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Princess Adventure Tales
Little girls love empowered princess role models, and this new collection of short stories features four tales of adventure and bravery starring the Disney Princesses. From Belle and Ariel to Rapunzel and Tiana, the princesses show their courageous spirits as they go on quests and take on exciting challenges.
43 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 30, 2013
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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
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
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March 28, 2015
One of my daughter's favorite books. Essentially Disney Princess feminist fan fiction, this collection of stories features all your favorite Disney heroines in situations that highlight their best qualities (kindness, bravery, perseverance, independence, ingenuity, resourcefulness), and fancy ballgowns are few and far between. I recommend it to any fellow parents out there who feel conflicted about the messages Disney movies send reguarding femininity. I'm completely comfortable with these fictional women serving as my daughter's role models: Belle becomes the castle's Miss Fix-It despite the open skepticism of the Beast. Tiana's job search is hitting a wall, so she negotiates her way into an offer for a job that previously didn't exist. Jasmine disregard's her overprotective father's wishes to race against the men in a death-defying horse race across the desert--and wins! The writing has it's flaws (the word "gasped" appears in these stories so many times you would think the characters all have chronic asthma), but the intent is honorable and, in general, pulled off quite well. Thanks to the authors for allowing me to continue my Disney fandom without worrying about screwing up my kid for life.
January 1, 2022
This was a bit higher of a reading level than the last Disney collection that I read. These stories have a stronger sense of morality and fit well with the canon movies. There are beautiful illustrations. It was very nostalgic but also refreshing to see the princesses in new looks and interacting with new and loved characters.
October 8, 2013
My preschooler would give this 12 stars. We borrowed it from the library and have read it every night since. Some of the stories are just a shortened version of the respective movies, while others are new short stories. They reflect pretty good values so I don't mind them too much.
May 20, 2017
Päiväkoti-ikäinen prinsessafani nautti tarinoista suunnattomasti. Iltasatujen lukijat kaipaisivat välillä hieman vaihtelua tarinoihin ja erityisesti päähenkilöihin, vaan sadunkuulija päättää.
August 22, 2020
OMG this is crazy! I love all the stories!
August 22, 2020
These are lovely stories!
August 10, 2021
bagus, ringan, enak dibaca dan mudah dipahami
February 5, 2014
This was a very cute read.
It's a pretty thick book, but it's filled with multiple stories. Each one being only 5 or 6 pages long. It goes for about $18 but I bought it for $5 at a Black Friday sale at my local Walmart for my daughter for Christmas.
I'm the type of parent who loves to read what her kids read. My son is 4 and my daughter is 5 so all the books they read right now are very short so it's easy for me to keep up with . I wanted to read this compilation of stories to pick out the ones I think my daughter would enjoy the most. I was a bit surprised that the two princesses in this book that are her favorite (Ariel and Aurora) didn't have very interesting stories.
My absolute favorite story is the first Cinderella story. Cinderella has moved into the royal castle and has married the prince. One day, she realizes the royal staff doesn't talk to her much. Because she spent her whole life before marrying the prince being a maid/slave to her step-family, she wants to get to know them and to make sure they are happy working there, So one afternoon she dresses in a disguise as a maid and joins the royal staff in their chores. She helps clean the floor, polish the silverware, and do the sewing. She realizes small things they wish would change to make their lives a little easier.
At the end of the day, she tells her husband and the king about her findings and then calls all the royal staffs attention to tell them she has been is disguise all day. They all get nervous but she reassures them that she enjoyed working with them and that the palace is going to implement changes to make their jobs easier.
It was my favorite story because it actually showed a princess not being a princess. She got down and dirty and didn't put herself above "peasant" work. It's funny too, because I've always considered Cinderella to be too cliche because she is everyones favorite, but she's also one of the few princesses who is actually a peasant to start out with. It was the most sincere story in the entire compilation.
A few of my other favorites were the story about Belle using books to help her fix everything in the castle (for obvious reasons- books!)
Tiana's story about working two jobs to be able to open her own restaurant was inspiring
The Sleeping Beauty story about Aurora rescuing her aunt's when they go out to pick blueberries was fairly entertaining.
The Brave story and the Rapunzel story were simply recaps of the movies, so I didn't find them all that interesting. I liked reading about adventures outside of the original stories. Kind of like when you read a book about characters you love and you want to know what happens next. In general, it was a very cute read and the illustrations are beautiful. Now I know which ones my daughter and I are going to read together first. :)
It's a pretty thick book, but it's filled with multiple stories. Each one being only 5 or 6 pages long. It goes for about $18 but I bought it for $5 at a Black Friday sale at my local Walmart for my daughter for Christmas.
I'm the type of parent who loves to read what her kids read. My son is 4 and my daughter is 5 so all the books they read right now are very short so it's easy for me to keep up with . I wanted to read this compilation of stories to pick out the ones I think my daughter would enjoy the most. I was a bit surprised that the two princesses in this book that are her favorite (Ariel and Aurora) didn't have very interesting stories.
My absolute favorite story is the first Cinderella story. Cinderella has moved into the royal castle and has married the prince. One day, she realizes the royal staff doesn't talk to her much. Because she spent her whole life before marrying the prince being a maid/slave to her step-family, she wants to get to know them and to make sure they are happy working there, So one afternoon she dresses in a disguise as a maid and joins the royal staff in their chores. She helps clean the floor, polish the silverware, and do the sewing. She realizes small things they wish would change to make their lives a little easier.
At the end of the day, she tells her husband and the king about her findings and then calls all the royal staffs attention to tell them she has been is disguise all day. They all get nervous but she reassures them that she enjoyed working with them and that the palace is going to implement changes to make their jobs easier.
It was my favorite story because it actually showed a princess not being a princess. She got down and dirty and didn't put herself above "peasant" work. It's funny too, because I've always considered Cinderella to be too cliche because she is everyones favorite, but she's also one of the few princesses who is actually a peasant to start out with. It was the most sincere story in the entire compilation.
A few of my other favorites were the story about Belle using books to help her fix everything in the castle (for obvious reasons- books!)
Tiana's story about working two jobs to be able to open her own restaurant was inspiring
The Sleeping Beauty story about Aurora rescuing her aunt's when they go out to pick blueberries was fairly entertaining.
The Brave story and the Rapunzel story were simply recaps of the movies, so I didn't find them all that interesting. I liked reading about adventures outside of the original stories. Kind of like when you read a book about characters you love and you want to know what happens next. In general, it was a very cute read and the illustrations are beautiful. Now I know which ones my daughter and I are going to read together first. :)
June 3, 2016
The colorful book includes stories from:
- Tangled: Beyond the Tower, Rapunzel's Challenge, and Fit for a Crown
- Aladdin: Runaway Rajah, and Against All Odds (this story is included in the book Royal Champions: An Enchanted Stables Storybook in a longer version)
- Cinderella: Princess in Disguise, and The Great Cat-tastrophe
- Beauty and the Beast: Belle Takes Charge, and Belle and the Mysterious Monster
- The Princess and the Frog: Cooking Up a Plan, and a Hidden Gem
- Sleeping Beauty: The Perfect Team (this story is also included in the book Royal Champions: An Enchanted Stables Storybook), and Trouble in the Forest
- The Little Mermaid: The Quest for the Purple Pearl, and Shark Surprise
- Snow White: a Windy Adventure
- Brave: a Fateful Adventure
- Tangled: Beyond the Tower, Rapunzel's Challenge, and Fit for a Crown
- Aladdin: Runaway Rajah, and Against All Odds (this story is included in the book Royal Champions: An Enchanted Stables Storybook in a longer version)
- Cinderella: Princess in Disguise, and The Great Cat-tastrophe
- Beauty and the Beast: Belle Takes Charge, and Belle and the Mysterious Monster
- The Princess and the Frog: Cooking Up a Plan, and a Hidden Gem
- Sleeping Beauty: The Perfect Team (this story is also included in the book Royal Champions: An Enchanted Stables Storybook), and Trouble in the Forest
- The Little Mermaid: The Quest for the Purple Pearl, and Shark Surprise
- Snow White: a Windy Adventure
- Brave: a Fateful Adventure
February 19, 2015
My daughter received this book as a gift when she was 3. It is full of cute / different stories about the princesses with 1-2 stories per princess. There are around 15-20 stories total and each has the princess solving a problem or dealing with something in life on their own (who needs men right?? lol). Each story is a decent length except when my daughter requests me to read 2-3 of them and then they seem long. If you only read one at a time it's not bad though.
The only trouble with these stories is they tend to use words and language a 3 year old wouldn't understand. Sometimes I change the story on the fly so it makes more sense to her, or I'll leave a sentence out if it just seems to confuse things. However, once she can read on her own, it might be nice for her to have these big words to learn.
Overall a cute book to give the princesses more adventure! Enjoy!
The only trouble with these stories is they tend to use words and language a 3 year old wouldn't understand. Sometimes I change the story on the fly so it makes more sense to her, or I'll leave a sentence out if it just seems to confuse things. However, once she can read on her own, it might be nice for her to have these big words to learn.
Overall a cute book to give the princesses more adventure! Enjoy!
September 7, 2016
Beautiful art, nice little stories for kids. I liked that some of the stories are simple version of their movie siblings, while others are side stories or little sequel vignettes. The writing is much better than the Marvel superhero stories with similar binding. My 3-year-old daughter loves reading stories from this book at night.
One complaint, though--some of the stories promote not just independence but outright disobedience. That's troublesome for young children who can't cognitively understand when to stand up for themselves and when not to.
One complaint, though--some of the stories promote not just independence but outright disobedience. That's troublesome for young children who can't cognitively understand when to stand up for themselves and when not to.
April 18, 2016
This is a collection of adventure stories involving various Disney princesses. Some of the stories were just shortened versions of the films and others are new short stories. Some I think it is a stretch to call "adventure." Such as Belle learning how to fix things by reading books. However, I think little girls will like them for the most part.
October 26, 2015
This is actually a really good collection of stories about princesses breaking out of their mold and taking charge of themselves. It includes a story about Cinderella dressing as a maid in order to improve working conditions for her servants and Belle fixing things around the castle by reading books on how to do it. Pleasantly surprised.
August 6, 2016
This is definitely cute for kids. To be honest, the illustrations are much better than the writing however, I can't wait to read it to my children someday when I have girls. It's just good Disney fun!
January 17, 2016
My daughter has recieved this book as a present for her birthday and she loves it! She is a huge Disney fam so this was a great gift for her. She loved all of the stories and I know we will be reading them plenty more at bed time or story time during the day.
September 10, 2016
Girls. Good for the 3 year olds!
August 11, 2017
This is my daughter's favorite bedtime book. She loves to pick her nightly princess and we read a story of theirs every night.
December 9, 2014
Strange. I liked that there was one about a friendly shark though.
December 17, 2014
Great bedtime story book with Disney princess adventure stories. My 4 year old loves this book!
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March 2, 2022
Belle fixes up the castle. Ariel meets a shark and he's a smashing success at the next royal concert. Merida accidentally turns her mom into a bear.
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January 3, 2021
What a great book
August 10, 2021
buku yang ringan, enak dinikmati dan dibaca
August 24, 2023
My daughter found this at the library and has been so obsessed with it that we had to get our own copy. Lovely little stories about the princesses.
December 24, 2024
My daughter LOVED this compilation of stories- some just retellings of the movie plots. She is not quite two and sat through many chapters at a time!
September 24, 2013
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