Mermaid Echo is doing tail flips because she's going to see her favorite under-the-sea band, the Rays. They're performing for Pearl's birthday party and everyone at Trident Academy is invited except Echo's best friend Shelly Reading level: ages 6-9

When her class at Trident Academy visits a pod of whales, Kiki Coral must overcome her fears with the help of her friends.

Longing for onstage stardom, Pearl auditions for the third-grade play and gets the part of the evil sea witch while her best friend is cast in the lead, a situation that challenges their friendship.

The merfolk who live off the coasts of Breadcove Bay and Agratica follow their own ways of doing things. They regard their own civilizations as superior to humans. They take hierarchy seriously but love to have a good time. And they are generally careful when encountering humans: a merfolk never knows quite what to expect when dealing with the drylander kind. But occasionally, the merfolks' carefulness slips. They encounter a random human due to...

Merfolk wield mersong with a range of entertaining results in this new collection. The merfolk who live off the coasts of Breadcove Bay and Agratica sing sea spells the way some human merchants place orders for supplies. Frequently and with great optimism and studied finesse. The merfolk tend to have a good time trying to catch humans (and other merfolk) within their web of songs, but as with any wild magics, the results they get are sometimes unexpected....