The Marvelous Market on Mermaid

by Laura Krauss Melmed

This is the yellow bird who sings each time the doorbell ting-a-lings when someone opens up the door- the sky blue door on Grandma's store, the Marvelous Market on Mermaid.And a marvelous market it is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688130534
• ISBN13: 9780688130534
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.3" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Wonderful Book - we know it by heart

The Marvelous Market on Mermaid is simply one of our favorite books - not only does our son (age 2) love the rhythm and rhyme of the story and the beautifully detailed illustrations, but my wife and I and our baby sitters love reading it as well. It is very easy to lapse into a sing-song like reading that moves you page to page - so much so that we found ourselves telling our son the story from memory on a recent car drive. What amazes me most about the story is the subtle social equity issue that is addresses - when the man with the tattered hat ends up incorporated into the little family composed of the grandmother and grandaughter who tell the story. I highly recommend this book to all.