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A chilly welcome awaits the mermaids as they travel to Frostopia in the third book of the hilarious illustrated series from the bestselling author of Witch Wars

About the Author

Sibéal Pounder is the author of the bestselling Witch Wars and Bad Mermaids series of books. Her debut, Witch Wars, was shortlisted for the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. Bad Mermaids Meet the Witches was a 2019 World Book Day title and a Sunday Times bestseller and has been optioned by Sony Animation. She has also written Beyond Platform 13, a sequel to Eva Ibbotson’s The Secret of Platform 13, and her latest book Tinsel is all about a young girl called Blanche Claus and asks the question: what if a long time ago we all got the Santa story a bit wrong? Previously Sibéal worked as a journalist, writing for publications including the Guardian and Vogue Online and was a philanthropy columnist for the Financial Times. Jason Cockcroft graduated from Falmouth School of Art in 1994 and has been working as an illustrator of children’s books ever since. He won the Blue Peter Book Award for his work on Geraldine McCaughrean’s retelling of A Pilgrim’s Progress and was the illustrator on the original covers of the final three Harry Potter novels.

Reviews

Twenty thousand laughs under the sea. Dive into a fin-tastic, madcap adventure that’s funnier than being tickled by a giant octopus. Bad Mermaids – swimming with snarks
*Award-winning author David Solomons*

Get ready for some feisty mermaids, evil piranhas and magical mystery mayhem
*BOOKSELLER*

Funny, fishy and FANTASTIC (and that says a lot coming from someone with a mermaid fear)
*Bestselling author Pamela Butchart*

You'll laugh your tail off – another winner from our favourite author
*Bestselling author Rob Biddulph*

Bad Mermaids is tons of fun: stylish, packed with laughs and boasting a fab talking seahorse. The Little Mermaid meets Gossip Girl
*Abi Elphinstone*

Sibéal has done it again. Bad Mermaids is a fishy romp through a hilarious new world, rich in the kind of gorgeous detail that young readers love. Crabagram just in – Bad Mermaids is hilarious!
*Marianne Levy*