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Mariana and the Merchild

(2000)
A Folk Tale from Chile
A Picture Book by

 
 
Old Mariana longs for friendship, but she is feared by the village children and fearful of the hungry sea-wolves that hide in the sea-caves near her hut. When one day Mariana finds a Merchild inside a crab shell her whole life changes --but she knows that one day, when the sea is calm again, the Merchild's mother will come to take her daughter back...


Genre: Children's Fiction

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