Brave

by Walt Disney Company

Pixar Animation Studio's 13th animated feature film, Disney/Pixar Brave, is an epic adventure set in the rugged and mysterious Highlands of Scotland. Determined to carve her own path in life, a skilled archer named Princess Merida defies a sacred age-old custom-and inadvertently unleashes a beastly curse upon the kingdom. To set things right, Merida embarks on a perilous quest and discovers the meaning of true bravery. This Little Golden Book retells every exciting moment of the film.

Genres: Childrens, Fiction, Picture Books, Fantasy

26 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 15, 2012

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.

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Reviews

[booklady · Rating 4 out of 5]

I guess this is a Disney movie?—one of many I haven't seen. It is one I think I’d like. Since it had a girl on the front cover AND a bear, I read it to decide who to give it to, our oldest grandson or granddaughter. Granddaughter will read/listen to ALL books, though she prefers princess and girl books. Grandson is more selective; he only wants books with animals (preferably dinosaurs or predators, like bears and wolves) and he wants stories with plenty of **action**. Wolves eating pigs or little girls, foxes downing a whole barnyard full of fowl, silly gingerbread men getting their comeuppance; you get the idea.

I think this is one of those cross-over books, should appeal to all children except those afraid of a little excitement. There is a princess and a queen, a king and three princelings. The princess is saucy no less and there is a bear as well, with the name of Mordu—the same name of grandson’s bear at home.

This blows a hole in my sister’s theory that all Disney stories are about orphans. And it has a happy ending!

[Spencer · Rating 4 out of 5]

2022

2021
This, of course, is a cute little book that is inspired by the movie of the same title. While nothing comes close to how amazing the Disney movie is, I enjoyed this little tale. Especially since the moral of the story, "love each other exactly as we are." is included.

2020

[Cassie (Reader at heart) · Rating 5 out of 5]

So cute, the Golden Books are always the best. Love this feisty, independent princess!

[Shannon]

We have a box set that includes Little Golden Books for all of the Disney princesses. They aren't all good book versions of the movies. Our favorites and most read have definitely been Tangled (#1), Cinderella, The Little Mermaid and Brave. Brave was interesting because we read this before any of us had seen the movie. It's a clean, concise rendering of the story with good illustrations that match the feeling of the film. I've come to actually love Brave (super underrated) and I have this book to thank for getting me interested in watching it. My daughter likes it a lot too.

[Cindya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Since I’m on a Little Golden Book reading spree, I just couldn’t skip the book based on my favorite Disney (and Pixar) Princess, Merida. The story is synthesized just fine. I like the message of ‘learning to love each other just the way you are.” I’m a little disappointed that they removed the whole ‘Mord’u is actually the oldest prince’ subtext, but I can understand why they did that. The illustrations, like always, are lovely.

[Riane · Rating 3 out of 5]

*Treasure Cove Story variation*
A shortened narrative of the original Disney movie thats easier to digest for younger readers. Unfamiliar animation style compared to the movie original. It does not, however, lose its story or spirit of the tale. Short but sweet with illustrations that portray the events on going in the story and consistent with the framing of the original story too.

[Nikki · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book tells the whole story of Brave but it could use some work. The pictures are awful and the writing isn't done very well. This is not a very good book. I would recommend other books for fans of Brave.

[Kristien Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ireland liked it so she said it needed 5 stars. 😃

[I. A. Myeesha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Go girl!

[Leah · Rating 2 out of 5]

While this is a adaptation of the film of the same name, there are some plot holes in the book that can be explained in the film. I would of liked to see a little more of a fleshed out story.

[Martein Joaquim · Rating 5 out of 5]

A woman can use arrws and become 🏹

[Holly Letson · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a decent story. I like Merida alright, too.

[Marie Andersson · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite Disney stories! ❤️💜❤️💜❤️🥰😍I cry everytime Merida's mom is turned into a bear. 😢

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

A heart-warming story about the mother-daughter relationship, Brave makes its mark as the next big Pixar production and gives little girls a hero of their own to look up to. Princess Merida does not want to marry much to the displeasure of her proper mother. Defying an age-old custom of engagement, the controversy threatens the kingsom with chaos. Merida turns to a witch to help, but the magic doesn't go as Merida expected. Now Merida must face danger and adventure with her mother who was afflicted by the spell. To counter the curse, Merida must learn what it means to really be brave and the importance of family.

[Karalee Hoge · Rating 4 out of 5]

The e-book version of this story follows the original text. In this one the reader is greeted with bagpipes and can be read to or choose to read on their own. If the reader chooses to be read to, the narrator is the same voice as the mother in the filmed version, and it highlights the words as they are being read. It is a condensed version of the story and the illustrations mimic the hand drawn art in the film. Overall a beautifully put together app to encourage young readers.

[mairead!]

Love that these books exist so that possible to tell story without watching the movie... love the Celtic font, but don’t enjoy this enough to give it another star which is maybe unfair and just because A wanted me to read this about four times in a row initially. Especially comparing it to the text of the Trolls Golden Book, it just felt more phoned in.

[Aramis · Rating 3 out of 5]

I know that the Little Golden Books summarize movies into books just for kids, but they left out so much and changes some of the story line.
It's alright for what it is, A Little Golden Book, for kids.

[Alicia · Rating 1 out of 5]

This jumped from event to event without going into much detail. I have not seen the movie, but I now know the basic plot. I heard the movie evoked emotion, this book does not.

[Ashley · Rating 3 out of 5]

A condensed version of the Disney movie about Merida. Alice was very concerned with Queen Elinor turned into a bear. She has not seen the movie but loves to roar.

[Tayler K · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have no idea why I didn't read this when I got it as a gift a few years ago. But anyway, it's a very simplified retelling of the movie's plot. The illustrations and coloring are GORGEOUS.

[megan donaldson · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is not the same story as the film. my son enjoys both for their awesome Princess and the mean bad guy bear who the mom saves everyone from. He's 4 and thinks its great.