Do you have someone on your list that’s a fan of Classic Disney characters? (Who doesn’t love Mickey, Pooh, the Princesses, or Woody and Buzz?) Or you may know a video game enthusiast or an adventure-seeker anxiously awaiting our new holiday film releases Tron and Tangled. What about a young Greek demi-god excited to return to Camp Half-Blood… or that teen obsessed with all things fanged and fabulous?
We received two books from Disney Publishing Worldwide. I’m still planning on doing a separate review for each book, but let me tell you: Rapunzel’s Amazing Hair and Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas are two winners so far. Zoe already knows all the words to Rapunzel’s Amazing Hair.
CELEBRATE THE SEASON WITH DISNEY MAGIC!
Christmas in the Time of Billy Lee
by Jerdine Nolen
Disney Jump at the Sun
ISBN: 078681871; Ages: 4-7; Price: $16.99
Publication Date :September 14, 2010
In this magic-filled Christmas tale, Ellie brings joy back to her town by believing in miracles.
A Royal Christmas
by Lisa Ann Marsoli
Disney Press
ISBN: 1423131428; Ages: 3-7; Price: $12.99
Publication Date: September 14, 2010
These four Christmas-themed stories star Ariel, Aurora, Cinderella, and Tiana.
From crackling fires and snowy sleigh rides to beachside gatherings and New Orleans feasts, each princess does Christmas her own way.
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
Read-Along Storybook and CD
Disney Press
ISBN: 1423134281; Ages: 3-7; Price: $6.99
Publication Date: September 14, 2010
It’s Christmastime and Belle brings some holiday cheer to the castle in this wonderful storybook and CD.
Readers can follow along with the story as Belle and the enchanted objects deck the halls, search for just the right tree, and try to give the Beast a perfect Christmas!
STORYTIME FOR YOUNG READERS!
The Many Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh
A Classic Disney Treasury
Disney Press
ISBN: 1423138473; Ages: 3-6; Price: $19.99
Publication Date: September 7, 2010
Among the favorite bedtime stories of Walt Disney’s own children were A.A. Milne’s tales of a round bear named Winnie the Pooh.
The stories from all the classic movies have been collected together in this gorgeous treasury perfect for sharing.
Disney Princess Bedtime Stories
Disney Press
ISBN: 1423124960; Ages: 3+; Price: $15.99
Publication Date: November 9, 2010
This storybook collection is filled with eighteen delightful stories featuring the Disney Princesses.
With over 250 beautiful illustrations and gilded pages, this charming collection will have little girls drifting off to sleep with visions of their favorite princesses in their heads.
Terrible Terrel
by Whoopi Goldberg
Disney Jump at the Sun
ISBN: 1423120825; Ages: 8-10; Price: $16.99
Publication Date: October 5, 2010
In this fourth entry in the best-selling series, it’s the Sugar Plum Sisters versus Tiara Girl – Terrel’s ballet nemesis!
Check out the other books in Whoopi Goldberg’s Sugar Plum Ballerina series!
Plum Fantastic; Toeshoe Trouble; Perfectly Prima
Clementine, Friend of the Week
by Sara Pennypacker
Hyperion Books for Children
ISBN: 1423113551; Ages: 7-10; Price: $14.99
Publication Date: July 27, 2010
Clementine learns the true meaning of friendship in this fourth entry in the bestselling series!
Check out the other books in the Clementine series!
Clementine; The Talented Clementine; Clementine’s Letter
Super Chicken Nugget Boy Vs. Dr. Ned-Grant and His Eggplant Army
by Josh Lewis
Hyperion Books for Children
ISBN: 1423115295; Ages: 7-11; Price: $16.99
Publication Date: October 26, 2010
Behr Lahr Elementary is about to be thrown into chaos by a mad food scientist and an army of evil eggplants.
Villainous vegetables beware! Here comes the most formidable food fighter in history!
Check out the book that started it all!
Super Chicken Nugget Boy and the Furious Fry
IDEAL PICKS FOR TEENS AND TWEENS!
The Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero
by Rick Riordan
Disney Hyperion
ISBN: 142311339X; Ages: 10+; Price: $18.99
Publication Date: October 12, 2010
Rick Riordan, the best-selling author of the Percy Jackson series, pumps up the action and suspense in The Lost Hero, the first book in The Heroes of Olympus series.
Fans of demi-gods, prophesies, and quests will be left breathless – and panting for Book Two.
Also check out Rick Riordan’s other series – Percy Jackson and the Olympians and The Kane Chronicles!
Blue Bloods: Misguided Angel
by Melissa de la Cruz
Disney Hyperion
ISBN: 1423121287; Ages: 12+; Price: $16.99
Publication Date: October 26, 2010
The fanged and fabulous fifth book in the New York Times best-selling Blue Bloods series!
Be sure to read the other books in the hit Blue Bloods series!
Blue Bloods; Masquerade; Revelations; The Van Alen Legacy; Keys to the Repository
The Ring of Solomon: A Bartimaeus Novel
by Jonathan Stroud
Disney Hyperion
ISBN: 1423123727; Ages: 10+; Price: $17.99
Publication Date: November 2, 2010
Bartimaeus, everyone’s favorite (wise-cracking) djinni, is back in book four of this best-selling series!
Check out the other books in the best-selling Bartimaeus series!
The Amulet of Samarkand; The Golem’s Eye; Ptolemy’s Gate
The Exiled Queen: A Seven Realms Novel
by Cinda Williams Chima
Disney Hyperion
ISBN: 1423118243; Ages: 12+; Price: $17.99
Publication Date: September 28, 2010
A riveting new installment in the epic Seven Realms series!
The Exiled Queen is an epic tale of uncertain friendships, cut-throat politics, and the irresistible power of attraction.
Also check out The Demon King, the first book in Cinda Williams Chima’s Seven Realms series!
JUST IN TIME FOR WALT DISNEY STUDIOS’ ANTICIPATED FILM TANGLED!
Rapunzel’s Amazing Hair
by Kiki Thorpe
Disney Press
ISBN: 1423128184; Ages: 4+; Price: $15.99
Publication Date: September 14, 2010
With fun, simple rhymes and vibrant illustrations by Claire Keane, one of the film’s animators, this jacketed picture book focuses on the funny and amazingly unexpected things Rapunzel does with her long, golden tresses.
Rapunzel’s Journal: Letting Down My Hair
by Calliope Glass
Disney Press
ISBN: 1423137019; Ages: 6+; Price: $12.99
Publication Date: September 14, 2010
Rapunzel gives readers a glimpse inside her world in this 32-page deluxe storybook with the call-out elements of a scrapbook.
ATTENTION COMIC LOVERS!
Hey, Where’s Perry?
by John Green
Disney Press
ISBN: 1423127811; Ages: 8-12; Price: $4.99
Publication Date: October 12, 2010
Thrill as Perry the Platypus faces his most dangerous nemesis yet – the rogue rabbit known only as Dennis!
As Phineas and Ferb create their own X-Ray glasses, Agent P must bring the bad bunny to justice.
Find out in this early comic reader packed with over 300 eye-popping images straight from the show!
The Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel
By Rick Riordan and Robert Venditti
Disney Hyperion
ISBN: 1423116968; Ages: 10+; Price: $19.99
Publication Date: October 12, 2010
You’ve read the book. You’ve seen the movie. Now submerge yourself in the thrilling, stunning, and action-packed graphic novel!
Series creator Rick Riordan joins forces with some of the biggest names in the comic book industry to tell the story of a boy who must unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves.
The Amulet of Samarkand: A Bartimaeus Graphic Novel
By Jonathan Stroud and Andrew Donkin
Disney Hyperion
ISBN: 142311146X; Ages: 10+; Price: $19.99
Publication Date: November 2, 2010
Jonathan Stroud, along with acclaimed comic book writer Andrew Donkin and artists Lee Sullivan and Nicolas Chapuis, turns the beloved and internationally best-selling first book in the Bartimaeus trilogy into a spellbinding graphic novel sure to excite and delight fans across all magical planes.
Tron: The Betrayal Graphic Novel
by Jae Nitz
Disney Press
ISBN: 142313463X; Ages: 13+; Price: $9.99
Publication Date: November 16, 2010
This 128-page graphic novel prequel will bridge the story between the first Tron film from 1982 and the upcoming Walt Disney Studios’ film, Tron: Legacy.
The graphic novel will be a must-have for both fans of the original movie as well as people whoa re curious about the world and its characters.
BOXED SETS OF POPULAR SERIES!
Percy Jackson Complete Series Boxed Set
by Rick Riordan
Disney Hyperion
ISBN: 142314189X; Ages: 10+; Price: $89.99
Publication Date: May 25, 2010
The complete Percy Jackson & the Olympians series in hardcover, this is a perfect gift for Percy fans, as well as readers just discovering this epic and blockbuster adventure!
Artemis Fowl 3-Book Boxed Set
by Eoin Colfer
Disney Hyperion
ISBN: 1423136810; Ages: 10+; Price: $19.99
Publication Date: September 28, 2010
For holiday 2010, fans will be treated to the first three Artemis Fowl books – Artemis Fowl, The Arctic Incident, and The Eternity Code – in a paperback boxed set, featuring stunning new covers and specially-priced.
Gallagher Girls 3-Book Boxed Set
by Ally Carter
Disney Hyperion
ISBN: 1423136799; Ages: 11+; Price: $24.99
Publication Date: September 28, 2010
The first three books in the New York Times best-selling series is now available in one top-secret boxed set!
Join CIA legacy Cammie Morgan and her fellow spies-in-training as they take their covert talents from the classroom to the field.
Bartimaeus Trilogy Boxed Set
by Jonathan Stroud
Disney Hyperion
ISBN: 1423136829; Ages: 10+; Price: $24.99
Publication Date: September 14, 2010
Jonathan Stroud’s critically-acclaimed and best-selling fantasy novels are sure to become classics. For the first time, readers can collect the complete trilogy in paperback, handsomely packaged and specially priced.
GIFTS FOR DISNEY FANS OF ALL AGES!
The Art of Tron: Legacy
by Justin Springer
Disney Edition
ISBN: 1423131495; Ages: All; Price: $40.00
Publication Date: October 19, 2010
Just in time for the film to hit theatres, discover the sci-fi magic behind Tron: Legacy in this beautifully designed book that looks at both the production and art of the anticipated movie.
The Pixar Treasures
by Tim Hauser
Disney Edition
ISBN: 1423116534; Ages: All; Price: $60.00
Publication Date: September 28, 2010
From Woody to WALL*E, The Pixar Treasures showcases the best in computer animation, complete with meticulously created removable memorabilia. The Pixar Treasures is an essential collector’s item for every Pixar fan.
The Archive Series: Design
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Disney Edition
ISBN: 1423134206; Ages: All; Price: $50.00
Publication Date: October 26, 2010
Whether it consists of quick sketches on a lunch counter napkin, elaborate paintings in oils or watercolors, or dazzling computer renderings, the unparalleled creative process of Disney artists is lavishly showcased in Design, the third volume of The Walt Disney Animation Studios.
We received two books in exchange for sharing this list with you.