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Wings of Fire
Wings of Fire: A Guide to the Dragon World
Dive into the world of Wings of Fire like never before!
In this guide, all-new art and maps will be joined by exclusive stories and folklore from Tui Sutherland. Each chapter of the Guide will take an in-depth look at the tribes of Pyrrhia and Pantala, bringing to life the history, mythology, and folklore of this beloved world in a truly spectacular and gift-worthy way.
In this guide, all-new art and maps will be joined by exclusive stories and folklore from Tui Sutherland. Each chapter of the Guide will take an in-depth look at the tribes of Pyrrhia and Pantala, bringing to life the history, mythology, and folklore of this beloved world in a truly spectacular and gift-worthy way.
240 pages, Hardcover
Published April 4, 2023
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1262 people want to read
About the author
Tui T. Sutherland
202 books6,300 followersOkay, I know what you’re thinking. Tui? What kind of name is that? Is it short for something?
Nope. Among the many great things to come out of New Zealand (the Lord of the Rings movies, cats that paint, my mom) is a bird called the tui—not as well known as the kiwi, but a heck of a lot noisier!
I was born July 31 (same birthday as Harry Potter!) in Caracas, Venezuela, and lived in Asuncion, Paraguay; Miami, Florida; and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, before moving to New Jersey in high school, where I started doing theatre—mostly backstage work, because (a) it was fun, and (b) you got to hang out in the dark with cute boys. (Er, I mean . . . because it was artistically fulfilling, yes.)
I graduated from Williams College in ’98 and I currently live in Boston with my husband, my perfect new baby, and my adorable yoodle Sunshine (what’s a yoodle? A puppy that’s three-quarters poodle and one-quarter Yorkshire terrier, of course!).
Much to my parents’ relief, I abandoned my theatrical aspirations after college for the far more stable and lucrative career of fiction writing.
My first two official books were beginning readers, part of Grosset & Dunlap’s “First Friends” series for kids learning to read. MEET MO AND ELLA is tough to find now, but FUN WITH MO AND ELLA should still be out there somewhere.
My first novel for teenagers was THIS MUST BE LOVE, which retells Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream in a modern-day high school, from the POV of the two heroines, Hermia and Helena.
And now I'm writing in a new project called SEEKERS! It's a children's book series that I'm writing with Erin Hunter. Check out my blog to find out more!
Nope. Among the many great things to come out of New Zealand (the Lord of the Rings movies, cats that paint, my mom) is a bird called the tui—not as well known as the kiwi, but a heck of a lot noisier!
I was born July 31 (same birthday as Harry Potter!) in Caracas, Venezuela, and lived in Asuncion, Paraguay; Miami, Florida; and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, before moving to New Jersey in high school, where I started doing theatre—mostly backstage work, because (a) it was fun, and (b) you got to hang out in the dark with cute boys. (Er, I mean . . . because it was artistically fulfilling, yes.)
I graduated from Williams College in ’98 and I currently live in Boston with my husband, my perfect new baby, and my adorable yoodle Sunshine (what’s a yoodle? A puppy that’s three-quarters poodle and one-quarter Yorkshire terrier, of course!).
Much to my parents’ relief, I abandoned my theatrical aspirations after college for the far more stable and lucrative career of fiction writing.
My first two official books were beginning readers, part of Grosset & Dunlap’s “First Friends” series for kids learning to read. MEET MO AND ELLA is tough to find now, but FUN WITH MO AND ELLA should still be out there somewhere.
My first novel for teenagers was THIS MUST BE LOVE, which retells Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream in a modern-day high school, from the POV of the two heroines, Hermia and Helena.
And now I'm writing in a new project called SEEKERS! It's a children's book series that I'm writing with Erin Hunter. Check out my blog to find out more!
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May 27, 2025
I did really enjoy this book. I think my problems with it are problems stemming from the series itself, not just this book
First of all, the art in this book was all beautiful. Joy Ang is an incredible illustrator and I loved getting to see portraits of the Queens. It really brought this book to life.
More recently I've found Wings of Fire to use more childish dialog? Adult dragons often talk like petulant children, and there's too much humour in situations that should be serious. For instance, read Belladonna's correspondence. She sounds like an immature child, not an angry, war-ready, independent dragon. I think this is a problem in a lot of more recent WoF books, it just feels like Tui's style of writing is getting more annoying to read. And I get this is a children's series, but Warriors for instance still handles serious dialog fairly well.
I loved learning so much about the lore of the dragon world, I've always been sort of a lore junkie. I love learning about their cultures and things we didn't get to see in the main series. Which is a problem in and of itself; Tui didn't focus as much on worldbuilding as perhaps she should have. Things in this book could've been so cool to see actually happy in the main series.
I do love having all this lore and drawings in one place, and I think I'll be coming back to it a fair bit. This book itself did not disappoint, it was what I wanted it to be. My disappointment instead lies with the series as a whole. And I still like it anyway lol.
I can't wait to try out that honey drop recipe :)
First of all, the art in this book was all beautiful. Joy Ang is an incredible illustrator and I loved getting to see portraits of the Queens. It really brought this book to life.
More recently I've found Wings of Fire to use more childish dialog? Adult dragons often talk like petulant children, and there's too much humour in situations that should be serious. For instance, read Belladonna's correspondence. She sounds like an immature child, not an angry, war-ready, independent dragon. I think this is a problem in a lot of more recent WoF books, it just feels like Tui's style of writing is getting more annoying to read. And I get this is a children's series, but Warriors for instance still handles serious dialog fairly well.
I loved learning so much about the lore of the dragon world, I've always been sort of a lore junkie. I love learning about their cultures and things we didn't get to see in the main series. Which is a problem in and of itself; Tui didn't focus as much on worldbuilding as perhaps she should have. Things in this book could've been so cool to see actually happy in the main series.
I do love having all this lore and drawings in one place, and I think I'll be coming back to it a fair bit. This book itself did not disappoint, it was what I wanted it to be. My disappointment instead lies with the series as a whole. And I still like it anyway lol.
I can't wait to try out that honey drop recipe :)
October 7, 2023
Cute but i was a lil disappointed.i was excited to read about more info about each tribe but i feel we got little new information that we don't already have from the novels. Nonetheless,it was super fun to read and exciting to be immersed in the world again.🙂
Some random thoughts I had:
》glory x deathbringer were hilarious in the short snippet we got(they are the epitome of reverse grumpy sunshine✨).
》there were some pieces of info that made me go👀 ( TUI IS THAT FORESHADOWING YOU'LL WRITE MORE BOOKS?)
3💫
Some random thoughts I had:
》glory x deathbringer were hilarious in the short snippet we got(they are the epitome of reverse grumpy sunshine✨).
》there were some pieces of info that made me go👀 ( TUI IS THAT FORESHADOWING YOU'LL WRITE MORE BOOKS?)
3💫
October 29, 2023
Was a pretty good book, but for a book that had been post poned over five times, the hype was a little underwhelming imo. There were some cool added stuff, but I felt like some tribes we needed to know more about didn’t really say much. For the SandWings, it didn’t tell us anything we didn’t already know and instead just gave us a kinda boring journal of Smolder meeting Flower, instead of giving us anything about SandWing history besides “treasure gone missing” which we already know…
The drawings were a really nice addition though!
The drawings were a really nice addition though!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 28, 2023
I really enjoyed the illustrations and am glad I got this for Christmas. I liked how the book actually felt like it was compiled by Starflight, and I also liked the little notes throughout the book. My favorite part of the book was the RainWing emotions and colors and the SeaWing Aquatic phrases.
May 1, 2024
I tried
Making the honey drop recipe it was a mess🤣🤣😆😆🤭🤭😹😜😝
Making the honey drop recipe it was a mess🤣🤣😆😆🤭🤭😹😜😝
February 1, 2024
This was such a delight to read! I really can't describe how much my inner fangirl was screaming the whole time. I can't even pick a favourite tribe's part, since they all got fleshed out so well. The art was fantastic, and the stories were so vibrant, just AHHHHHH! A must read for any WoF fan
To be fair, a lot of the lore is repeated, and not everything is brand new. Also, a lot of the character voices are starting to sound similar, without many distinct personalities. Still, my criticisms are far outweighed by how fun this book is.
To be fair, a lot of the lore is repeated, and not everything is brand new. Also, a lot of the character voices are starting to sound similar, without many distinct personalities. Still, my criticisms are far outweighed by how fun this book is.
December 28, 2023
So good! A wonderful collection of letters, stories, and safety guides from the WOF world that had me completely enthralled - I started reading and could not put it down until I had finished (as is usually the case when I read WOF haha).
This book is for people who already love the series, if you were to pick this up without having read all of the main books you would probably not get much out it.
As a long time fan, words cannot describe how grateful I am to finally have new content from this franchise that actually expands on what's already there.
It was lovely to hear from familiar characters, particularly members of the royal familes as we finally get to see what steps are being taken to rebuild and bring together the tribes after the war. Anemone's letter to Tamarin was absolutely adorable and I loved seeing more of the Mudwings and Skywings as we don't see much of them in the main series.
My only complaints come from the somewhat lackluster Scavenger section at the end; it seems odd to me to have that exist after already having Smoulder's notes on Flower earlier. Not to mention there's no word from Winter there? Even though he's studying Scavengers?? It would make more sense to me to move Smoulder's writing about Flower to the end and include some kind of note from Winter about his studies - maybe have him co-author Wren's note or something, that would be cool. Also it's weird that there's an illustration of Smoulder and Flower under Wren's note instead of her with Sky??
Also it does irk me a little bit that 90% of the art in this is just recycled from the books, however it is great art and it's nice to see the "guide to the dragons of Pyrrhia" drawings in colour (also the portraits of the Queens are phenomenal).
But all of that is just me nitpicking haha, I had a great time with this. Definitely give it a read if you're a fan of the main book series, especially if you also liked the legends books.
This book is for people who already love the series, if you were to pick this up without having read all of the main books you would probably not get much out it.
As a long time fan, words cannot describe how grateful I am to finally have new content from this franchise that actually expands on what's already there.
It was lovely to hear from familiar characters, particularly members of the royal familes as we finally get to see what steps are being taken to rebuild and bring together the tribes after the war. Anemone's letter to Tamarin was absolutely adorable and I loved seeing more of the Mudwings and Skywings as we don't see much of them in the main series.
My only complaints come from the somewhat lackluster Scavenger section at the end; it seems odd to me to have that exist after already having Smoulder's notes on Flower earlier. Not to mention there's no word from Winter there? Even though he's studying Scavengers?? It would make more sense to me to move Smoulder's writing about Flower to the end and include some kind of note from Winter about his studies - maybe have him co-author Wren's note or something, that would be cool. Also it's weird that there's an illustration of Smoulder and Flower under Wren's note instead of her with Sky??
Also it does irk me a little bit that 90% of the art in this is just recycled from the books, however it is great art and it's nice to see the "guide to the dragons of Pyrrhia" drawings in colour (also the portraits of the Queens are phenomenal).
But all of that is just me nitpicking haha, I had a great time with this. Definitely give it a read if you're a fan of the main book series, especially if you also liked the legends books.
May 30, 2024
*Sigh* Boy was this a disappointment. This took me weeks to finish.
I'm not usually one to really enjoy these type of guide books (similar to the Warriors Field Guides) but this one was TOUGH to get through even by those standards. It was so boring and just feels like a bunch of random bits cobbled together rather than a fully fledged out guide book about the species and lore of this world. Heck, the fan-Wikia does a much better job of this than this official book does.
It's just boring text after unrelated text with the only theme tying them together that they're themed around each one or a few dragons of each species writing to Starflight. But the texts are otherwise unrelated and instead of being actually very insightful on each species and the lore they're usually just silly throwaways about the dragons ranting about something. It doesn't give us a lot of new insight we didn't previously have, aside from a few sections. They also didn't even bother to include a section about scavengers/humans (from a scavenger's perspective I mean), which are just as much a part of this world by arc three as the dragons are. I know this is a book aimed at a younger audience, but if you're gonna call yourself a guide, please be an actual guide book with relevant information on the world and lore, and not whatever this is.
The only saving grace preventing me from giving it a one-star rating is the unique formatting and many beautiful illustrations. But aside from that I think there's not much of value to be found here.
PS: Do not buy this book for your e-reader like I did thinking it'd be okay, it completely messes up the formatting and becomes unreadable (at least on my device). I had to read this book on my laptop because the e-reader couldn't handle it.
I'm not usually one to really enjoy these type of guide books (similar to the Warriors Field Guides) but this one was TOUGH to get through even by those standards. It was so boring and just feels like a bunch of random bits cobbled together rather than a fully fledged out guide book about the species and lore of this world. Heck, the fan-Wikia does a much better job of this than this official book does.
It's just boring text after unrelated text with the only theme tying them together that they're themed around each one or a few dragons of each species writing to Starflight. But the texts are otherwise unrelated and instead of being actually very insightful on each species and the lore they're usually just silly throwaways about the dragons ranting about something. It doesn't give us a lot of new insight we didn't previously have, aside from a few sections. They also didn't even bother to include a section about scavengers/humans (from a scavenger's perspective I mean), which are just as much a part of this world by arc three as the dragons are. I know this is a book aimed at a younger audience, but if you're gonna call yourself a guide, please be an actual guide book with relevant information on the world and lore, and not whatever this is.
The only saving grace preventing me from giving it a one-star rating is the unique formatting and many beautiful illustrations. But aside from that I think there's not much of value to be found here.
PS: Do not buy this book for your e-reader like I did thinking it'd be okay, it completely messes up the formatting and becomes unreadable (at least on my device). I had to read this book on my laptop because the e-reader couldn't handle it.
July 7, 2024
This book is amazing!
It’s got lots of mini stories that still connect to the main story. It has ten chapters each one about the tribes and their history.
My favourite story from each chapter:
Chapter One MudWings
A FEW OF THE MANY NOBLE QUALITIES OF MUDWINGS
by sepia the MudWings
Chapter Two SeaWings
ANCIENT SEAWINGS LETTERS
with thanks to the royal SeaWings library
Chapter three RainWings
THE STUPENDOUS STORY OF A SNUGGLY SLOTH
by kinkajou of the rainwings
Chapter four NightWings
THE TRUTH ABOUT NIGHTWING POWERS
by MoonWatcher of the NightWings
Chapter five SandWings
STRANGE TIME FOR A NEW PET
Chapter six IceWings
THE ANIMUS GIFTS OF THE ICEWINGS
with notations by queen snowfall
Chapter seven SkyWings
THIS IS WHY WE DON’T MARRY PSYCHOPATHS
by tailwind of the skywings
Chapter eight SilkWings
MONARCH OF THE SILKWINGS
Chapter nine HiveWings
POTENTIAL HIVEWING ABILITIES
Chapter ten LeafWings
LEAFWING LETTERS BETWEEN QUEEN SEQUOIA,LINDEN AND BELLADONNA
It’s got lots of mini stories that still connect to the main story. It has ten chapters each one about the tribes and their history.
My favourite story from each chapter:
Chapter One MudWings
A FEW OF THE MANY NOBLE QUALITIES OF MUDWINGS
by sepia the MudWings
Chapter Two SeaWings
ANCIENT SEAWINGS LETTERS
with thanks to the royal SeaWings library
Chapter three RainWings
THE STUPENDOUS STORY OF A SNUGGLY SLOTH
by kinkajou of the rainwings
Chapter four NightWings
THE TRUTH ABOUT NIGHTWING POWERS
by MoonWatcher of the NightWings
Chapter five SandWings
STRANGE TIME FOR A NEW PET
Chapter six IceWings
THE ANIMUS GIFTS OF THE ICEWINGS
with notations by queen snowfall
Chapter seven SkyWings
THIS IS WHY WE DON’T MARRY PSYCHOPATHS
by tailwind of the skywings
Chapter eight SilkWings
MONARCH OF THE SILKWINGS
Chapter nine HiveWings
POTENTIAL HIVEWING ABILITIES
Chapter ten LeafWings
LEAFWING LETTERS BETWEEN QUEEN SEQUOIA,LINDEN AND BELLADONNA
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 5, 2023
Solid four stars. I loved this guide! Getting to see what our favorite characters have been up to after the series makes me so happy.
Speaking of finding out what our characters have been up to. . . Yeah. My problem with this book. Why did we get interesting tidbits on all the Pyrrhian dragons, and NOTHING on what our Pantalan friends have been up to? The descriptions of the HiveWings and SilkWings are outdated (Queen Wasp is not the Queen anymore. . .), and we get nothing new on what any of them have been doing after the events of book 15.
That part was disappointing, but the art was gorgeous (thanks Joy Ang!) and having the book exist in the dragon world was a great idea. Overall, not perfect, but a great guide.
Speaking of finding out what our characters have been up to. . . Yeah. My problem with this book. Why did we get interesting tidbits on all the Pyrrhian dragons, and NOTHING on what our Pantalan friends have been up to? The descriptions of the HiveWings and SilkWings are outdated (Queen Wasp is not the Queen anymore. . .), and we get nothing new on what any of them have been doing after the events of book 15.
That part was disappointing, but the art was gorgeous (thanks Joy Ang!) and having the book exist in the dragon world was a great idea. Overall, not perfect, but a great guide.
October 3, 2024
This was absolutely amazing!!! I loved every page! I loved all the information Tui gave us and all the extras! An amazing edition to the series!!!!
October 13, 2023
Ok wait i haven't read this series since last year but its so nostalgic it got me into reading so reading this brought back all the feels and I need to reread the series
July 9, 2025
I was VERY hyped for this book. I had been wanting a guide that gave statistics/facts about the tribes of WoF. I was hoping to see new information not yet explained and maps of the tribes and continents. The book didn’t disappoint, but there were things I had expected that didn’t come to fruition. I was hoping more so for an actual character/species guide rather than in-universe letters written by the characters. What I mean by “statistics” are the facts about an average dragon species’ height, weight, what they eat, and how their bodies actually function. I also felt like the character letters were written in a MUCH too childish manner.
November 18, 2024
DNF audiobook. I found this on Libby and decided to listen in case my dragon-loving neice might be into it, not realizing that it isn’t the first of the series. It was interesting enough that I could see myself reading the first of the series and then borrowing this book, but I wouldn’t recommend audio because it seems like the physical copy has a lot of diagrams. It definitely has me interested in reading the story because I like the idea of the world having dragon tribes.
October 4, 2023
I've been excited for this one for so long! Through both of the release delays and all the speculation, it's finally here! I went out, bought the only copy left, sat down in the food court, and finished all 200 something pages in one sitting. I'm delighted to absorb more Wings of Fire Lore and the illustrations were to die for!
November 6, 2023
I haven't read any of the Wings of Fire books besides this one, but it was still interesting. I read this with my 9 year old daughter, and she really enjoyed it. She has read all 15 books and is working through the legends.
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February 25, 2022Is this gonna be a picture book 😮 there is an illistrator
October 11, 2023
I did really like this!
I liked the inside views on ships like anemerian and glorybringer
Overall the art was great
I liked the inside views on ships like anemerian and glorybringer
Overall the art was great
October 17, 2025
This book made us so happy to read. We're so proud of Starflight for it, and to all the people involved in bringing it to our world, too!
January 5, 2024
It’s all been downhill from here
August 28, 2024
I only planned to skim this a little bit, but ended up reading the whole thing, and it was very interesting and fun! (I kind of wanted to know more about the Leafwings though!)
March 29, 2024
Wings of fire fueron unos libros que me acompañaron durante unos cuantos años según iba terminando secundaria. Me acompañaron en malos momentos y les tengo un cariño especial.
Este libro podríamos definirlo como un extra, más bien una novela visual. El arte que acompaña este título es vívido y precioso.
Mi único problema es que poca información nueva hay aquí...
Este libro podríamos definirlo como un extra, más bien una novela visual. El arte que acompaña este título es vívido y precioso.
Mi único problema es que poca información nueva hay aquí...
December 27, 2023
Not bad for a guide. I gained a lot of new insight and learned quite a few things about the less developed parts of the world. The design and illustrations in the book are gorgeous, and I like how the presentation isn't repetitive. It is nice to have some parts in 1st person and hear the funny comments of our beloved characters. Tui did a great job! (As did Joy Ang and all others)
If you wish to learn more about events, like the MudWing Succession Crisis and the Scorching, and other things, like Aquatic and RainWing scale color meanings, I would recommend it!
If you wish to learn more about events, like the MudWing Succession Crisis and the Scorching, and other things, like Aquatic and RainWing scale color meanings, I would recommend it!
September 3, 2024
Amazing book!
I am a HUGE Wings of Fire, and this was an amazing guide. It helped me understand a bit more about the dragon world. Mink's adorable letter to Jade Mountain Academy and Cliff's anthem to the SkyWings just perfected this book for me. The letters between Belladonna and Sequoia are SOOOO funny! Totally reccomend this book for Wings of Fire fans, for people who would like to see if they would enjoy the series, or someone who is just starting Wings of Fire. I really recommend to anyone really!!!! I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did!
beywee
I am a HUGE Wings of Fire, and this was an amazing guide. It helped me understand a bit more about the dragon world. Mink's adorable letter to Jade Mountain Academy and Cliff's anthem to the SkyWings just perfected this book for me. The letters between Belladonna and Sequoia are SOOOO funny! Totally reccomend this book for Wings of Fire fans, for people who would like to see if they would enjoy the series, or someone who is just starting Wings of Fire. I really recommend to anyone really!!!! I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did!
beywee
May 28, 2024
I love the random little letters between everything lol, they were hilarious!! I also really like how there were little pieces of history for each tribe that tells you about something in their past that's not mentioned in the books. And damn the art was BEAUTIFUL. really like it, but I would only read parts of it again if I needed info, not really for fun. Otherwise, it's a great explanation of each of the tribes and their culture/traditions!!
April 30, 2024
73%
Really quite glad that this story is starting to find its footing and become a good story instead of just an average one besides characters here are enjoyable and I love finding out more about them, specifically deathbringer he's most interesting one for sure and the sand tribe and Nightwings are also very cool.
Really quite glad that this story is starting to find its footing and become a good story instead of just an average one besides characters here are enjoyable and I love finding out more about them, specifically deathbringer he's most interesting one for sure and the sand tribe and Nightwings are also very cool.
September 13, 2024
This version hard to read on Kindle! Yet, an excellent visual story
My kid loves these books, and I wanted to read it with him so we could talk! But the kindle version was just too small to read for my old eyes, haha. It wouldn’t expand the text on my phone. The real book is quite stunning. We have all of them. I will try again!
My kid loves these books, and I wanted to read it with him so we could talk! But the kindle version was just too small to read for my old eyes, haha. It wouldn’t expand the text on my phone. The real book is quite stunning. We have all of them. I will try again!
October 6, 2023
This book was just what I hoped it would be! Absolutely loved it! I am so glad that Tui T Sutherland decided to make a book like this because it’s just the wonderful happy ending to wrap this glorious universe up!
October 18, 2023
This book was amazing. I loved hearing stories from all the tribes, and reading the notes they sent to Starflight. I also like how they included things like the sky wing song and the recipe for honey drops.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 2, 2024
This book was so unique and I loved reading it! I’ve never read any book like it! There were so many small bits that tied in perfectly to the other books in the Wings of Fire series. I read the whole book in one day it was so good!
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