A hilarious mermaid adventure for kids who love fart jokes, ocean creatures, and stories with heart. Silly Eel and super serious Shrimp dive into mischief, but Shrimp ends up trapped in the deep sea. It’ll take one brave mermaid—and maybe a few stinky bubbles—to get these best friends safely back to Mermaid Reef. Mermaids Don’t Fart is a laugh-out-loud rhyming picture book from the MERMAID REEF series —where science meets silliness, and friendship saves the day!   Perfect for kids ages 4–10, this book blends: 🐬 FUN – Silly jokes and clever rhymes that’ll get kids giggling - 🌊 STEM learning – Real ocean science like buoyancy and symbiotic relationships - 💙 Emotional growth (SEL) – Themes of friendship, empathy & helping others This book is the perfect gift for: Mermaid-loving boys and girls - Young marine biologists and ocean explorers - Kids who think farts are funny (and who doesn’t?) - Parents looking for funny books with educational value - Teachers looking for stories that kids want to read 🐠 Ideal for read-aloud story time, classroom laughs, and early independent reading. ✔ Beautifully illustrated by Alvin Adhi ✔ Written in rhyme & anapestic tetrameter by Tamara Rittershaus ✔ Easy-to-read for ages 5–9 (ATOS 3.3 reading level) Readers are introduced to: Symbiotic relationships on the reef: Moray eels and a cleaner shrimp really do live together and take care of each other! - How air in our bodies can help us float or sink ( buoyancy in water ) - Fun Facts about marine critters like eels, shrimps, manatees, and angler fish. Give them a book they won't forget! The perfect gift for a beach, ocean, or mermaid-themed birthday party! 🎉 Also available: Mermaid's School of Art , The Race on Mermaid Reef, Eel’s Book of Mermaid Jokes , and Shrimp’s Book of Fun Animal Facts —all set in the wild and whimsical world of Mermaid Reef . Pull a Wagon Publishing is a boutique publisher of quality books for children. Every book from Pull a Wagon Publishing is both ENGAGING and EDUCATIONAL. This book was fun for my family to read! We enjoyed the beautiful illustrations, the very clever ways to reference farting in rhyme, and the nice twist in the storyline. As a parent, I also enjoyed the educational content at the end. This is a great read aloud book for story time that can make both kids and adults laugh! -- Stephen Y. This was not a story just to use a questionable subject for silliness and shock effect. Mermaid has a noble reason for using her gasses, if there can be such a thing! Another plus for Tamara Ritterhaus's book is how she crafts her rhyme in a very difficult format and does a good job. -- Tago Premium Hardcover Tamara Rittershaus is a kid-lit author & editor specializing in picture books and poetry. An expat mom and a Montessori kindergarten teacher, Tamara lives with her tri-lingual family in Magdeburg, Germany. Tamara’s MERMAID REEF series includes picture books Mermaids Don’t Fart, The Race on Mermaid Reef, Mermaid's School of Art, and early-reader comics Eel’s Book of Mermaid Jokes and Shrimp’s Book of Fun Animal Facts. Her picture book Marie’s Big Adieu speaks to the heart of every child who's said a "big goodbye" and moved away from a friend. Her picture book Lockdown Drill at Superhero School helps calmly prepare students for a lockdown. Available in Spanish as Simulacro de Encierro en la Escuela De Superhéroes. She is also the creator of Jumpstart to Reading ABC: Learning the Alphabet with the Montessori Method. Learn more at www.PictureBookTamara.com Tamara is the founder of Pull a Wagon Publishing, a boutique publisher of children’s books that are engaging and educational. Visit PAWP at www.PullaWagon.com Some mermaids were mending a sea urchin’s spine. Not one made a poof of bad air the whole time. More critters were helped by a busy scout troop, but not one little mermaid went pootie-tah-toot. “I’ve heard that a mermaid can poot like a cow. I thought if we waited, we’d catch one somehow. I'll make some kelp smoothies and boil sea bean soup, and serve them for lunch to the Mermaid Scout Troop.”