A character dressed as the Mad Hatter in a cozy book room with Alice and Vanellope in Disney Dreamlight Valley.
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Books with No Pictures quest walkthrough in Disney Dreamlight Valley

Track down some magical words around the valley.

Now that you’ve finally made it out of Wonderland, it’s time to help Alice settle into the village in Disney Dreamlight Valley. The first task you need to tackle to help her get comfortable with her new home is the Books with No Pictures quest.

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You have to embark on a fairly complex scavenger hunt for the majority of this quest, so navigating through it can be tricky. Here’s a complete walkthrough for the Books with No Pictures quest in Disney Dreamlight Valley.

How to complete Books with No Pictures in Disney Dreamlight Valley

Standing by a book on a table with Alice and Vanellope in DDV
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Your main goal in the Books with No Pictures quest is tracking down some missing magical words scattered around the valley. There are quite a few additional tasks to work on throughout this quest, and several tricky components throughout, so here’s a breakdown of everything you need to do.

Speak with Vanellope about hanging out with Alice

Alice immediately formed a friendship with Vanellope, so to get things started, track down Vanellope to chat with her. You can find her by locating her icon on the map or visiting her home where you placed in the village. She’s ready to meet up with Alice, so you now need to head to the designated meeting spot.

Go inside the Dreamlight Library

Head to the Dreamlight Library to meet up with Vanellope and Alice. This location is Merlin’s home, so travel to wherever you have it placed around your village to initiate the hangout session. Once you’re inside, approach Alice and Vanellope at the table to chat with them. Vanellope ends up messing with one of Merlin’s unfinished books, causing magical words to spill out all over the village.

Word flying out of Merlin's book in DDV
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Find someone who has a clue about the location of the Magical Nouns

The first words you need to find are the Magical Nouns. Find and talk with Mickey Mouse, Goofy, and Scrooge McDuck to see if any of them know what happened to the nouns. You can take the time to talk to all of them, or you can go straight to Goofy to get the answer you need and bypass a bit of extra chatting. He found a strange NOUN: House Fish in the Peaceful Meadow, so you now need to fish up the rest of them.

Fish some Magical Nouns from ponds in the Peaceful Meadow

In the Peaceful Meadow biome, look for the sparkling gold bubble spots with extra-big bubbles that contain letters floating out of them. The fishing spots you need for this quest look different from the regular ones, so finding the two spots you need to fish out of should be fairly easy.

Pointing at magical noun bubble spot in a pond in DDV
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The first one I found was in the pond near the northeast end of the biome by the ramps leading up to the Plaza and down to Dazzle Beach. I caught the NOUN: Shoe Fish from it. The second Magical Noun appeared in the pond closest to the northwest end of the biome for me. I got a NOUN: Card Fish from this spot.

There’s a chance both Fish spawn at different locations for you, so check all three ponds in this biome to make sure you find both of them. Once you have these two Fish plus the one Goofy gave you, chat with Alice about your findings.

Search for and chase after the Magic Verbs in the Plaza

Head up to the Plaza biome to track down the Magical Verbs next. You’re looking for a white rabbit with some letters floating around it. Start to chase this creature, and it will flee into the Dream Castle, so head inside to continue the hunt.

Catch the Magical Verbs within the Dream Castle

Chase down three white rabbits around the Dream Castle to get the Magical Verbs. When you get close to them, they’ll start to run, so it may take you a few tries to catch them. I found one on the first floor, another on the third floor, and the last one on the very top floor.

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If you’re having trouble catching them, eat some food to boost your energy and use a Glider to travel faster. Once you’ve caught all three Magical Verbs, chat with Alice to pass them over.

Search the valley for Magical Adjectives and gather them

Your next task is to find the Magical Adjectives, which grow on three bushes around the valley. Their precise locations are random, but each one appears in a specific biome.

  • One Magical Adjective bush spawns in the Peaceful Meadow biome.
  • One Magical Adjective bush spawns in the Plaza biome.
  • One Magical Adjective bush spawns in the Dazzle Beach biome.

Unfortunately, some of the Magical Adjectives are missing. You suspect that someone may have picked them, so ask Ursula, Mirabel, and Remy about it. If you want to bypass some extra chatting, head straight to Remy since he’s the one who picked them. He also gave one to Mickey Mouse, so you need to go get that one, too.

Standing by a magical adjective bush in DDV
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Search Mickey’s House for the last Magical Adjective

Go to Mickey’s house where you have it placed around the valley. Approach the fridge in the back right corner and interact with it to free the last Magical Adjective. Pick it up from the ground and give it to Alice to progress the quest.

She wants to have a bit of fun with the words before bringing them back to Merlin, so Alice then asks you to choose your favorite words from each category. She’ll formulate them into a silly poem to read to Merlin, so choose wisely. Ask Merlin what he thought of the poem after she’s done reading it.

Craft a Literary Pop-Up Book

The words still need to have a bit more fun before you put them back, so you now need to craft a Literary Pop-Up Book. To make this special item, you need to gather four different materials.

MaterialQuantityHow to get
SunflowerFourCan be harvested in the wild around the Dazzle Beach biome.
Pink HydrangeaFiveCan be harvested around the Dazzle Beach biome.
SoftwoodNinePrimarily found on the ground in the Plaza, Peaceful Meadow, Forest of Valor, Glade of Trust, The Docks, The Courtyard, The Overlook, and The Ruins. It’s also sometimes sold at Kristoff’s Stall and can be acquired by removing Tree Stumps.
Fiber12Can be crafted using Seaweed. It’s also sometimes sold at Kristoff’s Stall.

Once you have all of the required items, head to any crafting station and switch to the Furniture category. Select the Literary Pop-Up Book option to craft it. Talk to Alice when you’re done making it, then head to your house to get it set up for a group reading session.

Crafting a Literary Pop-Up Book in DDV
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Make a cozy reading room for Alice and Vanellope in your house

Your next task is to set up a cozy reading room so you can enjoy the book with Alice and Vanellope. Head inside any house you have placed around your village and add the required decorations to finish this task. The items you need to include are:

  • One Literary Pop-Up Book
  • One rug
  • One table
  • Two lights
  • Three calm furniture

Once all of the items are placed, walk over to the Literary Pop-Up book with Alice and Vanellope. Talk to Alice to read the book and select a few dialogue options to fill in the story. As soon as the story is complete, the Books with No Pictures quest will be finished. Next, you might consider tackling all Garden of Whimsy Star Path duties.


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Staff Writer at Destructoid covering a wide array of topics including Disney Dreamlight Valley, Fortnite, Marvel Rivals, Minecraft, Phasmophobia, general gaming, books, and more. She has been avidly writing and gaming her whole life and now spends her time combining the two. Kacee graduated from San Diego State University in 2021 with a Bachelor’s Degree in English and a Certificate in Creative Editing and Publishing. She joined Dot Esports as a Freelance Writer in 2022, transitioned to a Staff Writer in 2023, and moved to Destructoid in March 2025. In her spare time, she enjoys buying more books than she can read, gaming alone or with friends, drinking too much tea, attending concerts, fangirling over movies and television, listening to music, and spending time with her family, friends, and pets, who are the most important parts of her world.
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