Debra S. Dadey (born May 18, 1959)
[ is an American writer and co-writer of 162 ]books
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, including 74 total ''Bailey School Kids'' books co-written with Marcia Jones.[ These comprise 51 in the ''Adventures of the Bailey School Kids'' series, 9 ''Bailey School Kids Jr.'' Chapter Books, and 14 ][ She was a first grade teacher and librarian before becoming a full-time writer. Her award-winning "books for reluctant readers" have been published by ]Scholastic
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, Tor/Starscape Publishing, Hyperion
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, Bloomsbury USA, Delacorte, Walker, Willowisp, and F&W Publishing
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Selected works
;Nonfiction
* ''Story Sparkers: A creativity guide for children's writers'', Dadey and Marcia Jones (Cincinnati, OH: Writer's Digest Books, 2000)
Fiction
;Dadey as sole writer
* ''Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express'', illustrated by Charlie Shaw ( Disney Press, 1994) – historical novel
* ''Marty the Maniac'', illus. Mel Crawford (1996) – first? of a Marty series (1996–?), some illus. by Meredith Johnson
* ''My Mom the Frog'', illus. Richard A. Williams ( Scholastic Corporation, 1996)
* ''Bobby and the Great, Green Booger'', illus. Mike Gordon (St. Petersburg, FL: Willowisp Press, 1997) – first in a Bobby series
* ''Shooting Star: Annie Oakley the legend'', illus. Scott Goto (NY: Walker and Co., 1997)
* ''Will Rogers: larger than life'', illus. Scott Goto (1999)
* ''King of the Kooties'', illus. Kevin O'Malley (Walker, 1999)
* ''Cherokee Sister'' ( Delacorte Press, 2000) – historical novel
* ''The Swamp Monster in Third Grade'', illus. Margeaux Lucas (Scholastic, 2002) – first in a Swamp Monster series
* ''Whistler's Hollow'' (1st US ed., NY: Bloomsbury Children's Books
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, 2002) – historical novel
* ''Great Green Gator Graduation'', illus. Margeaux Lucas (Scholastic, 2006)
* ''The Worst Name in Third Grade'', illus. Tamara Petrosino (Scholastic, 2007) – first in a series
* ''A Whale of a Tale'', illus. Tatevik Avakyan (Aladdin Books
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, 2012) – Trident Academy series, aka Mermaid Tales
;Dadey with co-writers
* ''The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids
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'', series (Scholastic, 1990–2009) written by Dadey and Marcia Jones, illustrated by John Steven Gurney[
* ''Ghostville Elementary'', series (Scholastic, 2003–2007), wri. Dadey and Jones, illus. ]Guy Francis
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* ''The Keyholders'', series ( Tor Books Starscape, 2009) wri. Dadey and Jones, illus. Adam Stower
* ''Slime Wars'', Dadey and her son Nathan Dadey, illus. Bill Basso (2003)
* ''Slime Time'', Dadey and Nathan Dadey, illus. Bill Basso (2004)
* ''Triplet Trouble and the Runaway Reindeer'', by Dadey and Jones, illus. John Speirs (1995) – first of a Triple Trouble series (1995–?)
Notes
References
;Other sources
Dadey biography
at Scholastic Teachers – with transcript of 1997 interview by Scholastic students
Dadey at KidsReads
External links
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1959 births
Living people
American children's writers
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