Happy MerMay!

I didn’t know what Mer-May was until this year and it sounds delightful. Basically, it’s a month long celebration of mermaids, where people draw a different mermaid each day based on a prompt – all of which can be found here – and post it to their social media accounts to share with the world. For example, I did a quick little sketch based on the prompt for today, which is “masculine.”

And now all of you get the joy of seeing a funny mer-man for MerMay. But you can still celebrate MerMay even if you’re not inclined to draw mermaids every day. And considering the fact that IL skipped spring and went right into summer, the idea of mermaids is pretty refreshing.

  • Read some mer-fiction. Mermaids are really hot in paranormal romance right now, especially in YA fiction. If you’re looking for some good mermaid reads, check out The Siren by Kiera Cass (author of The Selection series), Monstrous Beauty by Elizabeth Fama, Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire, or Wake by Amanda Hocking.
  • Watch a mer-movie. The Shape of Water has a mer-man/Creature From the Black Lagoon creature, but he still counts. Splash is a classic. Ponyo is an awesome Studio Ghibli movie that is kid friendly. And The Little Mermaid seems like an obvious choice, but it’s so good.
  • Check out one of our Makey Makey kits and turn yourself into a musical mermaid with this water piano project.
  • Add “mer” to the front of every other word.

Post by Carey Gibbons, Reference Specialist

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