How to Spot a Mermaid
By (Author) Suzy Senior
Illustrated by Patrick Corrigan
HarperCollins Publishers
Farshore
30th September 2025
19th June 2025
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Stories in verse
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Mermaids /mermen /merfolk
823.92
Paperback
32
Width 245mm, Height 275mm, Spine 2mm
220g
The perfect rhyming childrens book for kids who love mermaids!
Today were on a MERMAID hunt!
Im sure well find a lot.
Theyre always sitting round on rocks
They cant be hard to spot!
Join two mermaid enthusiasts on a magical seaside adventure to find their favourite mythical creature! There are LOADS of places to explore by the lifeguards chair along the harbour wall and if not there, they MUST be easy to spot out to sea from a boat.
Is that a mermaid TAIL, poking out from a stall along the prom Ah, no its a cuddly whale. Where could those mermaids be
But if you keep looking and dont give up, you never know what you might find there might just be some mermaids just around the corner after all!
Binoculars at the ready for a fun-filled rhyming romp full of magic and mermaid sparkle!
Were Going on a Bear Hunt meets Ten Little Unicorns with the not-all-it-seems silliness of Shark in the Park!
Suzy Senior is a writer of picture books and young fiction, whose bestselling titles include Octopants and Unicorn Club. She loves making things rhyme, and eating jaffa cakes ideally both at the same time! She lives in Yorkshire, at the top of a very big hill.
Pat Corrigan grew up in a cloudy town in Cheshire where he brightened up his life with various creative endeavours and activities (his favourite was cross stitch!). He studied ceramics at university before training as an art teacher. He then went on to become the art director of a busy design studio in London. In 2018 he made the decision to try his hand as a freelance illustrator and has never looked back.