Stella & Marigold: Mermaids and Mix-Ups
illustrated-childrens-fiction · First published 2025
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Author guide
Annie Barrows Books in Order
Annie Barrows is an American author born in San Diego in 1962 and raised in Northern California. She studied medieval history at the University of California, Berkeley, earned an MFA in creative writing from Mills College, and worked as an editor at Chronicle Books. She wrote several nonfiction books for adults under the name Ann Fiery before publishing children's fiction. Her books include the Ivy + Bean, Miri and Molly, Iggy, and Stella & Marigold series, the novels The Truth According to Us and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, which she co-authored with her aunt Mary Ann Shaffer, and several picture and activity books.
children's fictionmiddle-grade fictionyoung adult fictionpicture bookshistorical fictionliterary fictionnonfiction
Annie Barrows's Newest Book
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Start with one of these
Ivy + Bean
The first and defining book in the Ivy + Bean series.
The Magic Half
The opening volume of the Miri and Molly magic series.
The Best of Iggy
The first book in the completed Iggy series.
Stella & Marigold
The opening book in the Stella & Marigold series.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
A strong adult starting point and Barrows's co-authored historical novel.
The Truth According to Us
Barrows's first solo adult novel.
The Book of Divination
A representative early nonfiction work written as Ann Fiery.
Read in order
Books by series
series · ongoing
Ivy + Bean
A children's series about the unlikely friendship and adventures of Ivy and Bean, with companion activity books.
- 1 Ivy + BeanAmazon ↗
Book 1 · middle-grade-novel · 2006
- 2
Ivy + Bean and the Ghost That Had to GoAmazon ↗Book 2 · middle-grade-novel · 2006
- 3 Ivy + Bean Break the Fossil RecordAmazon ↗
Book 3 · middle-grade-novel · 2007
- 4
Ivy + Bean Take Care of the BabysitterAmazon ↗Book 4 · middle-grade-novel · 2008
- 5
Ivy + Bean Bound to Be BadAmazon ↗Book 5 · middle-grade-novel · 2008
- 6
Ivy + Bean Doomed to DanceAmazon ↗Book 6 · middle-grade-novel · 2009
- 7 Ivy + Bean What's the Big Idea?Amazon ↗
Book 7 · middle-grade-novel · 2010
- 8
Ivy + Bean No News Is Good NewsAmazon ↗Book 8 · middle-grade-novel · 2011
- 9
Ivy + Bean Make the RulesAmazon ↗Book 9 · middle-grade-novel · 2012
- 10
Ivy + Bean Take the CaseAmazon ↗Book 10 · middle-grade-novel · 2013
- 11
Ivy + Bean One Big Happy FamilyAmazon ↗Book 11 · middle-grade-novel · 2018
- 12
Ivy + Bean Get to Work!Amazon ↗Book 12 · middle-grade-novel · 2021
- 13
Ivy + Bean + MeAmazon ↗Book 13 · activity-book · 2014 Optional
- 14 More Fun than a Barrel of Monkeys: Great Ideas from Ivy and BeanAmazon ↗
Book 14 · activity-book · 2014 Optional
series · completed
Miri and Molly
A two-book middle-grade series about twins, time travel, and everyday magic.
series · completed
Iggy
A five-book middle-grade series about Iggy Frangi, an energetic and impulsive troublemaker.
- 1 The Best of IggyAmazon ↗
Book 1 · middle-grade-novel · 2020
- 2
Iggy Is Better Than EverAmazon ↗Book 2 · middle-grade-novel · 2020
- 3 Iggy Is the Hero of EverythingAmazon ↗
Book 3 · middle-grade-novel · 2021
- 4 Iggy The LegendAmazon ↗
Book 4 · middle-grade-novel · 2022
- 5 Iggy Rules the Animal KingdomAmazon ↗
Book 5 · middle-grade-novel · 2023
series · ongoing
Stella & Marigold
An illustrated children's series about two sisters and the secret imaginative world they share.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (6)
- The Book of DivinationAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1999
- Meaning of HerbsAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2001
- The Complete and Totally True Book of Urban LegendsAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2001
- At the Opera: Tales of the Great OperasAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2003
- The Truth According to UsAmazon ↗
adult-novel · 2015
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NothingAmazon ↗young-adult-novel · 2017
Children's books (2)
Collaborations (1)
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie SocietyAmazon ↗
co-authored-novel · 2008