Q: Context: The Land of Stories is a series of children's fiction, adventure and fantasy books written by American author, actor and singer Chris Colfer. The first book, The Wishing Spell, was released on July 17, 2012. The sixth and final book was published in July 2017. The books are described by Colfer as a "modern day fairy tale", following twins Alex and Conner Bailey as they fall from the real world into a world full of fairy tales they have only ever read about before and discover there is more to this world than meets the eye.

Question: what is the first land of stories book?
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To answer the question, consider the following: The first book, The Wishing Spell, was released on July 17, 2012. So the answer is July 17 , 2012.