Finding Dory

by Walt Disney Company

The highly anticipated sequel to Disney/Pixar Finding Nemo, Disney/Pixar Finding Dory releases in theaters on June 17, 2016. The animated film 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. This Little Golden Book retelling is perfect for boys and girls ages 2 to 5.

Genres: Art, Picture Books, Childrens, Nonfiction, Animation, Animals, Media Tie In

24 pages, Hardcover

First published May 24, 2016

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.

--from Wikipedia

Reviews

[♡ Sonja Rosa Lisa ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dorie wird von ihren Lieben getrennt und versucht, diese wiederzufinden. Gleichzeitig wird auch nach ihr gesucht, und alle lernen etwas über die Bedeutung von Familie.
Eine süße Geschichte, kurz, aber sehr niedlich! ❤️

[Galy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Otro precioso libro de esta colección.

Tiene un montón de bocetos, ilustraciones digitales, notas y fotos de modelos en arcilla de personajes y sitios.

Esta película es preciosa por sus colores y explican cómo tuvieron que tenerlos mucho en cuenta separando los colores del arrecife de coral o los del mar abierto o la superficie.

La historia de Dory es muy especial y me ha gustado que la contasen haciendo su propia película. Aquí cuentan cómo ya dejaron pistas de su pasado en Buscando a Nemo y cómo supieron que querían contar su historia.

Aquí incluyen escenas eliminadas y me ha parecido precioso e interesante.

Me encantan todos los bocetos e ilustraciones originales que aparecen. Me parece muy interesante esta colección de libros.

[Jocelin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This little golden book gives the reader an overview of the new Disney Pixar film "Finding Dory" (which is really good by the way, 1st one still better!) Of course the general plot of the film is presented because Disney wants everyone to come and see the film in the theaters (highly recommend it). A cute addition to your little golden books library.
Can I just say, baby Dory is absolutely precious!

[Marc Hampson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I may be an easy target for these "Art of" Pixar film editions but any lifelong student looking to expand their craft and find inspiration from the minds and work of the masters would do themselves a favor to pick each and every one of these up.

I have been sorely disappointed that one of the most original studios of the last 20 years has decided to make such a heavy business of sequel development as of late but from a production development standpoint they have not let that keep them from doing what they do best in exploring and exploiting each and every physical and emotional story detail of what you see one the screen.

The Art of Dory is filled with Storyboard sequences both from the film and deleted scenes along with designs, color scripts and other "art of" standards but the stand out for me is the art and examples on use of is space and shape language to help define moments of the character's experiences.

Pretty good film. Great book.

Highly recommend.

[Carina · Rating 5 out of 5]

These are great for listening to in the car during long road trips. Mommy thinks it's really sweet when I'm so concerned about Dory and her parents. It almost makes me cry to hear this story. I'm glad there's a happy ending. I like all the colorful pictures and learning the character's names. Even though I haven't seen the movie yet, this is still an enjoyable read. There are a lot of words on each page, though, so I sometimes don't have enough patience to listen to this book.

[binky boo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yes it's a picture book but I'm still counting this toward my challenge because it's 176 pages, there's a lot of info in it and I did read it cover to cover. It's Disney it's art. What can I say? I love these books and will always buy the latest art of Disney books as soon as they come out!

Format: book

[ᗩᗰIᖇᗩ ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ · Rating 3 out of 5]

تدور احداث الفيلم بعد أن علما "نيمو" ووالده "مارلن" أن "دوري" عرفت مكان عائلتها فيقرران مساعدتها في البحث، وعند وصولهم إلى هُناك عانوا صعوبات كثيرة حينها اختُطفت دوري من قِبل عمال المعهد البحري وانفصلت عن نيمو ووالده.

- حلو بس البحث عن نيمو احلي

[Daniel Chen · Rating 5 out of 5]

An astounding collection of artwork and storyboards that contain a wealth of insight into the incredibly thorough process of computer animation. There's seriously so much packed into these pages. Some of the tidbits I enjoyed included a story beat from Aliens being inserted into the storyboard in honor of Sigourney Weaver, lines of text in lengthy posters decorating the aquarium simply being in Latin or deliberately misspelled, and random sticky notes saying "Do your job" over someone's work.

Then of course, there is the classic attention to detail that Pixar is so famous for: the variations of displays for the Marine Life Institute logo on a truck, the countless designs for maps of the aquarium (including the parking lots that we never actually see), the thousands of fake signs created to make everything look realistic, the placement of different types of sea plants to emphasize the authenticity of the open ocean in contrast to the synthetic nature of the open ocean exhibit, the subtle working in of curvilinear shapes to enhance the emotional atmosphere of a scene, the absolutely jaw-dropping digital paintings of the main story beats that comprise the color schema of the entire film in the back of the book, everything is meticulously and lovingly designed.

Finding Dory might not be the most groundbreaking Pixar film ever, but its eagerness to deal with complicated emotions, create a massive sense of scope and environment, and remain true to the spirit of Nemo while heading in a new direction is something to be commended. This book is amazing. It lets you experience everything the film has to offer, and then some, because some of the environments depicted in the paintings simply transport you into Pixar's aquatic universe, at peace with the terror and serenity of water. Fantastic, fantastic art.

P.S. Some of the best artwork in the book is contributed by Ms. Rona Liu. Her work is truly outstanding, definitely keep an eye out for her pieces.

[Rubi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was honestly, incredible!
Loved reading about how Dory's story was expanded on and how it came about. As viewers, I honestly did forget that moment when Dory asked "Where are they....?" regarding her family.
The colors were amazing the maps and every detail this team thought up was just top notch! Such a great Art of Book and really liked that they wrote less and showed more 😍
The examples and story boards were fun 😄

[Yegane Mastouri · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love it and all of the other " art books" of Pixar. They are full of inspiration and art.
I highly recommend this book if you are a student or a senior artist. It would help you to realize the industry pipelines.

[blue_hour_appeared · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a very entertaining read. Filled with beautiful concept art, even for deleted scenes. Story boards and lots of background information. Should be in every Disney fan's collection.

[Indah Threez Lestari · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Tasya Lie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I feel like as compared to the other Disney art books, this one isn't very dense in terms of information. Most of the content focuses on the character and environment designs and storyboard. I would love to read more about the technicalities and new technologies involved in the making of the film, as we have seen such disparity between the production quality of Finding Dory and its predecessor, Finding Nemo. However, I did gain a lot of insights about their thought process behind finding the references all the way to creating the lighting color keys.

Overall, still a great book that you'll refer to from time to time :)

[will loyd · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of beautiful art and a smart showcase of storytelling techniques.

[Joshua Glasgow · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's fine. It's an abridged summary of the plot of the movie Finding Dory. You get what you pay for. Whether rightly or not, I find myself comparing it to the only other 'Finding Dory' book I've read (yes, I'm ashamed to admit, I've only read two examples of the genre, including this one). That book, the thick plastic "bathtime bubble book" DORY'S NEW FRIENDS, which is made for literal babies, was terrible. In comparison, this one is... y'know, passable.

One thing I want to point out. Several words in this book are written in a larger, colorful font. Some things like "Z O O O O O M!" and whatnot. One of the pages has this larger, colorful font, but following it is a tiny little Times New Roman exclamation point. I don't have the book on hand to share the exact quote, sorry. I did look at previous pages and there were other times an exclamation mark appeared at the end of the large, colorful words and the punctuation was also large and colorful. This one must have just slipped by the editors. The editors of this, what, 20-page book? Easy to miss something like this when proofreading such a massive tome! No, I kid but actually I kind of loved it. That tiny exclamation point looked so adorable down there. Truthfully, it was my favorite part of the book.

That oughta say something, right? That the best part of the book was a formatting error?

Am I being too generous with 3 stars? Ah, whatever. I'll stick with the 3 and call it 2.5. It's the very definition of mediocrity: straight down the middle, perfectly plain. It gets the job done, I guess, if the job is just "mechanically read something to your kid before bed". Sometimes that is the job. If that's how you're feeling, this book has got ya covered.

Oh yeah, one final thing I wanted to say: on the last page, Dory, uh... SPOILERS, lives happily ever after with all of her friends surrounding her. Including friends who were held in tanks in an oceanic research center! One of those friends is a beluga whale and another is a whale shark (NOT a "shark whale")! I dunno, maybe it's explained in the movie and the book just elides it, but my question was, "How did they get out??" My 5-year-old couldn't crack it. He said "maybe they just broke out", but that seems unlikely to me. A whale shark breaking out of a research center and single-handedly returning to the ocean doesn't seem like something that would happen off-screen. That seems like a whole book on its own. So, I guess what I'm saying is, that ending really challenged my suspension of disbelief I tell you what.

Also, sorry to be a Boomer for a minute, but I feel like back in my day the "Little Golden Book" branding meant something. I thought it stood for classics. Now they'll slap it on literally anything. It'd be like if Criterion started slapping its branding on, like, Final: The Rapture . Or if the Grammy went to the O'Reilly Auto Parts jingle. Anyway, it's just feels a little debasing for this mostly soulless retelling of late-stage Pixar SEQUEL Finding Dory to be inducted in the "Little Golden Book" pantheon. But whatever, I'll get over it. This is just the world we're living in now.

[Mo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Always fascinating to discover just how much forethought & attention to detail is involved in making animated films.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review Taken from The Pewter Wolf

Highly anticipated sequel to Finding Nemo (one of my fave movies, FYI), Finding Dory is finally about to come out in the UK! And here, in The Art of Finding Dory, we see snippets of ideas and artwork that went into making the movie. From new characters and locations, from photographs and concept art to sculptures and sketches, this is an insight to how the movie was made.

This is one side of how the movie was made, and it's the one I really enjoy. I always enjoy how people designed themes and who the get ideas/emotions over within a scene, and how they created new characters (I found the new characters Hank the octopus, Destiny the whale shark and Bailey the beluga whale so interesting and, without even seeing the movie yet, I know I will love these characters oh so much!) and locations.

My advice to you guys is that if you are going to get this, get it after you watched the movie. There is a few hints towards how the movie ends. It doesn't go really into depth but if you dislike spoilers, I would say buy/read after watching the movie.

But I really enjoyed reading this! And I shall be skimming this and The Art of Finding Nemo after I watch Finding Dory...

[Sarah Capettini · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a picture book (Little Golden Book) by The Walt Disney Company. This is for children 3 and up.

This book recounts the film Finding Dory. Dory is blown away from Marlin and Nemo and goes on an adventure to remember where she came from and where her parents are. Marlin and Nemo meanwhile, go to rescue her while Marlin deals with figuring out how to be a good friend.

Most of the Little Golden Books I've seen (and I collected quite a few when I was a child) try to replicate the art of the cartoon in the book. This isn't a bad thing and if your child just absolutely adores Cinderella and they're just beginning to read, well, then they're more likely to want to read that book. This one is a pleasant surprise because the art is unique, unlike the cartoon style. I actually gave this to a child I was mentoring in reading skills to hopefully engage her in reading outside of school hours and she fell in love with it and carried it everywhere. I'm very glad that this book can encourage children to read wherever they are.

[Tara Russell]

(Read-A-Long Audiobook age 4-8)
I chose this as my audiobook, because who does not love Dory. The story follows Dory on her journey to find her family that she had forgotten about because of her short-term memory loss. Along Dory’s journey, she makes some new friends. Finding Dory is a great audiobook. The reason why I think the children will love it is that the actors who voiced the characters in the movie also does the narration for this audiobook. Plus, I love that the children can read along with the book, and the book chimes when it is time to turn the page. This would be an excellent book for a child to begin working on independent reading or just a book to have on hand when life is busy for mom and dad.
The app that I chose was Bluster. I found this recommendation on Readingrockets.org. This app helps children in kindergarten-fourth grade build their vocabulary skills through fun and entertaining games. This app is also made by McGraw-Hill School Education Group, which is one of the largest educational book publishers.

[Eden · Rating 3 out of 5]

I absolutely love Finding Dory and especially Baby Dory, but as a narrative, yes for small children, but still as a narrative it skipped a lot. The otters were used in the climatic scene, but they had never been mentioned before!

The reason Baby Dory was lost in the undertow was because her Mom was crying and upset. But what made it so emotionally resonant in the film was that her Mom was crying because she was worried about Dory making it on her own and Dory went to get a purple shell to make her Mom happy so she wouldn't be sad! Kids of a certain age I'm sure would be able to understand this concept and it was left out.

The pictures were beautiful and it's a quick summary of the film, but if you haven't seen the film, this is a watered down version that doesn't do the film justice. Again I know it's fr small children but maybe they could've had it a little longer to clarify the plot elements and character relationships.

[Kat · Rating 2 out of 5]

Basic Plot: While on a field trip with Nemo's school, Dory remembers her family and decides to go searching for them.

My son decided to get this as soon as he saw it in the Nook store. I was hesitant, as the movie isn't even out yet and I didn't want it spoiled. Even with the detail of the book, I don't think I got too many spoilers. These adaptations leave out all of the funny bits for watered down, simplistic plot. In other words, they leave out all the fun. It only makes me want to see the movie more.

[Eden · Rating 4 out of 5]

In the case of Finding Dory, The Little Golden Book, as opposed to The Big Golden Book, did the better job of capturing a summary of the movie for small children to read.

The Little left out more of the more complex plot points and kept the minimum to ensure a complete story was told clearly for the reader. It left out the whole plot line of Nemo and Marlin going to find Dory, which surprised me; but the story was able to come to a conclusion that would be best for a Beginning Reader to comprehend.

[Jack · Rating 4 out of 5]

For those who have been steadfast in keeping up with the art books for recent Pixar films, this installment for "Finding Dory" is a breath of fresh air. After a stunningly disappointing release on "Inside Out", I was very skeptical of this book following the trend of little text and a lot of white space.

Thankfully, "The Art of Finding Dory" is a pleasant surprise. While it doesn't have as much production content as the first film's art book, it's still a wealth of info that collectors and fans of the film will be satisfied with.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finding Nemo is a lodestone of mine, so I was thrilled when Dory was finally announced. I was even more thrilled when I found out that one of the new characters was a whale shark - my all-time favorite fish and one of my favorite animals, period. This book had lots of storyboard and non-digital art for the film, which was fun. I deducted a star because there was not enough whale shark - so take my rating with a grain of salt!

[Jodie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely love the first one, have been dying to see the first looks at this one. My little nephew is gonna love every minute of it! Can't wait to let him read it and then to take him to see the movie on the big screen in June.

[Jodie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just a fun story. I loved Finding Nemo years ago when it came out, my nephew found the DVD and has been obsessed with it forever, I have now read and seen Finding Nemo more times than I can count. So happy to continue the adventure!

[skcocnaH · Rating 1 out of 5]

I’m not going to lie— when my kids pick out these books it always makes me cringe a little. It just feels like a way for Disney/Pixar or whomever to make more moolah. If I wanted to see this story, I’ll watch the movie. There’s nothing original and that just really rubs me the wrong way.

[alana · Rating 3 out of 5]

I bought this on sale locally because it was bilingual (English/Japanese). But it's fairly nonsensical if you haven't recently watched the movie. And it reminds me just how stressful the story was with one setback after another. The kid kept questioning, "But why?!"

[Jodie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thought this one might be fun to share with the little guy in my life. I love the story and can't wait to see it on the big screen!

[Jenn Swanson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Both my daughter and I really enjoyed this book! I would absolutely recommend this.