The Singing Mermaid

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We want a song about throwing crumpled-up wrapping paper into the bin” was a typical request from the BBC. The circus audiences love her singing but she soon finds she’s been tricked by the dastardly circus master. These lead into the foyer area where you will find the Restaurant, Bar, Box Office and entrances to Stages 1, 2 and 3.

The Singing Mermaid by Julia Donaldson, Lydia Monks - Waterstones The Singing Mermaid by Julia Donaldson, Lydia Monks - Waterstones

The pictures are delightfully detailed (the emotions portrayed on the sea creatures faces are wonderful! I love that this book seems to subtly acknowledge the cruelty to animals that pervades the circus industry.

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The Singing Mermaid | Birmingham Rep The Singing Mermaid | Birmingham Rep

The title is part of the fifth line from the poem Song by John Donne, that was referenced in a poem by T. I grew up in a tall Victorian London house with my parents, grandmother, aunt, uncle, younger sister Mary and cat Geoffrey (who was really a prince in disguise. For more information or to make a booking please contact Lakeside’s Box Office on 0115 746 8888, which is open between 11am and 4pm, Tuesday to Friday.

Its about a singing mermaid who lives in Silversands who is promised fortune and fame by Sam Sly at the circus. The singing mermaid is tempted away to join a travelling circus, with the promise of a life of excitement (and her own swimming pool!

The Singing Mermaid by Julia Donaldson, Lydia Monks - Waterstones

The artwork is bold and striking, and the story is told in a delightful rhyme that keeps my toddler gripped from beginning to end.But when he finally finds a shell of his own, he is surprised to find himself being asked to move over! We work separately - he’s in London and I’m in Glasgow - but he sends me letters with lovely funny pictures on the envelopes. Meghan Freeman says that the book works "to speak to the voicelessness that is an important dimension of the rape victim’s violation without speaking for that victim," and "to represent the processes by which rape victims are denied the opportunity to be recognized as victims.

The Singing Mermaid - Julia Donaldson

Instead of the swimming pool she was promised, she is kept in a small fish tank by the wicked circus ringmaster, Sam Sly. I used to memorise poems as a child and it means a lot to me when parents tell me their child can recite one of my books.This is a fun, warm-hearted adventure that may leave you humming its songs – and even wanting to hug a seagull. She lives in Glasgow and spends a lot of time on stage performing her brilliant sell-out singalong shows! This prompted me to unearth some plays I’d written for a school reading group, and since then I’ve had 20 plays published. Following on from What the Ladybird Heard and The Rhyming Rabbit, Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks have teamed up for another engaging picture book, this time about a mermaid with an exceptional singing voice.