The Mermaid Atlas will be your ultimate companion in discovering all
your merfolk facts!
All over the world, wherever there's water, there are stories, legends
and eyewitness accounts of mermaids. These magical, mesmerizing people
of the deep have been well known for thousands of years, and almost
every country and culture has a tale to tell about them. People have
written, sung and passed on rumours about mermaids since ancient times,
and often reported their own mermaid encounters, too.
Do you know the facts and stories surrounding the magical and, often
elusive, world of mermaids? This gorgeously illustrated new book
includes everything you wanted to know about these mysterious and
captivating creatures. Discover their secrets in this beautiful
compendium, written by children's author Anna Claybourne and illustrated
throughout by award-winning Spanish illustrator Miren Asiain Lora.
The colorful spreads will take you on an around-the-world journey,
starting in Europe and the warm Mediterranean to the icy Baltic, as well
as through countless isles, lakes and waterfalls, continuing to Africa
with its immense lakes, cave pools and swampy deltas. Asia is the next
stop with its thousands of islands, beaches, rivers and lakes while
Oceania, surrounded by the Pacific Ocean with its scattered islands,
seems to be the perfect environment for these mysterious creatures. The
journey ends with North and South America, where there are sightings of
water spirits and fish-tailed ocean goddesses throughout the whole
continent, home to the freezing Arctic, the tropical Caribbean as well
as the world's largest jungle.
The Mermaid Atlas will introduce you to the merfolk of the world,
whether it's the beautiful Selkies of the Scottish seas, the wily Iara
of Brazil who love to outwit travelers or the fearful Ningyo of Japan
who can give you eternal life.
