Category Archives: Books

BOOK REVIEW: The Grasshopper and the Ants

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Dis-LEE

This is one of my favorite Silly Symphonies (1934) and I have a few items of memorabilia featuring it in my collection. It’s a classic tale of industriousness versus laziness with the lead character, the Grasshopper, learning a sobering lesson… … Continue reading →

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BOOK REVIEW: Donald and the Big Cheese

Posted on April 17, 2016 by Dis-LEE

There’s a title for ya! This book is part of Disney’s Small World Library series which featured original stories based on the geography and customs of twenty-eight different countries. You can view the covers and read reviews for each book … Continue reading →

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BOOK REVIEW: The Walt Disney Song Book

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Dis-LEE

Perhaps even more than the story or the characters it’s the music we remember the most from our favorite Disney movies. From the iconic Some Day My Prince Will Come from Snow White to fun tunes like Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah from Song … Continue reading →

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BOOK REVIEW: Hardcover Disney Books by Whitman

Posted on April 9, 2016 by Dis-LEE

Whitman Publishing was a subsidiary of Western Publishing that produced a popular line of children’s books the early 1900s to the mid-1970s. Whitman published a variety of genres including westerns, mysteries, science fiction, and adventure stories. Eventually they also published … Continue reading →

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Sleeping Beauty Read-Along Book and Record

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Dis-LEE

In 1955 Walt Disney named the Disneyland castle after a new Princess who wasn’t to bow on the world stage for another two years. He thought it would make for good cross-promotion. Unfortunately, the film didn’t do as well with … Continue reading →

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BOOK REVIEW: Alice in Wonderland – Big Golden Book

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Dis-LEE

This over-sized wonder is a nice retelling of Lewis Carroll’s famous story of a little girl who falls into a rabbit hole and has some… pretty strange adventures. 9 1/2″ x 12 1/2″ with 22 pages We’ve all heard of … Continue reading →

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BOOK REVIEW: Mickey Mouse Club Scrapbook

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Dis-LEE

Earlier on the blog I did a review of the Special Souvenir Edition (SSE) of this book. This post will focus on the regular edition, as it were. This book was compiled by Keith Keller and published by Grosset & … Continue reading →

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BOOK REVIEW: The Magic of DL & WDW

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Dis-LEE

I love finding books about Disney and the Disney parks. But this book I passed over several times before I finally broke down and bought it. The reason I didn’t buy it the first time I saw it was that … Continue reading →

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The Black Hole Record Book

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Dis-LEE

The Black Hole opened at a Royal World Premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square in London on December 18, 1979. It premiered in the United States on December 21, 1979. And sometime in 1979, Walt Disney Productions released this great … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Walt Disney – An American Original

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Dis-LEE

I love reading about all-things Disney! So naturally I have many books about Walt Disney himself, such as this one written by Bob Thomas: Mr. Thomas had the privilege of interviewing Walt on several occasions, so this book contains what … Continue reading →

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