Shark Girl
- Publisher
- Roaring Brook Press
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2025
- Category
- Mermaids, Humorous Stories
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781250184924
- Publish Date
- Feb 2025
- List Price
- $24.99
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 3 to 6
- Grade: p to 1
Description
A laugh-out-loud picture book with a feel-good message from bestselling comics creator Kate Beaton about a half-human-half-shark bent on revenge after a greedy fishing captain messes with her waters – perfect for fans of We Don’t Eat Our Classmates and The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors.
When Shark Girl is captured by an evil fishing captain's net, she makes a vow... for REVENGE!
With the sea witch's help, Shark Girl becomes a human sailor and launches a plan... for MUTINY!
But Shark Girl needs the help of her crew mates before she can enact her plan. Will Shark girl SINK... or SWIM?
Bestselling creator Kate Beaton has created a subversive and hilarious spin on the classic little mermaid fairytale that will inspire little readers. Sometimes standing up for what's right means you have to show your teeth!
About the author
Kate Beaton est auteure de Diantre! un manant, un recueil de bandes dessinées classé au palmarès du New York Times et de l'album illustré La princesse et le poney. Elle est lauréate de nombreux prix Harvey et ses dessins ont paru dans le New Yorker. Kate a grandi sur l'île du Cap-Breton, en Nouvelle-Écosse.
Kate Beaton is the author of The Princess and the Pony, which received four starred reviews and was selected as an ALA Notable Children's Book, and Hark! A Vagrant and Step Aside, Pops!, both #1 New York Times bestselling comics collections. Kate is the recipient of multiple Harvey awards, and her cartoons have been featured in the New Yorker. Kate lives in Canada, and you can find her online at www.beatontown.com, or on Twitter and Tumblr as @beatonna.
Editorial Reviews
"Stand aside, little mermaids. The true, pointy-toothed protector of the seas is here!... A scaly new hero sure to save the day—and to endear herself to readers." -Kirkus
"[E]xuberant cartooning from Beaton (King Baby) keeps this cheeky “Little Mermaid” variation swimming to a fish-friendly finale." -Publishers Weekly
"[A] picture of genuine ferocity and appealing silliness. There’s a curriculum bonus here too, as the problem of overfishing is embedded both in the narrative and in the endpapers, perhaps sparking discussion of environmental and marine conservation." -BCCB
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Shark Girl SIGNED
Bodies of Art, Bodies of Labour
La princesse et le poney
King Baby
Step Aside, Pops
A Hark! a Vagrant Collection
The Princess and the Pony
Beethoven Birthday Party
A 2013 Hark! A Vagrant Calendar
There she blows: A 2013 Hark! A Vagrant literary calendar
Kate Beaton 2013 Calendar