''Melowy'' is an Italian
children's book and
comic book series with a target demographic of girls 7-12 written by Danielle Star. The books chronicle the tale of
unicorns with special wings, as well as magic abilities, during their stay at the Castle of Destiny and Castle of Chance
boarding school
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s.
Development
Danielle Star wrote the script for the first 12 books before submitting them to Alessandra Berello, publisher manager at Atlantyca Entertainment, who she began frequently chatting with on E-mail, including to discuss and approve the characters' clothes and accessories.
Lead characters
* Cleo (''Clio''): Home realm unknown, having grown up at the Castle of Destiny and was raised by the castle's chef.
* Electra (''Elettra''): From the Day Realm.
* Selene: From the Night Realm.
* Cora (''Kora''): From the Winter Realm. Likes to go
ice skating.
* Maya (''Maia''): From the Spring Realm. Likes to cook food.
Books
Comics
In contrast to the books, the comics were created in the
United States by
Papercutz
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and had
English as their original language.
Toys
A one-wave, 12-figure toyline was released in Italy in 2015 that predated both the books and the comics.
Reception
''
The Sunday Telegraph (Sydney)'' wrote about ''Dreams Come True'' that "With bright coloured illustrations", "the Melowy series will appeal to new independent readers.", while ''
Kirkus Reviews
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'' wrote that while formulaic, "the audience it’s carefully calculated to appeal to will probably adore it." ''
First Comics News'' wrote about ''The Test of Magic'' that it was a "younger reader book but can be enjoyed by any age.", and that the characters were "adorable" and "sickly sweet", ''
Booklist'' wrote that it would appeal to "Fans of whimsical, effervescent comics", while ''BSCKids'' wrote that "The characters are fun" and that the "coloring and artwork really bring out their personalities".
Cairns Post listed ''The Night of Courage'' as a "Good Reads" in its ''Northern Family'' section.
The first book (''Il sogno si avvera'') was number 8 on the kids literature list of
La Stampa
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History and profile
The paper was fou ...
Tuttolibri's publishing of Italian
BookScan
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weekly bestsellers for 27 March through 2 April 2016. The following week, it was placed 4th in
Corriere della Sera
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's kids literature sales charts for 11–17 April 2016.
Translations
In addition to Italian and English, the books have been translated to
French
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** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
,
Spanish,
Catalan
Catalan may refer to:
Catalonia
From, or related to Catalonia:
* Catalan language, a Romance language
* Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia
Places
* 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...
,
Basque,
,
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
,
Russian, and
Greek. However, only the Italian version received all 15 books.
Notes
References
External links
* {{Official website, https://atlantyca.com/en/melowy/b,1261
Italian official websiteOfficial comics website
Italian books
American comics titles
Series of children's books
Fantasy books by series