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Books featuring Sonic the Hedgehog
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The following are a list of books featuring Sonic the Hedgehog:
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Novels
U.K. Novels
The first novel published in the U.K. was a standalone tale adapting the western-developed Kintobor origin. It was published by Penguin Group under their "Fantail" imprint, which is itself part of their "Puffin" imprint.
James Wallis, Marc Gascoigne and Carl Sargent (under the pseudonym of Martin Adams) wrote four Sonic the Hedgehog novels based on the origin established in Stay Sonic. They were published by Virgin Publishing.
- Sonic the Hedgehog in Robotnik's Laboratory
- Sonic the Hedgehog in the Fourth Dimension
- Sonic the Hedgehog and the Silicon Warriors
- Sonic the Hedgehog in Castle Robotnik
U.S. Novels
Troll Associates hired Michael Teitelbaum to write a series of Sonic the Hedgehog novels for the American market, based on early concepts of the Saturday morning series and the Archie comic book.
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Sonic the Hedgehog: Robotnik's Revenge
- Sonic the Hedgehog: Fortress of Fear
- Sonic the Hedgehog: Friend or Foe?
- Sonic & Knuckles
- Sonic X-Treme
Michael Teitelbaum also worked on the following related books under Troll Associates.
The first of Teitelbaum's novels was also adapted into a picture book, published by Watermill Press. It was adapted by Judy Nayer and illustrated by Ron Zalme.
Picture Books
Ladybird
In the U.K., Ladybird published a series of Sonic-related picture books in 1994. For whatever reason, both the author and the artists of these books were uncredited.
- Sonic the Hedgehog: The Invisible Robotnik
- Sonic the Hedgehog: Robotnik's Oil
- Sonic the Story - Another retelling of the Kintobor origin, narrated by Tails.
Golden Books Entertainment
A series of 3 books written by John Michlig and illustrated by Art Mawhinney were published by Golden Books Entertainment under their "Look Look Books" banner. Originally available through Scholastic book clubs, these books have sold a combined total of over half a million copies worldwide. While the two who worked on the books never met, Michlig later praised the way Mawhinney drew out his scripts. [1]
- Sonic the Hedgehog: Sonic's Shoes Blues
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2: The Secret Admirer
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3: Up Against the Wall
A fourth book was published under their "Big Golden Book" banner, written by Parker Smith and illustrated by Penry Creative.
Gamebooks
A number of gamebooks were published in the mid-90's for the U.K. market featuring Sonic the Hedgehog.
Ladybird
Ladybird published a series of four "adventure gamebooks", which are dissimilar to the typical format in that they're largely pictorial and involve instructions such as "Count up the flying badniks – the total is the number of the next page."
- Sonic the Hedgehog Adventure Gamebook 1
- Sonic the Hedgehog Adventure Gamebook 2
- Sonic the Hedgehog Adventure Gamebook 3
- Sonic the Hedgehog Adventure Gamebook 4
Penguin Group
Once again under their "Puffin" imprint, Penguin published a series of six Sonic Adventures gamebooks (unrelated to the similarly-titled game) in the traditional format.
- Book 1 - Metal City Mayhem by James Wallis
- Book 2 - Zone Rangers by James Wallis
- Book 3 - Sonic v Zonic by Nigel Gross and Jon Sutherland
- Book 4 - The Zone Zapper by Nigel Gross and Jon Sutherland
- Book 5 - Theme Park Panic by Marc Gascoigne and Jonathan Green
- Book 6 - Stormin' Sonic by Marc Gascoigne and Jonathan Green
Puzzle Books
Ladybird
Once again, Ladybird used the Sonic the Hedgehog license to release a series of "Puzzle Books," which were a series of activities and riddles.
Ladybird also published a series of "find the hidden items" books in the style of the Where's Wally?/Where's Waldo? franchise
Other
Publications International also released their own version of a "Where's Waldo" book featuring Sonic the Hedgehog, also using the Freedom Fighters from Sonic the Hedgehog.
Sonic X Books
A series of books based on the Sonic X animated series were also produced, published by Grosset & Dunlap.
- Meteor Shower Messenger by Paul Ruditis
- Spaceship Blue Typhoon by Diana Gallagher
- Aqua Planet by Charlotte Fullerton
- Dr. Eggman Goes to War by Charlotte Fullerton
- Battle at Ice Pallace by Charlotte Fullerton
- Desperately Seeking Sonic by Charlotte Fullerton
Others
This is a list of other assorted Sonic the Hedgehog books that don't fit into the above categories.
- Sonic the Hedgehog Paint 'n' Marker, published by Golden Books Entertainment
- Sonic the Hedgehog Book, published in Japan
- The Official Sonic the Hedgehog Yearbook 1991, published by Grandreams
- The Official Sonic the Hedgehog Yearbook 1992, published by Grandreams
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Play-A-Sound) by Raymond MacKemp, Art by Rod Vass, Sounds by Kristan Nordine
- Sonic the Hedgehog Colouring Activity Book, published by Ladybird
- Sonic the Hedgehog Joke Book, published by Ladybird
