Mermaid Books for All Ages

In my internet wanderings I’ve noticed that there are not a lot of comprehensive mermaid booklist out there for younger readers. As a librarian, I am constantly being asked by kids for new mermaid books to read. And since my book is a mermaid book, I’ve decided to put a list together here on my blog. They are in no particular order. Just for the record, I have not read most of these books so just because it is on the list does not mean I am endorsing the title. Read at your own risk.

Juvenile and Young Adult Fiction:

Shadow in the Sea (Sheila A. Nielson)
Forbidden Sea (Sheila A. Nielson)
Deep Blue (Jennifer Donnely

Water Trilogy (Kara Dalkey)

Daughters of the Sea Series (Kathryn Lasky)

Thora: A Half-Mermaid Tale (Gillian Johnson)

Teenage Mermaid (Ellen Schreiber)

The Mermaid Summer (Mollie Hunter)

Midnight Pearls: A Retelling of "The Little Mermaid"(Debbie Viguié)

To Catch a Mermaid (Suzanne Selfors)

The Magic Mirror of the Mermaid Queen (Delia Sherman)

The Tail of Emily Windsnap Series (Liz Kessler)

Indigo (Alice Hoffman)

Aquamarine (Alice Hoffman)

A Serenade of Mermaids (Shirley Climo)

Ingo Series (Helen Dunmore)

Sea Change (Aimee Friedman)

Drift House (Dale Peck)

Wet Magic (Edith Nesbit)

The Islander (Cynthia Rylant)

The Merman (Dick King-Smith)

The Sea Man (Jane Yolen)

Sea Princess Azuri (Erica Reis)

Forgive My Fins (Tera Lynn Childs)

Princess Pearl Series (Teri Tao)

The Mermaid's Mirror (L.K. Madigan)

Between The Land And The Sea (Derrolyn Anderson)

The Mermaid Princess (Kris Rivers)  

Lost Voices ( Sarah Porter)

Tempest Rising (Tracy Deebs)

Between the Sea and Sky (Jaclyn Dolamore)

Ripple (Mandy Hubbard)   

May: Daughter of the Sea (Kathryn Lasky) 

Mermaid: A Twist on the Classic Tale (Carolyn Turgeon)

Legend (John Brindley)

The Undrowned Child (Michelle Lovric)
Real Mermaids Don't Wear Toe Rings (Hélène Boudreau)
Everblue (Brenda Pandos)
Tangled Tides (Karen Amanda Hooper)
Lies Beneath (Anne Greenwood Brown) 
The Vicious Deep  (Zoraida Cordova) 
Undertow (Callie Kingston)
Above World (Jenn Reese) 
Of Poseidon (Anna Banks) 
Watersong Series (Amanda Hocking)
 Legend (John Brindley)
Siren (Tricia Rayburn)

Florence (Ciye Cho)

Monstrous Beauty (Elizabeth Fama) 

The Secret of the Emerald Sea (Heather Matthews)
The Brides of Rollrock Island (Margo Lanagan)
Whatever After: Sink or Swim (Sarah Mlynowski)
Everblue (Brenda Pandos)
Descent (Katie O'Sullivan)
Awaken (Skye Malone)
Surfacing (Shana Norris)
  

Non-fiction Books:

The Secret World of Mermaids (Francine Rose)

The Book of Mermaids (Patricia Saxton)

Mermaids (Elizabeth Ratisseau)

The Secret History of Mermaids (Ari Berk)

Mermaid Tales from Around the World (Mary Pope Osborne and Troy Howell)

Mermaid Cookbook (Barbara Beery)

Imagine You're a Mermaid (Meg Clibbon and Lucy Clibbon)

Mermaids and Mermen (Shannon Knudsen)

Mermaids Most Amazing (Narelle Oliver) 
The Tiptoe Guide to Tracking Mermaids  (Ammi-Joan Paquette)

Intermediate Reader Chapter Books:

Mermaid Kingdom Series (Janet Gurtler)
Mermaid S.O.S. Series (Gillian Shields)

Mermaids (Lucille Recht Penner)

The Little Mermaid (Deborah Hautzig)

Fish in Room 11 (Heather Dyer)
Mermaid Tales Series (Debbie Dadey) 
Mermaids in the Backyard (Catherine Hapka and Patricia Castelao)
Mermaid Mysteries (Katy Kit)

Picture Books for Younger Readers:

The Tiniest Mermaid (Laura Garnham)

Mermaid Sister (Mary Ann Fraser)

Mermaid's Bracelet (Beth Harwood)

Mermaid Dreams ( Mark Sperring)

The Little Mermaid (Illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger)

The Little Mermaid (Illustrated by Charles Santore)

The Secret Mermaid Handbook (Penny Dann)

Sukey and the Mermaid (Robert D. San Souci)

Mermaid Dance (Marjorie Hakala and Mark Jones)

Can You Catch a Mermaid? (Jane Ray)

Ten Little Mermaids (School Specialty Publishing)

The Merbaby (Teresa Bateman)

Nicholas Pipe (Robert D. San Souci)

Princess Fishtail (Frances Minters)

Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet (Jane O'connor)

I’m sure I have missed some so if you know any good mermaid books you don’t see on this list feel free to add them to comments.

Forbidden Sea Available for Pre-order

I got the thrill of my life today when I discovered that Forbidden Sea is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com. It's almost like I'm a real author or something. Click the link below to see this miracle of miracles.

http://www.amazon.com/Forbidden-Sea-Sheila-Nielson/dp/0545097347/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259712393&sr=8-7

Okay, maybe you're not as excited as I am about this--but that's my book on Amazon!!! It doesn't get much better than that.

Good Things are Coming!

I have been honored, and completely floored, by the amount of positive interest that has been generated regarding the release of my book, Forbidden Sea. I am thrilled and excited for everyone to get a chance to read the book, and wish it were possible for me to give everyone who wanted one, an ARC of the book. If I were J. K. Rowing, I would demand enough ARCs to hand one out to every fantastic book reviewer who is excited to get their hands on one! Unfortunately, I am not J. K. Rowling and my publisher has given me very (and I do mean very) few ARCs. In fact, they gave me less than originally promised. (I think they like to be the ones to decide how to distribute ARCs and to whom they will go.) So for all you wonderful reviewers, bloggers, and delightful book loving people who are dying to read my book, I would suggest contacting Scholastic Press directly and see if they will let you have one. The last few remaining ARCs I do have left in my possession will be given away in drawings on this blog in the last couple months leading up to the release date of Forbidden Sea, so stay tuned. The drawings will be only for those who are official followers of this site, so make sure you are signed up. You just might be one of the lucky ones!

Completed Cover

And here it is in all it's glory. If you look to the left you will see what the final artwork for my book's cover looks like. It came out so stunningly beautiful. I should be seeing a copy of the first pass of printed pages within the next few weeks. I can't wait to see how it will look all completed. I am almost done with the rough draft of the sequel. (Only two more chapters to go) Then comes the hard work of editing and polishing. Of course, it is possible that if this first book doesn't sell they won't want the sequel, in which case, I and my writer's group will be the only ones who know what happens next. (Raspberry, I promise to send you a copy, if that happens) The other story is coming along nicely as well. I can never seem to limit myself to one story at a time. They all team up on me, demanding a life of their own.