Mermaid Candy: A Sea Glass Adventure

This charming picture book about a mermaid and her underwater friends teaches young readers what sea glass is and how picking it up helps the health and happiness of the ocean. The whimsical watercolor illustrations incorporate photographs of real sea glass.

One day, a sweet little mermaid discovers frosty glass pieces in her underwater cove. Their range of pretty colors—cotton candy blue! caramel brown! juicy lime!—inspires her to dub them “Mermaid Candy,” but she realizes that they do no...