Avatar: The Last Airbender: Journeys Through the Earth Kingdom

The Earth Kingdom Chronicles #1-4

by Michael Teitelbaum

In this collection of four books, Aang, Azula, Toph, and Sokka tell about their exciting and eye-opening journeys through the Earth Kingdom. This is a collection of the first four books in the series.

Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Comics, Anime, Fiction, Adventure

384 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Michael Teitelbaum has been a writer and editor of children’s books for more than thirty years. He worked on staff as an editor at Golden Books, Grossett & Dunlop, and Macmillan. In addition to The Scary States of America, Michael’s fiction work includes The Very Hungry Zombie: A Parody, and The Very Thirsty Vampire: A Parody both done with artist extraordinaire Jon Apple, published by Skyhorse. His non-fiction work includes writing Jackie Robinson: Champion for Equality, published by Sterling, and The Baseball Hall of Fame, a 2-volume encyclopedia, published by Grolier. He is also the series editor of Great Escapes, true-life acts of incredible courage, published by Harper Collins.
Michael has always had an interest in the paranormal, despite a rather normal childhood in Brooklyn, NY. These days, Michael lives with his wife, Sheleigah, and two talkative cats in an (as yet unhaunted) 180-year-old farmhouse in the beautiful Catskill Mountains of upstate New York.

Reviews

[chvang · Rating 1 out of 5]

This isn't a story, it's a summary of Book Two: Earth (season two) of the TV show, Avatar: The Last Airbender, but told and retold from the perspectives of Aang, Azula, Toph, and Sokka. They don't offer anything new or interesting and might as well be copy and pasted with character names swapped out. Don't read this book; you're better off just watching the show.

[Leslie Hester · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book tells the exact same events through 4 different POV. Those POV are Aang, Toph, Sokka, Azula. They do not add any insight to the story that we already get from the book 2 episodes that this is reiterated. As a fan, I’m a little disappointed. The style of writing also leaves something to be desired. The author repeats a lot of phrases over and over again on the same page, so it’s not very complex in sentence structure but then again it was probably written for middle schoolers who could probably care less. I would not recommend reading this book if you are a fan of the last airbender because it adds nothing that you don’t already know.

[Em · Rating 3 out of 5]

Aang 1*
Azula 3*
Toph 2*
Sokka 3*

They were all recaps of the same adventure through different point of views. All of the adventures were in the TV show and there was little, if any, original content. That said I did like the new perspectives with certain characters. Sokka's was my favorite because he is such a sarcastic guy that it made for a good narration. Azula's helped me understand her personality and her drive a bit more. I did not care for Aang's story at all. It felt young, yes I know he is like twelve, and I found it to be annoying. I liked Toph's because it was cool to understand her "sight" a bit more.

Because it was the same story repeating over and over I found myself skimming certain parts. When it was only from one character point of view it was fine, but Ba Sing Se was told by all four characters. It was just too repetitive. I will definitely read Zuko's and Katara's books in the future because I love A:LTA.

[Your Common House Bat · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is definitely a book I recommend to fans of Avatar. It offers an insight into the heads of all of the characters throughout the episodes. It was just interesting to see the same event through the eyes of each character. I am very partial to Azula lol <3

[Jules · Rating 1 out of 5]

When I ordered this book, I was not certain of its contents - I didn't know whether it was a series of episode adaptations, or behind-the-scenes extras that build onto the main story, or something completely different. What it turned out to be was disappointing.
This book tells the story of Avatar: The Last Airbender, Book Two: Earth from the first person perspectives of Aang, Azula, Toph, and Sokka, respectively. Each tale was badly and repetitively written, out-of-character, and inaccurate to what the show gave as canon. Events were presented out of order or as done by a different character, some with a different outcome.
Needless to say, this is not a book I would recommend to a fan of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Go read The Lost Adventures or The Promise - they are much more worth your time.
P.S. I do, however, like the cover art, especially on the book's back cover.

[Nora West · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was a little slow at times. If you watched the show, you would think that ti's just a rerun in words. But there were some good parts of the book, like, I relly liked when the book talked about Touph. Since her carector on the show was a little bit shut up so it was nice to see through her eyes... well you know what I mean. It was cool to see how she felt at times. Azula was my second favorite. You've seen what Zuco felt like when his mother was arond, but I bet a thowsand avatars that u never thought about Azula's feelings. Oh don't give me that look! Of corse she has feelings! But any way, off that subgect. Soka would be my third fav. But ang and katara's stores were a little bit predictieble. Though I did like that toumb of love thing. WOW!

[Eric]

Seriously? You are too... What? Worried, afraid, concerned? Lame. It doesn't even include Katara's tale. What was the point of putting her on the cover? See any of the other reviews in this series to tell you how I feel about it. buh, only includes mini books 1-4. I wonder who stopped trying first. I'm SO glad I didn't buy this one...

I need a better shelf fort he books I clearly have no intention of reading... and don't need to buy to know it. Smoking the crack pipe USED to be that but then there were too many books that fit the insanity of smoking some crack rock so any ideas? Suggestions? Something along the lines of the idea of me trying to do LSD? Maybe... maybe.

[Samantha · Rating 2 out of 5]

I thought Avatar: The Last Airbender: Journeys Through the Earth Kingdom was going to the exact same as the series with the reader following Aang and his friends to find him a earthbending teacher. It surprised me a little by having it in the point of view of a characters like Azula but other than that it is not really worth the reading. Very slow and too mellow for my taste, I wanted it more to be like the series. It is a very okay book, not really worth to buy but good if you want to imagine how the scenery in would take place.

[z.diddy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book because I like the idea of bending.

[Tara Schaafsma · Rating 2 out of 5]

Well, I'm not going to finish this. It is just a reiteration of the TV show episodes, told in diary form. I loved the show, and this is okay, but not really worth my time.

[Grace · Rating 3 out of 5]

basiclly just the tv shows but has some nice insight on the characters

[Christany · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book so far it's sooo cool!!!!!