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Mother Goose Diaries

by Chris Colfer

Published 201580 pagesISBN 978-0-3491-3225-9

Get a front row seat to the adventures of the mischievous Mother Goose, a fan favorite character in the #1 New York Timesbestselling series, The Land of Stories. Mother Goose has had centuries of thrilling adventures and finally she's allowing her favorite readers to take a peek at all her secrets. Who else gossiped with Queen Elizabeth I, taught geography to Napoleon, marched for equal rights with Martin Luther King Jr., and served as Andy Warhol's muse? With Chris Colfer's trademark wit and humor, fans will love getting the inside scoop on Mother Goose.

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Fantasy, Fiction. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.

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Themes to notice

Fantasy · Fiction

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Content notes

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Reading experience

Dark tone · Urgent pace

Works well for a focused weekend or a few concentrated sittings.

Who it may suit

A good fit if…

Readers who want a thoughtful experience and enjoy noticing the connections beneath a book’s surface story.

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Before you choose

A quick reading snapshot

Edition facts and catalog signals to help you decide whether this book fits what you want to read next.

Reading lengthA shorter read80 pages in this edition
Publication eraContemporaryFirst published or edition dated 2015
Primary categoryFantasyAlso cataloged under Fiction
ISBN-13
978-0-3491-3225-9
Language
English
Edition record
OL29274643M
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A more thoughtful way into this book

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Good to know

Works well for a focused weekend or a few concentrated sittings.

Begin with its place in Fantasy, then notice where the book resists that label.

Try this reading approach

Read for connection, not completion.

Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.

Three questions to carry with you

  1. Which familiar part of life becomes easier to see through this imagined world?
  2. What rules shape the world, and who benefits from them?
  3. Where does wonder, fear, or possibility change a character’s choices?

Editorial framework by Wesley Bryan, BookenDeX Founder and Editor.