. It's a book kids will want to go back to over and over. And it makes a perfect gift!
And check out more weird families in: My Dad Is a Unicorn!
Fans of the magical creatures in the "How to Catch a" series will love this new super-silly picture book that celebrates how ALL families are weird.
Mermaid Mom sings whale songs, never gets out of the bath, and tells really corny mom jokes ("How do mermaids send messages? By sea-mail!"). But when her daughter tags along with her to an underwater gig as a kids' party clown, she learns how funny and how special her mer-mom really is.
Young readers will love following this unusual mother-daughter team as they swim off on adventures in a funny and warm new picture book, the start of an exciting series.
With page after page of jokes, puns, and visual gags, this story's humor is perfect for families to read together. It's a book kids will want to go back to over and over. And it makes a perfect gift!
And check out more weird families in: My Dad Is a Unicorn!
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About the author
BILL CANTERBURY is a writer best known for his work in film and television. He has been a staff writer on over a dozen shows, including The Simpsons, Pinky and the Brain, and Star Wars: Clone Wars. Bill is a graduate of Harvard University with a degree in Applied Mathematics. The My Life is Weird series (My Dad Is a Unicorn!, My Mom Is a Mermaid!, and My Teacher Is a Dinosaur!) are Bill’s debut children’s books. He lives in Los Angeles.
JEFF HARTER is an illustrator working in books, licensing, greeting cards, editorial, and entertainment. He is also professor and chair of illustration at the Cleveland Institute of Art. He lives in upstate New York with his wife and three daughters.
JEFF HARTER is an illustrator working in books, licensing, greeting cards, editorial, and entertainment. He is also professor and chair of illustration at the Cleveland Institute of Art. He lives in upstate New York with his wife and three daughters.
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