Can You Catch a Mermaid? Mass Market Paperback – Picture Book, June 26, 2003

This is a unique and captivating book sure to please any child who loves mermaids and lore. My 4 and 5 year old daughters were entranced by the storyline and beautiful illustrations. There was also a very good message about selflessness and doing the right thing.

This book is just wonderful -- from the fantastic illustrations -- as evidenced on the cover, to the fabulous story itself and it wonderful message about how giving up something up you want for someone you love is less a great sacrifice and more a gift after all. Beautifully told and filled with the sounds and smells and feel of the sea. I recommend this book for any child -- and not just those who love mermaids!

Absolutely love this book! Well written, beautifully illustrated And a beautiful message. I think I have found a new favorite author for picture books.

My six-year-old mermaid obsessed daughter LOVES this book. The cover is beautiful with sparkles in the mermaid's hair. The illustrations and story are very compelling. My daughter chooses it as her bedtime story practically every night.

My daughter loves this book and it has a great message. I purchased this for her birthday along with a small stuffed mermaid when she was in mermaid phase. The pictures are very nice and the story has a soft feel to it.

My daughter loves anything about mermaids. This is a great little story about a girl who befriends a mermaid and learns something powerful about real friendship and love. Enchanting book with great images for my 8 year old daughter.

The illustrations in this book are absolutely gorgeous. My daughter was thrilled to receive this book as a gift.

Something besides the Disney offerings that I am happy to put into the hands of the kids who request magical mermaid tales. Gorgeous illustrations and a touching story.

This was a beautifully written book that my daughter and I enjoyed reading . The cover is eye catching and has a feel of enchantment and was the first reason she choose it from the shelf the second is what little girl doesn't love mermaids. The enchanting feel is captured inside also with the lovely illustrations that compliment the story . The tale is well written and covers a number of feelings situations and is very touching . As a single parent it was good to be able to let my daughter know that there are other families in the same situation be it single mum or dad and on browsing through it I realised Eliza and my daughter had much in common this was the reason I bought the book.

This is a truly lovely story where good finally prevails. It is very well written and beautifully illustrated. I met the author/illustrator in a cafe in a Devon seaside village earlier this summer and in conversation discovered she was an accomplished artist/author. She told me her inspiration for this book had been seaside holidays with her family in Devon, so being a local person I wanted to read it and share it with children I work with. It was a pleasure to meet Jane Ray, a friendly, modest lady, and a pleasure also to read her book.

A wonderful story of the sea. My class thoroughly enjoyed this inspiring story and the wonderful illustrations. They truly loved the relationship between Eliza and Freya.

My 5 year old daughter is mermaid mad and I bought this book on the strength of the other reviews. It is such a beautiful and enchanting tale - both the story itself and the almost ethereal illustrations. The underlying messages are about selflessness and the value of friendship - such important lessons for children to learn but delivered in such a wonderful non preachy way. I love sharing this book with my daughter; it's her current favourite bedtime story and imagine it will remain so for some time to come. I highly recommend this book for Mermaid lovers everywhere!

Fantastic book - a great story which has really captured my daughter's imagination and gorgeous illustrations. All Jane Ray's books are very popular in our house and this is one of my daughter's favourites. She is five but I think this book would appeal to quite a wide age range.