The mermaid's gift
By: by Claudia Cangilla McAdam ; illustrated by Traci Van Wagoner
Contributors: Van Wagoner, Traci, illustrator
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Gretna
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781455621088; 9781455621095
Subjects: Folklore; Lace and lace making
Description: "Young Gianni fishes in the lagoon of Burano, Italy, to feed the starving people of the island. When a storm dumps him from his boat, a mermaid whips the water into a length of elegant lace and saves him. His fiancée Nicoletta duplicates the lace pattern and sells it. The lace becomes the island's new industry"--