The Friendship Wish: A QUIX Book

By Debbie Dadey and Fuuji Takashi

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 dancing with dolphins and building towering sandcastles. But she’s just moved to Trident City and doesn’t have one single friend to join her. She’s too young to go to Trident Academy with her older cousin Rocky, her parents are busy at work, and Manny Nanny, who takes care of Rosie, can be kind of boring, even though she’s super nice. Then, Rosie meets Aqua and finds that having a new friend might be more trouble than it’s worth!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Aladdin
• Release date: May 2, 2023
• ISBN: 9781534489264

Debbie Dadey

Debbie Dadey is an author of early readers and graphic novels including The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids Graphix Chapters Books. She lives in Sevierville, Tennessee, with her husband Eric and their dog Carmen.

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Cover: The Friendship Wish, by Debbie Dadey, illustrated by Fuuji Takashi

Fast * Fun * Reads

Mini Mermaid Tales

The Friendship Wish

by Debbie Dadey

Welcome to ALADDIN QUIX!

If you are looking for fast, fun-to-read stories with colorful characters, lots of kid-friendly humor, easy-to-follow action, entertaining story lines, and lively illustrations, then ALADDIN QUIX is for you!

But wait, there’s more!

If you’re also looking for stories with tables of contents; word lists; about-the-book questions; 64, 80, or 96 pages; short chapters; short paragraphs; and large fonts, then ALADDIN QUIX is definitely for you!

ALADDIN QUIX: The next step between ready to reads and longer, more challenging chapter books, for readers five to eight years old.

The Friendship Wish, by Debbie Dadey, illustrated by Fuuji Takashi, Aladdin

To Ada

Cast of Characters

Rosie: Mergirl who is new to Trident City

Aqua: Mergirl who is Rosie’s first friend

Rocky: Rosie’s older cousin

Headmaster Hermit: Principal at Trident Academy

Nanny Manny: Nanny who takes care of Rosie

Mom: Rosie’s mother

Dad: Rosie’s father

Freddie: New friend from Mini Mermaids and Merboys

Poppy: New friend from Mini Mermaids and Merboys