Publisher's Synopsis
Captain Crompie is an old Captain with ships only in bottles. Two Januarys ago he lost his son who was also a Captain. He lives with his granddaughters while their mother is in a sanitarium. He can't sell the ships in bottles to maintain his little family. A mermaid surfaces, with magical powers to save the captain and solve his problems. Delores DeSio is an artist, and a writer. Captain Crompie and the Mermaid is her eighth book. Her previous books are: Rescue of the Gem Children, Distinctly the Duck, Up A Tree with Mary McPhee, Annie's Journey Through the Golden Door, The Legend of Ruby O'Grady, Aunt Nettie's Backyard, an adult book, and In the Magic of the Night. She is listed in Marquis' Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Women, and Who's Who in the World.
