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Monsters, Inc.: The Essential Guide

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Have you been lying awake at night wondering what Boo's real name is? Perhaps you've been wondering how old Henry J. Waternoose was when he took over the company of Monsters, Inc. Or maybe you just want to know where Mike buys those REALLY big contact lenses.

Puzzle no longer. All these questions are answered in this wonderful and entertaining guide to Disney & Pixar's awesome animated movie. Each page of the book is filled with pictures of the monsters from the film, and is filled with all new facts that were not even revealed in the movie!

For example, on Sulley's page, we learn how the big blue guy met his best friend, Mike. It also tells us who's holding the current Scaring record that Sulley and Randall are racing to beat! Celia's page reveals the names of the snakes that make up her hair, and tells us that she and Mike won a seven-legged race together at a company picnic.

I would tell you more, but I don't wanna spoil everything this great book has to offer. I will, however, tell you my only complaint: Why doesn't Yeti have a page that tells us why he's been exiled?

This cute book is just right for younger readers: large and short (which makes it easy to hold), and also crammed full of brightly colored illustrations. First off, the book starts out with the monsters (Sulley, Mike, Boo (Ok, not really a monster), Waternoose, Randall, Roz and Celia), then it goes into the Scarers, the Scare Assistants, the Wranglers (Smitty and Needleman), the Scare Floor, Door Stations, the Simulator Room, the C.D.A., Boo's room, Sulley's apartment, and finally ends with Monstropolis. Each item above is described, with informative and funny sidebars, and many cute and colorful pictures.

I bought this book for my nephew, who absolutely loves it! If you have a little reader who loves the movie Monsters, Inc., then you must buy this book. I highly recommend it!

This one is not "just for kids". The rather thin tome illustrates and provides enticing information on the production and its wonderful characters. This is an absolutely necessary supplement to the book, "The Art of Monsters,Inc", as this publication presents the characters in their finished forms and not merely as "concept art".

If you enjoyed the film, you should have this book!

I bought this book for my 3 year old granddaughter. It's too complex to read it all to her at her young age, but I take her through the pictures and tell her the story. She's loving the story about Sully and Boo, and she likes Celia with the snakes as her hair! They each have a name and she likes to call out the names. As she gets older, I'll be able to read the book to her. I'll show her the movie video soon as well.

Let me be clear. The 4 stars are on behalf of my 20 month old daughter who adores the book, and therefore, so do I. Basically this book is two facing pages dedicated to each main character and each main location. The other characters share two facing pages. Basically, it recaps what is in the movie about each character or location. My daughter loves to point out the pictures because she knows them from the movie. I'm not sure how older kids might react to this book. There is nothing new here, this is all summary from the movie, so if you want more of the movie in book format, this is for you. If you want to know more about the movie that what shows up on the screen, you are looking for a different book.

The book arrived with writing on the inside cover, indicating it was originally a gift for someone. You could tell the book was not brand new, though it arrived in good condition. I thought I was buying a brand new book.