The Marshmallow Mermaid: Princess Candy

My 8 year old LOVES these graphic novels. She tends to be a reluctant reader but recently she has discovered and fallen I love with the graphic novel genre. This was one of the first ones to catch her fancy. The Princess Candy stories are very cute and age appropriate. I wish they add to the series.

My daughter enjoyed the plot and characterization of the Marshmallow Mermaid (my words, not hers :). She found the book interesting.Another great graphic novel with great pictures throughout.

Excellent condition and price!

My oldest daughter is almost seven years old, and she is an avid reader. She prefers graphic novels to chapter books. Our town library has a large selection of children’s graphic novels, and she always finds nice things to read. She found the first Princess Candy book at our town library, and then she asked me to request the sequels from the library network.The Marshmallow Mermaid is a book in the Princess Candy series, which are written by Michael Dahl and illustrated by Jeff Crowther. The Marshmallow Mermaid might be the second book, but it’s not very clear. It helps readers to read Sugar Hero so that they understand Princess Candy’s origin story, but that’s probably not mandatory.In this story, a mysterious creature is seen leaving the swimming pool in search of food- and the creature finds marshmallows. Later, Halo saves a boy named Cody when marshmallows appear all over the hallway. Cody is allergic to eggs and gelatin! Later, when Cody disappears, and Halo meets the Marshmallow Mermaid- the mysterious creature!- she knows that she is going to need to become Princess Candy again so that she can save her friend!This is a short book, and it is written at reading level “K”, or grade level 1.6. My daughter is an advanced reader, but it’s nice to find graphic novels that are written for younger children.The illustrations are bright and colorful. Halo has pink hair, and the “special effects” when Halo turns into Princess Candy are great! The Marshmallow Mermaid was also very well drawn- she’s got stringy hair, fangs, and claws. She scared me a little!I would absolutely recommend The Marshmallow Mermaid. My daughter loved reading the book, and she loves this series. It’s great to see girl superheroes, and it’s wonderful that this series is written for new readers, but appeals to more advanced readers as well.

I am a third grade teacher, and I bought this book to appeal to a little girl in my class who is a very low reader. She loves these books because they look and feel like big kid books, their stories are interesting enough to hold an 8 year old's interest, and the other kids like to read them too. This is very important for low readers--she got to recommend it to other kids and be the go-to person for the Princess Candy books, and nobody seemed to notice or care that they were easy. What a refreshing change from being stuck on Henry and Mudge when everyone else is reading Roald Dahl books!

This book is horrendous. I would give it negative stars if possible. The premise behind this book is chilling if you have half of a brain to see the implicit messages being implanted in young children's minds. The main character is admittedly a loner who doesn't have friends, she finds a bottle of "candy" (drugs) and wonders what will happen if she takes them. To escape her problems she takes said "candy" and proceeds to have hallucinations about a demon mermaid that terrorizes the school. If you love this book then I suggest you start using your brain to see what is really being tought here...it is not innocent "fun".

Kids loved this book