At the Magic Pet Shop, adorable magical animals need help! Luckily, Princess Ava and Pugicorn are always ready to lend a hand.

It's summer in Twinkleton-Under-Beanstalk, and everyone is feeling the heat. It's almost too hot to do anything - but pets still need help!

Millie the mermaid's magic pet Starwhal has been feeling sad, and no one knows why. Can Princess Ava and Pugicorn have an adventure under the sea and solve the mystery of Starwhal's gloomy mood?

PUGICORN'S MERMAID MYSTERY is the next book in the enchanting new series of chapter books from the creators of The Magic Pet Shop picture books. With accessible text and adorable illustrations throughout, this is perfect for newly independent and developing readers.

Discover more books in The Magic Pet Shop Stories series:
Pugicorn to the Rescue
Pugicorn's Sleepover Surprise
Pugicorn's Snowy Friend
Pugicorn Saves the Show
Pugicorn's Mermaid Mystery
Pugicorn's Christmas Dragon

About the Author

Matilda Rose is the author of The Magic Pet Shop series - Pugicorn, La-La-Llama, Kitticorn and more fun-filled adventures set in a fairy tale world and featuring different magical pets. With important messages about sharing, kindness, trying your best and being yourself, The Magic Pet Shop books combine sparkle, fun and heart!

Tim Budgen is a freelance illustrator and Art teacher. He's illustrated Pugicorn and the Magic Pet Shop series, the Lizzie and Lucky series by Megan Rix, 20 Dinosaurs at Bedtime by Mark Sperring and many more amazing children's books. For much of his life he has been scribbling down ideas and can usually be found with a pencil in one hand and a sketchbook in the other! He lives by the sea on Hayling Island, England, with his wife Julia.