• The Land of Stories

  • The Wishing Spell
  • By: Chris Colfer
  • Narrated by: Chris Colfer
  • Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (4,551 ratings)

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The Land of Stories

By: Chris Colfer
Narrated by: Chris Colfer
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Publisher's summary

The first book in Chris Colfer's number one New York Times best-selling series

The Land of Stories about two siblings who fall into a fairy-tale world!

Alex and Conner Bailey's world is about to change, in this fast-paced adventure that uniquely combines our modern day world with the enchanting realm of classic fairy tales. The Land of Stories tells the tale of twins Alex and Conner. Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, they leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with fairy tale characters they grew up reading about.

But after a series of encounters with witches, wolves, goblins, and trolls alike, getting back home is going to be harder than they thought.

©2012 Chris Colfer (P)2012 Hachette Audio

Critic reviews

"It's hard not to love a book dedicated to the Glee star's grandmother...Colfer gets off many good lines [and] the nifty ending ties the plot's multiple strands up while leaving room for further fairy tale adventures." (Publishers Weekly)

"In The Land of Stories, Colfer showcases his talent for crafting fancifully imaginative plots and multidimensional characters." (Los Angeles Times)

"It will hit big with its combination of earnestness and playful poise." (The New York Times Book Review)

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Best book for long road trips!

My kids and I juat took a road trip to Colorado, which from our house is like a 6 hour drive! I decided to get some audio books for my kids listen to and I happed to stumble upon this one! When ever I asked them what book they wanted to listen to it was always this one! I have to omit I like this one too! Thank you Chris Colfer for writing the Land of Stories; the wishing speel! We really enjoyed thia book! Keep doing what you are doing! 10/10 would recomend! You are never to old for farytales! I will recomend thia book to my friends!

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Great story, but unsatisfying listening

The story itself was great, but was read at what appeared to be 1.5x fast forward speed.

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This was the best book I have ever read it was funny interesting I was enchanted my complements to the author

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I want more

It was much better than expected. I will be reading the rest of the series!

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Awesome! 😃

I have dreamed about traveling into a book and therefore, most identify with the character:
Alex. I love the surprise at the end!!! And the line that the Evil Queen said, “What most people don’t understand is that villains, are just victims who’s story hasn’t been told,” is really great too! I am a BIG FAN OF THIS BOOK AND OTHERS IN THE SERIES THAT CHRIS COLFER HAS WRITTEN!!!!!!!!!!
I am SO excited that a movie is being made of this book, but seriously, I do not think it will be quite as good as the book because......:

“BOOKS are always better!!!!”
(—me)

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Amazing

I loved the land of story's it was so interesting and It was five stars!😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

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The land of stories is a really great book and I love how audible had Chris Colfer (the author) read this book. It was really cool to listen to the author read his own stories and that is why I think the performance was the best.

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Car Trip listen!

This was a great story to listen to in the car for a long road trip. The grands (and I) fully enjoyed the story - the narration was really good too!

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My boy loved this story

It was awesome. Conner was my favorite character. Always asked my dad to play it even on the shortest of trips. Truett age 9

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My Overall Experience With The Book

This book is the best book I have ever read, and boy have I read many. I never disliked anything in the book, and I would recommend it to every single person in the world! I can’t wait to read to rest of the series!

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