In this visually stunning graphic novel, readers will discover the origin story of Goldilocks, a beautiful and tough-as-nails outlaw whose home, as well as fairy-tale world’s harmony, is put into jeopardy. 10,000 first printing. Simultaneous and eBook. Illustrations. - (Baker & Taylor)
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Colfer comes a graphic novel in the Land of Stories series featuring Goldilocks—as you've never seen her before!
When we first meet her in The Land of Stories:The Wishing Spell, Goldilocks is a beautiful and tough-as-nails outlaw. Discover her origin story and more in this brand new, lushly illustrated full-color graphic novel, as she takes you on adventures where she may or may not break a few laws along the way.
Once upon a time, the kingdoms of the fairy-tale world lived in perfect harmony under the guidance of the Happily Ever After Assembly. But not all creatures and territories have been invited to this peaceful union. Monsters and criminals have found refuge in the Dwarf Forests, a land without rulers or law. When a plot by the Charming brothers is unveiled and threatens to push society's unwanted from their homes, the fairy-tale world's harmony and Goldilocks' home are put in jeopardy . . .
New and returning fans of the Land of Stories will fall in love with the adventures of Goldilocks before she met Alex and Conner Bailey. Fans will recognize familiar characters including Porridge, Jack, and Queen Red Riding Hood; and a ragtag team of misfits is introduced, including Puss in Boots, Little Miss Muffet, Pinocchio, and more.
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Grand Central Pub)
Chris Colfer is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and Golden Globe-winning actor. He was honored as a member of the TIME 100, Time magazine’s annual list of the one hundred most influential people in the world, and his books include Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal, Stranger Than Fanfiction, the books in The Land of Stories series: The Wishing Spell, The Enchantress Returns, A Grimm Warning, Beyond the Kingdoms, An Author’s Odyssey, and Worlds Collide, the companion books A Treasury of Classic Fairy Tales, The Mother Goose Diaries, Queen Red Riding Hood’s Guide to Royalty, The Curvy Tree, Trollbella Throws a Party, and Goldilocks: Wanted Dead or Alive, and the books in the A Tale of Magic… series: A Tale of Magic…, A Tale of Witchcraft…, and A Tale of Sorcery…. He invites you to visit him online at thelandofstories.com or on Instagram and Twitter @chriscolfer. - (Grand Central Pub)
Publishers Weekly Reviews
This graphic novel spin-off of Colfer's the Land of Stories series centers Goldilocks in an unevenly built origin story. On the run since childhood for vandalizing the Three Bears' home, blond Goldilocks lives in the lawless Dwarf Forests with her horse Porridge and friend Hagetta, a red-haired witch. When Prince Chance Charming—husband to Cinderella, sibling to Snow White and Sleeping Beauty's princes—determines to conquer the Dwarf Forests "and drive out all the monsters inhabiting the land," Goldilocks struggles to rally her community of outcasts to defend their home, though Puss in Boots, the Gingerbread Man, Pinocchio, and brown-skinned Miss Muffet answer the call. Moving from one wordy conversation to the next, the story is most enjoyable when Proctor lets loose in wordless action sequences showcasing sword-wielding Goldilocks's physical prowess. Though full-color art with strong lines carries the story forward, inconsistent cartooning, especially in the majority-white cast's faces, leaves critical moments with little emotion. Colfer's series has found success in prose, but its transition to sequential storytelling feels like little more than a series of caricatures—a world full of figures that readers will recognize but barely come to know. Ages 8–12. (June)
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