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Disney/Pixar Inside Out 2: The Junior Novelization
This Junior Novelization is based on Disney and Pixar's Inside Out 2—in theaters summer 2024!
Disney and Pixar’s Inside Out 2 is an all-new adventure inside the mind of now-teenager Riley, who is definitely feeling all kinds of new Emotions. Amy Poehler returns as the voice of Joy. Directed by Kelsey Mann and produced by Mark Nielsen, Inside Out 2 is set for release in Summer 2024. This Junior Novelization retelling of the animated feature film includes eight pages of full-color images and is perfect for children ages 8 to 12.
Disney and Pixar’s Inside Out 2 is an all-new adventure inside the mind of now-teenager Riley, who is definitely feeling all kinds of new Emotions. Amy Poehler returns as the voice of Joy. Directed by Kelsey Mann and produced by Mark Nielsen, Inside Out 2 is set for release in Summer 2024. This Junior Novelization retelling of the animated feature film includes eight pages of full-color images and is perfect for children ages 8 to 12.
144 pages, Paperback
First published May 28, 2024
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June 15, 2024
Fair warning: I am about to dive way too deep into a kids' book.
I had some resistance to reading/watching this for the following reasons:
1) Sequelitis. Especially in the case of Inside Out, which was a beautiful, self-contained movie that did not require addons.
2) Retconning. Along similar lines, the first movie was self-contained. Nowhere did it hint that there were other emotions about to emerge, or that would ever be present. I also genuinely liked the idea that the Emotions matured as Riley did, both combining to create those more complex Emotions and growing into a more advanced state themselves. (Note that none of the parents' Emotions show the extreme highs and lows evident in Riley's.)
3) Anxiety. I don't particularly like the idea of Anxiety as an Emotion when it's more of a mental health issue like Depression, which the first movie dealt with - but note that it did not conflate Depression with Sadness. In fact, feeling and expressing Sadness helped Riley move on. They could have done the same thing here with Fear taking a more advanced role, showing Imagination Land's reconstruction to more abstract fears, etc.
4) This is more an after-the-fact criticism, but puberty isn't funny. The puberty alarm was a cute gag in the first film, but let's not turn puberty into the new menopause. There can be humor in it, but it shouldn't be mocked or shown at these extremes.
However... there's nothing in here that I hate. Pixar is good at churning out decent sequels (Finding Dory, Toy Story 2, Incredibles 2) and this is no exception.
I love the Sense of Self and the core Beliefs. And most importantly, the messages are terrific.
So, all my qualms aside, worth it.
I had some resistance to reading/watching this for the following reasons:
1) Sequelitis. Especially in the case of Inside Out, which was a beautiful, self-contained movie that did not require addons.
2) Retconning. Along similar lines, the first movie was self-contained. Nowhere did it hint that there were other emotions about to emerge, or that would ever be present. I also genuinely liked the idea that the Emotions matured as Riley did, both combining to create those more complex Emotions and growing into a more advanced state themselves. (Note that none of the parents' Emotions show the extreme highs and lows evident in Riley's.)
3) Anxiety. I don't particularly like the idea of Anxiety as an Emotion when it's more of a mental health issue like Depression, which the first movie dealt with - but note that it did not conflate Depression with Sadness. In fact, feeling and expressing Sadness helped Riley move on. They could have done the same thing here with Fear taking a more advanced role, showing Imagination Land's reconstruction to more abstract fears, etc.
4) This is more an after-the-fact criticism, but puberty isn't funny. The puberty alarm was a cute gag in the first film, but let's not turn puberty into the new menopause. There can be humor in it, but it shouldn't be mocked or shown at these extremes.
However... there's nothing in here that I hate. Pixar is good at churning out decent sequels (Finding Dory, Toy Story 2, Incredibles 2) and this is no exception.
I love the Sense of Self and the core Beliefs. And most importantly, the messages are terrific.
So, all my qualms aside, worth it.
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July 2, 2024I LOVED this book, so interesting and anxiety was the bad guy because she was taking over riley so ya
umm, but then joy had to go to the back of the mind and find Riley's sense of self but then at the end all of the emotions worked together.
umm, but then joy had to go to the back of the mind and find Riley's sense of self but then at the end all of the emotions worked together.
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June 10, 2024
Awww.
July 10, 2024
By Mya Boykin (age 9): great book it’s was nice and I definitely recommend it and it was a medium
Hard read 4/5 but so far so good I learned that my emotions are meant to be and I can be who I want to be ☺️💅😇
Hard read 4/5 but so far so good I learned that my emotions are meant to be and I can be who I want to be ☺️💅😇
June 29, 2024
Can't wait to see this movie now!
June 19, 2025
I NEED to rewatch the cartoon!!!
The book is good. I love how they describe anxiety, not only in a bad way, but how she can be useful.
The book is good. I love how they describe anxiety, not only in a bad way, but how she can be useful.
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