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Finding Dory: The Junior Novelization
Finding The Junior Novelization is the paperback retelling of the hit movie! Finding The Junior Novelization retells the whole exciting story and features eight pages of full-color scenes from the movie! The sequel to Disney/Pixar Finding Nemo, Disney/Pixar Finding Dory reunites the friendly-but-forgetful blue tang fish with her loved ones, and everyone learns a few things about the true meaning of family along the way.
144 pages, Paperback
First published May 3, 2016
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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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February 7, 2017This was a very cute read through!
I have not seen the movie but now I really want to as I'm interested to see how the film matches up to the scenes in my mind as I listened.
Great story of hope, strength, endurance, determination, and above all else, the love of family and friends.
I have not seen the movie but now I really want to as I'm interested to see how the film matches up to the scenes in my mind as I listened.
Great story of hope, strength, endurance, determination, and above all else, the love of family and friends.
December 31, 2019
Way to much drama for such a short book, and impossible to follow if you haven’t seen the movie, as there aren’t enough illustrations of all the dramatic events. I’m glad I didn’t see this at the cinema, I’m emotionally drained just from reading this ‘junior novelisation’.
July 31, 2020
Before you ask why I would read this, let me explain something. Finding Dory is a very special movie to me. It's the last one I got to watch with my Nana before she died and for that reason it holds a lot of memories. Since I don't own the movie, I saw this book at the Dollar Store and decided that it was a good way for me to own this story and keep these memories.
This is the movie in book comic format. My only issue with it was that the colours for the images were dull and it took away some of the visual aesthetics but other than that this was such a fun read and I really enjoyed my time with it.
This is the movie in book comic format. My only issue with it was that the colours for the images were dull and it took away some of the visual aesthetics but other than that this was such a fun read and I really enjoyed my time with it.
December 24, 2020
Jujur aku capek membaca buku ini, rasanya mereka selalu kejar kejaran dan saling mencari. Saat mendekati akhir pun masih terus berputar-putar hingga terkesan hopeless. Lalu aku bertanya-tanya banyak hal disini, seperti bagaimana ikan dapat membaca tulisan? Bagaimana gurita dapat mengemudikan mobil? Bagaimana Dory yg pelupa dapat membantu Hank mengemudikan mobil? Dan banyak lagi. Tapi yauda lah ya, kan ini buku anak-anak, mungkin aku aja yg overthinking. Btw, aku belum nonton animasinya, karena yaa kurang tertarik.
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December 20, 2017
I love this series. It's basically the movie retold in comics-graphic novel style with screencaps from the movie. These books are great especially when a new movie has come out and you don't have time to go see it in the theater again. I love this movie and I wanna go see it again this Tuesday.
July 6, 2024
pinjam-baca koleksi Perpusnas
tahu sih, ini kan versi novel dari film berjudul sama yang memang target pasarnya adalah para pembaca cilik (junior novelization) yang mungkin sehabis menonton filmnya masih kepingin menikmati lagi ceritanya dalam format berbeda. namun, tetap saja nggak bisa nahan diri buat ikutan baca (sangking sesuka itu sama duologi Finding Nemo ini). dan, ya antara seneng antara manyun, kok ya nggak ada penambahan apa pun di novelnya. plek-ketiplek sama jalan cerita filmnya.
"Itulah gunanya insting, Nemo. Sesuatu jauh di dalam dirimu yang terasa sangat kaukenal hingga kau harus mendengarkannya--seperti lagu yang selalu kaukenal."
--hlm.23 #FindingDory_Novel
"Itu sangat mengasyikkan karena aku biasa bercerita padamu, lalu kau melupakannya sama sekali. Lalu aku menceritakan itu padamu berulang kali."
--hlm.61 #FindingDory_Novel
"Tak apa-apa. Dalam hidup tidak semuanya mudah dilakukan.
Ketika sesuatu terlalu sulit [dilakukan], pasti selalu ada cara lain."
--hlm.65 #FindingDory_Novel
"Kenapa kami tidak pernah menyerah setelah sekian tahun ini? Dan mulai membuat jalur-jalur untuk menemukan? Karena kami percaya suatu hari kau akan menemukan kami."
--pg.121 #FindingDory_Novel
"Apa hebatnya rencana? Aku tak pernah punya rencana. Apakah aku berencana kehilangan orangtuaku? ...karena hal terbaik terjadi tanpa disengaja, karena itulah kehidupan."
--pg.134 #FindingDory_Novel
tahu sih, ini kan versi novel dari film berjudul sama yang memang target pasarnya adalah para pembaca cilik (junior novelization) yang mungkin sehabis menonton filmnya masih kepingin menikmati lagi ceritanya dalam format berbeda. namun, tetap saja nggak bisa nahan diri buat ikutan baca (sangking sesuka itu sama duologi Finding Nemo ini). dan, ya antara seneng antara manyun, kok ya nggak ada penambahan apa pun di novelnya. plek-ketiplek sama jalan cerita filmnya.
"Itulah gunanya insting, Nemo. Sesuatu jauh di dalam dirimu yang terasa sangat kaukenal hingga kau harus mendengarkannya--seperti lagu yang selalu kaukenal."
--hlm.23 #FindingDory_Novel
"Itu sangat mengasyikkan karena aku biasa bercerita padamu, lalu kau melupakannya sama sekali. Lalu aku menceritakan itu padamu berulang kali."
--hlm.61 #FindingDory_Novel
"Tak apa-apa. Dalam hidup tidak semuanya mudah dilakukan.
Ketika sesuatu terlalu sulit [dilakukan], pasti selalu ada cara lain."
--hlm.65 #FindingDory_Novel
"Kenapa kami tidak pernah menyerah setelah sekian tahun ini? Dan mulai membuat jalur-jalur untuk menemukan? Karena kami percaya suatu hari kau akan menemukan kami."
--pg.121 #FindingDory_Novel
"Apa hebatnya rencana? Aku tak pernah punya rencana. Apakah aku berencana kehilangan orangtuaku? ...karena hal terbaik terjadi tanpa disengaja, karena itulah kehidupan."
--pg.134 #FindingDory_Novel
July 6, 2025
My Slightly Sarcastic But Ultimately Honest Book Rating System:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5 Stars): This book achieved legendary status in my personal library. I will likely reread it until the pages fall out (or my e-reader spontaneously combusts). Consider this my enthusiastic endorsement – you should probably read it unless you actively dislike joy.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4 Stars): A truly excellent read! I enjoyed it immensely and would heartily recommend it to fellow bookworms. You might even catch me subtly pushing it into their hands.
⭐️⭐️⭐️ (3 Stars): Yep, it was a book I read. I turned the pages, absorbed the words, and emerged...unchanged. It was a pleasant enough journey, like a scenic detour that you wouldn't necessarily take again, but didn't regret.
⭐️⭐️ (2 Stars): This book existed. I finished it. That's about the highest praise I can offer. If you're looking for something truly captivating, maybe keep scrolling. This one's more of a "it filled the silence" kind of experience.
⭐️ (1 Star): Oh dear. This book and I did not get along. It was a literary tumbleweed in the vast desert of good books. Consider this a strong "do not recommend," unless you're conducting research on what not to do in storytelling.
Disclaimer: My enjoyment of the narrator is based on my listening speed. I only leave 5 stars for books I've read/listened to or will read/listen to multiple times. If you like this review please consider giving it a Helpful Vote below.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5 Stars): This book achieved legendary status in my personal library. I will likely reread it until the pages fall out (or my e-reader spontaneously combusts). Consider this my enthusiastic endorsement – you should probably read it unless you actively dislike joy.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4 Stars): A truly excellent read! I enjoyed it immensely and would heartily recommend it to fellow bookworms. You might even catch me subtly pushing it into their hands.
⭐️⭐️⭐️ (3 Stars): Yep, it was a book I read. I turned the pages, absorbed the words, and emerged...unchanged. It was a pleasant enough journey, like a scenic detour that you wouldn't necessarily take again, but didn't regret.
⭐️⭐️ (2 Stars): This book existed. I finished it. That's about the highest praise I can offer. If you're looking for something truly captivating, maybe keep scrolling. This one's more of a "it filled the silence" kind of experience.
⭐️ (1 Star): Oh dear. This book and I did not get along. It was a literary tumbleweed in the vast desert of good books. Consider this a strong "do not recommend," unless you're conducting research on what not to do in storytelling.
Disclaimer: My enjoyment of the narrator is based on my listening speed. I only leave 5 stars for books I've read/listened to or will read/listen to multiple times. If you like this review please consider giving it a Helpful Vote below.
March 15, 2018
The book takes the plot of the movie and does not add to it in any way. You are better off just watching the movie. Too many uses of words that don't work for the ocean. For example "Nemo fell off Crushes shell." You are falling in the ocean. No it should have said that "Nemo slid off Crushes shell." No extra exposition to help place you in the world the book is taking place in. If you have not seen the movie this book would be a mess to try and keep track of everything that is going on.
Over all I was kinda unimpressed.
Over all I was kinda unimpressed.
March 28, 2023
This is a very cute story. I like how the pictures and colors pop into the story. The story is about dory going on an adventure. The story also relates to the movie of dory. Whichever fish that dory is by shows the perspective of how big or small they are against her, and I feel like that is important. One example is a whale that is huge against dory looks big on the page too. This story is a fun one for students to read if they want to read about fish or go on a small adventure.
March 8, 2026
Buscando a Nemo me gustó muchísimo pero es verdad que esta segunda parte es mucho más madura y trabajadora que esa primera parte de tiempo atrás.
Conocemos a Dory y su historia y es mucho más dolorosa y triste de lo que me había imaginado.
Obviamente ya la conocía porque he visto la película, pero volver a conectar con ella a través de la novela y además en audiolibro ha sido toda una experiencia maravillosa.
Conocemos a Dory y su historia y es mucho más dolorosa y triste de lo que me había imaginado.
Obviamente ya la conocía porque he visto la película, pero volver a conectar con ella a través de la novela y además en audiolibro ha sido toda una experiencia maravillosa.
December 29, 2016
Seeing as I practically got this for free as a Audible deal of the day, it was pretty good. Is it as good as the movie? No. It's like reading the script of a play versus seeing it performed. There's nothing here beyond the dialogue to make it a worth listening to when you could just listen to the movie.
April 28, 2026
Sin duda una lectura ligera, genial para terminar el mes...
En lugar de ponerme a ver la película, me puse a leer el libro y fue precioso, sin duda Disney tiene grandes historias y que mejor que leerlas, la mente te lleva a esos lugares y conectas mas con los personajes, o bueno en mi caso asi fue.
Gran cierre para el mes de abril.
En lugar de ponerme a ver la película, me puse a leer el libro y fue precioso, sin duda Disney tiene grandes historias y que mejor que leerlas, la mente te lleva a esos lugares y conectas mas con los personajes, o bueno en mi caso asi fue.
Gran cierre para el mes de abril.
November 7, 2018
Dory, Marlin, and Nemo go on an adventure to find Dory's parents. The story is funny but has a lot of beautiful messages about family. They're all different kind of fish but important parts of one incredible family.
May 31, 2017
Audio version. Better as a movie.
October 13, 2017
Never saw Finding Nemo so I enjoyed listening to this!
February 20, 2018
These people doing these Disney novelizations are really good. My son somehow enjoys them even more than the movies.
April 10, 2018
This book has changed the way I have looked on the finding nemo and finding dory editions...
July 25, 2020
Es de mis películas menos favoritas y la novela es literalmente lo mismo.
August 6, 2020
Suhteliselt seosetu tegevuste jada. Ilmselt asi selles, et me polnud multikat vaadanud, aga raamat võiks siiski olla loetav ka ilma selleta.
December 2, 2020
le doy 4 estrellas por estas cosas:
Es un buen libro para fans de literatura "infantil"
Es una opcion alternativa si no quieres pagar/ver la pelicula
Es bastante fiel a la pelicula
Es un buen libro para fans de literatura "infantil"
Es una opcion alternativa si no quieres pagar/ver la pelicula
Es bastante fiel a la pelicula
October 18, 2021
nadar Nemo 🏊♂️😋
November 6, 2022
it was so far good in my younger days
December 27, 2024
A cute, quick listen of the story of Dory
January 28, 2026
Perfect picture book for 6-9 years old.
We both loved this book . Pictures and language is amazing.
We both loved this book . Pictures and language is amazing.
February 28, 2026
books based on movies? no thanks. in this case especially so, just watch the movie, it's so much better.
November 3, 2016
hahaha i see the movie
May 16, 2016
I was browsing hoopla and stumbled upon the junior novelization of the upcoming Disney Pixar movie “Finding Dory”, a sequel to the 2003 film “Finding Nemo”. Now, I might be a decade or so past reading a “junior novelization”, but I am so excited for this movie that I couldn’t help it! I’m a big Disney/Pixar fan and love “Finding Nemo”, so I’ve been waiting for this sequel for a long time. If the movie is as good as the novelization was, it’ll surely be another Disney classic in no time!
The story follows the beloved and forgetful blue tang Dory as she journeys to find something she thought she forgot – her family. Along with Dory, the story brings back the original sea critters that made “Finding Nemo” so great – Marlin, the anxious clownfish; Nemo, Marlin’s son who sees the good and potential in others; and an appearance by Crush and Squirt, surfer turtles who help the fish find their way. A whole new crew is introduced too – including Hank, an octopus (or septopus, as Dory points out) whose main goal is to get to Cleveland; sunbathing sea lions; a loon who tries her best to help but can’t resist popcorn; Destiny, Dory’s old whale friend (it turns out she really can speak whale); and many more.
The original trio set off in search of Dory’s family, but Dory is soon scooped out of the water by someone with the Marine Life Institute to have a plastic ring removed from around her body. She is taken to the institute for rehabilitation and soon remembers – that was where she was born!
Navigating the institute isn’t easy, but with the help of her friends, Dory soon finds her parents, but they’re on a truck with all of the other blue tang, heading for Cleveland. Quick thinking and navigating by Hank helps Dory reunites with her family, both from the aquarium and ocean, but not without some hilarious antics first.
“Finding Dory” looks like a promising family film that will bring laughter, but also an appreciation for family and friends.
The story follows the beloved and forgetful blue tang Dory as she journeys to find something she thought she forgot – her family. Along with Dory, the story brings back the original sea critters that made “Finding Nemo” so great – Marlin, the anxious clownfish; Nemo, Marlin’s son who sees the good and potential in others; and an appearance by Crush and Squirt, surfer turtles who help the fish find their way. A whole new crew is introduced too – including Hank, an octopus (or septopus, as Dory points out) whose main goal is to get to Cleveland; sunbathing sea lions; a loon who tries her best to help but can’t resist popcorn; Destiny, Dory’s old whale friend (it turns out she really can speak whale); and many more.
The original trio set off in search of Dory’s family, but Dory is soon scooped out of the water by someone with the Marine Life Institute to have a plastic ring removed from around her body. She is taken to the institute for rehabilitation and soon remembers – that was where she was born!
Navigating the institute isn’t easy, but with the help of her friends, Dory soon finds her parents, but they’re on a truck with all of the other blue tang, heading for Cleveland. Quick thinking and navigating by Hank helps Dory reunites with her family, both from the aquarium and ocean, but not without some hilarious antics first.
“Finding Dory” looks like a promising family film that will bring laughter, but also an appreciation for family and friends.
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June 13, 2016
Finding Dory is an unforgettable tale about a forgetful blue tang fish called Dory. Dory suffers from short term memory loss, and she lost her family when she was very little. For those who have seen finding Nemo you all know how Marlin, Nemo and Dory end up together. Marlin and Nemo agree to help Dory find her family after Dory has sudden memories of her parents! Dory ends up at the Marine life institute, where she learns her family is. You meet a whole new range of funny characters in this book. There's Hank the "septopus" who lost a tentacle somehow, there's Bailey a beluga whale who thinks his head is big due to a head injury, there's Destiny a whale shark who is very near sighted. Hank was my favourite one, he was very patient with Dory when she was forgetting stuff. I love the camouflage he has to. This is going to be a terrific movie in theaters, i plan to see it on June 17th! Seeing how its taken 13 years to make this movie the effects of underwater life should be even clearer and better! I can't wait to see it. If your a fan of Finding Nemo and Disney movies then this is the book for you! Disney gets five stars!
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