Battle for Dream Island: Official Character Guide

Battle for Dream Island: Official Character Guide is an American children's book published by Scholastic in 2019 and is BFDI's first published book. It was first discovered in Scholastic's book flyers on August 29, 2019 and was officially confirmed by Michael Huang  and Satomi Hinatsu  on the same day.

The front cover has Leafy, Firey, Pencil, Pin, and Bubble on the series' iconic grass. (Additionally, Taco is featured in a promotional image.) The book includes descriptions of all 64 initial Battle for BFDI contestants and includes tips on how the reader can make their own object show. Each character description has an illustration of the character in BFB's style, along with a piece of trivia.

The book is 48 pages long and is 5¼ inches wide by 7⅝ inches tall (133 mm by 194 mm). The full-color paperback book is $5 from Scholastic (or $4.50 on their website), with the flyers and website crossing out a $6.99 retail price underneath. The book is listed for grades 3-7 and ages 8-12, and is only available in English. The "subjects & themes" for the book is "Reluctant Reader Appeal" and its ISBN is 978-1-338-35839-1. The book is in two Scholastic flyers, Item #8V1 in  and Item #3X1 in Lucky September.

The Lucky September flyer says the book is a Scholastic exclusive, so it is currently unknown if the book will get a retail release. Scholastic Book Clubs, where the book can be bought from, is only available to schoolchildren and their parents and teachers. A participating teacher is needed to log into the website where the book is listed (clubs.scholastic.com), and can only be delivered when the teacher has finished the book orders. The two flyers that are given to children list the book as $5, and on Scholastic Book Clubs' website it is $4.50.

Blurbs
These descriptions are on Scholastic's book flyers. The Kids Picks September flyer uses an exclamation point after "characters" instead of a period.

"THE OBJECT SHOW THAT STARTED IT ALL!"

"The creators of the YouTube series tell all about your favorite characters. With tips on how to create your own object show!"

These are from the book's Scholastic listing.

"Short Summary From Eraser to Tennis Ball—meet the quirky contestants of the hit animated series and predict who will win.

"Good For:

Fans of the Hit Series, Funny Character Profiles, Whimsical Full-Color Art, Discussing Teamwork and Fair Play

"Topics and Themes:

Blocks, Bubbles, Coins, Erasers, Flowers, Golf Balls, Ice Cubes, Leaves, Matches, Needles, Rocks, Snowballs, Pencils, Other Object-Based Characters, Friendship, Competition"

Trivia

 * The book was previously known as a "secret project" that delayed "Return of the Rocket Ship" (BFB 13) and was mentioned as early as November 2018.
 * Pillow's pose is recycled from "Four Goes Too Far".

Goofs

 * Rocky's bio states that he forgot how to speak in 2010. This is contradictory to the events of "Rescission", where he speaks in a full sentence released in 2011.
 * Naily's bio's first sentence has a typo. It reads "As nails are wont to do, Naily likes to spear things." "Wont" should be "meant".
 * Bell's bio states that she is close friends with Taco, but Bell has broken up her friendship with Taco after the events of "Four Goes Too Far".