Harriet Muncaster studied illustration at Norwich University College of the Arts before going on to get an MA in children’s book illustration at the Cambridge School of Art. In creating the art for her first book for children, she was thrilled to have found a good outlet for her lifelong fascination with miniatures. She lives in Hertfordshire, England.
I love this series, but all read perfectly as standalones. These are perfect reads for young girls. Beautifully illustrated throughout. An adventure under the sea with one of our favourite characters Isadora. At the back of the book is plenty of activities, recipes and things to do. Highly recommend. A well deserved four stars.
Isadora is invited to her mermaid friend Marina’s birthday sleepover but Isadora is nervous she doesn’t like being away from home. But she soon finds every mer-person at the sleepover is nice… well except Emerald. She soon figures out what’s wrong with her and sees the nice side of Emerald.
I loved the introduction to Emerald, I already read a few of her books but didn’t read this one before so it was nice seeing what Emerald was like. I felt so sad for her with all the things in her life being strange, new and difficult for her. I loved how kind Isadora was though even though she’d had a bad first impression, she was still kind and caring and looked after Emerald.
An honestly really super sweet book, I really loved reading about Isadora going under the sea and spending time with some new Mer-friends and seeing what her experience of the world below was like.
I loved the illustrations in this one so many full page illustrations and it was nice seeing the mix of Isadora’s world and the underwater world together. I really liked this one and it was a sweet story with sweet characters and a nice turn of events with seeing exactly why Emerald was so sad.
Gelezen in het Nederlands (echt te gaar om de hele tijd boeken te gaan toe voegen). Dit was weer een superleuk deel in de Isadora Moon/Isabella Maan serie! Ditmaal mag Isadora naar een slaapfeestje van haar zeemeerminvriendin! Ze heeft er veel zin in, maar is ook nerveus. En dat is logisch, het is toch een eind verder en papa en mama kunnen natuurlijk niet zomaar haar ophalen. Ik vond het leuk dat haar familie tot het strand meeging en ook op haar wachtte in de buurt voor de volgende dag. En het slaapfeestje was onwijs leuk met toffe nieuwe karakters, onverwachte vriendschappen, en een spannend avontuur in de avond. Ook leuk dat het ook thema's aanraakt als nieuwe families, echtscheiding, en meer. Aanrader!