Author: Harriet MuncasterGeneral fiction (Children's / Teenage) | Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage) | Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage) | Social issues: environment & green issues (Children's / Teenage)Published on 5th March 2026 by Oxford University Press in the United Kingdom.Paperback / softback | 128 pages 129mm x 186mm x 11mm | 168g Meet Isadora Moon's mermaid friend, Emerald! Emerald is learning how to be a mermaid princess, but there are just so many rules. She loves having fun with her friends and exploring her underwater world with her pet octopus, Inkibelle, she doesn't want to be stuck in the palace with everyone looking at her and checking that she's doing things the proper, royal way.The morning after a big storm, Emerald discovers a shimmery egg in Dad's back garden. A baby sea dragon hatches from the egg! It is sooo cute! When the cheeky little sea dragon hitches a lift with Emerald back to Mum's, everyone at the royal palace is enchanted. Emerald knows deep down that they need to find its real family and so Emerald, Delphina, and Mum set out on an exciting ocean adventure to do just that.Illustrated throughout in sea green and black, Emerald is perfect for readers who are looking for a first chapter book with a splash of wildness and wonder.Join Emerald, the most rebellious princess under the sea in:• Emerald and the Sea Sprites (ISBN: 9780192783998) • Emerald and the Ocean Parade (ISBN: 9780192788733) • Emerald and the Lost Treasure (ISBN: 9780192784018) • Emerald and the Runaway Royal (ISBN: 9780192784032) • Emerald and the Magic Shell (ISBN: 9780192784056) • Emerald and the New Arrival (ISBN: 9780192784070) • Emerald and the Sea Dragon (ISBN: 9781382073004)
