Books
''The Wishing Spell''
The first book in the series, ''The Wishing Spell'' was published on July 17, 2012. A year and 9 months have gone by since twins Alex and Conner Bailey lost their father in a car accident. Their mother is trying to balance her job and her family. On Alex and Conner's twelfth birthday, their grandmother gives them an old fairy tale book from her childhood. Alex realizes that the book hums, glows, and eventually sucks items into its pages. Against Conner's advice to throw the book away, Alex keeps the book and eventually reaches into it, after experimenting by throwing pencils and books inside. Conner barges in to stop Alex from going into the book, but doing so, startling Alex, and therefore making her fall into the book. Conner jumps in to help Alex. They find out the book is a portal to the fairy-tale world. There, they meet Froggy, a man turned into a frog. Froggy gives them a journal that tells of the Wishing Spell, and how to find it. The Wishing Spell is a spell that can grant whatever wish the person wants if the person has a specific eight items. Hoping to return to the real world, Alex and Conner set off to find the Wishing Spell items. They later meet another person who was later identified as the Huntsman's daughter, the Huntress. Alex and Conner realize that the Huntress is working for the Evil Queen to get the Wishing Spell as well. They find out that the Wishing Spell can only be used twice, and the man who wrote the journal already used it. The Evil Queen gets this message from her magic mirror as well, and begins a desperate race to create the Wishing Spell. While they are collecting the ingredients for the Wishing spell, Alex and Conner come across many tales that their father had once told them. After a while, they face the conclusion that their father came from the fairy-tale world. Finally, when Alex and Conner get all the items for the Wishing Spell, the Evil Queen kidnaps them, takes the items, and goes to her hiding place, North of the Sleeping Kingdom. There, Conner tries to prevent the Evil Queen from using the Wishing Spell by smashing the fairy tear bottle, one of the items needed in the Wishing Spell. The Evil Queen tells her story: When she was little, she was named Evly, and she was a kind and caring girl. She fell in love with a young boy named Mira, but the Enchantress captured her and stopped her from meeting him. Evly tried to send secret messages to Mira, but the Enchantress found out and imprisoned Mira in a mirror. Evly later killed the Enchantress, but she couldn't do anything to bring Mira back until she found out about the Wishing Spell. Due to the story, Alex sheds a few tears. The Evil Queen gets one of Alex's tears, puts it with the items of the Wishing Spell, and the Wishing Spell activates. Mira is freed from the magic mirror, but he is nearly dead. The rescue team, led by Froggy, arrives. Mira dies in Evly's arms, and they are both swallowed up by the Queen's magic mirror when it falls. In the fighting that follows, the Huntsman and his daughter are killed, and Alex and Conner are rescued. Froggy is found to be the long-lost Prince Charlie from the Charming Kingdom, and Alex and Conner learn that their grandmother is the Fairy Godmother, who is capable of making portals between the Otherworld and the fairy-tale world. The journal written by the man who had completed the Wishing Spell years before was written by their father: Therefore, Alex and Conner are part fairy. Alex and Conner return to the real world.''The Enchantress Returns''
''The Enchantress Returns'' is the second book in the series and was published on August 6, 2013. Alex heads home after attending school and finds her brother Conner, who is worried because their mother has yet to come home from work. He also found a romantic note to their mother from a surgeon she worked with named Dr. Bob, who brought them a puppy. When Charlotte comes home, Alex and Conner ask if Charlotte has a boyfriend. Their mother tells them that it's true. Later on, Bob goes to see the twins and tells them about his plan to propose to their mother. He shows them the ring, which has two large diamonds on it, one pink and one blue to represent the twins. When Bob asks the twins for permission about the proposal, Conner and Alex decide that this would make both Bob and their mom happy, so they agree. All three then decided to surprise Charlotte with a special dinner at the Bailey house the next Thursday at six. Alex returns home as quickly as she can from a course she was taking at a community college, and Bob tells the people he works with at the hospital to keep Charlotte busy so she won't come home early. The twins' mother, Charlotte Bailey, doesn't show up on time, but another nurse at the hospital says that she had left two hours ago. They then hear a mysterious knock at the door and a bunch of fairy tale soldiers from the Charming Kingdom barge in. Bob was originally shocked, then doubtful, but he later accepts that the Fairy Tale world exists. The twins' grandmother, the Fairy Godmother, enters and explains that their mother was kidnapped. While their grandmother attends to her own business, Xanthous (a member of the Fairy Council) and Sir Lampton (their father's old friend) watch over them until Mother Goose, their grandma's closest friend takes over babysitting the twins. Later, Alex gives Mother Goose alcohol until she becomes drunk, and Alex asks her for information, which she unknowingly gives. Alex discovers that her mother was captured by Ezmia, the "Enchantress", who cursed Sleeping Beauty as a young baby, and that the Sleeping Kingdom was in ruin. Since she couldn't get to the Land of Stories through the book, she sneaks out of the house and bikes to her grandmother's house, hoping to find a way to the Land of Stories. The next day, she almost falls off of a bridge. Unexpectedly, Conner saves her and admits that he had followed her. They eventually go to their grandmother's house, which had a glowing painting in it. Alex knows that this is a portal to the fairy-tale world. Suddenly, Alex and Conner find themselves in The Land of Stories. They eventually find Froggy, who is once again in frog form as a disguise, after being turned back into a human at the end of the first book. All three travel to the Red Riding Hood Kingdom, where the Enchantress seemed to be destroying symbolic historic sights. Alex and Conner then attend a meeting only for the kings and queens by persuading Red to wear a dress that they could hide under. At the meeting, the Enchantress captures Alex and Conner's grandmother, revealing that she had captured 'Alex', but instead got Charlotte, their mother, who pretended to be Alex. At Red's castle, Conner learns of something called the Wand of Wonderment, which makes the holder invincible. To create it, one must find the six most valuable things of the six most hated people in the world. To help find all the items, Red asks the villagers to all pitch in to make a flying ship out of all her baskets. When the ship is completed, Alex, Conner, Red, Froggy, Goldilocks, and Jack fly the ship across The Land of Stories. They obtain the ice scepter of The Snow Queen, the wedding ring of Cinderella's stepmother, the giant's harp, the glass from the Evil Queen's mirror, and the jewels of the Sea Witch. However, they are unclear on what the Enchantress's most prized possession is. After landing in the Troll and Goblin territory, they discover that Trollbella, a female troll that likes Conner, is now queen and that Bob traveled to the Land of Stories as well. They meet the ghost of Old Queen Beauty in the Eastern Kingdom, who says that the Enchantress' most prized possession is her pride. The Enchantress uses her vines to drag Conner, Red, Froggy, Goldilocks, and Jack to the coliseum. Alex tries to defeat Ezmia by subtly stealing her pride, but she is blasted off of the coliseum. Because she was holding the Wand of Wonderment, she is saved from death. However, when she reaches the ground, she faints. Alex then has a dream that she was talking to Alice from''A Grimm Warning''
''A Grimm Warning'' is the third installment in the series and was published on July 8, 2014. At the beginning of the third book, Alex is in her coronation as Fairy Godmother. Meanwhile, Conner is at school in the real world and is questioned about where his sister is. Conner goes on a school trip to Germany to hear never before heard stories by the Brothers Grimm that was recently found in a time capsule. The good news for Conner is that the girl he has a crush on, Bree Campbell, is attending. The bad news is that four rude girls called the Book Huggers are also going. As for Alex, she keeps messing up her spells. She eventually meets a farm boy named Rook Robins, whom she takes liking into. She becomes torn later in the story because her grandmother is dying and she feels like she is killing her. The fairy godmother is dying because she finally finds a replacement; now the Fairy Godmother can rest knowing the fairy tale world rests in good hands. Conner finds out that one of the stories is a secret message and a warning for the Land of Stories. He sets out across Germany to crack a 200-year code. With Bree's help and the directions of Mother Goose, Conner eventually meets Emmerich Himmelsbach, a little boy from a small village. Alex and Conner realize that time-displaced soldiers of the''Beyond the Kingdoms''
''Beyond the Kingdoms'' is the fourth installment in the series and was published on July 7, 2015. The book begins with the Bailey twins chasing the Masked Man, who Alex believes is their late father. Conner is unconvinced, though. Alex is going through apparent mood swings, in which her hair would float above her head and her eyes would glow. She has a hard time controlling her emotions which cause her to attack many people with her magic, including her family and friends. Alex insists to the fairy council that the Masked Man should be one of their highest priorities. As a result, she is 'un-godmothered' and kicked out of the fairy council. Alex loses her temper and her control of her magic and shoots at the fairy council with lightning and vanishes in a wall of fire. She arrives at the Giant's castle after her wall of fire exit where Mother Goose is staying. Later on, at Red and Froggy's wedding, Morina the beauty witch arrives and claims to be Froggy's first lover (and the one who cursed him to live as a frog). She threatens to curse Red if he doesn't leave with her, causing Froggy to choose to leave with her, as Morina is a powerful entity. Meanwhile, Conner gets beaten up by the Masked Man while getting the wedding rings for Red and Froggy in the library as the Masked man attempts to steal books. Conner rips off his mask, and he also believes the Masked Man is their father. That night, Alex wishes to speak with her late grandmother. Her grandmother then sends an "angel moth from outer space" of memories from the stars to tell Alex the true story of the Masked Man: he is their uncle Lloyd. Conner's old friend Trix the fairy stole a book from his grandmother's possession. From the book, they learn that what Lloyd attempted to steal was a Portal Potion, which can transport anyone into any work of fiction. The ingredients to the potion are a branch from the oldest tree in the woods, a feather from the finest pheasant in the sky, a liquefied lock and key that belonged to a loved one, two weeks of moonlight, and a spark of magic. Alex then explains to the others that the Masked Man is their uncle and not their father. Conner says she is crazy, but Mother Goose confirms that it is true and that it was their grandmother's final wish for her not to tell. The group then travels into the works of literature in an attempt to stop their uncle before he recruits an army of literary villains. Alex and Conner are trapped in separate worlds by Lloyd after they pursued him into The Wizard of Oz, Neverland, and''An Author's Odyssey''
''An Author's Odyssey'' is the fifth installment in the series and was published on December 14, 2015. When the twins and their friends enter worlds crafted from Conner's imagination, finding allies no one else could have ever dreamed of, as well as recovering many memories they had made in the fairy-tale world, the long-awaited race begins to put an end to the Masked Man's reign of terror. Conner and Alex spend time in Conner's short stories ranging from battling pirates to racing in an ancient pyramid filled with a thousand zombie mummies with the story's main protagonist. Conner brought his mother, Charlotte Bailey, on the mummy adventure. In the meantime, the Sea Witch and the Snow Queen along with the witches at Dead Man's Creek had other plans. The Snow Queen and the Sea Witch plan to give a handful of evil dust to Alex. This dust was made from a magic mirror created by terrible demons. The dust was also given to the evil and terrifying Enchantress whom Alex killed in the second book. The reason the enchantress was so horrible was because of the dust, which not only raised her temper but caused heartache worse than one could ever imagine. The Snow Queen and the Sea Witch believe the dust will work the same evil magic on Alex, as they have used it before on her. When Alex goes to the bathroom, Morina throws the dust into Alex's face. Meanwhile, Conner and his friends are attacked by Lloyd who forces them to do a blood transfusion from Emmerich onto him, as Emmerich is Lloyd's son. Conner defeats Lloyd by trapping him in one of Bree's stories but then finds out that Alex has vanished.''Worlds Collide''
The sixth and final book in the series, titled ''Worlds Collide'', was released on July 11, 2017. After a prologue in which Conner, now 80 years old, is celebrating his birthday at a bookstore, and realizes he doesn't know what happened to Alex, he begins reading his last book. The story starts with Alex, still under the witches' control, wreaking havoc at the New York Public Library. Conner realizes this and sets out to New York City accompanied by Red, Jack, Goldilocks, and Bree. There are a few mishaps at the airport, such as Red buying a lot of items at a gift shop, but they get on the plane safely. When they arrive, the Book Huggers, sitting in a restaurant, see Conner and tell their parents. However, Conner ducks, and the parents don't see him. Then as Conner's group attempts to make it into the library, a homeless man named Rusty who had helped them earlier for money leads them to a subway tunnel that was abandoned in the '20s and heads directly under the library. While there, they hear from other homeless people and realize a portal between the worlds is going to open up in the library. They break into the library and see Alex, currently under Morina's control, and the witch keeps them quiet. While sleeping, Conner gets a message from Alex saying that she wants him to kill her so she can "return to magic" and break free from the curse. The Book Huggers rescue Conner and the gang. The Fairy Council and other heroes battle and defeat the witches and villains. Meanwhile, Alex is causing more chaos against her will. After the Literary Army was destroyed, Conner wrote a story, where he and Alex never explored the Land of Stories. In the story, Alex is not affected by the curse, and they see their father. Alex then gets emotional to the point the curse disintegrates and they leave just in time before the story ended. They then repair New York using healing flames and a week later, met the president. They explain to her to safeguard the Land of Stories book to ensure a catastrophe never happens again like that of the Literary Army. The series ends with 65 years later where Conner, now 80, is going to be relocated to a retirement home because his children believe he is crazy. His granddaughter Charlotte "Charlie" Black visits him as he is about to visit Alex. He then exits to the Fairy Tale world. The series ends with Charlie hearing a sound and going to the attic and seeing the Land of Stories book shine. After all that has happened, Alex and Conner meet back together, safe and sound.Companion books
Five companion books to the series have been published. ''The Land of Stories: A Treasury of Classic Fairy Tales'' is represented as the book Alex and Conner enter in the series. ''The Curvy Tree'' and ''Trollbella Throws a Party'' are picture books with text by Colfer. The Adventures from the Land of Stories series includes ''The Mother Goose Diaries'' and ''Queen Red Riding Hood's Guide to Royalty''. All are illustrated by Brandon Dorman except for ''The Mother Goose Diaries'', which has illustrations by Olga and Aleksey Ivanov. On October 16, 2018, Colfer released a new book called ''The Ultimate Book Hugger's Guide'' On October 1, 2019, Colfer released a book called '' A Tale of Magic...'', a prequel to The Land of Stories series. On September 29, 2020, Colfer released a book called ''A Tale of Witchcraft...'', the second prequel to The Land of Stories series. In September 2021, Colfer released a third prequel ''A Tale of Sorcery...'', which comes before The Land of Stories series. On June 29, 2021, Colfer released a graphic novel titled ''Goldilocks: Wanted Dead or Alive''.Development
Colfer recorded his audiobook using his voice. ''The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell'' has been translated into several languages, including Spanish, Japanese, Russian, Italian, French, Hebrew, Greek, Portuguese (Brazil), and Dutch.Characters
Heroes
*Alexandra Marie Bailey is a smart, curious girl, described as having bright blue eyes and short, strawberry-blond hair with a headband always in it. She is studious and pays close attention to every class, getting full marks. She is also considered the teacher's pet but doesn't have any friends. She is the twin sister to Conner Bailey. She is one of the most powerful fairies ever known. She also is the reason why the twins went into the Land of Stories in the first place. *Conner Jonathan Bailey is a boy who looks much like his twin sister Alex Bailey. He falls asleep often in class and is a slacker. He is sociable but feels constantly overshadowed by his brainy sister. He holds a deep hatred for his teacher, Mrs. Peters. However, she eventually inspires Conner to become a writer and in Book 5, Conner travels into his short stories. In the last book, it is revealed that Conner and Bree marry and have children together. Throughout his life, Conner becomes a famous and successful author. *Charlie Carlton 'Froggy' Charming is a large, slightly humanoid frog. Formerly, Prince Charlie Charming, a curse was placed upon him for being too vain. We find out later on that he was cursed by a witch named Morina, who cursed him so that he was ashamed of the way he looked, as she thought he ended their relationship because of ''her'' looks. He is wise and gives the twins advice and help throughout the story. In the beginning, he is embarrassed about being a frog and lives in a sort of house-hole in the dwarf forests. Later on, he is elected king of the Center Kingdom. In '' Beyond the Kingdoms'' he is imprisoned in a magic mirror to protect Red. In the final book, he is freed from the mirror after performing a good deed. He then marries Red after being freed. *Red Riding Hood is the queen of the Red Riding Hood Kingdom. She can be snarky, self-centered and clueless at times, but is compassionate and loyal at heart. She can also be surprisingly smart and courageous. Her lover used to be Jack, but he would always turn her away in favor of Goldilocks. Though she is initially repulsed by him due to him being a frog, Red eventually falls in love with Froggy after learning that he used to be a prince. Red also dislikes gross stuff. During '' A Grimm Warning'', Little Bo Peep temporarily took over her throne, but Red got her throne back. In ''Beyond the Kingdoms'', Red and Froggy's wedding is crashed by Morina, who threatens Red in order to kidnap Froggy. Froggy turns Red away and goes with Morina to protect Red. In ''Worlds Collide'', she saves her friends from Morina, killing her with a hand mirror. She finally marries Froggy and adopts the Lost Boys from Neverland. *Jack is now a grown man with the other Fairy Tale characters, who grew a famous beanstalk when he was younger. Despite Red's affection towards him, he rejects her and falls in love with Goldilocks. Because of his love for her, he decides to join Goldilocks on the run, no matter the consequences. He marries Goldilocks in the third book, and in the fifth book, they have a child and name him Hero. *Goldilocks is a tough and fearless criminal who raids kingdoms. She was given her first sword to fight with by Hagetta, a kind witch who lives in the Dwarf Forests. She married Jack in the third book. In the fourth book, she became pregnant with his child. In the fifth book, she gave birth to a baby boy and named him Hero. *Fairy Godmother (Brystal Lynn Evergreen) is Alex and Conner's grandmother and leads the Fairy Council through bad times and also is the only one who can create a portal between the fairy-tale world and the Otherworld. She is shown as a kind old woman with a nice hairdo. She dies in ''A Grimm Warning'' after slaying a dragon. It is revealed in '' A Tale of Magic...'' that her real name is Brystal Lynn Evergreen. *Mother Goose (Lucy Goose) can travel between worlds (with the Fairy Godmother) and reads nursery rhymes around the world to children. She is part of the Fairy Council. She is first mentioned in ''Royals
*Queen Cinderella: Queen of the Charming Kingdom. Her first appearance inVillains
*Evly, The Evil Queen is Snow White's stepmother. The whole Fairy tale world thought she was vain and power-obsessed, but she really only wanted to free her lover, Mira, from her magic mirror. Mira had been put in the magic mirror by Ezmia, the Enchantress. After the battle at her palace in ''The Wishing Spell'', she is trapped by the mirror which had once held Mira and was transformed into a hopeless version of her old self, wandering the mirror realm in the vain hope of finding her lost lover. In Worlds Collide, the effects of the mirror caused her to forget herself and her memories. This caused her to revert into a young girl. She is soon discovered by Froggy, who was at the time, cursed by Morina, the Beauty Witch into his own mirror, and together they set off to warn his friends of the plot the fairytale villains have. She is released from the mirror realm by offering words of wisdom to a woman who's self-esteem was shattered by her looks. After being released, she reverted to her true, middle-aged self. Evly's final fate is unknown; however, it appears that she has a brighter future with her complete reformation. *Ezmia, The Enchantress was cursed by the witches to hate everyone and tried to destroy the world. This same curse was placed on Alex Bailey in the 5th book. Ezmia was once a small girl living in the Otherworld in misery following the death of her parents and the destruction of her village. She was to be killed by ruthless soldiers, but in an act of self-defence killed them instead. The Fairy Godmother, who had secretly watched this, took Ezmia under her wing as an apprentice. The Fairy Godmother even chose her as the next Fairy Godmother. Sadly, bitterness over men who failed her as well as what she claimed was the other fairies' jealousy caused her to renounce her title and turned to Dark Magic. She is defeated by Alex Bailey. It is later revealed, however, that it was the witches who cast a spell on her to turn to rage. *The Snow Queen (Madame Weatherberry) is a blind weather witch who, a long time ago, secretly plotted against the king of the Northern Kingdom, whom she had befriended by granting him wishes and making prophecies. She overthrew the king and covered the kingdom in an everlasting winter. She was eventually overthrown by Prince White (Snow White's grandfather) and banished to the Northern Mountains, where she lives in an icy lair with her polar bears. She was featured introduced in the second book (''The Land of Stories: The Enchantress Returns'') as an antagonist. Conner, Alex, Goldilocks, Red, and Jack were exploring to find the 6 most prized items of the 6 most hated beings, the snow queen being one of them. Alex and Conner took her wand (which was later sliced in half by Conner) and used it to build the Wand of Wonderment. She was also revealed later as the one who found dust of an evil mirror from the past which turned Ezmia into the evil enchantress. *Morina is an evil witch who cursed Froggy to look like a frog and trapped him into the magic mirror. She does this because he ended their relationship. Her grandfather was a troll. As a result, she was ugly when she was young. She spent years creating potions that improved her appearance little by little. Morina now looks like a beautiful lady but she has ram's horns on her head. She spends her time selling her potions to customers who want to become better looking. The potions are created by draining the youth of children. *The Demon Mirror is a mirror mentioned in ''The Land of Stories: An Author's Odyssey''. It was said to be a weapon used by the demons that inhabited the fairy tale world (See book 5 for that story), and turned anything in its reflection ugly and evil. it shatters when the demons attempt to bring it to heaven to torture the angels, and the fragments turn to dust. the dust is then later used to curse Alex to use her in the 6th book. *The Masked Man/Lloyd Bailey is the main antagonist in books 3, 4 and 5. In book 4, it is revealed that the Masked Man is Alex and Conner's uncle Lloyd. In book 5 Emmerich is revealed to him as his son and Little Bo Peep as his wife. His plot was to recruit an army of literatures greatest villains in order to overthrow the Kingdoms and take over the world. He dies at the end of book 5 by entering Bree's story "Cemetery of the Undead", being killed by Bo Peep and banished to his grave. *Smoky Sails Sam is a character in Conner's short story "Starboardia". He was originally a slave but became a pirate when he staged a mutiny on the ship that captured him. He wants to kill Auburn Sally because she stole a necklace called the Heart of the Caribbean from him. *General Jacques Du Marquis is the French general of the Grande Armée who wants to take over the fairy tale world. He appeared as the central antagonist in ''The Grimm Warning'' but died because of the Masked Man controlling a dragon. *The Sea Witch is a witch who is believed to have tricked the Little Mermaid into giving up her voice. She is one of the witches who plots to steal the Otherworld in the last few books of the series. * The Queen Of Hearts is the villain from "Alice in Wonderland" where Alex and Conner Bailey chase the Masked Man in order to stop him from recruiting all the villains to create his Literary Army. The Queen Of Hearts loves cutting heads of servants and others who don't listen to her commands. *Captain Hook is the main antagonist from "Peter Pan" where Alex and Conner Bailey chase the Masked Man as well. Captain Hook briefly was recruited by the Masked Man before he defected from the Masked Man. His sworn enemy is Peter Pan and his right-hand-man is Mr. Smee. *The Wicked Witch Of The West is the main antagonist from "The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz" where Alex and Conner Bailey chase the Masked Man as well. She was recruited by the Masked Man before she defected from him. She has an army of Munchkins and flying monkeys, such as the baby monkey Blubo, who later turns against her. *Rumpelstiltskin is the secondary antagonist of the second book. He is a brother of the Seven Dwarves and is employed by Ezmia. He sacrifices himself at the end of the book, in hope of doing something good. *Charcoaline, Rat Mary, Serpentine, and Tarantulene are witches of the Witches' Brew. They are pawns of Ezmia, the Snow Queen and the Sea Witch. They were all killed in ''Worlds Collide''. *Colonel Rembert, Colonel Baton, and Capitaine De Lange are minor antagonists. They are part of the Grande Armée.Animals
*Porridge is the horse of Goldilocks. She mated with Buckle and had a foal, Oats, and accompanies Goldilocks in most of the adventures. *Clawdius is the wolf of Red Riding Hood. He was rescued by her during the events of the second book, in the Northern Mountains of the Northern Kingdom. He currently lives in the Center Kingdom. *Cornelius is the unicorn of Alex. He is described as overweight and has a crooked horn. He accompanies Alex in many adventures and is good friends with Rook Robins. *Buckle is an arrogant and wayward stallion and the mate of Porridge. He and Porridge had a foal, Oats, and he only accompanies the heroes in a few adventures. *The Dragon is an antagonistic creature. The Masked Man retrieved it in its egg form for General Marquis and later helped them try to destroy the Fairy Kingdom. It was killed by the Fairy Godmother. *Oats is the foal of Porridge and Buckle. He is energetic and adventurous. *Buster is the dog of the Baileys. He was bought by Bob for them, but is then discovered to be Sir Lampton. *George Clooney is the Giant's cat. Initially an antagonist, he was named George Clooney by Mother Goose and was tamed by her.Supporting Characters
*Peter Pan, Robin Hood, the Merry Men, the Lost Boys, Tinker Bell, and Merlin are characters from classic fairytales and epics. The Bailey twins went through their stories to search for the Masked Man and met them. They became allies in the final battle. The Lost Boys were adopted by Red Riding Hood and Froggy, and all the rest of the characters went back to their respective stories; Merlin took Mother Goose with him. *Hagetta is the sister of the vile witch, Hagatha. She is a healer who uses white dragon flames. She is a major ally of the heroes. *Traveling Tradesman is the person who sold the magic beans to Jack. He is an ally to the heroes, and although they generally dislike him, he proves to be helpful at times. *Medusa is a person with a head of hair made of snakes and eyes that turn anyone who looks at them to stone. although she does these things, she doesn't mean to and finds the cave full of both citizens and royals. she later finds Morina's hut, drinks a potion and (for a short time) turns back into a human. she helps free Froggy from the mirror and saves the missing children, proving that she is not a monster. she then decides (after Froggy offers) to live out her days in Froggy's old house.Reception
*''The Wishing Spell'' was on theFilm adaptation
On June 13, 2017, it was announced thatReferences
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Land of Stories American children's novels Children's fantasy novels Novels based on fairy tales Series of children's books