The Race on Mermaid Reef

Skip is a seahorse who swims slowly but thinks fast. When he challenges Abby the braggy crab to a long-distance swim, his clever idea is not to swim HARDER, but to swim SMARTER.Will it be enough to win THE RACE ON MERMAID REEF?Abby is competitive! She's the best at running, swimming, and burrowing and she likes to brag about it! Skip and his friends are tired of her constant bragging and challenge Abby to a series of races.No matter how hard they try, Abby always wins.Skip, who's not a good swimmer, needs a clever idea to beat Abby. With a witty idea and lot of effort, even a seahorse (the slowest species of fish in the sea) can win over a braggy crab.Join Skip, Abby, Lola, and Ray as they learn that working smarter is more important that working harder. Readers learn fun facts about marine animals and about currents in our oceans.The Race on Mermaid Reef is loosely based on The Tortoise and the Hare, beautifully illustrated, and written in delightful poetry (stanzas of anapestic tetrameter).Featuring the fun and memorable sea creatures of MERMAID REEF (Mermaids Don't Fart, Mermaid's School of Art, Eel's Book of Mermaid Jokes, and Shrimp's Book of Fun Animal Facts). Includes Math worksheets for preschool/Kindergarten and for 1st to 3rd grades.