Barbie in a Mermaid Tale

Barbie

by Christy Webster, Random House (Illustrator)

Barbie fans will love this Step 2 reader based on the latest Barbie DVD movie!

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Mermaids, Chapter Books

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Christy Webster is a writer and editor with 15 years in-house experience at major children's book publishers. She has written over 60 children's books and stories and edited hundreds of books, including several bestselling chapter book series. She specializes in early readers, chapter books, storybooks, and media licenses.
Available for freelance writing, editing, ghostwriting and co-writing.

Reviews

[Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

not as good as the movie

[Анастасія ꒰⁠⑅⁠ᵕ⁠༚⁠ᵕ⁠꒱⁠˖⁠♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Гаразд, мені вже не подобається що дуже коротко.

[⋆.⭒ ara ୨୧ ˚⟡˖ ࣪ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very immersive and fantastical! My library kids loved it 🤩

[amanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

read Jan 24, 2023 - Jan 24, 2023: 3 stars

[Safimalerano]

I think it's are good book

[Shiloah · Rating 3 out of 5]

My Nicolette loves Barbies and mermaids and loves this show. The dialogue was incredibly dumbed down.

2/4/26 Nicolette “read” this aloud to us again.

[Alizah Kamran]

I absolutely loved reading theses book when I was younger and enjoyed them so much. The book purpose is for readers to enjoy the adventure and fantasy and have imagination, that’s why the intended audience are elementary readers. Key themes are self acceptance, friendship, and courage. This book would be great for the classroom because of the topic about identity and having self confidence. The book has easy text and makes it enjoyable for readers to follow along.

[Emma Baca · Rating 5 out of 5]

Merliah loves to srf. She is the best surfer in Malibu. Her hair turned pink. She met a pink talking dolphin named “Zuma”. Merliah is a half mermaid. her mother is a mermaid and she’s in trouble. Merliah's evil aunt Eris is keeping her mom in prison. Merliah has 3 tasks to do. Her mother is finally free.

[Amber Greer · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s cute. A young girl (about 4-6 years old) who’s getting into reading or starting to read might enjoy it.
It’s similar to Disney’s The Little Mermaid (cartoon edition) movie. For instance, think of Barbie as Ariel and Eris (the evil aunt) as Ursula when reading Barbie in A Mermaid Tale or watching Disney’s cartoon movie The Little Mermaid.

[Librarian Jessie (BibliophileRoses) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pre-H2O 😂 Honestly not realistic in the slightest, what surfer would jump off their board after seeing their hair magically turn pink? I’d swim to shore cause that’s a hallucination and sharks exist dude.

[Kelly {SpaceOnTheBookcase] · Rating 4 out of 5]

Barbie in A Mermaid Tale is a step 2 leveled reader that tells the tail of Merliah finding about her mermaid mother. The book is straight forward and those who love Barbie will love this.

Thank you Random House Kids for the gifted copy.

[Abbie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a cute story full of mermaids and magic. The plot is pretty similar to the Little Mermaid, and the text is pretty basic so it is easy for young readers. The illustrations are bright and vibrant. My daughter loved the excitement of Merliah completing the three tasks.

[Marissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

When you find a Step into Reading version of one of your favorite Barbie movies from 2012 you read it in the aisle without hesitation 💅🏻

[Jame_EReader · Rating 5 out of 5]

👧🏻 review: a perfect read-out-loud book for little kids. No real substance to the story but definitely more for little kids. I remember reading similar books like this when I was younger.

[Joey Gaudino · Rating 1 out of 5]

Who's Shalissa? .... Me

[Lavinia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was about a Barbie and when she went under the water, her hair turned pink. Her mother was in trouble, so she helped her mother. She met some mermaids who gave her three tasks. One: to find a magic comb. Another: to find a fish. And the last one to get the Queen's necklace. She snacked the necklace, and the queen was so mad that she put Merliah in the whirlpool, but then Merliah got her own mermaid tail, and then the queen got trapped in the whirlpool, and her mother was free.

I liked this book a lot, because I love mermaids.

[Rosa Cline · Rating 2 out of 5]

I haven't seen this movie that this book is based off of, but although this was a nice storybook they left out quite a bit it just didn't read as smooth as it probably should have. If you like Barbie then you'll like it but it wasn't anything great for me and even my 3 year old granddaughter was kind of bored with it.

[Nancy · Rating 1 out of 5]

I hated this book.

[Meadow · Rating 3 out of 5]

proof of my love for my daughter...

[Netanella · Rating 3 out of 5]

Obsessive reading for 5 1/2 year old girls who can now quote the movie. At least she's reading.

[Eh Eh · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am eheh

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an easy reader shorter version of the movie. Her hair turns pink when she goes under water and after accomplishing the tasks she's asked she ends up with a mermaid tail and saves her mom.

[M.D. Bowden · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful pictures which capture my 6 yr olds imagination. Good story, but told so simplistically it barely makes sense. The names are too complicated for normal a 6yr old to read herself.

[Kerry · Rating 1 out of 5]

Read with my 4yo daughter at her request, but it was pretty lame.

[Joy Cronje · Rating 4 out of 5]

My daughter loved this book. Meh.

[Rommel Sison · Rating 3 out of 5]

6-year-old daughter: 5 stars
4-year-old daughter: 5 stars

[Danett N · Rating 4 out of 5]

cute book and movie ;)

[Greisi · Rating 5 out of 5]

5/5

[Snqobile Ndovu]

It because I love her so much

[J.]

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