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Great classic children's book. This one is based on the Disney movie and uses the same pictures to illustrate the book. The book I have was one of a set, "Disney's Wonderful World of Reading Book Set" so may not be the same as the one I am posting this review for.

I would recommend everyone also read the original book from Dodie Smith. But the pictures from this book and the movie are so fun that it should be a definite read with the kids. It is interested to see the differences in the story show more from the original and the Disney version(s).

Maybe it is the adult in me that would want to ask, they found 99 puppies, how many Dalmatians are there now? When Cruella crashes in the soft snow, do you really think they would all be ok? (the picture shows the car in pieces). Don't you think 99 puppies would also make a lot of mess to clean up? When they turn all black with soot, do you think they would look exactly the same as a Labrador? Anyway, you get the idea, it is fun to help encourage kids to think instead of just enjoy the story, but maybe the first time you can just tell the story, and the 2nd reading you can ask the questions... :-) show less

Great classic children's book. This one is based on the Disney movie and uses the same pictures to illustrate the book. The book I have was one of a set, "Disney's Wonderful World of Reading Book Set" so may not be the same as the one I am posting this review for.

I would recommend everyone also read the original book from Dodie Smith. But the pictures from this book and the movie are so fun that it should be a definite read with the kids. It is interested to see the differences in the story show more from the original and the Disney version(s).

Maybe it is the adult in me that would want to ask, they found 99 puppies, how many Dalmatians are there now? When Cruella crashes in the soft snow, do you really think they would all be ok? (the picture shows the car in pieces). Don't you think 99 puppies would also make a lot of mess to clean up? When they turn all black with soot, do you think they would look exactly the same as a Labrador? Anyway, you get the idea, it is fun to help encourage kids to think instead of just enjoy the story, but maybe the first time you can just tell the story, and the 2nd reading you can ask the questions... :-) show less

This large-format book presents the classic Walt Disney version of Pinocchio in a form delightful for children. At 96 pages, it tells the full story of how the little puppet becomes a "real boy." It has all the classic characters, including the Italian woodcarver Gepetto, his cat Figaro, the Blue Fairy (who gives the puppet life), and Jiminy Cricket (who tries to serve as Pinocchio's conscience). Likewise, there's the untrustworthy fox J. Worthington Foulfellow and his feline friend Gideon, show more bad boy Lampwick, and the evil Coachman, who turns bad little boys into donkeys.

Pinocchio falls prey to temptation, skipping school join the theater, and then going off with Lampwick to the lovely Pleasure Island (where there's no school, you can loaf all day, and you have all the food and candy you could ever eat). Along with Jiminy, Pinocchio barely escapes Pleasure Island and his fate as a donkey-boy, only to find a bottle with a note in it -- sent by Gepetto, who has been swallowed by Monstro, the whale during his search for his treasured puppet. Pinocchio is swallowed by the whale with Jiminy's help ("Open up, Blubbermouth!", he says, banging on the whale's closed teeth, "I've got to get in there!"), and there he reunites with Gepetto. Then, with courage and ingenuity, Pinocchio manages to accomplish their escape by building a fire in the whale's belly, that induces Monstro to sneeze them out. Finally, having proved himself brave, truthful, and unselfish, he is turned into a real boy by the Blue Fairy. "Now I know that wishes do sometimes come true" says Jiminy Cricket with tears in his eyes.

I had forgotten a lot of the details of the tale over the decades, and am glad to become reacquainted with the story. Of course it has traditional morals (be truthful, brave, and unselfish, and learn to tell right from wrong) but they are presented in an entertaining and surprisingly complex story. And the full- page, color illustrations lying behind the story's text, are truly excellent. show less

Tigger and Roo are playing hide and seek, but Tigger grows worried when he can't find Roo and has to call in his friends to help in the search.

Fails to make any point other than to worry the characters and the readers for the brief moment it takes the story to unfold.

(My Pooh Project: I love Winnie the Pooh, and so does my wife. Having a daughter gave us a chance to indoctrinate her into the cult by buying and reading her every Pooh book we came across. How many is that? I’m going to count show more them this year by reading and reviewing one every day and seeing which month I finally run out. Track my progress here:
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