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The Castle Ghost: An Adventure in Great Britain
Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck find themselves on a trip to Great Britain where they stay at Sir Reginald's castle.
Donald is expecting surfing, swimming and sun but he and Mickey end up on a sightseeing tour of London after a scary night in which a ghost appears in their bedroom.
They have forfeits to do while in the metropolis and return to the castle well pleased with themselves … and then they discover something strange ...
Donald is expecting surfing, swimming and sun but he and Mickey end up on a sightseeing tour of London after a scary night in which a ghost appears in their bedroom.
They have forfeits to do while in the metropolis and return to the castle well pleased with themselves … and then they discover something strange ...
36 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1991
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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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April 30, 2020
Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck go on holiday to Great Britain to stay with Mickey's friend Sir Reginal at his castle in the country. Donald is slightly disappointed because knowing Great Britain is an island he is surprised not to see palm trees, a pool and the sea. Mickey has to tell him that it is not a tropical island.
Sir Reginald dines them before they retire for the night with Donald still thinking that he should be surfing, diving and waterskiing. 'Maybe you'll feel differently after a good night's sleep.' Sir Reginald tells him.
But things go bump in the night when the ghost of Sir Chauncey, dressed in a full suit of armour, appears in their bedroom and tells them they must do something for him if they wish to carry on sleeping in that particular bedroom. Donald is so frightened that he tells the ghost, 'Anything you say, sir.' So the ghost tells them they must go to London the following morning and bring back to him some souvenirs that he names.
At breakfast the next morning they tell Sir Reginald about the ghost and he expresses astonishment that they have a ghost in the castle but he encourages them to visit London and gather the eight things the spirit wants. They ask him to accompany them but he is too busy so is unable to do so.
They tour round London seeing the sights and having adventures along the way. They gather each item that Sir Chauncey's ghost has demanded. And on their return Donald admits to Sir Reginald that the ghost has done them a big favour because they both enjoyed the day immensely.
Going up to bed Mickey and Donald sit in their chairs waiting for the ghost to reappear but they fall asleep and are awakened by a crash in the early morning. It is the ghost and they give him the souvenirs so that he can stop haunting them.
At this point they have a huge surprise as they discover that it was all a huge joke and the ghost was actually …
Whatever, they later agree that their visit to London was very educational and that they had gathered lots of souvenirs to remember it by.
At the end of the story there are two pages headed 'Do You Know …?', which give interesting facts about London, all with appropriate illustrations, nicely done by the Disney studios.
Sir Reginald dines them before they retire for the night with Donald still thinking that he should be surfing, diving and waterskiing. 'Maybe you'll feel differently after a good night's sleep.' Sir Reginald tells him.
But things go bump in the night when the ghost of Sir Chauncey, dressed in a full suit of armour, appears in their bedroom and tells them they must do something for him if they wish to carry on sleeping in that particular bedroom. Donald is so frightened that he tells the ghost, 'Anything you say, sir.' So the ghost tells them they must go to London the following morning and bring back to him some souvenirs that he names.
At breakfast the next morning they tell Sir Reginald about the ghost and he expresses astonishment that they have a ghost in the castle but he encourages them to visit London and gather the eight things the spirit wants. They ask him to accompany them but he is too busy so is unable to do so.
They tour round London seeing the sights and having adventures along the way. They gather each item that Sir Chauncey's ghost has demanded. And on their return Donald admits to Sir Reginald that the ghost has done them a big favour because they both enjoyed the day immensely.
Going up to bed Mickey and Donald sit in their chairs waiting for the ghost to reappear but they fall asleep and are awakened by a crash in the early morning. It is the ghost and they give him the souvenirs so that he can stop haunting them.
At this point they have a huge surprise as they discover that it was all a huge joke and the ghost was actually …
Whatever, they later agree that their visit to London was very educational and that they had gathered lots of souvenirs to remember it by.
At the end of the story there are two pages headed 'Do You Know …?', which give interesting facts about London, all with appropriate illustrations, nicely done by the Disney studios.
April 26, 2018
Even the preteen got into all the famous places mentioned. It was a nice way to get younger kids to learn geography.
September 24, 2018
I'll use the same scoring system for all of the Small World Library books I read as a kid:
1 Star: Definitely remember nothing
2 Stars: May or may not remember something of it
3 Stars: Probably remember some of it
4 Stars: Definitely remember it
The date read for all will just be a best guess of September 1993.
1 Star: Definitely remember nothing
2 Stars: May or may not remember something of it
3 Stars: Probably remember some of it
4 Stars: Definitely remember it
The date read for all will just be a best guess of September 1993.
February 8, 2015
This book is part of the "Small World Library" Mickey and Donald go on a vacation to Great Britain, Donald was expecting something different than what he saw. But Mickey's friend that is hosting their stay, sends them on an adventure they neither one will forget AND teaching them about the cool things in Great Britain. Showing Donald that his vacation may not have appeared to be the 'fun' he expected but in the end it he and his friend had a ball. This was a very good "History" storybook to help teach about Great Britain and things there. Teaching without being in your face about it. At the end of the book are small paragraphs explaining about places and things in GB for readers to learn a little extra with.
July 25, 2023
A nice story time book read. Nice illustrations and plenty of words per page.
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March 26, 2019
- Sir Reginald isn't that great of a guy.
- Mickey kinda sucks for not telling Donald prior to arriving in Great Britain that it's not a tropical island -- he didn't notice that he was dressed for the beach?
- Donald is stupid.
- Mickey kinda sucks for not telling Donald prior to arriving in Great Britain that it's not a tropical island -- he didn't notice that he was dressed for the beach?
- Donald is stupid.
January 10, 2024
A fun way to learn about England
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