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Walt Disney's Donald Duck
Donald Duck in The Lost Jungle City
Vintage children's book
- GenresChildrens
249 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1975
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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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December 4, 2011
My husband and I visited our local Friends of the Library bookstore today. Usually I'm the one coming out with handfuls of books...and often nostalgia items. Today was no different...but my husband also spied a couple of "Big Little Books" sitting among the comic book display. He grabbed up Donald Duck: The Lost Jungle City and Batman: The Cheetah Caper and we brought them home. As an added bonus, the Donald Duck book is a flip book with those cool little cartoons in hte corner that make it look like Donald's moving when you flip the pages. I had some of these books when I was little (I definitely remember a Road Runner book and a Bugs Bunny book). Well, I decided that I just couldn't resist the trip down memory lane, so I just read the newest acquistions.
Of course, these are geared for children and they're picture-oriented...so the plots and the story-telling aren't very complicated. But they were a lot of fun.
In The Lost Jungle City, Uncle Scrooge has been backing an inventor who lives near the Amazon River. He receives a letter telling him that the inventor has nearly completed his work, so he rounds up Donald and the nephews and they head to South America. He's worried because the letter also mentions a "new partner" and he's afraid that he may lose the profits on the invention. When they arrive, the inventor is nowhere to be found. He's packed up and left with the "new partner." A very angry Uncle Scrooge is ready to just up and leave, but the nephews make friends with a lost Indian boy who says that there is an evil "Great One" terrorizing his village and making everyone work as slaves for him. The duck family decides to help the boy get back to his village--of course, this leads to an adventure involving valuable crystals, an ancient city, and the discovery of what happened to Uncle Scrooge's inventor.
Meanwhile, in The Cheetah Caper, Batman & Robin get involved in a strange string of crimes--the theft of 20 cases of peanut butter and the release of deadly cobras and dangerous cats (lions) from the zoo. All clues point the return of one of Gotham City's foes--the Cheetah! The Cheetah is the fastest man on earth and extremely hard to catch. It's up to the dynamic duo to trip up his speeding feet.
Of the two, I enjoyed the Uncle Scrooge story more. It was a fun, straight-forward Disney story. The nephews save the day using their Woodchuck Scout book and all is well. The Batman story is full of incredibly bad puns and metaphors...something that might well appeal to young kids (I remember loving the live-action Batman show when I was small and it was really silly). But, all in all a fun, quick evening's read.
Of course, these are geared for children and they're picture-oriented...so the plots and the story-telling aren't very complicated. But they were a lot of fun.
In The Lost Jungle City, Uncle Scrooge has been backing an inventor who lives near the Amazon River. He receives a letter telling him that the inventor has nearly completed his work, so he rounds up Donald and the nephews and they head to South America. He's worried because the letter also mentions a "new partner" and he's afraid that he may lose the profits on the invention. When they arrive, the inventor is nowhere to be found. He's packed up and left with the "new partner." A very angry Uncle Scrooge is ready to just up and leave, but the nephews make friends with a lost Indian boy who says that there is an evil "Great One" terrorizing his village and making everyone work as slaves for him. The duck family decides to help the boy get back to his village--of course, this leads to an adventure involving valuable crystals, an ancient city, and the discovery of what happened to Uncle Scrooge's inventor.
Meanwhile, in The Cheetah Caper, Batman & Robin get involved in a strange string of crimes--the theft of 20 cases of peanut butter and the release of deadly cobras and dangerous cats (lions) from the zoo. All clues point the return of one of Gotham City's foes--the Cheetah! The Cheetah is the fastest man on earth and extremely hard to catch. It's up to the dynamic duo to trip up his speeding feet.
Of the two, I enjoyed the Uncle Scrooge story more. It was a fun, straight-forward Disney story. The nephews save the day using their Woodchuck Scout book and all is well. The Batman story is full of incredibly bad puns and metaphors...something that might well appeal to young kids (I remember loving the live-action Batman show when I was small and it was really silly). But, all in all a fun, quick evening's read.
November 9, 2010
Enjoyable for kids, but not the best of the "big little books" series. You do get a rousing adventure, with fun & familiar characters, so it's another example of what this type of book did well.
My 4-year-old daughter, to whom I read this, found it a bit too "sciency". She's had no problem with the science fiction premise that many of these books contain. But this book tried to explain things, talking about electrons and energies. She didn't need that - she trusts that things like amazer rays can exist in stories. Don't explain, just get on with the adventure.
And, of course, for adults (who may want the explanation), the science has to pass muster. But this one was bunk... oh well.
I'm analyzing this too much. It was fun and short, and it entertains young readers and sparks imaginations. Who are we to ask for more? Good book... 3.5 stars.
My 4-year-old daughter, to whom I read this, found it a bit too "sciency". She's had no problem with the science fiction premise that many of these books contain. But this book tried to explain things, talking about electrons and energies. She didn't need that - she trusts that things like amazer rays can exist in stories. Don't explain, just get on with the adventure.
And, of course, for adults (who may want the explanation), the science has to pass muster. But this one was bunk... oh well.
I'm analyzing this too much. It was fun and short, and it entertains young readers and sparks imaginations. Who are we to ask for more? Good book... 3.5 stars.
May 12, 2016
I loved this little book as a kid - the story is fine, but the 'extra' is great. It's a chunky book that has little cartoon animation pictures in the top corner of each page. When you flip them quickly you get a little animated cartoon going - cute!
April 4, 2017
I remember reading this book at a cottage my parents rented when I was just a small boy. I was enchanted with the little flip movie in the corner of the pages, and I remember the story was pretty decent too, for a kid.
I found it again and gave it read. Lots of nostalgia. It really is a good story for that age group. The book felt bigger owing to a picture on each facing page, but you got to the end, and as a kid, it felt like an accomplishment. Made me think I could read more. Liked it.
I found it again and gave it read. Lots of nostalgia. It really is a good story for that age group. The book felt bigger owing to a picture on each facing page, but you got to the end, and as a kid, it felt like an accomplishment. Made me think I could read more. Liked it.
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