The Little Mermaid: A Fairy Tale Adventure

by Giada Francia (Adapter), Francesca Rossi (Illustrator)

When she falls in love with the prince she rescues during a storm, the Little Mermaid sells her voice to a witch for the chance to become human. But if her prince doesnt love her back, she could lose it all . . .

Genres: Picture Books, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Childrens, Classics, Mermaids

64 pages, Hardcover

First published February 3, 2014

Reviews

[Patve · Rating 5 out of 5]

Que historia de amor más triste.... pobre Sirenita enamorada del amor y del alma inmortal de los hombres...
Me pareció muy interesante como plantea el autor el enigma del alma humana y hacia donde va... ciertamente tiene algo de cristianismo en medio...pero no es literal.
Disney hizo un buen trabajo....aunque desvirtuó algunos aspectos principales de la historia

[Jenny Clark · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute illustrations with some two page spreads. I was surprised this went with the mermaids don't have souls route, as most retelling loose that.

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[Nureesh Vhalega · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yang ini benar-benar punya happy ending wkwkwk sayang nggak terlalu suka ilustrasinya

[Gabi Benevides · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is so adorable. The illustrations in watercolour are beautiful.
The story is close to Disney's Little Mermaid story, with little modifications. Her sisters are sweeter, she has a grandma and the witch's spell is different, but it's still amazing. It's not the real story; but it's ok. I'm fine with not reading Eric as a arsehole or she having her tongue cut, so I'll keep the kids' version of it in my mind.
If you are not completely fluent in Spanish, that's a great start, since it's a kids book.
My mom brought me from her trip to Peru, because I fell in love with the cover. I'm a judger, sorry.
Anyway, five stars because I've always loved The Little Mermaid (I still believe I'll turn into one), and five stars to the illustrator: Francesca Rossi! Lovely work!

[Michelle Gómez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me gustó mucho, una historia diferente que te atrapa desde la primera página. Muy recomendado. Tal vez para gente de 14- en adelante c:

[Sonya Bright]

I 100% blame Disney that it’s almost impossible to find a proper version of The Little Mermaid anymore! This is a tragic story about unrequited love and sacrifice, not a Happy-Ever-After!

I do enjoy this series of fairy tale retellings for the most part, and know that each time I pick one up I’m going to get some solid writing and storytelling—a longer story than your average picture book.

There’s a consistency across the series, both in writing style and art style, which would make these a great box set for a young reader. This one, though, I’m on the fence about. It’s the Disney version and little about it resembles the proper story (odd, because Rapunzel was done closer to the original). The happy ending is wrong. Characters are wrong. The prince looks like a Hollywood character with big Hollywood teeth.

I did find the Little Mermaid’s dopey face odd. It’s an art style all the princesses have through the various retellings, but occasionally in this one she actually looked like she was drunk!

I’ve always adored this story, but this is far from my favourite version.

[monica ♪ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I remembered that I loved this story back when I was a kid.
But I don’t really remember the storyline lol
I still enjoy it now even after I become an adult.
The illustrations are cute too.
Such and enjoyable read 😊

[Kat · Rating 3 out of 5]

The pictures were sweet but the author went with a “Disney” ending. I prefer the original Andersen ending.

[Zulz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Słodka..

[Sarah · Rating 1 out of 5]

The title page says that this book is "based on a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen," but the story clearly takes more inspiration from Disney than from Mr. Andersen, especially considering the happy ending. It would be perfectly fine as a Disney adaptation, but it fails as an Andersen retelling.

[Dominique · Rating 1 out of 5]

Did the writer of this book watch the Disney film and decide to write a simplified version of the story? Because this book certainly read like the author did just that.

[Brodie McGovern · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not really a classic retellings of the actual Little Mermaid. Illustrations once again saved this work, adored the cut off style.

[Kristen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful illustrations and story.

[mokawithabook ☆ duls · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hermosas ilustraciones ✨😉 tiene algo de diferencia con la que normalmente conocemos 🤩☺️🌊 pero esta muy linda y para ser de modo resumen 📖💞 esta bien planteado todo 🙈☀️