This was just as much of a fun, magical, quick read as the 1st. Both books are absolute perfect summer reads. They have a “mission” in this one, & I loved the whole idea of it, & wished it were possible in real life. An elephant is ridden in the book, & is shown being ridden on the cover-& y’all should know by now how wrong I believe that is in real life. (To understand why, just read more reviews I’ve done with something similar in the book-I go into detail.) These are just fun fantasy kids books though, & I understand why kids would love that. I just hope parents are letting them know that in real life, it’s not ok. ANYWAY, I thinks kids will devour these! There’s a door to a magical world, talking animals, amazing friendship, adventure, mystery, getting to fly like a bird for one of them, & even maybe a Dodo bird! Don’t know if there will be more, but I hope so! Highly recommend! Absolutely beautiful covers front & back, with beautiful illustrations sprinkled throughout too by Alice McKinley!