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32 pp.
| Scholastic
| June, 2017
|
TradeISBN 978-1-338-05435-4$17.99
(3)
K-3
The Super Happy Magic Forest gang returns, and uh-oh: Zorgoth, Super Slug of Doom, vows to drink the Potion of Power and wreck the place. Can our unlikely heroes, including gnome Herbert, save the day? Once again, inspired silliness abounds, especially in the dialogue-balloon-filled cartoony art (as the quest takes them "across fiery lands," Herbert says, "I knew I should have packed my watering can").
32 pp.
| Scholastic
| March, 2016
|
TradeISBN 978-0-545-86059-8$17.99
(3)
K-3
When the Mystical Crystals of Life are stolen from Super Happy Magic Forest, five heroes must travel to Goblin Tower to get them back. Long subverts every fantasyland cliché, starting with casting improbable heroes: Blossom, a unicorn; Trevor, a mushroom; and so on. The cartoony art is riddled with dialogue-balloon-supplied humor (one "hero": "Did anyone bring any bug spray?").