Star Wars: What is a Wookiee?

Star Wars: Dorling Kindersley

by D.K. Publishing, Laura Buller

Young fans can learn more about alien characters from the Star Wars universe--from Chewbacca, Han Solo's loyal Wookiee companion, to Jedi Master Yoda and the Gungun race. Full color.

Genres: Star Wars, Childrens, Picture Books, Science Fiction, Kids, 1st Grade, Fiction

32 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2005

About the author

Dorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.

Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.

Source: Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Elizabeth S]

Silly me, given the cover and the title I thought we'd be reading about Wookies. Turns out we get 1-2 pages about Chewbacca, and the rest is about other various aliens in Star Wars. (By the way, "alien" is defined as "not human", but there is no explanation as to what "human" is. Since this book is aimed at beginning readers....) So if you want a page about Chewbacca and a page about Jar-Jar and a page about a number of other random Star Wars creatures, then you'll enjoy this.

[Ed Hansen]

My son and I just read this and are no closer to knowing what a wookie is than we were before we read it.

He enjoyed learning about other random aliens and droids, but…

[Riley R]

I finally know what a Wookie is!!






Just kidding, this book had barely anything about Wookies. This does make me want an in-universe science textbook kind of book about them, though.

[Julie]

Star Wars: What is a Wookiee? is a DK Readers, Level 1 book for beginning readers. I found this book to be a huge disappointment because the only mention of a Wookiee was on page 13. In my opinion this book is an informational text on the supporting characters in the Star Wars film series. It tells readers about various characters, their purpose in the Star Wars universe and gives a short and simple explanation about the characters' history and purpose.

[Fjóla]

We've now read a few of those Star Wars DK Readers, and this one is probably the easiest one, with very basic vocabulary, aside from some Star Wars lingo. It's actually not about Wookiees, contrary to what the title might suggest (the cover of this edition is a lot more representative of the contents of this book), although there is a page about Chewbacca. Instead, it features a few of the creatures encountered in the Star Wars series, such as wookies, Ewoks, droids, Gungans, Hutts, a Toydarian, a Dug, ...

Great early reader and quite a bit easier than some of the other level 1 readers in this Star Wars series.

[Randie D. Camp, M.S.]

C-3PO introduces beginning readers to several Star Wars creatures. The photos from the movies are a plus for Star Wars fans.

[Maximus]

its so dumb

[Mary]

I had the pleasure om grandson reading this to me: From the Beginning To Read series of thirty illustrated stories, ten each of three reading levels.

[Zeina (Taylor's Version)]

AWESOME book about SW creatures!!

[Angie]

My Review: Munchkin and I picked this book out at the library, figuring a level 1 book is great for him and he loves Star Wars particularly Chewie. Turns out this really isn't a book about wookies, but about a bunch of the different species you meet in the series from Episode I through Episode VI. It was also a lot more difficult than most Level 1 books, Munchkin can usually read those on his own, this one however had a lot of text with small images and a quite a few difficult words (I would say this would be more of a later Level 2 or even Level 3 book). It was fun having seeing a lot of the alien races and learning a bit about what makes them unique but the title was rather a poor representation of what the book contained.

[James Biser]

Although the title suggests that this book is about Wookiees, it is really an exploration of many alien animals found throughout the Star Wars universe. It is narrated by C3PO and includes an explanation of the different androids as well.

[Kristina Wise]

C-3PO tells you of some of the creatures who live in the Star Wars Universe. There's a few in depth pages about how C-3PO has changed throughout the years, Watto's Shop and, my favorite, the dishes served at Dex's Diner!

[Meredith]

Narrated by C-3PO, this beginning reader introduces readers to humans, aliens, and droids from the Star Wars universe.

Photos from the Star Wars films accompany the text. A glossary is included at the back of the book.

[Jon]

Wookiees are barely mentioned! Furthermore Gungans we’re sneaked into this book! Libraries should NOT be allowing children to check out books with this kind of content! I will be raising my complaint at the next city council meeting!

[Kai Charles(Fiction State Of Mind)]

Coyer Winter Back To Basics

This is a cute little primer about the creatures and aliens in Star Wars trough the narration of C-3po, nice pictures and fun facts.

[Dawn]

I don’t think the answer to the main question was ever answered. It’s a book about Star Wars characters...

[Tracy Barton]

Very informative and entertaining.

[Mae]

3.5 stars

[Chinook]

A general character intro, rather than just about Wookies.

[Christopher Perez]

All over the Place. Very weak

[kim]

fine

[KaitandMaddie]

A good reminder of the first trilogy and a good intro to the second.

[Robert Drake]

I really didn't enjoy this book 📙.

[Sarah A]

This is a nice simple early reader introducing kids to some of the aliens and other creatures found in the Star Wars universe. C3P0 does a basic introduction to the idea of aliens and space for the sake of those not in the know and then talks about some of the main features of some of the creatures. Fun and gentle with some great simple words and explanation of how to pronounce some of the harder names!!

[Betty Silvia]

I read this book to share with my grandson, Ryan. While I am not a fan of the Star Wars movies, I know that he is. The book was written in simple language with graphic pictures. The book seemed more like an encyclopedia of the various characters and vocabulary used in the Star Wars movies. There is no story-line in the book, but we learn that Wookiees are tall furry aliens. It would be good to read this book before watching the movies.

[Jennifer Bacall]

With photographs complimenting the text, this is a great beginning reader for Star Wars fans. Kids not interested in the film will most likely not enjoy this read. The story is very dry, it is simply the droid character C3-P0 telling about the creatures and characters in the Star Wars world. Characters include droids, aliens and ewoks.

[Amber Pangburn]

This is about the creatures in Star Wars and why they exist. I would use this to have the students show thier site words. I would also have the students also use tally marks to tally how many of each site words.

[Allison]

The title make you think that you will only be learning about wookiees but it is about a lot of characters in the Star Wars movies.this book would be good to get a child maybe interested in read because it is about Star Wars.

[Aaron Wallace]

I wish it would actually explain what a wookie is.It just tells you about other creatures.So if you want to read 1-2 pages about chewbacca and hole bunch of diffrent aleins then you will like this book a lot.

[Adrielle]

A fun twist on a reading primer, but deceptively, not really about Wookies. Every time the page is turned, a new character is discussed which was a bit overwhelming for my non-Star-Wars-indoctrinated 6 year old.