Mariana and the MerchildThe classic Latin American folktale of the old woman who discovers and cares for a Mer baby is reissued in a beautiful gift hardback edition. Mariana, a lonely old woman, lives in a hut by the sea shore. The village children are afraid of her, though she wants to be their friend. One day, a huge storm casts up a tiny Merbaby in a crab shell. Mariana loves and cares for the sea child. She fears that its mother, a Sea Spirit, will think she has stolen