Book Review: "The Good Little Mermaid's Guide to Bedtime" by Eija Summer, illustrated by Nici Gregory

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This charming book was a perfect fit for my two daughters, ages 6 and 4, who make it their nightly campaign to not go to bed.

An unnamed "good" little mermaid gets ready for bed. She thinks of herself as a predator who doesn't have time for such niceties as tidying up her room and brushing her (razor sharp) teeth. She's too busy striking fear into other marine life...while yawning...and will only go to sleep on her terms.

My daughters were enraptured throughout the book, even my sometimes distracted four year old. My six year old is obsessed with mermaids (she recently suggested the name "the Mermaids" for her soccer team), and this was a perfect fit. Gregory's illustrations are bold and splashy (sorry), with a lot of blues and greens. The book is large, and the illustrations pop off the page. This was a fun book to read, as well. I used a nice, calm voice to read the story about the good little mermaid getting ready for bed, and then a funny voice when the mermaid complains why she can't get ready. As the good little mermaid, I yawned at one point in the story and my six year old did, too.

The Good Little Mermaid's Guide to Bedtime is a delightful book perfect for the three to seven year old in your life. I see myself reading this a lot in the next few years.