Star Wars: What is a Wookiee? (2015)

Star Wars: What is a Wookiee?
Attribution information
Author(s)	Laura Buller Kate Simkins
Publication information
Publisher	DK Publishing
Release date	January 19, 2015
Media type	Hardcover Paperback
Pages	48
ISBN	9781465433855
Chronology
Series	DK Readers

Star Wars: What is a Wookiee? is a Level 1 DK Readers title written by Laura Buller and Kate Simkins, and published by DK Publishing on January 19, 2015. It details various aspects of the Star Wars universe, told in first-person narrative by C-3PO. The book is a reissue of a 2005 title of the same name but with sixteen additional pages of new content.

It was reissued with new cover art as part of the Learn to Read with Star Wars: Chewie Level 1 box set on December 12, 2017. This edition's cover credits Senior Editor Tori Kosara, while the interior pages mention authors Buller and Simkins.

Publisher's summary

Narrated by everyone's favorite golden droid, C3P0 [sic], DK Reader: What Is A Wookie? [sic] introduces young readers to some of the strange aliens he has met in his travels, including R2-D2, Yoda, Jar Jar Binks, the ewoks [sic], and, of course, Chewbacca the Wookiee! Reformatted to included additional genre spreads throughout, What is a Wookie? [sic] is the perfect introduction to the Star Wars universe for you padawans learning to read.

Media

Editions

• ISBN 9781465433855; January 19, 2015; DK Publishing; US hardcover
• ISBN 9781465433862; January 19, 2015; DK Publishing; US paperback
• ISBN 9781465433862; December 12, 2017; DK Publishing; US paperback, Learn to Read with Star Wars: Chewie Level 1 reissue

Cover gallery

Hardcover

Paperback

Appearances

By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Padmé Amidala Jar Jar Binks Chewbacca Salacious B. Crumb (Picture only) C-3PO Dexter Jettster Owen Lars (Picture only) Oola (Picture only) Leia Organa (Picture only) R2-D2 R5-D4 (Picture only) Sebulba Han Solo Jabba Desilijic Tiure Watto Yoda

Droid models

Astromech droid R1-series astromech droid (Picture only) R1-type shopkeeping drone (Picture only) R2 series astromech droid DUM-series pit droid Protocol droid 3PO-series protocol droid

Locations

Coruscant CoCo Town (First identified as CoCo Town) Dex's Diner Senate District (Mentioned in advertisement) Endor The galaxy Naboo Otoh Gunga (Indirect mention only) Sisk (First mentioned) Tatooine Utapau Watto's junkshop (Appears in advertisement)

Organizations and titles

HoloNews (Advertisement feature) Lizard keeper (First identified as Lizard keeper) Podracer

Sentient species

Besalisk Dug Ewok Gungan Human Hutt Jawa Kowakian monkey-lizard (Picture only) Rodian Toydarian Twi'lek (Picture only) Wookiee

Vehicles and vessels

Podracer Starship Freighter Light freighter YT-1300 light freighter Millennium Falcon

Weapons and technology

Droid Hydrospanner (Appears in advertisement) Lightsaber Yoda's lightsaber Power cable (First appearance) (Appears in advertisement) Power plug (First appearance) (Appears in advertisement) Socket spanner (First appearance) (Appears in advertisement)

Miscellanea

"Alien" Cloak Coin (First mentioned) Credit Credit chip Foodstuff Bread Cake Sic-Six-layer cake (First identified as Sic-Six-layer cake) (Appears in advertisement) Photon Fizzle (First appearance) (Appears in advertisement) Sandwich Shawda club sandwich (First identified as Shawda club sandwich) (Appears in advertisement) Language Binary (Indirect mention only) The Force Podracing (Mentioned only) Realspace Tongue "Trader"

External links

• DK Readers L1: Star Wars: What Is A Wookiee? on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link)
• Learn to Read with Star Wars: Chewie Level 1 (Barnes & Noble Exclusive Box Set) on Barnes & Noble's official website (backup link)

In other languages

• ქართული