Disney's the Little Mermaid: Ariel the Spy [Paperback]

Jan Carr (Author), Fred Marvin (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Paperback: 71 pages
• Publisher: Disney Pr (Juv Pap); 1st edition (May 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562823728
• ISBN-13: 978-1562823726
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,880,091 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jan Carr was born in upstate New York and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. After graduating from Cornell University, she worked as a teacher, a film editor, and a production assistant for Children's Television Workshop. She also worked as an associate editor and writer for Sesame Street Parent's Newsletter and as an editor of children's books at a publishing house.

Since becoming a full-time writer, Carr has written over 50 books for children, including the well-received picture books 'Cause I Love You, Greedy Apostrophe: A Cautionary Tale, Big Truck and Little Truck, Frozen Noses, Dappled Apples Splish Splash Spring, The Nature of the Beast, and Dark Day Light Night, as well as the middle grade novel The Elf Of Union Square. She lives in New York City with her husband and son.

Visit Jan Carr's website at www.jancarr.net

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Fun book, but not as good as some of the others in the series., April 2, 2009

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This review is from: Disney's the Little Mermaid: Ariel the Spy (Paperback)

I love all of the books in this novel series because they showcase Ariel's older sisters just as much as Ariel herself. A welcome change to the norm, when the other girls are shoved aside in favor of the youngest mermaid. The writers do a fabulous job of detailing the sisters' personalities and the illustrators really captured their beauty and the emotions in the scenes they portray. Although it is meant for children, this book is written well enough for adults to enjoy too.

Plot synopsis: Ariel's favorite teacher has mysteriously disappeared, and after reading a book about a famous spy, the princess is convinced that the new substitute teacher did something horrible to the hapless tutor. So, inspired by the book, Ariel decides to become a spy in order to find out what has happened. Most of the "people" she talks to are sure Ariel is just letting her imagination get the best of her, but she does manage to convince her older sister Attina to join her. The question is, of course...did something really happen to her teacher, or is Ariel just caught up in a story?