A laugh-out-loud picture book for joke-lovers, nature-lovers and mermaid fans of all ages, this rhyming read-aloud is for families who like to laugh!

Eel and Shrimp are unlikely best friends that keep each other on their toes (well, tail fins) with mermaid jokes. Eel takes the mermaid jokes too far and upsets all-too-serious Shrimp!

Shrimp says mermaids DON’T fart; Eel says mermaids DO. They make a wager and observe the mermaids on Mermaid Reef to see who knows mermaids best. But their friendly wager turns into a terrible disaster, and Shrimp is caught in DEEP water. Eel needs a mermaid to help save Shrimp's life.

Can Eel get a mermaid to help? What will happen if a mermaid dives to the deep sea?

... and what's that smell?

Who knows, because MERMAIDS DON'T FART!

But all laughing aside, do mermaids actually poot, toot, or pass gas? Read and find out!

MERMAIDS DON’T FART is a mermaid book for boys and girls ages 4 to 10, especially for little mermaids, mermen, guppies, or anyone who likes a little fart joke.

++ Hilariously illustrated by Alvin Adhi (The Fish Who Wanted to Dance with the Stars).
++ Written in rhyme by poetry master Tamara Rittershaus (Marie's Big Adieu).
++ Ideal motivational early reader for emerging readers and reluctant readers in first, second, third, and fourth grade.
++ Themes of friendship, service, and empathy.
++ Readers learn about symbiotic relationships on the reef: Moray eels and a cleaner shrimp really do live together and take care of each other!
++ Get clues to how air in our bodies can affect our buoyancy in water (Stinky bubbles?! What stinky bubbles? Mermaids DON'T fart!)
++ At a second-grade reading level (ATOS 3.3).
++ In poetry: written in rhyme and meter as stanzas of anapestic tetrameter.

Give them a book they won't forget! The perfect gift for a beach, ocean, or mermaid-themed birthday party!