Flower Girl Dreams

Mermaid Tales #16

by Debbie Dadey, Tatevik Avakyan (Illustrator)

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 understand why Lillian would want to marry someone who is always so grouchy. And she’s even more shell-shocked to discover that Echo, Shelly, and Kiki are going to be flower girls at the wedding! Pearl is tail-flipping mad—why wouldn’t Mr. Fangtooth and Lillian invite her to be a part of the ceremony too?! Pearl makes up her One way or another, she is going to be in that wedding too. She decides she will prove that she’s the perfect flower girl by taking over the wedding planning—with disastrous, expensive results! Can Pearl clean up her mess and make sure that Lillian and Mr. Fangtooth have a happily ever after after all?

Genres: Fantasy, Chapter Books

129 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 3, 2017

About the author

Debbie Dadey is the author and co-author of 162 books for children, including the Mermaid Tales series from Simon and Schuster and the beloved Adventures of The Bailey School Kids from Scholastic. Ms. Dadey is a former teacher and librarian. Please like her at Facebook.com/debbiedadey.

Reviews

[Stephanie Faris · Rating 5 out of 5]

In Flower Girl Dreams, all Pearl wants is to be a flower girl. When she hears her school's cafeteria worker is getting married, she may just get her chance. He's already chosen three of her friends to be flower girls. So she sets to work trying to win a spot--along the way her goals change, though. She finds herself dedicated to helping make it the best wedding ever. You just want to hug little Pearl. She has such a big heart and the lesson of the satisfaction we get from giving instead of receiving is one that we all can learn from.

[Marie-Sharrane]

Of course when Pearl Swamp thinks of someone else, her own desires are not far behind. But it was nice to see Pearl create a wonderful wedding for Lillian and Mendel.

[Frances L'Heureux]

awesome!

[Bella Starr · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great for younger readers.

[Addison]

Loved it!