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  • Bibliography:
    32 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    December 1994
  • Latest Book:
    October 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Mermaid Tales

1 - Trouble at Trident Academy (May-2012)
2 - Battle of the Best Friends (May-2012)
3 - A Whale of a Tale (Sep-2012)
4 - Danger in the Deep Blue Sea (Feb-2013)
5 - The Lost Princess (May-2013)
6 - The Secret Sea Horse (Sep-2013)
7 - Dream of the Blue Turtle (Feb-2014)
8 - Treasure in Trident City (May-2014)
9 - A Royal Tea (Sep-2014)
10 - A Tail of Two Sisters (Feb-2015)
11 - The Polar Bear Express (May-2015)
12 - Wish Upon a Starfish (Sep-2015)
13 - The Crook and the Crown (Dec-2015)
14 - Twist and Shout (May-2016)
15 - Books vs. Looks (Sep-2016)
16 - Flower Girl Dreams (Jan-2017)
17 - Ready, Set, Goal! (Sep-2017)
18 - Fairy Chase (Jun-2018)
19 - The Narwhal Problem (Jun-2019)
20 - The Winter Princess (Jul-2020)
21 - Sleepover at the Haunted Museum (Jun-2021)
22 - A Titanic Friendship (Jun-2022)

Multi-Author Series List

Disney's American Frontier

13 - Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express (Dec-1994)

Book List in Order: 32 titles




  • Jason has an orange belt in karate and does not get scared easily. But when Jason's mom kisses the huge wart on his hand and then disappears, Jason gets scared. Soon there is a frog hopping around the house and no sight of mom! Has Jason's wart chang...







  • When Allie MacAllister’s best friend, Leaf Sweetwater, invites her to try on her buckskin dress, Allie couldn’t be happier. Until soldiers interrupt the girls’ fun and round up Leaf’s family, forcing them from their home and taking Allie with...




  • Lillie Mae's mama has just died, and with her father not back from the Great War that ended over a year before, Lillie is shipped by her mean Aunt Helen off to relatives she has never met. Although she misses her parents terribly, Lillie Mae feel...



  • In this splashy new Mermaid Tale, a megapopular boy band is set to perform at an undersea celebration -- but what if a mean girl keeps Shelly from joining in the fun? Echo, Shelly Siren's best friend, is doing tail flips because she's going to see...



  • In this start to a new series starring Shelly the mermaid, a classroom conflict is no fun -- even when school is 20,000 leagues under the sea. It's MerGirl Shelly Siren's first day at a new school, and she is nervous from the tip of her head to th...






  • In this sparkling Mermaid Tales adventure, can Kiki overcome her fears and enjoy her first-ever trip to the ocean’s surface? The third graders at Trident Academy are traveling to the surface of the ocean for the first time ever for a “hugelyâ...



  • Pearl’s fear of sharks is not unfounded -- but can she find a way to feel safe in this Mermaid Tales adventure? Late-breaking news from the Trident City Tide: There have been shark sightings in Trident City! No swimming alone! Pearl’s father e...



  • In this Mermaid Tales adventure, Shelly’s not sure she’s ready to be royalty. Not one of the merkids in Shelly Siren’s third grade class can believe the shell-shattering news: Shelly is a princess! A real princess! It’s been a deep, dark s...



  • Echo Reef loves sea horses so much, she wants one for a pet…no matter what! Of all the creatures in the ocean, sea horses are Echo Reef’s favorite. They’re sweet and gentle and they glide through the water so gracefully. When Echo discovers ...



  • Kiki Coral can see the future -- can she save a friend from his dangerous fate? Kiki Coral has an amazing gift: she can see the future. She doesn’t have visions very often, but they are always surprising! When Kiki sees a vision of her classmate...



  • The merkids hunt for hidden treasure in this Mermaid Tales adventure! When Rocky finds a seaweed scroll that describes an abandoned pirate ship bursting with jewels, the students are tripping over their tails with excitement. There’s only one pr...



  • When Shelly meets the Queen of the Western Oceans in this Mermaid Tales adventure, she encounters a royal dilemma! When a royal messenger announces that Queen Edwina is coming to tea, Shelly is as jittery as a jellyfish! After all, the Queen of th...



  • Echo is thrilled to find a human object in this Mermaid Tales adventure, but will sibling rivalry keep her from appreciating her prize? Echo is dogfish tired of having to share everything with her bossy big sister, Crystal. So she’s extra excite...



  • A lost baby polar bear shares the spotlight with a popular boy band in this Mermaid Tales adventure. Kiki Coral is thrilled beyond words when she meets a brand-new friend: a baby polar bear! The problem is, the little bear, whose name is Nestor, h...



  • Pearl is excited to make a splash on stage -- but she’s in for some drama in this Mermaid Tales adventure. Pearl has always dreamed of being famous: the star-studded stage, the sea flowers, the applause! So when she finds out that her third grad...






  • Shelly Siren and her friends visit King Neptune’s royal castle and attend their first ball in this Mermaid Tales adventure. Shelly, Echo, Kiki, and Pearl are spending their school vacation at Neptune’s castle! Shelly’s aunt, Queen Edwina, ha...



  • In this sparkling Mermaid Tales adventure, Echo hurts her tail when she falls off of a sea horse -- right before the big Tail Flippers competition! Will she still be able to flip her way to a trophy? Echo loves dancing in the Trident Academy Tail ...



  • Kiki wants to start a book club, but Pearl tries to steal the spotlight with a rival fashion club in this sparkling Mermaid Tales adventure. Kiki misses her brother, Yuta, who lives on the other side of the ocean. To help keep in touch, the two of...



  • Underwater wedding bells are ringing as Mr. Fangtooth gets ready to marry his sweetheart in this sparkling Mermaid Tales adventure. Pearl can’t believe that grumpy cafeteria worker Mr. Fangtooth is marrying Lillian the librarian. She doesn’t u...



  • Shelly Siren and Trident Academy’s Shell Wars team travel to the city of Atlantis for the championship game in this sparkling Mermaid Tales adventure. Shelly Siren loves playing on Trident Academy’s Shell Wars team. But is she ready to compete...



  • With the help of her fintastic friends, Echo investigates whether or not fairies really DO exist in this sparkling Mermaid Tales adventure. Echo is excited when her Aunt Crabella and Uncle Leopold visit, especially since Aunt Crabella always has a...



  • Kiki and her friends get caught up in a code war to try and meet a narwhal in this sparkling Mermaid Tales adventure. All the merkids are super-excited! Two famous narwhal scientists are visiting Trident City with their daughter, Nadine. Best of a...



  • Pearl needs her merfriends’ help when she’s named Winter Princess and finds out she’s going to be a big sister in this sparkling Mermaid Tales adventure.Pearl is over the moon when she gets the fin-tastic news that she’s been picked to be the...



  • Shelly and her merfriends are excited to sleep in the museum until they start to wonder if it’s haunted in this spooky Mermaid Tales adventure.It’s almost Shelly’s birthday! She can’t wait to have her friends over and eat her grandfather’s ...



  • Echo struggles to share her friends with a new student in this twenty-second Mermaid Tales adventure.Echo has always been fascinated by human inventions, so she’s especially interested when her class studies the history of the Titanic and the bacte...






  • Rosie the little mermaid learns to make friends in this first book of the Mini Mermaid tales QUIX chapter book series that’s a spinoff of the popular Mermaid Tales series and is perfect for emerging readers.Rosie is a little mermaid who loves danci...



  • Aqua Wave the mermaid dreams of riding dolphins in this second book of the Mini Mermaid tales QUIX chapter book series that’s a spinoff of the popular Mermaid Tales series and is perfect for emerging readers.Aqua Wave wants to ride, play, and dance...



  • Poppy the mermaid dreams of meeting a real princess in this third book of the Mini Mermaid tales QUIX chapter book series that’s a spinoff of the popular Mermaid Tales series and is perfect for emerging readers.When Poppy hears there is a real prin...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Debbie Dadey has published 32 books.

The next book by Debbie Dadey, The Princess Promise, will be published in October 2024.

The first book by Debbie Dadey, Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express, was published in December 1994.

Yes. Debbie Dadey has 1 series.