Disney/Pixar Storybook Collection (Disney Storybook Collections) [Hardcover]

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Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: Disney Storybook Collections

Featuring your favorite Disney characters, these bestselling storybook collections havebeen completely redesigned with all new covers, gilded pages, newly edited text, and a classic new look with over 250 illustrations—including full-page artwork from the Disney archives.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Disney Press; Second 2nd Edition edition (September 2, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786836024
• ISBN-13: 978-0786836024
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 9.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #211,112 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #79 in Books > Children's Books > Transportation > Cars & Trucks

Customer Reviews

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hefty Storybook Based on Disney/Pixar Movies, May 22, 2007

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Janet Boyer "Author, Blogger, Radio Host" (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Disney/Pixar Storybook Collection (Disney Storybook Collections) (Hardcover)

I bought this HUGE (and heavy) 319-page book for my son and he loves it!

Like other books in the Disney Storybook series, this Disney/Pixar Collection features gorgeous silver edging (think of your Grandma's old Bible!) and lavish illustrations. There are 21 stories in this book, averaging around 13-15 pages each (much too long for a bedtime story--but great to read over several nights--or for encouraging your child to read).

Here are the stories found in this collection, and the movies they are based upon:

Toy Story and Beyond - Buzz's Big Mission
Finding Nemo - The Big Search
Cars - Off the Fast Track
The Incredibles - The Supers Save the Day
A Bug's Life - What a Team!
Toy Story and Beyond - A Tight Squeeze
Monsters, Inc. - Bedtime for Billy
Finding Nemo - Nemo and the Tank Gang
The Incredibles - A Super Summer Barbecue
Cars - Race Day
Toy Story and Beyond - To Infinity and Beyond!
A Bug's Life - A Berry Brave Troop
Monsters, Inc. - Scared Silly
Finding Nemo - A Day at School
Toy Story and Beyond - Toy Camp
The Incredibles - Super Annoying!
Monster's, Inc. - Mike's Dog Problem
Cars - Red's Tune-Up Blues
Finding Nemo - Who's in Charge?
Toy Story and Beyond - Buzz to the Rescue!
A Bug's Life - The Not-So-Perfect Picnic

As you can probably tell from the titles (if you're familiar with the Disney/Pixar movies), these stories are based upon the characters and events of the movies--and not re-tellings of the plot (as is the case with the smaller storybooks based on individual movies).

In addition to the 21 stories, there are also 200 stickers in the back--but most are smaller than a dime or nickel.

My one complaint with this book is that it includes The Incredibles, which is a PG movie (borderline PG-13, in my opinion). Now, I loved the movie and allowed my son to see it--although the violence made me second guess my decision a bit.

Well, in this storybook, there is a rather violent story called The Supers Save the Day, which actually shows a picture of the Supers battling bad guys--complete with an explosion, Mr. Incredible battling a robot, one guy getting punched in the stomach and another guy laying on the ground with an assault rifle beside him. ?!

I feel this story is grossly out of place considering the other movies and themes featured in this book. So if you don't mind that one story, this collection is very much worth the money. In fact, I paid about $4 more for this book in a local Stuff-Mart!

21 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A travesty, June 6, 2008

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Roger C. Delaney (Frederick, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Disney/Pixar Storybook Collection (Disney Storybook Collections) (Hardcover)

On its face, this book seems a great idea - a collection of stories based on the popular Pixar films. But the illustrations are horribly crude, the stories themselves are beyond banal, and the entire package seems designed only to capitalize on the popularity of the films the book is based upon. Your children deserve better stories than these, folks - just because they like these characters doesn't mean you should be reading this dreck to them.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Badly written book, April 8, 2011

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Mon (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Disney/Pixar Storybook Collection (Disney Storybook Collections) (Hardcover)

I got this for my kids thinking it would have original Pixar character stories in it. We loved Cars and The Incredibles and thought it would be fun to read new stories with those characters and more from other Pixar movies. Well this book was a huge let down. Most of the stories, except for 2 or 3, are the movie being retold in a shortened version. I could have lived with that but it is so poorly written. My kids don't seem to notice or mind, they are 4 and 2, but my husband and I definitely do. We actually cringe whenever my son pulls this book out and asks us to read a story at bedtime. We have so many other books that we just love and enjoy reading and this is definitely not one of them.

Once my son forgets about this book, hopefully soon, I do plan to get rid of it so we don't have to read it anymore. We have so many other books that are better that it seems a waste of time to read these stories. I would not recommend this book at all and now will stay away from the Disney storybook collections. If the others are like this one at all, I'd rather spend my money and time on other things.