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Read by Lauren Laverne.
Dive into the adventure and meet a clever mermaid in this exciting rhyming adventure from the brilliant Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks, creators of What the Ladybird Heard.
With funny rhyming verse, The Singing Mermaid is loved by children and parents alike – perfect for listening to at home, in the car, at bedtime – or any time at all!
Hoping for fame and fortune, the Singing Mermaid joins Sam Sly’s circus. But she soon misses freedom and the ocean. Can friends like Annie the Acrobat help the mermaid escape and find her way home?
Enjoy more stories from Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks, the bestselling team behind the What the Ladybird Heard adventures: Sharing a Shell, The Princess and the Wizard and Sugarlump and the Unicorn.
Julia Donaldson
Julia Donaldson has written some of the world's best-loved children's books, including modern classics The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child, which together have sold over 18 million copies worldwide and have been translated into over one hundred languages. Her other books include Room on the Broom, Stick Man and Zog, illustrated by Axel Scheffler, The Hospital Dog, illustrated by Sara Ogilvie and the hugely successful What the Ladybird Heard adventures, illustrated by Lydia Monks. Julia also writes fiction, including the Princess Mirror-Belle series, illustrated by Lydia Monks, as well as poems, plays and songs – and her brilliant live shows are always in demand. She was the UK Children’s Laureate 2011–13 and has been honoured with a CBE for Services to Literature. Julia divides her time between West Sussex and Edinburgh.
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