LittleTale
Beyond the familiar
The Little Mermaid
Far below the waves your character keeps a secret collection of things that fell from the world above — and one storm-lit night decides to go and see it for real.
- 12 illustrated pages
- Read online
- Keep the PDF
- Illustrated in watercolor
Free to try. We draw your character first. Love it, or ask for a redraw.
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In this retelling, the world above first reaches your character in pieces: objects that sink far beneath the waves and become a secret collection. Each find adds another question about the place it comes from. On a night lit by a storm, collecting is no longer enough. The journey toward the surface begins, where the sea is rough and the answers lie beyond familiar water.
For you if faraway places invite a little dreaming before sleep.
What is inside this book?
LittleTale’s twelve-page retelling begins with a collection beneath the waves and turns toward the surface on a stormy night. You read one or two short sentences per page. Watercolor illustrations give the underwater setting and the rough water above distinct places in the journey, while the collected objects connect curiosity to the world beyond.
Who is this one for?
Choose this if you or someone you know likes the sea, collected curiosities, and wondering about distant places. This retelling’s attraction is the move from examining objects to seeking their source. It fits a dreaming mood before sleep, with the storm adding restlessness to the pull of somewhere unfamiliar.
The Little Mermaid is a personalized illustrated storybook of twelve pages retelling an underwater collector’s journey toward the world above.
More like this
Little Red Riding HoodA wolf with far too many questions about that basket.
Jack and the BeanstalkFive odd beans, and a green tower through the clouds.
Blade of Falling PetalsThe mountain school takes one student a year.How is this one different from the others?
All four books are the same price, the same twelve illustrated pages, read online and downloaded as a PDF. What differs is the situation, the feeling, and the style it is drawn in.
| Story | The situation | Mood | Illustration | Choose this if you like |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Little Mermaid — this one | An underwater collector’s stormy visit to the surface | wistful, restless | Watercolor | collected objects stirring curiosity about the world they came from |
| Little Red Riding Hood | A woodland delivery interrupted by a wolf | familiar, suspenseful | Bright cartoon | fairy tales with suspicious questions and danger behind friendly manners |
| Jack and the Beanstalk | A beanstalk climb toward something enormous | daring, awestruck | Bright cartoon | impossible heights and something enormous waiting above the clouds |
| Blade of Falling Petals | A school entrance test already underway unannounced | reflective, tentative | Comic | quiet tests whose rules emerge through attention to small gestures |
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