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Tag: Disney

  • Holes

    [amazon_link asins=’B00HMCLVQQ’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’matchstickkidboo’ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’48e1314b-b2c1-11e8-a6d7-2b1b88ac6acd’] What is it Holes is a “young adult mystery comedy novel” that was also made into a movie, about a boy working digging holes in what is essentially a juvenile prison camp. There is a parallel story that takes place exactly 100 years earlier, involving some of the characters’…

  • Disney Pixar Storybook Collection

    [amazon_link asins=’1484719190′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’matchstickkidboo’ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’9efe6615-fae0-11e7-803d-1d3a57881c6e’] This is a collection of abbreviated versions of all the Pixar movies in book form. It has been published a few times, each time with a few more movies added. We have the third edition of this book from 2016 which includes: A Bug’s Life Brave Cars Cars 2…

  • Donald Duck in Mathmagic Land

    [amazon_link asins=’B00287Z1F2′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’matchstickkidboo’ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’b2bea96f-e66e-11e7-bc7b-35986d9cfc05′] This is one of the great Disney shorts from their “classic” period of the 1950s and ’60s. It has Donald going on an adventure, learning about how math is the foundation for music, architecture, nature, and games. It explains the Golden Ratio phi and how simple ratios explain many…

  • Scamp to the Rescue

    [amazon_link asins=’0717284484′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’matchstickkidboo’ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’1c6e3623-9e26-11e7-add8-db49fe0ae686′] This book may not be in print any longer and it’s easy to see why since the theme of kidnapping is no longer one you see in children’s books. This is the story of the four puppies belonging to Lady and the Tramp: Scamp, a rascally energetic boy, and…

  • Lambert the Sheepish Lion

    [amazon_link asins=’0717284190′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’matchstickkidboo’ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’ea6c763c-9e23-11e7-8e25-0b1ae8a4c853′] This is a book version of a 1952 Disney short directed by Jack Hannah (not the same Hannah as Hanna-Barbera) and written by Bill Peet, who went on to write dozens of children’s books (all of which are still in print) including Kermit the Hermit (1965) and The Ant…

  • Moana

    I’m normally a pretty cynical person, but I thought Moana was just great. Great story, great music, great everything. (The executive producer was John Lasseter, who produced and/or wrote/driected most of the great Pixar movies before and after the Disney purchase, which may have something to do with the quality) [amazon_link asins=’B01MRNUJUO’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’matchstickkidboo’ marketplace=’US’…

  • Look out for Mater!

    [amazon_link asins=’0736425829′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’matchstickkidboo’ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’1a1c765e-40c4-11e7-a63e-933c95b805a4′] This is a little golden book about Lightning McQueen trying to be a good friend to Mater, who has a knack for getting in trouble. It has a good lesson about friendship and following rules, even if the kids aren’t into the movie Cars. My kids never got into…