5-Minute Princess Stories

5-Minute Stories

by Walt Disney Company

This treasury of 12 stories stars all the Disney princesses--including Tiana and Rapunzel--and features a padded cover, and beautiful full-page and spot illustrations. Now the princesses' adventures are the royal choice before bed, on the go, or any moment.

1. Cinderella: The Lost Mice
2. The Lottle Mermaid: A Special Song
3. Beauty and the Beast: Belle and the Castle Puppy
4. The Princess and the Frog: A Suprise Guest
5. Aladdin: The Desert Race
6. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: A Big Suprise
7. Sleeping Beauty: Buttercup the Brave
8. Beauty and the Beast: A Friend for Phillipe
9. Cinderella: A Royal Friend
10. Tangled: Rapunzel's Story
11. Sleeping Beauty: Aurora and the Helpful Dragon
12. The Little Mermaid: Ariel to the Rescue

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Fiction, Fantasy, Cinderella, Beauty and The Beast, Princesses

183 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2001

About the author

Note: The decision was made to consolidate all Disney publications under the name Walt Disney Company. This profile is for Walt Disney, the characters he created, and the company he founded. Any questions, please ask in the Librarian's Group.

Walter Elias “Walt” Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion.

Disney is particularly noted for being a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most famous fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, a character for which Disney himself was the original voice. He has been awarded four honorary Academy Awards and has won twenty-two competitive Academy Awards out of fifty-nine nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual. He also won seven Emmy Awards. He is the namesake for Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland Hong Kong.

Disney died of lung cancer in Burbank, California, on December 15, 1966. The following year, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971.

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) (commonly referred to as Disney) is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, the company was reincorporated as Walt Disney Productions in 1929. Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and travel. Taking on its current name in 1986, The Walt Disney Company expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theatre, radio, publishing, and online media. In addition, it has created new divisions of the company in order to market more mature content than it typically associates with its flagship family-oriented brands.

The company is best known for the products of its film studio, the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, today one of the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, and ABC Family; publishing, merchandising, and theatre divisions; and owns and licenses 11 theme parks around the world. On January 23, 2006, it was announced that Disney would purchase Pixar in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4 billion. The deal was finalized on May 5. On December 31, 2009, Disney Company acquired the Marvel Entertainment, Inc. for $4.24 billion. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6, 1991. An early and well-known cartoon creation of the company, Mickey Mouse, is the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company.

--from Wikipedia

Reviews

[Riley R · Rating 4 out of 5]

The writing is good for children, short and simple without being exceedingly boring (and I'm sure the drawing of princesses helps too). The stories are all sweet concise adventures, 90% of which feature either a cute animal or an adorable child. Good stories for children. I do have one complaint, however—some of these characters are extremely inept or accidentally cruel. You're telling me Cinderella let her mice friends sleep in the freezing attic and didn't tell the housekeepers not to throw them out? Snow White makes a meal for the dwarves as a surprise, and never tells them who made it, and they just eat the pie?? Wasn't a major plot point of Snow White being about not eating food from strangers? Charlotte and her father went to dinner and FORGOT their dog was in the car!!!! ??? The first Beauty and the Beast story is also about a dog, and the ottoman gets jealous because he "he remembered when he had been a real dog" which is mildly horrifying. Also, they just call him ottoman? Did the dog not have a bame beforehand? Another far milder complaint, is that in the first Little Mermaid story, Ariel has a friend which is an aforementioned adorable child character named Coral, and she wears not just a top but also a skirt? She's the only one who wears a skirt, and it blocks most of her tail, which is the prettiest purple shade so I'm mad about it. Although the baby mermaids at the end are adorable so I'm willing to forgive anything. The Tangled story is just the movie written out, and the art is different from all the other stories (although it's really pretty so I don't mind). I love that story though, and Tangled deserves more attention.

[Kerri · Rating 2 out of 5]

While there are a few cute stories, the overall feeling of these is sadly annoyance. There are a lot of things that just don’t make sense. A new housekeeper is hired at Cinderella’s palace but NOBODY thinks to tell her, “by the way, there are a lot of mice here who are the Princess’s friends”? You’d think that would be the first thing she would be told. Aladdin and genie cheating to win a race. A little girl being rewarded for running away from her guardian and sneaking into the palace. I don’t know if I am disappointed Rapunzel’s story is just a recap of the movie or if I am glad they didn’t do anything annoying with her as well.

But there are cute stories too. Phillip gets a friend. Aurora’s dragon learning that he is good as he is. I honestly don’t remember much because I have been reading one story at a time very intermittently over the past few months.

[Ash Coombs · Rating 3 out of 5]

The stories were generally interesting and it was fun reading it with my daughter. However, the title of this book was very misleading, it took me about 8 minutes to read one of these stories, mainly because my daughter kept pushing the book away and turning to different pages completely. She also knows how to sign and say "done" and we are currently reinforcing that by finishing the activity. This means I have only fully read one third of all available stories. So many unknown endings, and honestly it would be quite strange for me to read it on my own. Nevertheless, fun stories and entertaining adventures

[Set · Rating 5 out of 5]

If I had to rate the stories fairly I would say:
🌟 Cinderella: The Lost Mice - Eww... vermin... but at least she's not in rags.

🌟🌟🌟 The Little Mermaid: A Special Song- Why is that mermaid wearing human clothing?

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Beauty and the Beast: Belle and the Castle Puppy

🌟 The Princess and the Frog: A Surprise Guest- I don't even remember it...

🌟 Aladdin: The Desert Race- Aladdin is a cheater...

🌟🌟🌟 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: A Big Surprise- A little creepy...

🌟🌟🌟 Sleeping Beauty: Buttercup the Brave- So much for her animal loving personality...

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Beauty and the Beast: A friend for Phillipe- Super Cute!

🌟 Cinderella: A Royal Friend- Looks like everyone's cloned but at least she's not in rags.

🌟 Tangled: Rapunzel's Story- Didn't like the movie.

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Sleeping Beauty: Aurora and the Helpful Dragon- Super Cute!

🌟 The Little Mermaid: Ariel to the Rescue- And then they wonder why Eric is our least favorite prince.

[Cara Byrne · Rating 2 out of 5]

When my four-year-old found this book at the bookstore, her eyes got so big that you would think she had just picked up the tiara of one of the princesses gracing the cover instead. But no. She had just picked out what would quickly become a key part of our bedtime routine: negotiating how many of these stories we could read based on how early she got ready. *Sigh* While I'm not a big fan of her current Disney princess phase, the stories are fine. They are like fruit snacks: I know they aren't quality, organic fruit I could be giving her - but they have some vitamin C - so they can't be all that bad, right? I try to balance out these poorly adapted sequels with some of other current favorites that we both enjoy (like _Julian is a Mermaid_ and _The Seven Princesses_).

[Maddie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Been reading every night with my kiddos for awhile.
So many great creative stories! A lot of options on different princesses. Stories are really 5 minutes long, perfect for right before bed.

[♥♣Mary♦♠ If She So Pleases · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love everything princess so I was generous! The ideal 5-Minute Princess Storybook would be the one in which we can pick the stories we want to have in our book....the Fuuuuturrrreee.

Cinderella - The Lost Mice - 4*
In this story, the mice have a hard time in the cold. I like how Cinderella is actually dressed like a princess in this story. I don't like how ordinary the characters at the ball look like.

The Little Mermaid- A Special Song- 2*
A story about a mermaid finding her place in the orchestra. Although I love The Little Mermaid movies and tv shows, this story isn't that great. I like to see the other mermaids and I'm pleased with most of the mermaid illustrations. But oddly, the main character is illustrated a bit strange, where all the mermaids are wearing their normal mermaid garb, she has a very long pink dress on... in the middle of the sea... where human articles are forbidden. There was never any problem with mermaids being mermaids in the movies and series.

Beauty and The Beast- 5*- Belle and The Castle Puppy - 5*
This is a story about Belle taking in a lost puppy and how the ottoman and beast aren't too pleased with that. In this story, although Belle wears a beautiful red coat, she is dressed like a village girl (her blue outfit). So I assume, she is not yet a princess. Still, a nice short story, with aspects of the original story.

The Princess and The Frog- A Surprise Guest- 1*
This is a story about guests going to Tiana's restaurant. It is a bit too uneventful.

Aladdin - The Desert Race - 1*
In this story Jasmin partakes in a dangerous horse race. You see Jasmine and Aladdin dressed in their usual garb and their royal outfits.

Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs- A Big Surprise - 1*
In this story Snow White wants to give a surprise to the Seven Dwarfs. Snow White spends the time creeping about in this tale. Snow White is a princess in this story but she is dressed like Snow White and she definitely does not act like a princess. She spends her time cooking and cleaning. At least, she spends some time picking flowers.

Sleeping Beauty - Buttercup The Brave - 4*
This is a story about Buttercup, Aurora's horse, and his fears and courage. It's a cute 5 minute story. Aurora is dressed like a princess.

Beauty and The Beast - A Friend for Phillipe - 3*
This is a story about Phillipe, Belle's horse, and the things they do to cheer him up. I found the ending to be a bit strange. Belle is dressed like a village girl again and I don't think she's a princess yet at this point. I like how all the characters are human at this point.

Cinderella - A Royal Friend - 4*
Cinderella is a princess at this point and she does community service. The story is about a little girl who learns what it means to be a princess.

Tangled - Rapunzel's Story - 3*
This is just a telling of the Tangled movie.

Sleeping Beauty- Aurora and The Helpful Dragon - 5*
I really like this story because they're all in the castle and living a royal life. This is a story about a little dragon discovering who he is.

The Little Mermaid - Ariel to The Rescue- 4*
This is a story about an animal rescue. I like how they visited some familiar spots. Ariel is a land princess at this point. Some of the illustrations weren't that great.

[Dan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Been reading this to my niece every night before bed and she loves it.. It's pretty goddamn comforting! :P The stories are quite good.

[Tania · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a wonderful bedtime story book for little girls. Each story covers a known princess, but instead of a rehash of the original fairy tale/movie like many of these types of books do these are supplemental stories that add to the legend of these princesses. They are also actual 5 minute stories, so they are the perfect length for that nighttime wind down. We read about Arial making friends with a fellow mermaid and encouraging her to step into the spotlight, Cinderella's Prince watching out for Cinderella's mice, we see Belle befriending a stray puppy, and more. These delightful new stories about characters we know and love are a lovely find.

Stories included in this book:
- Cinderella: The Lost Mice
- The Little Mermaid: A Special Song
- Beauty and the Beast: Belle and the Castle Puppy
- The Princess and the Frog: A Surprise Guest
- Aladdin: The Desert Race
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarves: A Big Surprise
- Sleeping Beauty: Buttercup the Brave
- Beauty and the Beast: A Friend for Phillipe
- Cinderella: A Royal Friend
- Tangled: Rapunzel's Story
- Sleeping Beauty: Aurora and the Helpful Dragon
- The Little Mermaid: Ariel to the Rescue

[Dianna · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is one of those books that my seven-year-old daughter adores—she practically has it memorized—but I don't. It includes a few original movie plots, and a bunch of contrived spin-offs with eye-rolling details like changing into a new outfit before an award ceremony (because of course the princess always wins).

I'm glad she can read now.

[Chad · Rating 2 out of 5]

The art in these stories is surprisingly great, and elevates it above the similar awful Frozen book for me. But the stories are all boring and/or just poorly written. The shortened version of Tangled is so condensed that it makes no sense at all.

Naturally, daughter won't let me read much else to her other than this book right now.

[Elinor Loredan · Rating 4 out of 5]

These are simple, pleasant stories that show the generosity and kindness of the princesses. Very cozy and comforting with beautiful illustrations.

[Omid Milanifard · Rating 4 out of 5]

Its really good for kids sleep time (it worked for my little niece). All stories are disney related and have happy end.

[Melina Schnoor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dieses Buch hat mich direkt in meine Kindheit zurückkatapultiert, in die Zeit, in der ich die Disney-Prinzessinnen zum allerersten Mal gesehen habe 🥰 Genau dieses warme, magische Gefühl hat mich sofort wieder eingehüllt 🥹

Wir bekommen hier viele kleine Geschichten unterschiedlicher Prinzessinnen, jede für sich wunderschön. Die Illustrationen sind atemberaubend.

Wer mich kennt, weiß: Ich LIEBE Disney, vor allem die klassischen Geschichten und natürlich die Prinzessinnen. Und ganz egal, wo ich solche Bücher entdecke, ob auf dem Flohmarkt oder im Second-Hand-Laden, sie müssen einfach mit nach Hause 😍 Jede einzelne Seite genieße ich beim Lesen und beim Betrachten der Bilder.

Eine riesengroße Empfehlung egal ob für Klein oder Groß!

[Jackie · Rating 1 out of 5]

My son loves these 5 minute Disney story collections, so he picked this out during one of the library visits. He found this collection boring and I hated reading it to him. Other 5 minute Disney story collections show the Disney characters going on adventures and having fun. This collection mostly shows the princesses doing something in the ~*domestic sphere*~ like preparing picnics, tailoring and trying on dresses, taking care of baby dragons. Like…are we for real? Princesses like adventures too. They don’t exist to just serve others. It felt out of touch, even for 2011 (when I think the book was published).

[Elaina · Rating 2 out of 5]

I know that I am not the target audience for this. There are some cute stories included but a lot of them are not canonically accurate. I did enjoy seeing the princesses in some new(er) outfits. A lot of names seem reused from other Disney franchises, such as Sofia the First. Also... they just threw Tangled in? Like the plot of the whole movie? It's not worth a spot in my collection, even for nostalgia points.

[Mia Markert · Rating 5 out of 5]

I remember reading this book to both of my little sisters when they were younger and thinking about it after so many years makes me so grateful for the little moments we spent together. These stories are excellent for young children who love Disney princesses, and the conciseness of the stories makes them perfect for reading to younger kids who don't have great attention spans. I highly recommend picking up this book and seeing if it sparks your child(s) interest.

[Kristen//Gen Y Mama · Rating 5 out of 5]

New tales of our favorite princesses.

Quick stories that introduce new characters to the princesses we already know and love. These stories take place outside of the timeframe the animated movies take place (for instance Jasmine’s Desert Race, Aladdin has already been revealed and is openly conversing with The Sultan).

This book is a great way to get kids to wind down ahead of bedtime.

[Cassie Kelley · Rating 5 out of 5]

A delightful collection of stories starring familiar and well-beloved princesses, some being Belle, Aurora, Ariel, and Jasmine. With beautiful illustrations, these bits-sized stories are perfect for bedtime or storytime. If you enjoy the Disney princesses or know a child who does, this book is full of stories that all have a happily-ever-after.

[Melanie Hobbie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute but not always consistent stories. (The kids won’t notice though.). Sometimes it does often seem like they spliced and cut the stories down to fit a certain word count, etc, but we all know that we read about princesses for the magic 🙂.

[Lynn Davidson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This glossy hardcover book contains 12 Walt Disney princess stories that can each be read in 5 minutes. They are about Moana, Belle, Pocahontas, Ariel, Jasmine, Rapunzel, Mulan, Aurora, Tiana, Merida, Snow White, and Cinderella. Fabulous illustrations.

[Larry · Rating 3 out of 5]

my daughter enjoyed these stories

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was really disappointed that Rapunzel's story was just a shortened version of the movie. Overall cute book, but it did make me question why Disney doesn't believe horses can be female.

[Cam Rowe · Rating 2 out of 5]

Aside from the stories being dull, I also wonder what morals my daughter is learning from these pro-feudalism tales. At least the stories are shorter than our other princess collections.

[Mel · Rating 3 out of 5]

My 4 year old gives this a 5 star rating.

[Carly MJ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome short stories.

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[Bianca · Rating 3 out of 5]

A beautiful book to read with my gorgeous niece! I love Disney and hearing about snippets of the Disney Princesses life either before or after their happy ending.

[Ashley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great way to get the munchkin to sleep and do homework every night.

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

My daughter has requested the stories from this book far too many times ...