I Can’t Wait For…Beasts of the Four Nations by John O’Bryan, Bryan Konietzko, & Michael Dante DiMartino

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted over at Wishful Endings to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about but haven’t yet read. Most of the time they’re books that have yet to be released, but not always. It’s based on the Waiting on Wednesday meme, which was originally hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. 

You can find the releases I’m most anticipating this year over on my Unmissable list, but I use Can’t-Wait Wednesday to feature books I’m hopeful about but aren’t 100% sure will be five star reads.

This week my Can’t-Wait-For Book is Beasts of the Four Nations by John O’Bryan, Bryan Konietzko, & Michael Dante DiMartino! (And a whole bunch of wonderful illustrators!)

Beasts of the Four Nations: Creatures from Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra by John O'Bryan, Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, Nickelodeon, Devin Elle Kurtz
Published on: 23rd September 2025
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Discover the creatures of The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra with this in-depth exploration of the Four Nations’ animal inhabitants!
Part of what everyone loves about the Four Nations is all the strange and wonderful (and sometimes scary!) creatures that inhabit them! From the Air Nomads’ flying bison, to Kyoshi Island’s elephant koi, to the Earth Kingdom’s singing groundhogs and the little purple pentapus, look to this hardcover volume for images and information on Avatar and Korra’s creatures large and small.

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I’m ashamed to confess that I’ve never watched Avatar – I’m terrible at watching tv generally – but I’ve always meant to watch it eventually. I’ve loved everything I’ve seen and heard about it over the years.

And even if I hadn’t, as a worldbuilding-nut, I’m ALWAYS excited for ‘non-fiction’ about imaginary worlds. Especially beasties! Have you ever tried to invent a completely new animal?! It’s incredibly hard! So a book all about creatures invented for Avatar – which I’ve always heard has INCREDIBLE worldbuilding – sounds like it was written for me! (And maybe this will finally get me to sit down and watch the show???)

I first heard about Beasts of the Four Nations when one of the amazing artists I follow on insta revealed a print they’d illustrated for it. I’ve never seen the beasties in the picture in any Avatar screenshots or anything – but HI, I’M IN LOVE!

You can see some of the interior pages in this feature over on Nerdist, and they look fantastic. I’m basically one giant I HAVE A MIGHTY NEED gif!

*grabby hands*

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