Citation: Fitch, S., & Hunt, A. (Eds.) (2017). Whisper of mermaids and wonderful things. Nimbus.
This collection of poetry shares poems about nature from authors from Atlantic Canada.
It's rare to get a collection of poetry that focuses on the Atlantic Canadian experience, which makes this book unique. This a good introduction to poetry with its sweet and silly rhymes, and would appeal to children in grades 1 to 3.
As this is a collection of poems made by Atlantic Canadian authors in the past 200 years, some poems are better and more accessible than others. The length and content of this book do not make it easy for cover to cover reading, but would be suited to share a poem or two a day to a young reader.