My fascination with mermaids has come and gone over the years. I never went through a unicorn phase as a little girl, but I definitely went through a mermaid phase. My interest in them faded, returned in my teens, faded again, then recently returned. Over the last year or so, I have been reading and writing and reading and writing some more about the aquatic ladies (and gentlemen).
Once I started looking, I was surprised at just how ubiquitous mermaids are -- they're everywhere! In literature, mermaids appear in every genre, aimed at every age group. There are picture books aplenty, but also mysteries, teen adventure tales, romance novels, collections of mythology and folklore, art books, you name it.
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The Starbucks coffee logo was originally a copy of an ancient statue of a mermaid. It showed more of her body, now it is just her -
This is great stuff! Thank you. By the way, I really enjoyed all those TIME-LIFE mythology/paranormal themed books. I read a lot
