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Too Sandy to Be a Mermaid (A Little Bit Lola)
Series: A Little Bit Lola
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In this hilarious beachy adventure from the beloved A Little Bit Lola series, Lola needs someone, anyone, to play with her – so she decides to become a mermaid! She already has the brightest mermaid smile. Now all she needs to do is wash off a...
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Lola tries everything she can think of to become a mermaid in this laugh-out-loud chapter book from the A Little Bit Lola series!
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In this hilarious beachy adventure from the beloved A Little Bit Lola series, Lola needs someone, anyone, to play with her – so she decides to become a mermaid! She already has the brightest mermaid smile. Now all she needs to do is wash off a bit of sand …
Lola’s family are at the beach, and Lola can’t wait to spend all day playing with her siblings. Except they're too busy! Emma is going swimming with Dad and Max is building a sandcastle, so Lola finds herself playing alone – again. But Lola has a plan. Mermaids have lots of friends, and there’s no better place to become a mermaid than the beach …
This laugh-out-loud early-reader series is perfect for fans of The Princess in Black and Dory Fantasmagory. With decodable text, accessible design, and gorgeous full-colour art on every page, A Little Bit Lola is fun for the whole family and sure to spark a love of reading.
PERFECT FOR:
- Kids aged 4 to 8, especially kids who love pink, sparkles, stomping in mud and dreaming BIG
- Parents, grandparents and carers looking for a funny, engaging series for emerging or newly independent readers
- Buyers seeking stories about modern family dynamics, sibling bonds and creative problem-solving
- Teachers and librarians wanting decodable texts with entertaining storylines
- Fans of Billie B Brown, Ella Diaries, Juliet the Vet and Willa and Woof
MORE LOLA! The fun continues in these A Little Bit Lola stories:
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Too Sandy to Be a Mermaid (A Little Bit Lola)
In this hilarious beachy adventure from the beloved A Little Bit Lola series, Lola needs someone, anyone, to play with her – so she decides to become a mermaid! She already has the brightest mermaid smile. Now all she needs to do is wash off a bit of sand … Lola’s family are at the beach, and Lola can’t wait...Paperback$1499Unit price /UnavailableOut 3 Feb 2027Pre-order
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781761219375
Publisher: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 March 2027
Country: Australia
Imprint: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
Illustration: Full-colour Illustrations
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Bec Kitson
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 148.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 96
About the Author
Kiah Thomas was the littlest person in her house growing up, and telling stories was one of her favourite things to do. She now lives in Melbourne with her husband, three children and at least twelve soft-toy penguins, and she is not the littlest in her house. She does still love telling stories though, and is relieved that imagination doesn’t care how big or how small you are. She is the author of fifteen books for kids, including middle-grade adventure series The Callers, and dreams of one day having more books than penguins.
Bec Kitson is an illustrator based in Wodonga, Victoria – a place she moved to in large part for the autumn trees. She loves making art that delights all ages, which she shares online under @scribblegum_illustration. She loves to draw witches, forests, foxes, cats and koalas, but she loves to draw dragons most of all. Bec can’t pick a favourite colour, and says it changes depending on the day: today it is sunshine yellow. She shares a home with her husband and two daughters, who are named after water and fire.
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