C. Rohman

(The full review is on my blog. Summary follows.)

Thumper's Little Sisters is a decent children's book, saved by the high quality of its illustrations. I can't imagine even children wanting to read this one very often, but it's not bad as part of the series.

This review also appears on my blog.

One day, the Seven Dwarfs receive a letter from the castle. It's from Snow White, letting them know that she'll be visiting. The dwarfs are very excited to see her, but their house is a mess! Will they be able to clean up in time for Snow White's visit?



The eleventh book in the Disney Fun-to-Read Library, Welcome Back, Snow White is about working together to accomplish something too difficult to do alone. When the dwarfs attempt to clean the house show more individually, they cause a bigger mess than they started with. But when they coordinate their efforts, they're able to get the job done and impress Snow White with their cooperation.



The art, as usual for these, is nice enough. It looks very like the film transferred to the page. Of course, what made Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs a great work of animation was the realistic, fluid quality of the movement--it's not enough for a book to copy its character designs. This book, like the others in this series, has high-quality art and decent writing, but it isn't a strong example of a picture book. For a picture book to be great, the art and text need to work together to form a greater whole. The art in Welcome Back, Snow White perfectly illustrates the scenes, but it doesn't do anything more than that. Of course, this is the quibble of an adult fan of literature--I don't think I had any complaints about these, twenty years ago.

Welcome Back, Snow White seems never to have been reprinted, but it is still readily available used. Though one must wonder about all the comments like "Minor shelf wear. Never read." that show up on Amazon--each a tiny tragedy! show less

This book was a great read. I was able to experiment and read this to a first grader and she loved it! Thumper is a well known and loved character from the Disney movie "Bambi." Thumper is able to come across a lot of obstacles. My first grader had younger siblings and could relate to the fact she felt like she wasn't loved anymore because of how little attention she got compared to her siblings. Thumper expressed this problem and showed ways of dealing with it. Some ways did not work but show more others did. It was a good lesson to be taught to my student who I read it to. It was easy to understand and the illustrations were colorful and fun. The big lesson in the story was that even if you feel like you don't get as much attention from a parent or guardian, you are still loved greatly. show less

It is a good book to teach the importance of working together with a family. I gave four stars because I was not into stories of Bambi that much.