Customer Reviews

Legacy and Testament: The Story of Columbia River Gillnetters

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Disney puts out new versions of these every couple years. I still have a set from 30+ years ago, and a couple from the previous edition, and three so far in this set. My three year old son loves it. The table of contents has pictures of all the stories so he can easily pick what he wants to read. The artwork throughout is more polished and cleaner than in the previous edition. An finally, the stickers are a hit. Not exactly ideal for around his 1yr old little brother, but he's growing out of putting everything in his mouth, so a bunch of teeny-tiny stickers isn't much of a problem. And I do mean teeny-tiny. There are a few stickers as big as an inch, but most are about 1cm diameter dots.
And a thing about the stories. The princess book re-tells many of the same stories as in the other books, but from the perspective of the female heroine character (mostly very well done), so they aren't exactly the same, but few stories are original, and of those few rate high on the creativity scale. Least favorite example (but unfortunately one of my son's favorites), Little Mermaid plays hide and seek with her fish friend. The story goes though all the underwater 'sets' from the movies, and they ask someone there if they've seen flounder, but always get a variation of the same answer 'I won't tell, but he went that way'. It ends fortunately with 'now it's my turn to hide', I don't think I could take the other half of that adventure, the excitement is just too intense.

My daughter is an avid Disney Princess fan. The book is really heavy for a little girl though. The writing is too complex for her to follow or sit still very long. There should be more pictures to keep the interest of younger readers. If you have a preschooler or early elementary, I would recommend you purchase the bigger (taller and thinner) individual volumes. There are more pictures and the reading goes faster. I have a few and they have the Mouseworks logo on them.

I purchased this book for my daughter several months but she wasn't overly interested. She just turned three and has recently developed an interest in books with stories (vs. picture books). Now she LOVES this book. We have read a couple stories from this collection before naptime and bedtime for the last week. She likes selecting a couple stickers after each story, too.

Pros: Many stories that are a reasonal length (5-10 min to read), good pics, fun stickers, variety of characters/princesses

Cons: The pacing of these abbreviated stories is irratic. Most of these versions seem like they describe 50% of the real story in the last few paragraphs

My boyfriend's little 4 year old has been wanting this book to complete the disney storybook collection and she was really excited! Quick delivery, great price, quality condition

I love this book. I had previously purchased a brand new book from a very well known bookstore BN, and let me tell you that when I order this one at a great price I was concerned about its condition. However when the package came in the mail I was very, very pleased with its condition and its price. I couldn't believe that I had paid over $16 for a book similar. I will definitely be purchasing my books online now. Thanks so Much!!!

I bought it for my Daughter and she loved it, great item, lots of pictures and sticker in the last pages,, Best gift for her

a better buy than to buy seperate small story books. More likely to last longer and be used between child a parent.

This is a good book for parents to read to young kids, which is who it's directed toward. My husband finds the stories corny, but the book wasn't written for 30 year olds! My kids really enjoy the different stories. They're long enough to read as a bedtime story (for 4 and 5 year olds) but short enough to keep their attention. My kids love the stickers too. We actually have several of the books in this collection.

Great! My 2 year old loves stickers too, so that was a bonus even though the majority of them are super small. I recommend getting this for 3 yrs and up - when they comprehend more and need fewer pictures. Regardless, this is a great Disney princess book with most of the main stories. The book is of good quality and I am sure we will have it around for many, many years.

I purchased this book for my daughter for Story Time. The book is nicely done. Very good quality! Good pictures. My daughter loves it and I think it's the best review you can get!