Naynay and the Mermaid
By (Author) Tasma Walton
Illustrated by Charmaine Ledden-Lewis
Scholastic Australia
Scholastic Australia
1st October 2025
Australia
Children
Fiction
Picture storybooks
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction and true stories: Cultural heritage / traditional st
Childrens / Teenage social topics: Environment, sustainability and green issues
Hardback
24
Width 240mm, Height 250mm, Spine 8mm
With long tendrils of seagrass for hair, her body is blue green like the sea, and her tail sparkles with iridescent scales ... Naynay and her family are diving for abalone. Her mother tells her to keep watch for one of the water spirits who protect the seas. Naynay sees the splash of a tail. Could it possibly be ... a mermaid Join Naynay on her magical underwater adventure, drawing on the stories of the Boonwurrung people of coastal Melbourne.