The Legend of Korra: An Avatar's Chronicle

Avatar: The Last Airbender: Legacy

by Andrea Robinson, Sora Medina (Illustrator)

Avatar Korra and her friends chronicle their memories and adventures in this new fully-illustrated scrapbook filled with letters and inserts from your favorite characters.

After the time of Avatar Aang, Korra was revealed as the next Avatar. After training with Aang’s son Tenzin, Avatar Korra succeeded in the battle to restore peace between the Spirit World and Republic City, though the victories were hard-fought. In this fully-illustrated scrapbook, Tenzin challenges Korra to chronicle the many trials and lessons she has learned during her time as Avatar.

To complete this task, Korra enlists the help of her many friends and loved ones to share stories, mementos, and artifacts from their many adventures. Readers will discover gorgeous art, inserted posters, special removable keepsakes, photos, and more throughout this book!

Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Comics, LGBT, Fiction, Queer, Art

64 pages, Hardcover

Published August 6, 2019

About the author

Wine writer also published as 'Andrea Immer' and 'Andrea Immer Robinson'.
Andrea Immer
Andrea Immer Robinson

Reviews

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a book about the avatar world and Korra adventure from her POV. Great book for korra fans. I love the format of the book, which is similar to a journal with detacheable photos and mementos sticking inside some pages. And I love how Korra swoons over her girlfriend, Asami and brags about her intelligence. That was cute :) But i wish it was a bit longer. Altho there is 1 sentence that is ... abit confusing in regards to connection to past avatars:

(Addressed to future avatars) "... I am sorry that you won't have the connection with me (Korra), with Aang, and with all the lived that you've lived before"

This doesnt sound right :/ The next avatar should still have connection with her. Unless she doesnt know that (which understandable because this is written under Korra POV)

[Matt Leicht · Rating 5 out of 5]

Korrasami >>>>>

[Marcos “MSMDragon” · Rating 5 out of 5]

Needed more Korrasami, but otherwise a great addition to my Avatar collection. I also really like the idea of the Avatar leaving a journal behind for future Avatars.

[Artemis Crescent · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cute, informative and beautifully illustrated geeky guide for any 'The Legend of Korra' fan.

'The Legend of Korra: An Avatar's Chronicle' is mostly made up of letters, and material concerning the characters, and the 'Avatar' world with its history, spirits, and technology, plus cute pictures - all presented and recorded by Avatar Korra.

I like how understated the Korrasami aspect is - it's a little detail that's nonetheless unmistakable, and it's no big deal. LBGTQ content is normalized!

My two main negative points that I have with the book are: Even when Korra talks about her parents, and the enemies she's made on her journey, including her uncle Unalaq, her cousins Eska and Desna are not mentioned once; and in Katara's letter to Korra, she says she used to be defined by her deceased mother and soldier father, the people missing in her life, and it wasn't until she discovered Aang that she found a new sense of family. Well, I guess Sokka never meant that much to her; when he is referred to in Katara's letter, it isn't as her brother. Anyone fairly new to 'The Legend of Korra' and everything associated with it wouldn't know who she is talking about. In the way the letter's written, it's portrayed like she's always felt alone and unloved in her childhood. Sheesh, I know Katara treated Sokka pretty terribly in 'Avatar: The Last Airbender', but that is just harsh. So much for the importance of family. Not cool, Katara.

But apart from that, this chronicle is a nice treat. Mostly I'm in it for Korrasami, but hooray for highlighting Jinora and the other female key players! Colourful, pop culture feminist fun.

Final Score: 3.5/5

[AnaDeCintra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me ha encantado, y a quién le guste La Leyenda de Korra, le encantará. Básicamente es una crónica de las vivencias de Korra escritas por ella misma y con ayuda de los demás, para dejar información al próximo Avatar.

No diré mucho más para no hacer spoilers ni de los eventos de la serie, ni de los comics, pero este libro ha estado genial. Está inglés, pero me ha resultado tan fácil de leer como el castellano, tanto que apenas me ha durado dos días.

Quiero más cosas de Korra (y Asami).

[pamreads · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute! Makes me want to rewatch the show

[Pankachu102 · Rating 4 out of 5]

With the Avatar’s connection to their past lives severed, Tenzin tasks Avatar Korra with an assignment to document her journey and provide written guidance to the future Avatars. Korra is not pleased with this task and ropes in her friends and companions to assist by writing letters of their own to be included in the assignment.

Full of letters and funny quips that Legend of Korra fans will enjoy. I would not recommend for younger kids if they are not general with their books. There are quite a few attachments, postcards, and booklets attached to individual pages, which could be ripped out easily when you are trying to read as they overlap text.

[Kristen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wanted so much to love this because of how much I’ve enjoyed the comics and I really enjoyed Aang’s book after the series, but unfortunately this was just average. It didn’t add anything to the series or the comics that came after the series (especially if you’ve read all of the comics so far).
There were a couple of special pieces I did enjoy: Zuko, the cookie recipe, and the mini spirit guide.

[Leslie Hester · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tenzin feels its best for Korra to keep a journal so that the next avatar can have a guide. Korra asks her friend to help include some advice for future avatars. The letters she receives tells what the gangs been up while she and Asami had their vacation in the spirit world. Korra also includes all the past traumas she experience from villains she faces and how it shaped her into the avatar she became. It’s a nice lead in to the the Legend of Korra comics.

[Rocky Sunico · Rating 3 out of 5]

All of these Avatar reference books are pretty light reading as they're designed to be accessible to all ages. The other books felt very character-focused and helped to shine a lot on other aspects of the world of Avatar. This book is focused on Korra, which means the book ended up touching on a lot of the plot points of her season more than anything else. It still makes for a good in-universe recap of the show with some interesting tidbits here and there.

[Bookwalker · Rating 4 out of 5]

I 100% would recommend this book to all my fellow “Legend of Korra” fans. It has everything: awesome art, different character perspectives- some of which deepens them- and reflections of Korra’s takeaways from her various adventures. Oh and there’s a little bit of humour for shippers and older fans.

[cami stazi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Un nuevo acercamiento al ciclo de Avatar Korra, después de los acontecimientos de la serie.
Un libro muy útil para seguir descubriendo este universo a través de los ojos de Korra y su gran equipo avatar. 5/5⭐

[Kellean · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun to read. More appropriate for kids but still perfect for any Legend of Korra fan.

[Jamie · Rating 5 out of 5]

A brilliant addition to the LOK world. Granted, there’s nothing new and it’s more of a walk down memory lane, but it’s done very, very well and kept me genuinely smiling the entire way through!

[Angel (huge fan of all things Totoro) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pretty cool.

[Fatima Alakhawand · Rating 3 out of 5]

This didn’t really offer any new information. Some of the letters did make me tear up a bit tho.

[Beh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book

[Chen Dahbash · Rating 3 out of 5]

hmm korra was a bit annoying in here, but still quite nice

[natalie scatorccio · Rating 5 out of 5]

cute and incredibly underrated! it was really nice seeing these characters again

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely amazing. I have no words for it. Brought me to tears.

[Sebastian Rodriguez · Rating 1 out of 5]

Mismo problema que avatar legacy pero aburre

[Holly Gray · Rating 3 out of 5]

loved the art and memorabilia but just didn't add anything to the avatar canon. played it safe and just retold the legend of korra

[Chio · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely beautiful and a great way to expand the Avatar universe, if you're a fan like me you'll enjoy it very much.

[Thom Matthews · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love love all things avatar. Art is wonderful. Nothing particular new and it seems to contradict some things in the show and add further confusion to some pretty important parts

[Aaron Toponce · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meh. Unlike the "Avatar: The Last Airbender - Legacy" scrapbook, this is more of just a rehashing of the Legend of Korra series. It's 62 pages long, and the only thing it adds to Avatar universe is on page 56, where she says the following:

As Unavaatu, the Dark Avatar separated me from Raava and severed my link with the past Avatars forever, which is why I must write this all down for you today.

In other words, it's a journal for the avatar. This isn't really that new though, because you're confronted with it by Tenzin on page 1. But, Korra reminds us that Unavaatu separated her link with her past avatars, so the only way to have her story live on, is by the journal.

The problem with this logic though, is that Korra is a new Avatar Wan. In other words, she's the first link on a new cycle. So really, the new Earth Kingdom Avatar will have all her memories and experiences in tact, and will be able to draw on communicating with Korra as needed.

So really, this book doesn't add anything to the Avatar universe. The only you get out of it that has any real practical value are Pema's coconut macaroons recipe.

Where the scrapbook is good though is the artwork, and a subtle nudge to remind yourself of the details from the TV series. Each page is filled with a letter from each character in the series, and the author did a good job keeping the voice of each in the writing. I had no problem slipping into their respective voices as I read each letter.

But really, the only people who would purchase this book, and possibly future scrapbooks, are complete and total Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra geeks, of which I am happily one.

[Lex · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was alright at best. I wanted it to be a little more heartfelt like the Legacy of the Fire Nation book (which made me cry), but instead it was just sort of reiterating the ‘good’ parts of the Legend of Korra. I recognize wholeheartedly that this (and the other Avatar books) are meant for children, but I was expecting something a bit deeper.
Maybe I’m at fault for comparing this to the Legacy of the Fire Nation (highly recommend), but this one feels too ‘in your face’ about everything. Korra outwardly says multiple times that ‘nothing bad has ever happened to her!! Just focus on the good stuff!!’ And while that may be an acceptable way to portray avoidance to a young audience, I feel it mischaracterizes Korra quite a bit. Of course they mentioned Korrasami, but that didn’t make up for the mischaracterization of Korra as a leading character.