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Title: Ick.
Review: This book is poorly constructed (physical binding) and is made of cheap paper. The illustrations are not very good, and often do not even depict the story accurately. Two examples are when 1) the story says a mermaid has legs, yet the illustration is of a mermaid with the usual fin and 2) the story says a character has tattoos on his face, yet the illustration does not depict them. The characters in the illustrations also look like stock white faces, regardless of the origin of the story.For a much better book, both in binding and illustration, I would recommend Mermaid Tales from Around the World by Mary Pope Osborne. The pictures are large and colorful in that book, emulating the style of the area of the world from which the story comes.Don't waste your money on Serenade of Mermaids.
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