Mermaid Day & How to Catch a Mermaid Activity Kit

From the best-selling creators of Unicorn Day comes a mer-tastic celebration as all sorts of sea creatures celebrate Mermaid Day!

*Hooray Hooray!

It’s Mermaid Day!

Shake your tailfin!

Splash and play!

Bubbles popping,

One, two, three,

Mermaid magic

Fills the sea!*

On Mermaid Day, the mer-queen throws a big bash. She decorates with seashell garlands and seaweed bows. Creatures of all kinds arrive. Dolphins dance, narwhals play ring toss. But who’s that lurking in the dark—is that a shark?

But mermaids know this shark won’t bite. He’s just shy. As night falls the guests say goodbye to a mer-mazing day.

**New in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling How to Catch series—can YOU catch a mermaid?
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*Last week I saw a mermaid.

It’s not something I’d pretend!

I’d really like to catch her

so she could be my friend.

But how to catch a mermaid?

You don’t learn this in school.

We’ll need to build a gentle trap

and start near the tide pool.*

Many claim to have caught a mermaid, but can YOU? Perfect for summer, the newest title in the New York Times bestselling How to Catch series will have children and parents excited to see if these characters can actually pull off catching a mermaid!