Wetzel, JoAnne

Molly enjoys her first day at Mermaid School, where she makes new friends, learns new things, and hears a story about children with no tails.

Molly enjoys her first day at Mermaid School, where she makes new friends, learns new things, and hears a story about children with no tails.

Simple rhyming text shows a young mermaid named Molly attending her first day of Mermaid School where she learns to count clams, recites her A-B-Seas, and has storytime with her classmates about children on land.

"Beth Sondquist, age twelve and a half, dreams of playing the part of Juliet. But all her hopes for an acting career come crashing down when the Oakfield Children's Theater is slated to be closed"--.

When Father is stationed with the military in Japan, he sends his family an intriguing wooden box at Christmastime.