Disney Princess Storybook and Movie Projector [Hardcover]

Rita Balducci (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2002

Disney movie magic comes to life as never before in this exciting and innovative book. You'll find five classic Disney Princess stories - Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, and Snow White - and a unique movie projector with ten picture disks that lets readers project colorful story images on the wall as they read. The projector also comes with its own built-in reading light so the book can be read even when the lights are dimmed!

Product Details

• Hardcover: 48 pages
• Publisher: Reader's Digest; Book and Access edition (June 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1575849399
• ISBN-13: 978-1575849393
• Product Dimensions: 13.1 x 12.8 x 2.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,225,505 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars a creative idea but quality fails to deliver the fun, October 15, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Disney Princess Storybook and Movie Projector (Hardcover)

I bought this item intending to read the story to my two kids while showing sildes on the wall, so that the two don't need to competing the reading space. Unfortunately, the image on the wall is too small and the quality is poor (even though I adjust the focus). You need to sit within one feet from the wall to be able to see the 2"x3" picture.

The projector in this story bundle is a good idea but is frustrating to operate it. However, the book is still very well written. The story is simple enough for my two pre-schoolers to follow.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars mini-projector has problems, August 24, 2004

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audrey (white mtns) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Disney Princess Storybook and Movie Projector (Hardcover)

This is a frustrating toy in that it has tremendous appeal and a great concept but it does not work terribly well. A large hardback book contains five condensed stories (Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid, Sleeping Beauty and Snow White) and is attached to a special holder for a mini-movie projector and two mini-reels for each story. In the book, colorful illustrations and large-print words are accompanied by margin pictures showing which of 16 projector images complements that portion of the text. This is all done very well; however, the projector is SO mini that it needs to be very close to the wall or screen in order to be seen (2-3 inches) and the image is very small. Also, the room needs to be very dark, which makes it difficult to read the story, even with the projector's second light turned on. The best way to use this would be to have your child sit in a completely dark closet looking at the pictures while you sit outside reading it loudly :-)

This was a great idea but does not work too well, unfortunately. Definitely do not pay full price!

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Buy it as toy, December 22, 2003

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P. Ham-Su (California USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Disney Princess Storybook and Movie Projector (Hardcover)

The summary: buy it as toy -don't expect to get a lot of reading out of it.

My child loves this book. She likes the Disney Princesses, and gets a big kick out of operating the projector and making up stories for the pictures. I agree with other reviewers, the light level in the room has to be too low to read in order to view the pictures, which right there defeats the purpose of the set, which is to be able to read the book AND view the projected images at the same time. Maybe an older kid that is not that interested in the pictures would do better with the reading side of it.

I still give it a high mark because of the many hours my kid has spent playing with it. She is rough on the projector and the disks and they have taken it well so far.