Shirley Barber grew up in the Channel Islands, where she gained her lifelong love of nature and painting. Along with her beautiful fairy images, many of her paintings include superb illustrations of animals, flowers, and plants, which reflects her deep love of the natural world. She comes from a family of fine artists and she herself has a background in wallpaper design and other commercial arts. Shirley, now in her eighties, lives in Melbourne and continues to draw and paint and immerse herself in the world of fairies and her imagination. Sales of her books total well into the millions to date. Shirley Barber is an acclaimed author and illustrator whose work has been published in many languages and countries around the world. He has taken over the palace where they live, chained them all up, and told them that he is now the King! Will Sandy the seashore pixie and his friends be able to save the merpeople? What clever plan will they hatch to restore the Merking to his throne? And what will become of the octopus? This is a charming story and a visual feast by the inimitable Shirley Barber. An enchanting story of mermaids, dolphins and magical underwater gardens - to delight young and old alike.Ī giant octopus is causing trouble among the merpeople.
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