The Ultimate Disney Books Network

June 22, 2024

11 books added to the books published section:

Care, Ross; Ghez, Didier (editor): Walt's People: Volume 29--The Ross Care Letters: Talking Disney with the Artists Who Knew Him published by Skyway Press; 2024.
This volume features the interviews conducted by historian Ross Care with Ken Anderson, Art Babbitt, Lee and Mary Blair, Claude Coats, Ken Darby, Marc Davis, Eyvind Earle, Gerry Geronimi, Jack Hannah, Duck Huemer, Wilfred Jackson, Ward Kimball, Eric Larson, Bill Peet, Frank Thomas, and Judge Whitaker.

Bruce, Ken: Before the Birds Sang Words published by Ken Bruce; 2023.
A "must-have."

The Art of Inside Out 2 published by Chronicle Books; 2024.
A great book about a marvelous movie.

Masterpieces of Disney Art from The Hilbert Collection--Volume 1: 1929-1967 published by Hilbert Museum; 2024.
A beautiful catalog.

de Wit, Peter: Wilbert Plijnaar published by Placebo Pers; 2019.
The biography (in Dutch) of a great Disney artist.

Nolte, Foxx: Hidden History of Walt Disney World published by The History Press; 2024.
A good book with good information.

Lyons, Michael: Magic Moments published by Theme Park Press; 2024.
A delighful autobiography.

Warda, James: How Does Disney Do That? published by Rivershore Creative; 2024.
An enjoyable read.

Gallagher, Joe: A Walking Tour of the Magic Kingdom published by Magic Timeline Maps; 2024.
Another enjoyable read.

Jex, Shaun: Main Street Gossip: The Inside Scoop on Your Favorite Disney Characters published by Shaun Jex; 2024.
A fun little book.

Mediavilla, Cindy; Knox, Kelsey: The Women Who Made Early Disneyland: Artists, Entertainers, and Guest Relations published by Lexington Books; 2024.
Much too expensive for what it is.

7 books added in the books to come section:

Docter, Pete; Peri, Don: Directing at Disney: The Original Directors of Walt's Animated Films published by Disney Editions; 2024.

Disney, Walter E.D.: Walt Disney Treasures: Personal Art and Artifacts from The Walt Disney Family Museum published by Weldon Owen; 2024.

Weis, Bob: Dream Chasing: My Four Decades of Success and Failure with Walt Disney Imagineering published by Disney Editions; 2024.

Anderson, Stephen: Disney In-Between: The Lost Years 1966-1986 published by The Old Mill Press; 2024.

Blanding, Martha; O'Day, Tim: Groundbreaking Magic: A Black Woman’s Journey Through The Happiest Place on Earth published by Disney Editions; 2024.

Hurley, Kalikolehua: The Art of Moana 2 published by Chronicle Books; 2024.

Chanel, Sunny: Bring the Magic Home: An Exploration of Design Inspired by Disney Parks published by Disney Editions; 2024.

October 28, 2023

25 books added to the books published section:

Ghez, Didier (editor): Walt's People: Volume 28: Talking Disney with the Artists Who Knew Him published by Skyway Press; 2023.
Features appearances by Mike Bagnall, Richard Berryman, Ray Bradbury, Bill Cottrell, Roy E. Disney, John Drury, Nick England, Don Escen, Al Eugster, Leigh Harline, Dan Haskett, John Hench, Grace Hurt, Brandon Kleyla, Rich Kullen, Fred MacMurray, Mel Powell, Woolie Reiterman, Jim Sarno, John Tobin, and Ray Watson.

Bossert, David: The House of the Future published by The Old Mill Press; 2023.
One of the best Disney history books released this year.

Snyder, Chuck: People Behind the Disney Parks: Stories of Those Honored with a Window on Main Street, U.S.A. published by Disney Editions; 2023.
A wonderful reference book.

Freese, Stanford: Music, Mayhem and the Mouse: My "Tubazar" Life published by Skyway Press; 2023.
A wonderful autobiography.

Bossert, David: Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Visual Companion published by Disney Editions; 2023.
A "must have."

Golberg, Aaron: Presenting Disneyland: Forgotten Photos From Opening Day published by Quaker Scribe; 2023.
An excellent book full of never-seen-before photographs.

Mohe, Bambi: Part of the Magic: A Collection of Disney-Inspired Brushes with Greatness published by University Press of Mississippi; 2023.
An excellent autobiography.

Glasgow, Greg; Mayer, Kathryn: Disneyland on the Mountain: Walt, the Environmentalists, and the Ski Resort That Never Was published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; 2023.
Very well researched and well written.

Zemler, Emily: Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: Beyond Halloween Town: The Story, the Characters, and the Legacy published by Epic Ink; 2023.
An excellent book.

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas -- The Full Film Scipt published by Canterbury Classics; 2023.
Nice to have.

Kunze, Peter C.: Staging a Comeback: Broadway, Hollywood, and the Disney Renaissance published by Rutgers University Press; 2023.
An very good book.

The Art of Elemental published by Chronicle Books; 2023.

The Art of Wish published by Chronicle Books; 2023.

Becattini, Alberto: Al Hubbard published by Alessandro Tesauro Editore; 2023.
An other excellent biography (in Italian) by the great Alberto Becattini.

Fanning, Jim; Deja, Andreas: Drawing 100 Years of Disney Wonder published by Walter Foster Publishing; 2023.

Hecker, Jamie: Disney Legends: Makers of Magic, Volume 1 published by KMF Media; 2023.

Schneider, Mike: Mickey and the Teamsters: A Fight for Fair Unions at Disney published by University Press of Florida; 2023.

Noyer, Jeremie: Entretiens avec un empire. Rencontres avec les artistes Disney--Volume 4 published by Editions L'Harmattan; 2023.
An other great collection of interviews. In French.

Merlock Jackson, Kathy; Sederholm; Carl H.; West; Mark I. (Editors): Forgotten Disney: Essays on the Lesser-Known Productions published by McFarland; 2023.
Some interesting essays in there.

Beecroft, Simon: Disney Museum: Celebrate 100 Years of Wonder! published by Studio Press; 2023.

Mezzavilla, Silvano: Giorgio Cavazzano Ritratto d'Autore published by Alessandro Editore; 2014.
The catalog of a wonderful exhibition about one of the masters of Disney comics. In Italian.

Caciagli, Paolo; Cappellini, Lino: Musica & Magia -- Il Mondo Walt Disney Tra Vinili e Spartiti dal 1936 al 1990 published by Associazione Porta e Terra; 2023.
A beautiful exhibition catalog (in Italian).

Apeldoorn, Ger; Schuddeboom, Bas: 70 Yaar Een Vroluk Weekblad published by Museum of Comic Art; 2022.
A wonderful exhibition catalog (in Dutch).

de Vries, Jan-Willem: Donald Duck Weekblad 60 Jaar in Nederland published by Het Nederlands Stripmuseum; 2013.
A wonderful exhibition catalog (in Dutch).

de Vries, Jan-Willem: Spotlight Donald Duck published by Storyworld; 2013.
A small exhibition catalog (in Dutch).

5 books added in the books to come section:

The Art of Inside Out 2 published by Chronicle Books; 2024.

The Art of Elio published by Chronicle Books; 2024.

Scarfe, Gerald:The Art of Hercules published by Insight Editions; 2024.

Mediavilla, Cindy; Knox, Kelsey: The Women Who Made Early Disneyland: Artists, Entertainers, and Guest Relations published by Lexington Books; 2024.

Nolte, Foxx: Hidden History of Walt Disney World published by The History Press; 2024.

March 29, 2023

26 books added to the books published section:

Ghez, Didier: The Origins of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures published by Hyperion Historical Alliance Press; 2022.
Relying on recently rediscovered correspondence and diaries and filled with unpublished photos and storyboard art, this 166-pages-long, hardcover monograph in full color tells the real story behind the genesis of Walt Disney's acclaimed and award-winning True-Life Adventures film series.

Ghez, Didier (editor): Walt's People: Volume 27: Talking Disney with the Artists Who Knew Him published by Skyway Press; 2023.
Features appearances by Joe Alves, Ken Annakin, Harry Archinal, Ron Carman, Randy Cartwright, Eyvind Earle, Ed Ghertner, Joe Grant, Rock Hall, John Hench, Luther Marr, Tom Morris, Dick Morrow, Tadhg Murphy, Paul Torrigino, Larry Watkin, and Mary Wilmar.

De Tremaudan, Frenchy: My Life at the Walt Disney Studios: Hollywood & Burbank, Calif. 1930-1943 published by Skyway Press; 2023.
Inside the pages of this volume are the souvenirs Frenchy saved from his time at Disney, including photographs, gag sketches (by himself and other artists), and other mementoes, along with his autobiographical notes. As a special, added bonus, hundreds of frames from Frenchy’s personal home movies have been included.

Hunt, Vanessa; Handke, Danny: Poster Art of the Disney Parks, Second Edition published by Disney Editions; 2022.
A must-have. Way better than the first edition.

Disney, Walt; Walt Disney Archives: The Official Walt Disney Quote Book published by Disney Editions; 2023.
An important reference book.

Iwerks, Leslie: The Imagineering Story: A History of Disney's Theme Parks as Told by the Designers published by Disney Editions; 2022.
A good starting point to understand the history of WDI.

Alguire, Danny: Dust Bowl to Disney - The Lost Memoir of Danny Alguire published by BearManor Media; 2022.
The autobiography of a Disney artist and member of the Firehouse 5+2.

Scott, Keith: Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, 1930-70 Vol. 1 published by BearManor Media; 2022.
The first of two critically important volumes.

Scott, Keith: Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, 1930-70 Vol. 2 published by BearManor Media; 2022.
The second of two critically important volumes.

Lambert, Pierre: Peter Pan published by Huginn Muninn; 2022.
Another great book by Pierre Lambert.

Deja, Andreas: The Walt Disney's The Jungle Book: Making a Masterpiece published by Weldon Owen; 2022.
A wonderful catalog.

Chronicle Books: The Art of Disney's Strange World published by Chronicle Books; 2022.
Another great volume from Chronicle Books.

Nunis, Richard: Walt's Apprentice: Keeping the Disney Dream Alive published by Disney Editions; 2022.
A good read, if a little on the light side.

Lescher, Mary E.: The Disney Animation Renaissance: Behind the Glass at the Florida Studio published by University of Illinois Press; 2022.
A fascinating account.

Korkis, Jim: Off to Never Land: 70 Years of Disney’s Peter Pan published by Theme Park Press; 2022.
Another good book by Jim Korkis.

Smothers, Marcy: 100 Disney Adventures of a Lifetime: Magical Experiences From Around the World published by National Geographic; 2022.
A beautiful book.

Baxter, James; Steele, Bruce; Walt Disney Archives: The Story of Disney 100 Years of Wonder published by Disney Editions; 2023.
An excellent companion to the exhibition.

Bemis, Bethanee: Disney Theme Parks and America’s National Narratives published by Routledge; 2022.
An excellent read.

Neuman, Robert: From Hollywood to Disneyland: Walt Disney's Dream Park and the Influence of American Movies published by McFarland; 2022.
A good read.

Jacobsen, Helen: Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts at the Wallace Collection published by Philip Wilson Publishers; 2022.
The catalog of the UK exhibition.

Zemler, Emily: Disney Princess: Beyond the Tiara: The Stories. The Influence. The Legacy. published by Epic Ink; 2022.
Nothing new but a good read.

Plume, Ken: The Art of Duck Tales published by Dark Horse Books; 2022.
Great book if you love TV animation.

Renaut, Christian: The Best of Disney's Animated Features Volume 2 published by Monbeaulivre.fr; 2022.

Becattini, Alberto: I Maestri Del Fumetto Animato USA Al Hubbard published by Alessandro Tesauro Editore; 2023.

Becattini, Alberto: I Maestri Del Fumetto Animato USA Tony Strobl published by Alessandro Tesauro Editore; 2022.

Verni, Francesco: Giorgio Cavazzano. Un veneziano alla corte del fumetto published by Sergio Bonelli; 2022.

12 books added in the books to come section:

Kaufman, J.B.: Worlds to Conquer: The Art & Making of Walt Disney's Fantasia published by Weldon Owen; 2023.

Kaufman, J.B.; Thomas, Ted; Ghez, Didier: Walt Disney and El Grupo in Latin America published by Hyperion Historical Alliance Press; 2023.

Glasgow, Greg; Mayer, Kathryn: Disneyland on the Mountain: Walt, the Environmentalists, and the Ski Resort That Never Was published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; 2023.

Mohe, Bambi: Part of the Magic: A Collection of Disney-Inspired Brushes with Greatness published by University Press of Mississippi; 2023.

Bossert, David: Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Visual Companion published by Disney Editions; 2023.

Zemler, Emily: Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: Beyond Halloween Town: The Story, the Characters, and the Legacy published by Epic Ink; 2023.

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas -- The Full Film Scipt published by Canterbury Classics; 2023.

Fanning, Jim; Deja, Andreas: Drawing 100 Years of Disney Wonder published by Walter Foster Publishing; 2023.

The Art of Wish published by Chronicle Books; 2023.

Schneider, Mike: Mickey and the Teamsters: A Fight for Fair Unions at Disney published by University Press of Florida; 2023.

Golberg, Aaron: Presenting Disneyland: Forgotten Photos From Opening Day published by Aaron Goldberg; 2023.

Beecroft, Simon: Disney Museum: Celebrate 100 Years of Wonder! published by Studio Press; 2023.

August 25, 2022

15 books added to the books published section:

Ghez, Didier (editor): Walt's People - Volume 26 published by Skyway Press; 2022.
This new volume features interviews with Bill Cottrell, Armand Bigle, Pierre Nicolas, Antonio Bertini, Andy Thewlis, Gunnar Mansson, Horst Koblischek, Dan Gonzales, Herb Hughes, Royal “Mickey” Clark, Marvin Davis and Marjorie Davis, Marty Sklar, Jack Lindquist, Craig McNair Wilson, Kym Murphy, and Chris Runco.

Friedman, Jake: The Disney Revolt published by Chicago Review Press; 2022.
A masterpiece and a must-read.

Disney Imagineers: Women of Imagineering: 12 Careers, 12 Theme Parks, Countless Stories published by Disney Editions; 2022.
A fascinating read by and about immensely talented artists.

Noyer, Jeremie; Dugoujon, Mathias: The Art of Disneyland Paris published by Disneylans Paris; 2022.
A masterpiece.

Bluth, Don: Somewhere Out There: My Animated Life published by Smart Pop; 2022.
Good autobiography.

Kinder, Bill; O'Steen, Bobbie: Making the Cut at Pixar: The Art of Editing Animation published by Routledge; 2022.
An excellent read.

Selmi, Daniel: Dawn at Mineral King Valley: The Sierra Club, the Disney Company, and the Rise of Environmental Law published by University of Chicago Press; 2022.
Well written and beautifully researched.

Disney and Pixar: The Art of Turning Red published by Chronicle Books; 2022.
Another very good book about an excellent movie.

Lyons, Michael: Drawn to Greatness: Disney's Animation Renaissance published by Theme Park Press; 2022.
A very good read by my friend, historian Michael Lyons.

Korkis, Jim: Disneyland Historical Highlights published by Theme Park Press; 2022.
Another very good book by Jim Korkis.

Korkis, Jim: Final Secret Stories of Walt Disney World: Conclusion of the First 50 Years published by Theme Park Press; 2022.
Another very good book by Jim Korkis.

Disney Studios: Disney: The Lion King -- The Full Film Script published by Canterbury Classics; 2022.
A fun new series.

Disney Studios: Disney: The Little Mermaid -- The Full Film Script published by Canterbury Classics; 2022.
A fun new series.

Chronicle Books: The Art of Lightyear published by Chronicle Books; 2022.
Another good book from Chronicle Books.

Provensen Mitchell, Karen: The Art of Alice and Martin Provensen published by Chronicle Chroma; 2022.
The non-Disney work of Martin Provensen and his wife. A masterpiece.

9 books added in the books to come section:

Lambert, Pierre: Peter Pan published by Huginn Muninn; 2022.

Baxter, James; Steele, Bruce; Walt Disney Archives: The Story of Disney 100 Years of Wonder published by Disney Editions; 2023.

Disney, Walt; Walt Disney Archives: Walt Disney's Words published by Disney Editions; 2023.

Lescher, Mary E.: The Disney Animation Renaissance: Behind the Glass at the Florida Studio published by University of Illinois Press; 2022.

Chronicle Books: The Art of Disney's Strange World published by Chronicle Books; 2022.

Plume, Ken: The Art of Duck Tales published by Dark Horse Books; 2022.

Bemis, Bethanee: Disney Theme Parks and America’s National Narratives published by Routledge; 2022.

Neuman, Robert: From Hollywood to Disneyland: Walt Disney's Dream Park and the Influence of American Movies published by McFarland; 2022.

Jacobsen, Helen: Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts at the Wallace Collection published by Philip Wilson Publishers; 2022.

February 11, 2022

16 books added to the books published section:

Cora, James B.: Not Just a Walk in the Park: My Worldwide Disney Resorts Career published by Disney Editions; 2021.
Fascinating autobiography of a true gentleman.

Kiste, Andrew: Walt Disney and the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair: TravelMagic published by Theme Park Press; 2021.
Great research!

Fox, Mike: The Hidden Secrets & Stories of Disneyland published by Mike Fox Publications; 2016.

Fox, Mike: The Hidden Secrets & Stories of Walt Disney World published by Mike Fox Publications; 2020.

Fox, Mike: Disneyland In-Depth published by Mike Fox Publications; 2017.

Vegh, Christina (editor): Where Art Might Happen: The Early Years of CalArts published by Prestel; 2021.
One good chapter about the Disney connection.

5 books added in the books to come section:

Nunis, Richard: Walt's Apprentice: Keeping the Disney Dream Alive published by Disney Editions; 2022.

Iwerks, Leslie: The Imagineering Story: A History of Disney's Theme Parks as Told by the Designers published by Disney Editions; 2022.

Deja, Andreas: The Walt Disney's The Jungle Book: Making a Masterpiece published by Weldon Owen; 2022.

Hunt, Vanessa; Handke, Danny: Poster Art of the Disney Parks, Second Edition published by Disney Editions; 2022.

Kinder, Bill; O'Steen, Bobbie: Making the Cut at Pixar: The Art of Editing Animation published by Routledge; 2022.

Smothers, Marcy: 100 Disney Adventures of a Lifetime: Magical Experiences From Around the World published by National Geographic; 2022.

Zemler, Emily: Disney Princess: Beyond the Tiara: The Stories. The Influence. The Legacy. published by Epic Ink; 2022.

Disney and Pixar: The Art of Turning Red published by Chronicle Books; 2022.

December 29, 2021

16 books added to the books published section:

Kern, Kevin; O'Day, Tim; Vagnini, Steven: A Portrait of Walt Disney World published by Disney Editions; 2021.
One of the best Disney history books of 2021.

Bossert; Dave: Claude Coats: Walt Disney's Imagineer: The Making of Disneyland From Toad Hall to the Haunted Mansion and Beyond published by The Old Mill Press; 2021.
Disney Legend Claude Coats deserved a book about his Imagineering career. Dave Bossert made it a reality.

Mills, Hayley: Forever Young: A Memoir published by Grand Central Publishing; 2021.
A page-turner.

Burchard; Wolf: Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts published by Metropolitan Museum of Art; 2021.
Great book about a great exhibition.

Metz; Randal: Enchanted Strings: Bob Baker Marionette Theater published by Angel City Press; 2021.
Includes a delightful chapter about Bob's work for Disney.

Smothers, Marcy: Walt's Disneyland: A Walk in the Park with Walt Disney published by Disney Editions; 2021.
An excellent read.

Orlando Sentinel: Disney World at 50: The Stories of How Walt's Kingdom Became Magic in Orlando published by Triumph Books; 2021.
A must-have.

Maltin, Leonard: Starstruck: My Unlikely Road to Hollywood published by GoodKnight Books; 2021.
A delighful book by a delightful man.

Reyes Lancaster Jones, Juan Pablo: The Art of Disney Encanto published by Chronicle Books; 2021.
A wonderful book about a great movie.

Korkis, Jim: The Vault of Walt Volume 10: Final Edition published by Theme Park Press; 2021.
The final volume in a great series.

Patin Farrington, Renee: In the Shadow of the Sign - My Life in Pictures published by BearManor Media; 2021.
The excellent autobiography of Disney artist Ray Patin's daughter.

O'Hara, Maureen: 'Tis Herself: An Autobiography published by Simon and Schuster; 2005.
A few good pages about her Disney career.

Korkis, Jim: The Walt Disney World 50th Anniversary Quiz Master Challenge published by Theme Park Press; 2021.

Morley; Nathan: Disney's British Gentleman: The Life and Career of David Tomlinson published by The History Press; 2021.
Excellent biography.

Melvin, Meghan: Kay Nielsen: An Enchanted Vision published by MFA Publications; 2021.
A great exhibition catalog.

Dolene, Lucie:Hollywood Non Merci! published by L'Harmattan; 2021.
The autobiography of Lucie Dolene, the French voice of Snow White and was "the French June Foray." In French.

5 books added in the books to come section:

Friedman, Jake: The Disney Revolt published by Chicago Review Press; 2022.

Bluth, Don: Somewhere Out There: My Animated Life published by Smart Pop; 2022.

Selmi, Daniel: Dawn at Mineral King Valley: The Sierra Club, the Disney Company, and the Rise of Environmental Law published by University of Chicago Press; 2022.

Disney Studios: Disney: The Lion King -- The Full Film Script published by Canterbury Classics; 2022.

Disney Studios: Disney: The Little Mermaid -- The Full Film Script published by Canterbury Classics; 2022.

June 26, 2021

23 books added to the books published section:

Ghez, Didier: Walt's People - Volume 25 published by Theme Park Press; 2021.
This volume features appearances by Wilfred Haughton, Basil Reynolds, William Norris Dakin, John Rose, Maurice Noble, John Lounsbery, Tim Considine, David Stollery, John Mansbridge, Roger Broggie, John Hence, Candace Lavin, Eddie Sotto, and Jim Tadevic.

Lambert, Pierre:Alice Au Pays des Merveilles published by Huginn Muninn; 2020.
Stunning, as always. In French only.

Ratcliffe, Amy: The Art of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge published by Abrams; 2021.
Stunning. A must-have.

Pixar: The Art of Soul published by Chronicle Books; 2020.
A beautiful book about the making of a masterpiece.

Bossert, Dave; Kierscey, Ted: 3D Disneyland: Like You've Never Seen It Before published by The Old Mill Press; 2019.
An excellent book.

Becattini; Alberto: Mickey Mouse Weekly - L'Arte di Harold Whitaker 1950 - 1953 published by ANAFI; 2021.
One more great book in Italian by historian Alberto Becattini.

Musker; John (Introduction): Walt Disney Animation Studios - Studio Caricatures 1989 - 2006 published by The Walt Disney Animation Studios; 2008.
A great 152-page book released for internal distribution only.

Jablonski, Carl L.: The Cost of the Kingdom: A Memoir by the Chief Estimator (Show and Ride) for EPCOT and Disneyland Paris published by Theme Park Press; 2021.
Another great read.

Rogosin, Eileen: The Mouseketeer That Roared: A Memoir published by Theme Park Press; 2020.
A great read.

Mongello; Lou: The Disney Interviews: Volume I published by Second Star Media; 2020.
An excellent collection of interview with Disney artists.

Ramsey, Kent; Buickel, Kaitlin; Bertolaccini, Bri; Mullen, Chris, Seastrom, Lucas O.: The Walt Disney Studios and World War II published by The Walt Disney Foundation Press; 2021.
A short, but beautiful, exhibition catalog.

Rippstein, Katharina: Good Morning, World!: Fotografien und Filme von Ernst A. Heiniger published by Scheidegger & Spiess; 2021.

Noyer; Jeremie: Space Mountain - De la Terre a la Lune published by Euro Disney SCA; 2021.
A good book in French about the creation of the Disneyland Paris attraction.

Hurley, Kalikolehua; Shurer, Osnat: Art of Raya and the Last Dragon published by Chronicle Books; 2021.
I loved both the book and the movie.

Strijleva, Daniela: The Art of Luca published by Chronicle Books; 2021.
Beautiful book.

Renaut; Christian: The Best of Disney's Animated Features: Volume One published by Theme Park Press; 2020.
Another good book by my friend Christian Renaut.

Korkis; Jim: Kungaloosh!: The Mythic Jungles of Walt Disney World published by Theme Park Press; 2021.
Another good book by Jim Korkis.

Korkis; Jim: Hidden Treasures of Walt Disney World Resort Hotels: Histories, Mysteries & Theming published by Theme Park Press; 2021.
Yet another good book by Jim Korkis.

Korkis; Jim: Secret Stories of Extinct Walt Disney World: The World That Disappeared published by Theme Park Press; 2020.
Another good book by Jim Korkis.

Claus; Scott: How To Hollywood: Advice and Anecdotes from an Animator published by Independently published; 2021.

Weston, Kim: The Complete Carl Barks Index Supplemental Readings published by ? Independently published; 2021.
An excellent read.

Solomon, Charles: The Disney Princess: A Celebration of Art and Creativity published by Disney Editions; 2020.
A good book, but not a lot of new information.

Ronkainen; Timo: Disney-Sarjakuvien Historia 1930 - 2020 published by Zum Teufel; 2021.
In Finnish.

12 books added in the books to come section:

Cora, James B.: Not Just a Walk in the Park: My Worldwide Disney Resorts Career published by Disney Editions; 2021.
One of the books I am most looking forward to this year.

Smothers, Marcy: Walt's Disneyland: A Walk in the Park with Walt Disney published by Disney Editions; 2021.

Bossert; Dave: Claude Coats: Walt Disney's Imagineer: The Making of Disneyland From Toad Hall to the Haunted Mansion and Beyond published by The Old Mill Press; 2021.

Mills, Hayley: Forever Young: A Memoir published by Grand Central Publishing; 2021.

Kern, Kevin; Garza, Fabiola: Walt Disney World: A Portrait of the First Half published by Disney Editions; 2021.

Burchard; Wolf: Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts published by Metropolitan Museum of Art; 2021.

Orlando Sentinel: Disney World at 50: The Stories of How Walt's Kingdom Became Magic in Orlando published by Triumph Books; 2021.

Morley; Nathan: Disney's British Gentleman: The Life and Career of David Tomlinson published by The History Press; 2021.

Kern, Kevin; O'Day, Tim; Vagnini, Steven: A Portrait of Walt Disney World published by Disney Editions; 2021.

Provensen Mitchell, Karen: The Art of Alice and Martin Provensen published by Chronicle Chroma; 2021.
Can't wait.

Blaise, Aaron: The Art of Aaron Blaise: Vol. 1 published by Aaron Blaise; 2021.

Anderson; Stephen: Disney Inbetween published by Unknown; 2021.

October 17, 2020

11 books added to the books published section:

Ghez, Didier: They Drew as they Pleased Volume 6: The Hidden Art of Disney's New Golden Age published by Chronicle Books; 2020.
The last volume of this Award-winning series focuses on the art and careers of Joe Grant, Hans Bacher, Mike Gabriel and Michael Giaimo.

Ghez, Didier: Walt's People: Volume 24 published by Theme Park Press; 2019.
Walt's People: Volume 24 features appearances by Otto Englander, Jack Campbell, Van Kaufman, Ward Kimball, Bill Hurtz, Fini Rutiger, Eric Gurney, Wilfred Jackson, Eric Larson, Burny Mattinson, George Harding, Marc Davis, Claude & Evie Coats, Wathel Rogers, Bob Otto, Marvin & Marjorie Davis, Marty Sklar, Jow Fowler, Rock Hall, and Pat Burke.

Kaufman, JB; Hollifield, Jim (editors): 2020 Hyperion Historical Alliance Annual published by Hyperion Historical Alliance Press; 2019.
Full of fascinating in-depth essays about the history of Disney. A must-read.

Kurtti, Jeff; Hunt, Vanessa: The Disney Monorail: Imagineering the Highway in the Sky published by Disney Editions; 2020.
Visually stunning. A must-have.

Cline, Rebecca; Price, Charles; Allan, Graham: Holiday Magic at the Disney Parks: A World of Celebrations from Autumn through Winter published by Disney Editions; 2020.
So huge and so thorough visually that the whole thing is hard to believe. What a book!

Blyth, Jeff: Polishing the Dragons: Making EPCOT's "Wonders of China" published by Bamboo Forest Publishing; 2020.
A great read. Not to be missed.

Schmidt, Chuck: And the Beat Goes On: My E-Ticket Ride Writing about, Working for, and Running through Disney's World published by Theme Park Press; 2020.
A short but excellent read.

Korkis, Jim: Vault of Walt 9: Halloween Edition published by Theme Park Press; 2020.
One more entry in an excellent series.

Becattini, Alberto:Disney a Fumetti published by ANAFI; 2019.
Spectacular new book (in Italian) by Alberto Becattini.

Korkis, Jim: Hidden Treasures of the Disney Cruise Line: Nautical Notes, Knowledge, and Nonsense published by Theme Park Press; 2020.

Korkis, Jim: Secret Stories of Extinct Walt Disney World: The World That Disappeared published by Theme Park Press; 2020.

Lyon, Francis D. "Pete": Twists of Fate: An Oscar Winner's International Career published by Evanston Pub; 1993.
The excellent autobiography of the director of "The Great Locomotive Chase."

4 books added in the books to come section:

Lambert, Pierre:Alice Au Pays des Merveilles published by Huginn Muninn; 2020.
Stunning, as always. In French only.

Bossert, Dave; Kierscey, Ted: 3D Disneyland: Like You've Never Seen It Before published by The Old Mill Press; 2019.
Really looking forward to this.

Ratcliffe, Amy: The Art of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge published by Abrams; 2021.

Pixar: The Art of Pixar: The Complete Colorscripts from 25 Years of Feature Films (Revised and Expanded) published by Chronicle Books; 2020.

Lerner Jesse; Ortiz-Torres, Rubén (Editors): How to Read El Pato Pascual: Disney’s Latin America and Latin America’s Disney published by Black Dog Press; 2018.
Great exhibition catalog.

May 31, 2020

15 books added to the books published section:

Ghez, Didier: Walt's People: Volume 23 published by Theme Park Press; 2019.
Interviews with Peter Adby, Jeff Burke, Rudy Cataldi, Jack Hannah, Bob Harpur, Sterling Holloway, Les Novros, Bill Hurtz, and Paul Julian, Joe Potter, Woolie Reitherman, Fini Rudiger-Littlejohn, and Tyrus Wong.

Iwerks, Don: Walt Disney's Ultimate Inventor: The Genius of Ub Iwerks published by Disney Editions; 2019.
One of the best Disney history books of the year.

Julius, Jessica: The Art of Frozen 2 published by Chronicle Books; 2019.
A good book about an excellent movie.

Korkis, Jim: The Vault of Walt - Volume 8 published by Theme Park Press; 2019.
Another good book by Jim Korkis.

Disney: Mickey Mouse 90th Anniversary Manga Book Gift published by Kodansha; 2019.
Fascinating art book. In Japanese.

Pixar: The Art of Onward published by Chronicle Books; 2020.

Clark, Miriam Leslie: Glimpses into the Golden Age of Disney Animation published by Theme Park Press; 2019.

Steele, Bruce: One Day At Disney: Meet the People Who Make the Magic Across the Globe published by Disney Editions; 2019.
A nice-to-have.

Cappellini, Lino: Disney sul giradischi: I vinili italiani dal 1938 al 1990 published by Mencaroni Editore; 2017.
A great book for Italian collectors.

Papersera: Carlo Chendi: Un jolly tra le nuvolette published by Papersera; 2018.
In Italian. The biography of one of the masters of Italian Disney comics.

Papersera: L'incredibile mondo di Fabio Michelini published by Papersera; 2016.
In Italian. The biography of one of the masters of Italian Disney comics.

Papersera: Lorenzo Pastrovicchio: Direzione Futuro published by Papersera; 2019.
In Italian. The biography of one of the masters of Italian Disney comics.

Williams, Pat: Lead Like Walt: Discover Walt Disney's Magical Approach to Building Successful Organizations published by Health Communications Inc; 2019.
A good read.

Snow, Richard: Disney's Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World published by Scribner; 2019.
Well-written and fairly accurate. Not a lot of new information, but some excellent context.

Holt, Nathalia: The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History published by Little, Brown and Company; 2019.
Avoid this book. This is a book of fiction, not of history.

5 books added in the books to come section:

Ghez, Didier: They Drew as they Pleased Volume 6: The Hidden Art of Disney's New Golden Age published by Chronicle Books; 2020.
The last volume of this Award-winning series focuses on the art and careers of Joe Grant, Hans Bacher, Mike Gabriel and Michael Giaimo.

Ghez, Didier: The Origins of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures published by Hyperion Historical Alliance Press; 2021.

Disney Imagineers: Women of Imagineering: 12 Careers, 12 Theme Parks, Countless Stories published by Disney Editions; 2021.

Solomon, Charles: The Disney Princess: A Celebration of Art and Creativity published by Disney Editions; 2020.

Pixar: The Art of Soul published by Chronicle Books; 2020.
Can't wait!

October 12, 2019

28 books added to the books published section:

Ghez, Didier: They Drew As They Pleased book series - The Hidden Art of Disney's Early Renaissance published by Chronicle Books; 2019.
The life and art of Disney's concept artists Ken Anderson and Mel Shaw.

Kaufman, J.B.: The Making of Walt Disney's Fun and Fancy Free published by Hyperion Historical Alliance Press; 2019.
Hard cover, with more than 150 illustrations, this is the complete account of the making of "Fun and Fancy Free." A must-have.

Merritt, Chris; Docter, Pete: Marc Davis In His Own Words: Imagineering the Disney Theme Parks published by Disney Editions; 2019.
Mind-blowing. The Disney history book of the century.

Iger, Robert: The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company published by Random House; 2019.
Page-turner.

Rafferty, Kevin: Magic Journey: My Fantastical Walt Disney Imagineering Career published by Disney Editions; 2019.
Absolutely fascinating read.

Sklar, Marty: Travels with Figment: On the Road in Search of Disney Dreams published by Disney Editions; 2019.
A great read.

Koenig, David: The 55ers - The Pioneers Who Settled Disneyland published by Bonaventure Press; 2019.
A great book!

Couffer, Jack: My Boss, Walt: Making the Disney Wildlife Shows published by Theme Park Press; 2019.
Fascinating from start to finish.

Gurr, Bob: Legendary Imagineer: Life and Times - Disney and Beyond published by Bob Gurr; 2019.
A great read.

Andrews, Julie: Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years published by Hachette Books; 2019.
Complete with her memories about the making of Mary Poppins.

Gerstein, David (editor): Silly Symphonies Volume 4: The Complete Disney Classics 1942-1945 published by Library of American Comics; 2019.
I love those books.

Coors, Volker; Wessely Christian; Das, Maikel: Donald Duck im Mickey Mouse Weekly von William Ward 1937 - 1940 published by Der Donaldist Sonderheft Extra; 2017.
The introductions are in German but the comics are in English.

Korkis, Jim: Disney Never Lands: Things Disney Never Made published by Theme Park Press; 2019.
One of Jim's best books.

Korkis, Jim: Secret Stories of Extinct Disneyland: Memories of the Original Park published by Theme Park Press; 2019.
Another excellent book by Jim.

Korkis, Jim: The Unofficial Walt Disney World 1971 Companion: Stories of How the World Began published by Theme Park Press; 2019.
A fun read.

Jakubowski, Alex; Lammerhuber, Lois: I Still Get Chills - The Amazing Life and Work of Don Rosa published by Edition Lammerhuber; 2017.
A beautiful book and a fun read.

Deja, Andreas: Mickey Mouse: From Walt to the World published by Weldon Owen; 2019.
The catalog of a beautiful exhibition.

Anderson, Ross: Pulling a Rabbit Out of a Hat: The Making of Roger Rabbit published by University Press of Mississippi; 2019.
Well researched but not always easy to read.

Kiste, Andrew: Walt Disney and the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair: Great Moments published by Theme Park Press; 2019.
A good read about the history behind Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln.

Braun, Alexander: Ente Suss Sauer - Carl Barks Und Die Folgen published by Kulturbetriebe der Stadt Dortmund; 2019.
Catalog of an exibition. The text is in German.

Johnson, Mindy: Pencils, Pens & Brushes: A Great Girls' Guide to Disney Animation published by Disney Press; 2019.
Great book for kids.

Leung, Julie: Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist published by Schwartz & Wade; 2019.
A great book for kids.

Kurtti, Jeff: The Art of Disney Costuming: Heroes, Villains, and Spaces Between published by Disney Editions; 2019.
Beautifully illustrated but not a must-have.

Cooley, Josh: The Art of Toy Story 4 published by Chronicle Books; 2019.
Good book about a good movie.

DeFore, Ron: Growing Up in Disneyland published by Waldorf Publishing; 2019.
A few fun stories.

Meltzer, Brad: I am Walt Disney published by Dial Books; 2019.
Charming little book for kids.

Ballard, Don: The End of the Original Disneyland Hotel published by Don Ballard; 2019.
Too short.

Smoodin, Eric: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - BFI Film Classics published by BFI Film Classics; 2012.
Too short.

6 books added in the books to come section:

Cline, Rebecca; Price, Charles; Allan, Graham: Holiday Magic at the Disney Parks: A World of Celebrations from Autumn through Winter published by Disney Editions; 2020.

Bossert, David: Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Visual Companion published by Disney Editions; 2020.

Julius, Jessica: The Art of Frozen 2 published by Chronicle Books; 2019.

Steele, Bruce: One Day At Disney: Meet the People Who Make the Magic Across the Globe published by Disney Editions; 2019.

Kurtti, Jeff: A Tale of Transformation: Twenty-Five Years of Beauty and the Beast On Stage published by Disney Editions; 2020.

Snow, Richard: Disney's Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World published by Scribner; 2019.

April 23, 2019

11 books added to the books published section:

Ghez, Didier: Walt's People - Volume 22 published by Theme Park Press; 2019.
I believe this is one of the best volumes in the series. It contains interviews and documents about Ferdinand Horvath, Izzy Klein, Eduardo Solá Franco, Campbell Grant, T. Hee, Ken Anderson, Bill Cottrell, Ken Anderson, Herb Ryman, Andrew B. Beard, Treb Heining, Harriet Burns, Valerie Edwards, Gary Goldman, Tad Stones.

Pierce, Todd James: The Life and Times of Ward Kimball: Maverick of Disney Animation published by University Press of Mississippi; 2019.
A must-read by one of the best Disney historians around.

Kaufman, JB; Hollifield, Jim (editors): 2019 Hyperion Historical Alliance Annual published by Hyperion Historical Alliance Press; 2019.
Full of fascinating in-depth essays about the history of Disney. A must-read.

Fiecconi, Federico (editor):Mickey the True Original - The Art and the Dream published by Graffiti Creative; 2019.
Huge and stunning catalog of a beautiful exhibition. In English and Italian.

D'Arcy, Bob: A Walk in the Park: Reflections from Disneyland's First Host published by Bonaventure Press; 2018.
An excellent little autobiography.

Becattini, Alberto; Tesauro, Alessandro:Guido Martina e l'eta d'oro Disney in Italia published by Ripostes; 2017.
Great book about Disney comic writer Guido Martina. In Italian.

Mottura, Paolo:I Miti Del Cinema di Paolo Mottura published by Giunti; 2017.
Great book about the art of Disney comic artist Paolo Mottura. In Italian.

Scarpa, Laura:Giorgio Cavazzano - Uomini, topi ed eroi published by ComicOut; 2015.
Great book about Disney comic artist Giorgio Cavazzano. In Italian.

O'Meara, Mallory: The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrickl published by Hanover Square Press; 2019.
An interesting biography.

Sito, Tom: Eat, Drink, Animate: An Animators Cookbook published by CRC Press; 2019.
A fun book.

Goldberg, Aaron: Meet the Disney Brothers: A Unique Biography About Walt Disney published by Quaker Scribe; 2019.
Nice little book for kids.

11 books added in the books to come section:

Kurtti, Jeff; Hunt, Vanessa: The Disney Monorail: Imagineering the Highway in the Sky published by Disney Editions; 2019.

Kurtti, Jeff: The Art of Disney Costuming: Heroes, Villains, and Spaces Between published by Disney Editions; 2019.

Sklar, Marty: Travels with Figment: On the Road in Search of Disney Dreams published by Disney Editions; 2019.

Iger, Robert: The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company published by Random House; 2019.

Anderson, Ross: Pulling a Rabbit Out of a Hat: The Making of Roger Rabbit published by University Press of Mississippi; 2019.
Well researched but not always easy to read.

Gerstein, David (editor): Silly Symphonies Volume 4: The Complete Disney Classics 1942-1945 published by Library of American Comics; 2019.
I love those books.

Friedman, Jake: The Disney Afternoon: The Making of a Television Renaissance published by Disney Editions; 2019.

DeFore, Ron: Growing Up in Disneyland published by Waldorf Publishing; 2019.

Cooley, Josh: The Art of Toy Story 4 published by Chronicle Books; 2019.

Leung, Julie: Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist published by Schwartz & Wade; 2019.

Holt, Nathalia: The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History published by Little, Brown and Company; 2019.

December 10, 2018

23 books added to the books published section:

Ghez, Didier: They Drew As They Pleased - The Hidden Art of Disney's Mid-Century Era published by Chronicle Books; 2018.
An in-depth look at the career and art of 5 of Disney's greatest concept artists: Lee Blair, Mary Blair, Tom Oreb, John Dunn, and Walt Peregoy. 90% of the art in this book as never been seen in book form before.

Gerstein, David; Kaufman, JB: Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: The Complete History published by Taschen; 2018.
A must have. One of the two best books of 2018.

Bossert, David: Kem Weber: Mid-Century Furniture Designs for the Disney Studios published by The Old Mill Press; 2018.
A must have.

Ghez, Didier: Walt's People - Volume 21 published by Theme Park Press; 2017.
Walt's People: Volume 21 features appearances by Ferdinand Horvath, Ken Peterson, Bob Givens, Sylvia Holland, Tyrus Wong, John Hench, Marc Davis, Alice Davis, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn, Floyd Norman, Paul R. Hartley (via his daughter Stacey Hartley), Bill Cottrell, Lillian Disney, Glen Keane, and Darrell Van Citters.

Nichols, Chris: Walt Disney's Disneyland published by Taschen; 2018.
Stunning book. A must have.

Kurtti, Jeff: From All of Us to All of You: The Disney Christmas Card published by Disney Editions; 2018.
An excellent read and a great reference book. Absolutely delightful.

Kurtti, Jeff: Practically Poppins in Every Way published by Disney Editions; 2018.
A very good book.

Dallas, Alastair: Inventing Disneyland: The Unauthorized Story of the Team That Made Walt Disney’s Dream Come True published by Theme Park Press; 2018.
A great read.

Muller, Jacques: 40 Years of Animated Cartoons published by Partridge Singapore; 2018.
Fascinating autobiography.

Hahn, Don; Solomon, Charles: Walt Disney's Nine Old Men: Masters of Animation published by Weldon Owen; 2018.
Nice exhibition catalog.

Korkis, Jim: The Vault of Walt Volume 7: Christmas Edition published by Theme Park Press; 2018.
A very good addition to an excellent series.

Korkis, Jim: Secret Stories of Mickey Mouse: Untold Tales of Walt's Mouse published by Theme Park Press; 2018.
A fun read.

Korkis, Jim: More Secret Stories of Disneyland: More Trivia Notes, Quotes, and Anecdotes published by Theme Park Press; 2018.
More good stories by Jim Korkis.

Korkis, Jim: EXTRA Secret Stories of Walt Disney World: Extra Things You Never Knew You Never Knew published by Theme Park Press; 2018.

Julius, Jessica: The Art of Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 published by Chronicle Books; 2018.
A good addition to a great series.

Ovitz, Michael: Who Is Michael Ovitz? published by Portfolio; 2018.
Very good autobiography.

Fonte, Jorge:El Sonido Disney published by Editorial Milenio; 2018.
In Spanish.

Flores, Russell D.: Seen, Un-Seen Disneyland: What You See at Disneyland, but Never Really See published by Synergy Books Publishing; 2012.

Flores, Russell D.: More Seen, Un-Seen Disneyland published by Synergy Books Publishing; 2015.
Those two books focus on small details of the park that casual visitors might not be aware of. They are very visual, well researched (complete with a detailed bibliography) and well organized. Definitely nice to have in order to enhance the quality of your visit to the park.

Mickey is Art published by Glenat; 2018.
A small catalog of a French exhibition about Mickey Mouse.

Ward, Jessica: The Art of Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse published by Disney Editions; 2018.
Nice to have. Not critical.

Corse, Nicole:Mickey Mouse Museum - The Story of an Icon published by Studio Press Books; 2018.
Not a must have.

Castagno, Paolo (editor):Francesco Artebani published by Il Papersera; 2018.
In Italian.

6 books added in the books to come section:

Ghez, Didier:They Drew As They Pleased book series - The Hidden Art of Disney's Early Renaissance published by Chronicle Books; 2019.

Docter, Pete; Merritt, Chris:Marc Davis In His Own Words: Imagineering the Disney Theme Parks published by Disney Editions; 2019.

Bossert, David: Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Visual Companion published by Disney Editions; 2019.

Deja, Andreas: Mickey Mouse: From Walt to the World published by Weldon Owen; 2019.

Downs, Willie: Animator Letters Project published by Disney Editions; 2019.

Johnson, Mindy: Pencils, Pens & Brushes: A Great Girls' Guide to Disney Animation published by Disney Press; 2019.

June 13, 2018

17 books added to the books published section:

Schroeder, Russell: Disney's Lost Chords 3 published by Voigt Publications; 2018.

Watkin, Larry: Larry Watkin: A Memoir of an American Man of Letters published by Pulp Hero Press; 2018.
A fascinating autobiography.

Bonner-Ganter, Deanna: Kosti Ruohomaa: The Photographer Poet published by Down East Books; 2016.
A "must read".

Johnson, David: Snow White's People - Volume 2 published by Theme Park Press; 2018.
Great interviews.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol 12: "The Mysterious Dr. X" published by Fantagraphics; 2018.
The last volume in a splendid series.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales, Vol. 3 published by IDW Publishing; 2017.
I love those books.

Kurtti, Jeff: Travels with Walt Disney - A Photographic Voyage Around the World published by Disney Editions; 2018.
I loved seeing all these photos gathered in one place.

Hulett, Steve: Mouse in Orbit published by Theme Park Press; 2018.
The fascinating second part of Steve Hulett's autobiography.

Korkis, Jim: The Vault of Walt: Volume 6 published by Theme Park Press; 2017.

Paik, Karen: The Art of Incredibles 2 published by Chronicle Books; 2018.

Price, Kathryn: Walt Disney's Melody Makers: A Biography of the Sherman Brothers published by Theme Park Press; 2018.

Madden, Scott: The Mouse and the Mallet: The Story of Walt Disney's Hectic Half-Decade in the Saddle published by Theme Park Press; 2018.

Schmidt, Chuck: Disney's Animal Kingdom: An Unofficial History published by Theme Park Press; 2018.

Kiste, Andrew: A Historical Tour of Walt Disney World: Volume III published by Theme Park Press; 2018.

Grob, Gijs: Mickey's Movies: The Theatrical Films of Mickey Mouse published by Theme Park Press; 2018.
A good read.

Milton, Freddy: The Boy Who Loved Carl Barks published by Theme Park Press; 2018.

Castagno, Paolo (editor): Gaudenzio Capelli - Più direttore che mai! published by Papersera; 2017.
In Italian.

9 books added in the books to come section:

Gerstein, David; Kaufman, JB: Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: The Complete History published by Taschen; 2018.

Laqua, Carsten: Mickey Mouse and Walt Disney: How They Conquered The Third Reich published by Hermes Press; 2018.

Kurtti, Jeff: Practically Poppins in Every Way published by Disney Editions; 2018.

Kurtti, Jeff: From All of Us to All of You: The Disney Christmas Card published by Disney Editions; 2018.

Pierce, Todd James: The Life and Times of Ward Kimball: Maverick of Disney Animation published by University Press of Mississippi; 2019.

Nichols, Chris: Walt Disney's Disneyland published by Taschen; 2018.

Julius, Jessica: The Art of Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 published by Chronicle Books; 2018.

Ward, Jessica: Disney Deconstructed: Fun Facts and Trivia for Disney and Pixar Fans published by Disney Editions; 2018.

Ward, Jessica: The Art of Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse published by Disney Editions; 2018.

November 30, 2017

31 books added to the books published section:

Ghez, Didier: They Drew as They Pleased Vol. 3: The Hidden Art of Disney's Late Golden Age published by Chronicle Books; 2017.
An in-depth look at the career and art of 6 of Disney's greatest concept artists: Eduardo Sola Franco, Johnny Walbridge, Jack Miller, Campbell Grant, James Bodrero and Martin Provensen. 90% of the art in this book as never been seen in book form before.

Ghez, Didier: Walt's People - Volume 20 published by Theme Park Press; 2017.
Walt's People: Volume 20 features appearances by Sam Armstrong, Leland "Lee" Payne, Bob Givens, O.B. Johnston, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Hannah, Tom Oreb, Iwao Takamoto, Herb Ryman, and Alfred and Elma Milotte.

Johnson, Mindy: Ink and Paint - The Women of Disney Animation published by Disney Editions; 2017.
A seminal book about a fascinating subject matter.

Lambert, Pierre:Bambi published by Huginn Muninn; 2017.
Stunning, as always. In French only.

Hahn, Don:Yesterday's Tomorrow: Disney's Magical Mid-Century published by Disney Editions; 2017.
A wonderful read full of never-seen-before material.

Bossert, David; Gerstein, David: Oswald the Lucky Rabbit - The Search for the Lost Disney Cartoons published by Disney Editions; 2017.
A "must have."

Carriker Smothers, Marcy: Eat Like Walt: The Wonderful World of Disney Food published by Disney Editions; 2017.
Surprisingly, one of the best books of 2017.

Szasz, Ioan: Awaking Beauty: The Art of Eyvind Earle published by Weldon Owen; 2017.
A beautiful catalog.

De Vries, Jan-Willem:Daan Jippes - Avonturier in Strip en Animatie published by Nederlands Stripmuseum; 2017.
Beautiful book about a great Disney artist. In Dutch.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 11: "Mickey vs. Mickey" published by Fantagraphics; 2017.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales, Vol. 2 published by IDW Publishing; 2017.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Christmas Classics published by IDW Publishing; 2017.

Gerstein, David (editor): Silly Symphonies Volume 3: The Complete Disney Classics 1939-1942 published by IDW Publishing; 2017.

Eronen, Matti: Carl Barks' Surviving Comic Book Covers published by Matti Eronen; 2017.

Kellogg, Ted: Passport to Pixie Dust: My 32 Years with The Walt Disney Company published by Theme Park Press; 2017.

Korkis, Jim: Call Me Walt: Everything You Never Knew About Walt Disney published by Theme Park Press; 2017.

Korkis, Jim: Other Secret Stories of Walt Disney World: Other Things You Never Knew You Never Knew published by Theme Park Press; 2017.

Madden, Scott: The Sorcerer's Brother: How Roy O. Disney Made Walt's Magic Possible published by Theme Park Press; 2017.
Well researched.

Moran, Christian: True-Life Adventures: A History of Walt Disney's Nature Documentaries published by Theme Park Press; 2017.
A excellent book.

Fitzgerald White, Alton: My Pride: Mastering Life's Daily Performance published by Disney Editions; 2017.
A very good autobiography.

Farrell, Shawn Patrick: Heart and Darkness: Scary Adventures and the Evolution of Disney’s Dark Rides published by Theme Park Press; 2017.

Smith, Christopher E.: The Backstories and Magical Secrets of Walt Disney World published by Theme Park Press; 2017.

Dreyer, Jody Jean: Beyond the Castle: A Guide to Discovering Your Happily Ever After published by Zondervan; 2017.
A good read.

Kratter, Tia: The Colors of Pixar published by Chronicle Books; 2017.

Sherman, Richard: A Kiss Goodnight published by Disney Editions; 2017.

Lasseter, John (foreword):The Art of Coco published by Chronicle Books; 2017.

Docter, Pete: Walt Disney Animation Studios The Archive Series Walt Disney's Nine More Old Men published by Disney Editions; 2017.

Lassell, Michael: The Lion King: Twenty Years on Broadway and Around the World published by Disney Editions; 2017.

Bossert, David: The Art of Tennessee Loveless published by Disney Editions; 2017.

Valoroso, Nunziante:Un comandante alla corte di Walt Disney. La carriera di Roberto de Leonardis leggenda del doppiaggio published by Croce Libreria; 2017.
A great biography. In Italian.

Fangxing, Pitcher: Shanghai Disneyland - A Celebration of Dreams published by Disney Editions; 2017.
Released as a gift to the VIPs who attended the inauguration of the park. Not available commercially.

5 books added in the books to come section:

Ghez, Didier:They Drew As They Pleased - The Hidden Art of Disney's Mid-Century Era published by Chronicle Books; 2018.
An in-depth look at the career and art of 5 of Disney's greatest concept artists: Lee Blair, Mary Blair, Tom Oreb, John Dunn, and Walt Peregoy. 90% of the art in this book as never been seen in book form before.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales, Vol. 3 published by IDW Publishing; 2017.

Johnson, David:Snow White's People - Volume 2 published by Theme Park Press; 2018.

Salkin, Leo:My Life As A Cartoon published by Theme Park Press; 2018.

Bossert, Dave:Kem Weber: Furniture Designs for the Disney Studios published by Unknown; 2018.

June 27, 2017

11 books added to the books published section:

Anderson, Paul F.: Jack of All Trades: Conversations with Disney Legend Ken Anderson published by Theme Park Press; 2017.
Finally!

Johnson, David: Snow White's People: An Oral History of the Disney Film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs published by Theme Park Press; 2017.
A great collection of interviews.

Korkis, Jim: Secret Stories of Disneyland published by Theme Park Press; 2017.
Another excellent book by Jim Korkis.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Daily Newspaper Comics Volume 4 published by IDW Publishing; 2017.
Another treasure trove.

Bohn, James: Music in Disney's Animated Features: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to The Jungle Book published by University Press of Mississippi; 2017.
A very valuable reference book.

Singer, Michael: Disney Pirates: The Definitive Collector's Anthology published by Disney Editions; 2017.
Another excellent book by Michael Singer.

Lassell, Michael: The Road to Broadway and Beyond Disney Aladdin: A Whole New World published by Disney Editions; 2017.
The best book about the making of a Disney musical.

Saxton, Victoria: Poster Art of Cars published by Disney Editions; 2017.
An excellent book for the Cars franchise enthusiasts.

Linetsky, Barry: The Business of Walt Disney and the Nine Principles of His Success published by Theme Park Press; 2017.
The author did his homework.

Cone, Bill; Shuster, Jay: The Art of Cars 3 published by Chronicle Books; 2017.
Good. Not great.

Denney, Jim: Walt's Disneyland: It's Still There If You Know Where to Look published by CreateSpace; 2017.
Not a bad book despite its cover.

7 books added in the books to come section:

Szasz, Ioan: Awaking Beauty: The Art of Eyvind Earle published by Weldon Owen; 2017.

Lambert, Pierre:Bambi published by Huginn Muninn; 2017.

Lasseter, John (foreword):The Art of Coco published by Chronicle Books; 2017.

Carriker Smothers, Marcy: Eat Like Walt: The Wonderful World of Disney Food published by Disney Editions; 2017.

Lassell, Michael: The Lion King: Twenty Years on Broadway and Around the World published by Disney Editions; 2017.

Bossert, David: The Art of Tennessee Loveless published by Disney Editions; 2017.

Mollet, Tracey: Cartoons in Hard Times: The Animated Shorts of Disney and Warner Brothers in Depression and War 1932-1945 published by Bloomsbury Academic; 2017.

March 6, 2017

9 books added to the books published section:

Ghez, Didier (editor): Walt's People - Volume 19 published by Theme Park Press; 2017.
Walt's People: Volume 19 features appearances by Dick Grills, Jack Kinney, Jane Kinney, Don W. Graham, Janet Martin, Lloyd Beebe, Roy E. Disney, Susan Musfelt Hoose, Terry Jo Steinberger, Carol Farris, Art Stevens, Frank Thomas, and Alan Coats.

Hannah, Jack; Korkis, Jim: From Donald Duck's Daddy to Disney Legend published by Theme Park Press; 2017.
Pure delight.

Korkis, Jim: Gremlin Trouble!: The Cursed Roald Dahl Film Disney Never Made published by Theme Park Press; 2017.
Another winner.

Gerstein, David (editor): Silly Symphonies Volume 2: The Complete Disney Classics published by IDW Publishing; 2017.

Kerry, Margaret: Tinker Bell Talks published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing; 2017.
An enjoyable autobiography.

L'Art des Studios D'Animation Walt Disney: Le Mouvement par Nature published by Musee Art Ludique; 2016.
A beautiful catalog in French.

Orgen, Suzanne and R.J.: Remembering the Magic published by Theme Park Press; 2017.

Ware, Chris: Disney Unbuilt: A Pocket Guide to the Disney Imagineering Graveyard published by Theme Park Press; 2016.
Fun little read.

Canutt, Yakima: Stunt Man: The Autobiography of Yakima Canutt published by Walker and Co.; 1979.
Great chapter abut Disney in this autobiography.

11 books added in the books to come section:

Ghez, Didier: They Drew as They Pleased Vol. 3: The Hidden Art of Disney's Late Golden Age published by Chronicle Books; 2017.
An in-depth look at the career and art of 6 of Disney's greatest concept artists: Eduardo Sola Franco, Johnny Walbridge, Jack Miller, Campbell Grant, James Bodrero and Martin Provensen. 90% of the art in this book as never been seen in book form before.

Iwerks, Don: Walt Disney's Ultimate Inventor: The Genius of Ub Iwerks published by Disney Editions; 2017.

Hahn, Don:Yesterday's Tomorrow Disney's Magical Mid-Century Style and Design published by Disney Editions; 2017.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Daily Newspaper Comics Volume 4 published by IDW Publishing; 2017.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales, Vol. 2 published by IDW Publishing; 2017.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 11: "Mickey vs. Mickey" published by Fantagraphics; 2017.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Christmas Classics published by IDW Publishing; 2017.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol 12: "The Mysterious Dr. X" published by IDW Fantagraphics; 2017.

Gerstein, David (editor): Silly Symphonies Volume 3: The Complete Disney Classics 1939-1942 published by IDW Publishing; 2017.

Singer, Michael: Disney Pirates: The Definitive Collector’s Anthology published by Disney Editions; 2017.

Saxton, Victoria: Poster Art of Cars published by Disney Editions; 2017.

December 3, 2016

22 books added to the books published section:

Ghez, Didier: They Drew As They Pleased - The Hidden Art of Disney's Musical Years published by Chronicle Books; 2016.
An in-depth look at the career and art of 5 of Disney's greatest concept artists: Walt Scott, Kay Nielsen, Sylvia Holland, Retta Scott, and David Hall. 90% of the art in this book as never been seen in book form before.

Kothenschulte, Daniel (editor): The Walt Disney Film Archives: The Animated Movies 1921-1968 published by Taschen; 2016.
A stunning volume full of treasures.

Care, Ross: Disney Legend Wilfred Jackson - A Life in Animation published by Theme Park Press; 2016.
For the first time in print: the fascinating correspondence between Disney Legend Wilfred Jackson and Ross Care, along with Jackson's newly found diary.

Neary, Kevin and Susan: The Disney Park Maps published by Disney Editions; 2016.
The title says it all. The book is a "must have".

Levy, Lawrence: To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 2016.
A fascinating read.

Cline, Rebecca: The Walt Disney Studios: A Lot to Remember published by Disney Editions; 2016.
A great book. Unfortunately out-of-print for an unknown reason.

Penfield, Bob: The Last Original Disneylander: Stories & Secrets from the Last to Retire of the First to Be Hired published by Bonaventure Press; 2016.
A great autobiography.

Korkis, Jim: Walt's Words: Quotations of Walt Disney with Sources published by Theme Park Press; 2016.
A very important reference book.

Korkis, Jim: More Secret Stories of Walt Disney World: More Things You Never Knew You Never Knew published by Theme Park Press; 2016.
An excellent read.

Goldberg, Aaron: The Disney Story: Chronicling the Man, the Mouse and the Parks published by Quaker Scribe; 2016.
A very good read.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 10: "Planet Of Faceless Foes" published by Fantagraphics; 2016.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Sunday Newspaper Comics Volume 2 published by IDW Publishing; 2016.

Musker, John; Clements, Ron: The Art of Moana published by Chronicle Books; 2016.

Kaufman, J.B.; Merritt, Russell: Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series published by Disney Editions; 2016.
The long awaited re-release of a classic.

West, John G.: Walt Disney and Live Action: The Disney Studio's Live-Action Features of the 1950s and 60s published by Theme Park Press; 2016.
The illustrated re-release of a classic.

Brooks, Lee: Mouse to Mouse: In Search of Walt Disney's Mythical America published by Theme Park Press; 2016.
Ugly cover, but well written and enjoyable.

Disney Book Group: The Art of Minnie Mouse published by Disney Editions; 2016.
Good book, but predictable.

Mumpower, David: Disney Demystified: The Stories and Secrets Behind Disney's Favorite Theme Park Attractions published by Theme Park Press; 2016.

Smith, Christopher E.: The Walt Disney World That Never Was: Stories Behind the Amazing Imagineering Dreams That Never Came True published by Theme Park Press; 2016.

Marley, David: Skipper Stories: True Tales from Disneyland's Jungle Cruise published by Theme Park Press; 2016.

Castagno, Paolo (editor): Massimo Marconi - Un autore multidimensionale published by Papersera; 2016.
In Italian.

Safra, Clement: La face cachée de Mickey Mouse published by Éditions Vendémiaire; 2016.
In French.

8 books added in the books to come section:

Bossert, David; Gerstein, David: Oswald the Lucky Rabbit - The Search for the Lost Disney Cartoons published by Disney Editions; 2017.

Kurtti, Jeff: Travels with Walt Disney - A Photographic Voyage Around the World published by Disney Editions; 2017.

Fangxing, Pitcher: Shanghai Disneyland - A Celebration of Dreams published by Disney Editions; 2017.

Cone, Bill; Shuster, Jay: The Art of Cars 3 published by Chronicle Books; 2017.

Unkrich, Lee: The Art of Coco published by Chronicle Books; 2017.

Kratter, Tia: The Colors of Pixar published by Chronicle Books; 2017.

Bohn, James: Music in Disney's Animated Features: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to The Jungle Book published by University Press of Mississippi; 2017.

Sherman, Richard: A Kiss Goodnight published by Disney Editions; 2017.

August 16, 2016

12 books added to the books published section:

Shaw, Mel: Animator on Horseback published by Theme Park Press; 2016.
The long-awaited autobiography of Mel Shaw.

Ghez, Didier (editor): Walt's People - Volume 18 published by Theme Park Press; 2016.
Walt's People: Volume 18 features appearances by Mique Nelson, Katherine Kerwin, Gerry Geronimi, Ward Kimball, Dick Huemer, Ken O'Connor, Janet Martin, Herb Ryman, Don Douglass, Ken Peterson, Kay Wright, Del Connell, Elma Milotte, Bob Gurr, Barbara Palmer, and Hani El-Masri.

Becattini, Alberto: Disney Comics: The Whole Story published by Theme Park Press; 2016.
Finally in English!

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 9: "Rise Of The Rhyming Man" published by Fantagraphics; 2016.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Daily Newspaper Comics Volume 3 published by IDW Publishing; 2016.

Korkis, Jim: The Vault of Walt: Volume 5 published by Theme Park Press; 2016.

Korkis, Jim: The Unofficial Disneyland 1955 Companion: The Anecdotal Story of the Birth of the Happiest Place on Earth published by Theme Park Press; 2016.

Miller-Zarneke, Tracey: Disney - Art of Storytelling published by The Nordic Watercolor Museum; 2016.
Beautiful catalog of a stunning exhibition.

Bancroft, Tom: The Art of Disney's Dragons published by Disney Editions; 2016.
A nice little book with almost no text but great illustrations.

Barczewski, Stephanie: Magic Kingdoms: A History of the Disney Theme Parks published by Theme Park Press; 2016.

Pilcher, Steve: The Art of Finding Dory published by Chronicle Books; 2016.

Darcy, Jen: Disney Villains: Delightfully Evil: The Creation, The Inspiration, The Fascination published by Disney Editions; 2016.
Not a good book.

Silvester, William: Saving Disney: The Story of Roy E. Disney published by Theme Park Press; 2015.

Silvester, William: Building Magic - Disney's Overseas Theme Parks published by BearManor Media; 2016.

2 books added in the books to come section:

Kothenschulte, Daniel (editor): The Walt Disney Film Archives: The Animated Movies 1921-1968 published by Taschen; 2016.
A stunning volume full of treasures.

Levy, Lawrence: To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 2016.

Musker, John; Clements, Ron: The Art of Moana published by Chronicle Books; 2016.

Gerstein, David (editor): Silly Symphonies Volume 2: The Complete Disney Classics published by IDW Publishing; 2016.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Sunday Newspaper Comics Volume 2 published by IDW Publishing; 2016.

June 3, 2016

12 books added to the books published section:

Pierce, Todd James: Three Years in Wonderland published by University Press of Mississippi; 2016.
The best history of the early days of Disneyland ever written.

Korkis, Jim (editor): How to Be a Disney Historian: Tips from the Top Professionals published by Theme Park Press; 2016.
Needless to say: I love this book.

Comras; Kelly: Ruth Shellhorn published by Library of American Landscape History; 2016.
The long-awaited biography of Disneyland's first landscape artist.

Younger, David: Theme Park Design and The Art of Themed Entertainment published by Theme Park Press; 2016.
The "bible" for theme park designers.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Sunday Newspaper Comics Volume 1 published by IDW Publishing; 2016.
Another winner.

McGinnis, George: From Horizons to Space Mountain published by Theme Park Press; 2016.
The autobiography of Imagineer George McGinnis.

Shields, Chuck: The Disney Apprentice published by Theme Park Press; 2016.

Smith, Dave: Disney Facts Revealed: Answers to Fans' Curious Questions published by Disney Editions; 2016.
If you enjoyed Dave's previous books you will also enjoy this one.

Gerstein, David (editor): Silly Symphony, Vol. 1: The Complete Disney Classics published by IDW Publishing; 2016.
He did it again. Great book.

Pixar: The Art of Finding Dory published by Chronicle Books; 2016.
A good book, not a great one.

Salisbury, Mark: Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland: An Illustrated Journey Through Time published by Disney Editions; 2016.
Nithing really exciting in there.

Castagno, Paolo (editor): Silvia Ziche e le Papere Pulluleranno published by Papersera.net; 2015.
In Italian. For Disney comics history enthusiasts.

1 book added in the books to come section:

Shaw, Mel: Animator on Horseback published by Theme Park Press; 2016.
Tthe long-awaited autobiography of Mel Shaw.

February 27, 2016

11 books added to the books published section:

Apgar, Garry: Mickey Mouse: Emblem of the American Spirit published by Walt Disney Family Foundation Press; 2015.
One of the most important books of 2015. A "must-have."

Ghez, Didier (editor): Walt's People - Volume 17 published by Theme Park Press; 2015.
Contains interviews with Lorina Butler, Leigh Harline, Jim Macdonald, Woolie Reitherman, T. Hee, Mary Lou Whitman, Jack Hannah, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, Ken Anderson, Dan Noonan, Bill Wight, Jack Bruner, Art Stevens, Bill Anderson, Bob McCrea, Joe Potter, Harper Goff, and Phil Mendez.

Orgen, Suzanne and R.J.: Together in the Dream: The Unique Careers of a Husband and Wife in the Early Decades of Walt Disney World published by Theme Park Press; 2015.
This great read contains stuff that no one has read before, including interactions by R.J. Ogren (a Disney World artist) with Leota Toombs, Marc Davis, Alice Davis (who wrote the foreword), and others.

Ohmart, Ben: Buddy Baker: Big Band Arranger, Disney Legend & Musical Genius published by BearManor Media; 2016.
A wonderful biography.

Julius, Jessica: The Art of Zootopia published by Chronicle Books; 2016.
A great book about a fascinating movie.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 8: "The Tomorrow Wars" published by Fantagraphics; 2015.
Great addition to a wonderful series.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Daily Newspaper Comics Volume 2 published by IDW Publishing; 2016.
Finally!

Patel, Sanjay: The Art of Sanjay's Super Team published by Chronicle Books; 2015.
Great short and wonderful book.

Korkis, Jim: Secret Stories of Walt Disney World: Things You Never You Never Knew published by Theme Park Press; 2015.
Another good book by Jim Korkis.

Crawford, Michael: The Progress City Primer: Stories, Secrets, and Silliness from the Many Worlds of Walt Disney published by Progress City Press; 2015.
A good read.

Paik, Karen: The Art of the Good Dinosaur published by Chronicle Books; 2015.
A beautiful book about a fairly uninteresting movie.

Pixar: Funny!: Twenty-Five Years in the Pixar Story Room published by Chronicle Books; 2015.
I thoroughly enjoyed this one.

7 books added in the books to come section:

Cline, Rebecca: The Walt Disney Studios: A Lot to Remember published by Disney Editions; 2016.

Comras; Kelly: Ruth Shellhorn published by Library of American Landscape History; 2016.
The long-awaited biography of Disneyland's first landscape artist.

Kaufman, J.B.; Merritt, Russell: Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series published by Disney Editions; 2016.
The long awaited re-release of a classic.

Snyder, Chuck: Windows on Disney's Main Street, U.S.A.: Stories of the Talented People Honored at the Disney Parks published by Disney Editions; 2016.

Neary, Kevin and Susan: The Disney Park Maps published by Disney Editions; 2016.

Pixar: The Art of Finding Dory published by Chronicle Books; 2016.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 10: "Planet Of Faceless Foes" published by Fantagraphics; 2016.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Daily Newspaper Comics Volume 3 published by IDW Publishing; 2016.

Disney Book Group: The Art of Minnie Mouse published by Disney Editions; 2016.

Darcy, Jen: Disney Villains: Delightfully Evil: The Creation, The Inspiration, The Fascination published by Disney Editions; 2016.

October 23, 2015

22 books added to the books published section:

Ghez, Didier: They Drew As They Pleased - The Hidden Art of Disney's Golden Age published by Chronicle Books; 2015.
Containing more than 400 never-released-before illustrations and a text that explores the lives and careers of Disney's first concept artists: Albert Hurter, Ferdinand Horvath, Gustaf Tenggren and Bianca Majolie. This is the first book in a series of 6.

Hahn, Don; Miller-Zarneke, Tracey: Before Ever After: The Lost Lectures of Walt Disney's Animation Studio published by Disney Editions; 2015.
One of the very best Disney history books of the decade.

Deja, Andreas: The Nine Old Men: Lessons, Techniques, and Inspiration from Disney's Great Animators published by Focal Press; 2015.
Written with passion and full of beautiful artwork and great stories. A "must have".

Bossert, Dave: Dali & Disney: Destino: The Story, Artwork, and Friendship Behind the Legendary Film published by Disney Editions; 2015.
A "must have" about a truly fascinating subject matter.

Larson, Eric; Ghez, Didier (editor); Campana, Joe (editor): 50 Years in the Mouse House published by Theme Park Press; 2015.
The lost autobiography and animation lectures of Disney Legend Eric Larson.

Colvig, Pinto; Pierce, Todd James (editor): It's a Crazy Business published by Theme Park Press; 2015.
The autobiography of Goofy's voice, written in the '40s. One of the most important Disney history books of 2015.

Sullivan, William: From Jungle Cruise Skipper to Disney Legend: 40 Years of Magical Memories at Disney published by Theme Park Press; 2015.
Another excellent autobiography.

Lesjak, David: In the Service of the Red Cross - Walt Disney's Early Adventures published by Theme Park Press; 2015.
Fascinating and meticulously researched. A "must read".

Ghez, Didier: Walt's People - Volume 16 published by Theme Park Press; 2015.

Nabbe, Tom: From Disneyland's Tom Sawyer to Disney Legend: The Adventures of Tom Nabbe published by Theme Park Press; 2015.
A wonderfully entertaining autobiography.

Amendola, Dana: All Aboard: The Wonderful World of Disney Trains published by Disney Editions; 2015.
Full of exciting visual and text surprises.

Golberg, Eric: An Animator's Gallery: Eric Goldberg Draws the Disney Characters published by Disney Editions; 2015.

Sklar, Marty: One Little Spark: Mickey's Ten Commandments and the Road to Imagineering published by Disney Editions; 2015.

Korkis, Jim: The Vault of Walt: Volume 4: Still More Unofficial Disney Stories Never Told published by Theme Park Press; 2015.
A great addition to Jim's famous series.

Schmidt, Chuck: On the Disney Beat: Over 30 Years of Chronicling the People and Places in Walt's World published by Theme Park Press; 2015.
A good read.

Fox, Mike: The Imagineers' Secrets of Disneyland published by Theme Park Press; 2015.
Another good read.

Fanning, Jim: The Disney Book published by DK; 2015.
A beautiful introduction to the world of Disney.

Nicolaou, Ted: Disney Dali - Architects of the Imagination published by The Walt Disney Family Museum; 2015.
Beautiful catalog of a fascinating exhibition.

Van Eaton, Mike: Disneyland - An Exhibition and Auction published by Van Eaton Galleries; 2015.
The catalog of a second great auction about Disneyland.

Santoli, Lorraine: Inside the Disney Marketing Machine published by Theme Park Press; 2015.
Fairly disappointing read.

Koenig, David: The People V. Disneyland: How Lawsuits & Lawyers Transformed the Magic published by Bonaventure Press; 2015.
Tough subject matter. Very well researched.

Luperchio, Kevin: Disney Movie Posters: From Oswald the Lucky Rabbit to Big Hero 6 published by Disney Editions; 2015.
Not a good book.

9 books added in the books to come section:

Ghez, Didier: They Drew As They Pleased - The Hidden Art of Disney's Musical Years published by Chronicle Books; 2016.

Johnson, Mindy: Ink and Paint - The Women of Disney Animation published by Disney Editions; 2016.

Smith, Dave: Disney Facts Revealed: Answers to Fans' Curious Questions published by Disney Editions; 2016.

Gerstein, David (editor): Silly Symphony, Vol. 1: The Complete Disney Classics published by IDW Publishing; 2016.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 9: "Rise Of The Rhyming Man" published by Fantagraphics; 2016.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Daily Newspaper Comics Volume 2 published by IDW Publishing; 2016.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Sunday Newspaper Comics Volume 1 published by IDW Publishing; 2016.

Patel, Sanjay: The Art of Sanjay's Super Team published by Chronicle Books; 2015.

Bancroft, Tom: The Art of Disney's Dragons published by Disney Editions; 2016.

June 20, 2015

6 books added to the books published section:

Kaufman, J.B.: Pinocchio: The Disney Epic published by Walt Disney Family Foundation Press; 2015.
One of the best books of 2015.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 7: "March Of The Zombies" published by Fantagraphics; 2015.
Splendid. A "must have" like all the other volumes of this series.

Poehler, Amy: The Art of Inside Out published by Chronicle Books; 2015.
A beautiful addition to a great series.

O'Day, Tim; Kidney, Kevin: Disneyland Resort: A Celebration of New Magic and Fond Memories published by Disney Editions; 2015.
One of the best souvenir books to date.

Moran, Christian: Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow: Walt Disney and Technology published by Theme Park Press; 2015.
Some new information.

Kriste, Andrew: A Historical Tour of Walt Disney World published by Theme Park Press; 2015.
Some good stories.

2 books added in the books to come section:

Lesjak, David: In the Service of the Red Cross - Walt Disney's Early Adventures published by Theme Park Press; 2015.
Fascinating and meticulously researched. A "must read".

Koenig, David: The People V. Disneyland: How Lawsuits & Lawyers Transformed the Magic published by Bonaventure Press; 2015.

March 13, 2015

3 books added to the books published section:

Solomon, Charles: A Wish Your Heart Makes: From the Grimm Brothers' Aschenputtel to Disney's Cinderella published by Disney Editions; 2015.
A good book if not a great one.

Van Eaton, Mike: The Story of Disneyland - An Exhibition and Sale published by Van Eaton Galleries; 2015.
This is such a lavish and detailed catalog, that it has to be included in your library of books about the history of Disneyland.

Keogh, Peter: The Mouseketeers Down Under: A Personal Memoir published by Theme Park Press; 2015.
If you have to read everything ever written about the Mickey Mouse Club, then this very short new Kindle book is for you. It contains the fun story of the visit of the original Mickey Mouse Club to Australia, complete with rare photos of the visit. Definitely not a "must-have" but an entertaining read for the MMM-fanatics.

4 books added in the books to come section:

Hahn, Don; Miller-Zarneke, Tracey: Before Ever After: The Lost Lectures of Walt Disney's Animation Studio published by Disney Editions; 2015.

Bossert, Dave: Dali & Disney: Destino: The Story, Artwork, and Friendship Behind the Legendary Film published by Disney Editions; 2015.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 8: "The Tomorrow Wars" published by Fantagraphics; 2015.

Sklar, Marty: One Little Spark: Mickey's Ten Commandments and the Road to Imagineering published by Disney Editions; 2015.

January 24, 2015

14 books added to the books published section:

Ghez, Didier: Walt's People - Volume 15 published by Theme Park Press; 2014.

Barrier, Michael: Funnybooks: The Improbable Glories of the Best American Comic Books published by University of California Press; 2014.
A masterpiece.

Hulett, Steve: Mouse in Transition: An Insider's Look at Disney Feature Animation published by Theme Park Press; 2014.
A wonderful autobiography. A "must-have".

Tumbush, Tom: Tomart's Merchadise History of Disneyana - Disney Merchandise of the 1930s published by Tomart Publications; 2014.
The definitive volume on a fascinating subject. Hundreds of illustrations.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 6: "Lost In Lands Long Ago" published by Fantagraphics; 2014.
One more volume in a great series.

Stark, Bruce: Black Sheep in Tokyo the Confessions of a Robotics Electrician published by Krats Publishing; 2014.
A fun, short read. The adventures of one of Toky Disneyland's electricians.

Emanuelsson, Lars; Ekman, Oskar: Gustaf Tenggren published by Kartago Forlag; 2014.
Finally an in-depth biography about Tenggren. In Swedish, unfortunately.

Scaramucci, Janis: A Century of Magic: The Animation of the Walt Disney Studio published by Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art University of Oklahoma; 2011.
Catalog of a 2011 exhibition of Disney cels. Really not a "must have". Only cels in here, nothing more exciting.

Jackson, Kathy Merlock; West Mark I.: Walt Disney, from Reader to Storyteller: Essays on the Literary Inspirations published by Mcfarland & Co; 2014.
A few good essays, but too expensive for what it is.

Kurtti, Jeff: Sleeping Beauty Castle - Building the Most Magical Castle on Earth published by Sterling Innovation; 2015.
A fun read.

Schilling, Peter: Carl Barks' Donald Duck: Your Average American published by Uncivilized Books; 2014.
Not a must-have.

Silvester, William: The Adventures of Young Walt Disney published by Theme Park Press; 2014.

Silvester, William: Handbook of Disney on Stamps published by American Topical Assoc.; 2012.

Rovin, Jeff: Of Mice and Mickey: The Complete Guide to the Mickey Mouse Club published by Manor Books Inc.; 1975.

9 books added to the books published section:

Colvig, Pinto; Pierce, Todd James (editor): It's a Crazy Business published by Theme Park Press; 2015.
The autobiography of Goofy's voice, written in the '40s. One of the most expected books of 2015.

Amendola, Dana: All Aboard: The Wonderful World of Disney Trains published by Disney Editions; 2015.

Santoli Lorraine: Inside the Disney Marketing Machine published by Theme Park Press; 2015.

Silvester, William: Saving Disney: The Roy E. Disney Story published by Theme Park Press; 2015.

Luperchio, Kevin: Disney Movie Posters: From Oswald the Lucky Rabbit to Big Hero 6 published by Disney Editions; 2015.

Poehler, Amy: The Art of Inside Out published by Chronicle Books; 2015.

Paik, Karen: The Art of the Good Dinosaur published by Chronicle Books; 2015.

Author unknown: The Art of Funny published by Chronicle Books; 2015.
The Art of Funny features inspired gags from the creation of all of Pixar’s films to date, from Toy Story to Monsters University, bringing together never-before-published illustrations and doodles from the depths of Pixar’s archives.

Schumacher, Thomas: Theater Essentials published by Disney Editions; 2015.

October 25, 2014

15 books added to the books published section:

Smith, Lella (editor): Marc Davis: Walt Disney's Renaissance Man published by Disney Editions; 2014.
One of the very best Disney history books released in 2014.

Apgar, Garry: A Mickey Mouse Reader published by University Press of Mississippi; 2014.
A very important book. Long overdue.

Baxter, John: Disney During World War II: How the Walt Disney Studio Contributed to Victory in the War published by Disney Editions; 2014.
While not very in-depth, definitely a must-have.

Korkis, Jim: Animation Anecdotes: The Hidden History of Classic American Animation published by Theme Park Press; 2014.
Full of delightful stories.

Korkis, Jim: The Vault of Walt: Volume 3: Even More Unofficial Disney Stories Never Told published by Theme Park Press; 2014.
Another great installment in Jim Korkis' famous series.

Braham, Jeff: The Unauthorized Story of Walt Disney's Haunted Mansion published by Theme Park Press; 2014.
Jeff did his homework and ot shows.

Adler, Arthur C. "Buddy": Walt Disney's Garage of Dreams published by Theme Park Press; 2014.
I love the fact that this book deals not just with the history of Walt's Garage, Adler's acquisition of same, etc., but also with the inner workings of Disney corporate in the 1970s.

Julius, Jessica: The Art of Big Hero 6 published by Chronicle Books; 2014.
I love this series by Chronicle Books.

Miller-Zarneke, Tracey: The Art of Planes published by Chronicle Books; 2014.
This series is consistenly perfect. This book is no exception.

Zupan, Zdravko; Rakezic, Sasa; Ghez, Didier: The Adventures of Mika Mis published by Vuk Markovoc; 2014.
A fantastic reprint of the 1930s Serbian comic version of Mickey Mouse.

Heimbuch, Jeff: Main Street Windows: A Complete Guide to Disney's Whimsical Tributes published by Orchard Hill Press; 2014.
Very comprehensive.

Castagno, Paolo: Casty - Il Nome Sopra Il Titulo published by Il Papersera; 2014.
Another great addition to Paolo's series about Italian Disney comic book artists.

Beaudry, Karl: Disney Destinies: How Passion, Patience, and Determination Can Take Anyone Anywhere published by Theme Park Press; 2014.
A nice little book for beginners.

Weber, Patrick: La Grande Histoire du Journal de Mickey published by Glenat; 2014.

Kotek, Joël; Pasamonik, Didier: Mickey à Gurs: Les Carnets de dessin de Horst Rosenthal published by Calmann-Lévy; 2014.
Totally off-the-beaten-track book reproducing the Mickey Mouse comic book from a WWII prisoner of war. In French.

6 books added in the books to come section:

Tumbush, Tom: Tomart's Merchadise History of Disneyana - Disney Merchandise of the 1930s published by Tomart Publications; 2014.

Ghez, Didier: Walt's People - Volume 15 published by Theme Park Press; 2014.

Ghez, Didier: They Drew As They Pleased - Disney's Golden Age published by Chronicle Books; 2015.

Deja, Andreas: The Nine Old Men: Lessons, Techniques, and Inspiration from Disney's Great Animators published by Focal Press; 2015.

Golberg, Eric: An Animator's Gallery: Eric Goldberg Draws the Disney Characters published by Disney Editions; 2015.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 7: "March Of The Zombies" published by Fantagraphics; 2015.

July 22, 2014

8 books added to the books published section:

Ghez, Didier (editor): Walt's People - Volume 14 published by Theme Park Press; 2013.
The interviews and articles in Walt's People represent a treasure trove of research for Disney scholars—but more important, they're entertaining, down-to-earth stories that will please any fan eager to learn more about Disney. You don't need a Ph.D. in Disney Studies to enjoy the recollections and anecdotes from such Disney luminaries as Admiral Joe Fowler, Bill Justice, Joe Grant, Eddie Sotto, and over half a dozen others.

Canemaker, John: The Lost Notebook: Herman Schultheis & the Secrets of Walt Disney's Movie Magic published by Walt Disney Family Foundation Press; 2014.
An absolute materpiece. John Canemaker's best book to date!

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 5: "Outwits The Phantom Blot" published by Fantagraphics; 2014.
Splendid new instalment in a marvelous series.

Solomon, Charles: Once Upon a Dream: From Perrault's Sleeping Beauty to Disney's Maleficent published by Disney Editions; 2014.
A good book on an interesting subject.

Lesjak, David: Service with Character: The Disney Studios and World War II published by Theme Park Press; 2014.
A very important reference book by a great Disney historian.

Korkis, Jim: Who's the Leader of the Club?: Walt Disney's Leadership Lessons published by Theme Park Press; 2014.
Another very enjoyable book by Jim Korkis.

Burgess, Bobby: Ears & Bubbles: Dancing My Way from The Mickey Mouse Club to The Lawrence Welk Show published by Theme Park Press; 2014.
The autobiography of Mouseketeer Bobby Burgess.

Kober, J. Jeff: Disney's Hollywood Studios published by Theme Park Press; 2014.

5 books added in the books to come section:

Kaufman, J.B.: Pinocchio: The Disney Epic published by Walt Disney Family Foundation Press; 2015.
The most awaited book of 2015.

Apgar, Garry: A Mickey Mouse Reader published by University Press of Mississippi; 2014.
A very important book. Long overdue.

Solomon, Charles: A Wish Your Heart Makes: From the Grimm Brothers' Aschenputtel to Disney's Cinderella published by Disney Editions; 2015.

Castagno, Paolo: Casty - Il Nome Sopra Il Titulo published by Il Papersera; 2014.

Jackson, Kathy Merlock; West Mark I.: Walt Disney, from Reader to Storyteller: Essays on the Literary Inspirations published by Mcfarland & Co; 2014.

April 27, 2014

4 books added to the books published section:

Canemaker, John: Magic Color Flair: The World of Mary Blair published by Walt Disney Family Foundation Press; 2014.
Stunning catalog of the Walt Disney Family Museum exhibition. A must-have.

Brightman, Homer; Ghez, Didier (editor): Life in the Mouse House published by Theme Park Press; 2014.
The fascinating autobiography of Disney story artist from the Golden Age, Homer Brightman.

Catmull, Ed; Wallace, Amy: Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration published by Random House; 2014.
The autobiography of Ed Catmull. A great read.

Solomon, Charles: The Art of the Disney Golden Books published by Disney Editions; 2014.
Beautiful book, although a little light text-wise.

4 books added in the books to come section:

Larson, Eric; Ghez, Didier (editor); Campana, Joe (editor): 50 Years in the Mouse House published by Theme Park Press; 2014.

Barrier, Michael: Funnybooks: The Improbable Glories of the Best American Comic Books published by University of California Press; 2014.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 6: "Lost In Lands Long Ago" published by Fantagraphics; 2014.

Baxter, John: Disney During World War II: How the Walt Disney Studio Contributed to Victory in the War published by Disney Editions; 2014.

February 7, 2014

2 books added to the books published section:

Ghez, Didier: Disney's Grand Tour published by Theme Park Press; 2013.
The complete story of Walt's trip to Europe in 1935. Most of the information in this book is brand new. Most of the 60 illustrations have never or seldom been seen before. My best book to date, fruit of close to 25 years of intense research.

Johnson, Jimmy (author); Ehrbar, Greg; Ghez, Didier (editors): Inside the Whimsy Works: My Life with Walt Disney Productions published by University Press of Mississippi; 2014.
The autobiography of the President of the Walt Disney Music Company, written in 1975 and released for the first time. A fascinating look at the world of Disney business and "Roy´s boys."

4 books added in the books to come section:

Brightman, Homer; Ghez, Didier (editor): Life in the Mouse House published by Theme Park Press; 2014.
The fascinating autobiography of Disney story artist from the Golden Age, Homer Brightman.

Smith, Lella (editor): Marc Davis: Walt Disney's Renaissance Man published by Disney Editions; 2014.

Surrell, Jason: WDI and George Lucas (working title) published by Disney Editions; 2015.

Pierce, Todd James: Three Years in Wonderland published by University Press of Mississippi; 2015.
The best history of the early days of Disneyland ever written.

December 15, 2013

9 books added to the books published section:

Sherman, Robert: Moose published by AuthorHouse; 2013.
The long-awaited autobiography of composer Robert Sherman.

Gennaway, Sam: The Disneyland Story: The Unofficial Guide to the Evolution of Walt Disney's Dream published by Unofficial Guides; 2013.
One of the best Disney History books of 2013. The best history of Disneyland to date.

Korkis, Jim: The Book of Mouse: A Celebration of Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse published by Theme Park Press; 2013.
A "must-have" if there was one.

Solomon, Charles: The Art of Frozen published by Chronicle Books; 2013.
The title says it all. An excellent book.

Finch, Christopher: The CG Story: Computer-Generated Animation and Special Effects published by The Monacelli Press; 2013.
Great book. Up to Finch's usual standards of excellence.

Barli, Jonathan: VIP: The Mad World of Virgil Partch published by Fantagraphics; 2013.
Contains a great section about VIP's Disney career.

Berger, Adam M.: Every Guest is a Hero: Disney's Theme Parks and the Magic of Mythic Storytelling published by BCA Press; 2013.

Hardin, Terri: Tales From Terri: A Disney Sculptor's Life - Volume one published by Terri Hardin; 2013.

Arnold, Mark: Frozen in Ice published by BearManor Media; 2013.
Extremely disappointing. Just a collection of synopses.

1 book added in the books to come section:

Catmull, Ed; Wallace, Amy: Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration published by Random House; 2014.

October 26, 2013

9 books added to the books published section:

Johnson, Mindy: Tinker Bell - An Evolution published by Disney Editions; 2013.
One of the very best Disney-history books of 2013.

Bossert, Dave: Remembering Roy E. Disney: Memories and Photos of a Storied Life published by Disney Editions; 2013.
A beautiful homage to a fascinating human being.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Color Sundays: "Robin Hood Rides Again" published by Fantagraphics; 2013.
Another fantastic instalment in this "must-have" series.

Labrie, Michael: Water to Paper, Paint to Sky: The Art of Tyrus Wong published by Walt Disney Family Foundation Press; 2013.
The book we had all been awaiting about Tyrus Wong!

Polson, Tod: The Noble Approach: Art and Designs of Maurice Noble published by Chronicle Books; 2013.
Not much about Disney, but still a must-have for animation art and animation history enthusiasts.

Korkis, Jim: The Vault of Walt: Volume 2 published by Theme Park Press; 2013.
The second volume in Jim's fascinating series

Vesterinen, Jukka: Disney-keräilijän opas published by Alfamer/Karisto; 2013.
A great book, in Finnish about early Disneyana in Finland. Wonderfully illustrated.

Bancroft, Tony: Directing for Animation: Behind the Scenes with Animation Greats published by Focal Press; 2012.
A great book from one of the best professionals in the field.

Meyer, Bernard (editor): Dream and Fantasy - Cruise Ships for Disney Cruise Line published by Meyer Werft Papenburg; 2013.
Beautiful small book about the creation of the Dream and Fantasy ships.

7 books added in the books to come section:

Solomon, Charles: The Art of Frozen published by Chronicle Books; 2013.

Solomon, Charles: The Art of the Disney Golden Books published by Disney Editions; 2014.

Solomon, Charles: Once Upon a Dream: From Perrault's Sleeping Beauty to Disney's Maleficent published by Disney Editions; 2014.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 5: "Outwits The Phantom Blot" published by Fantagraphics; 2014.

Barli, Jonathan: VIP: The Mad World of Virgil Partch published by Fantagraphics; 2013.
Contains a great section about VIP's Disney career.

Finch, Christopher: The CG Story: Computer-Generated Animation and Special Effects published by The Monacelli Press; 2013.

Arnold, Mark: Frozen in Ice published by BearManor Media; 2013.

August 11, 2013

19 books added to the books published section:

Ghez, Didier (editor): Walt's People - Volume 13 published by Theme Park Press; 2013.
Volume 13, the first published by Theme Park Press with an improved layout and stringent editing, features such Disney legends as Roy E. Disney, Blaine Gibson, X Atencio, Fess Parker, Don Iwerks, Bob Moore, Tony Baxter, Floyd Gottfredson, and over twenty other Disney notables who reminisce about careers spanning from the 1920s through the present.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: Color Sundays Vol. 1 "Call Of The Wild published by Fantagraphics; 2013.
One of the best Disney History books of 2013.

Lambert, Pierre: La Belle au Bois Dormant published by Editions de L'Ecole George Méliès; 2013.
Another masterpiece from Pierre Lambert, this time about Sleeping Beauty.

Sklar, Marty: Dream It! Do It! (The People, The Places, The Projects): My Half-Century Creating Disney's Magic Kingdoms published by Disney Editions; 2013.
The highly anticipated autobiography of WDI's former President is flawed in many ways, but still a "must have."

Norman, Floyd: Animated Life: A Lifetime of tips, tricks, techniques and stories from a Disney Legend published by Focal Press; 2013.
Floyd's autobiography. Extremely enjoyable like all of Floyd's other books.

Sito, Tom: Moving Innovation: A History of Computer Animation published by The MIT Press; 2013.
A seminal book and a "must read."

Paik, Karen: Art of Monsters University published by Chronicle Books; 2013.
Beautiul book about an enjoyable movie.

Lesjak, David: Service With Character The Disney Studio and World War II published by Amazon Digital Services; 2013.
Excellent ebook. Huge amount of never-seen-before material.

Boschi, Luca (editor): Magica Disney - 3000 Volte Topolino published by Comicon; 2013.
Beautiful catalog in Italian. Lots of never-seen-before documents about Disney comics.

Carroll, Carolyn, Strickland, Brad: Wishing on a Star: The Life of Eddie Carroll published by BearManor Media; 2013.
The biography of one of the voices of Jiminy Cricket. Not much of interest in this one.

Thompson, Morton: Joe, The Wounded Tennis Player published by Doubleday, Doran and Co.; 1945.
One chapter about Morton's experience at the Disney Studio.

Houlberg Hansen, Niels: Egmont & Co. - 50 ar med dansk produktion af Disney-serier published by Damcon.dk; 2009.
Great history of the famous publisher of Disney comics. Written in Danish.

Castagno, Paolo: Topolino Tremila published by Lulu.com; 2013.
Written in Italian.

Bonura, Massimo; Provenzano, Federico; Tamagnini, Luciano (editors): Paperino - Le Inedite Follie Inglesi di William A. Ward published by ANAFI; 2013.
All of William A. Ward Disney stories collected in this great book. In Italian.

Myklebust, Are; Stale Engaas, Jan: Disney I Norge 1928 - 1969 self-published; 2013.
Written in Norwegian. Definitely a must-have for anyone interested in the history of Disney outside of the US.

Tumbush, Tom: Tomart's Disneyana Guide to Magic Kingdom Treasures published by Tomarts Publications; 2013.
A great reference book.

Lipp, Doug: Disney U: How Disney University Develops the World's Most Engaged, Loyal, and Customer-Centric Employees published by McGraw-Hill; 2013.
Great history of the Disney U.

Frankham, David; Holliefield, Jim: Which One Was David? published by BearManor Media; 2012.
excellent autobiography of actor David Frankham which he helped edit. The chapters on David's work for Disney, on One Hundred and One Dalmatians and Ten Who Dared, was obviously the highlight of the book as far as I am concerned. I also enjoyed very much the foreword by our good friend Brian Sibley.

Marzia, Cristina: Provincetown self-published; 2013.
A weird book in Italian about Aurelius Battaglia.

4 books added in the books to come section:

Ghez, Didier: Disney's Grand Tour published by Theme Park Press; 2014.

Johnson, Jimmy (author); Ehrbar, Greg; Ghez, Didier (editors): Inside the Whimsy Works: My Life with Walt Disney Productions published by University Press of Mississippi; 2014.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Color Sundays: "Robin Hood Rides Again" published by Fantagraphics; 2013.

Apgar, Garry: Mickey Mouse: Emblem of the American Spirit published by Walt Disney Family Foundation Press; 2014.

February 23, 2013

9 books added to the books published section:

Korkis, Jim: Who's Afraid of the Song of the South? and Other Forbidden Disney Stories published by Theme Park Press; 2012.
The ultimate book about the making of of Song of the South (no illustrations) plus some marvelous essays about other Disney "mysteries". A must-have.

Korkis, Jim: The Revised Vault of Walt: Unofficial, Unauthorized, Uncensored Disney Stories Never Told published by Theme Park Press; 2012.
Definitely worth picking up. Well written, well edited and full of new information.

Farber, R.H.: Walt Disney - Saving America's Lost Generation published by Collectible Connection Ltd; 2012.

Mezzavilla, Silvano (editor): Cento Per Cento Cavazzano published by Edizioni If; 2007.
Nice little monograph about the Italian Disney artist Giorgio Cavazzano. In Italian.

Flores, Russell: Seen, Un-Seen Disneyland: What You See at Disneyland, but Never Really See published by Synergy Books Publishing; 2012.
A nice little book about Disneyland hidden details. Nicely researched.

Docter, Pete: Walt Disney Animation Studios The Archive Series: Walt Disney's Nine Old Men: The Flipbooks published by Disney Editions; 2013.
A beautiful product, but a slightly weird concept.

Barrett, Steven: Hidden Mickeys Go To Sea: A Field Guide to the Disney Cruise Line's Best Kept Secrets published by The Intrepid Traveler; 2013.
Nice addition to this fun series.

Fonte, Jorge: John Lasseter published by Catedra; 2013.
No illustrations. In Spanish. Very well researched.

Sperb, Jason: Disney's Most Notorious Film: Race, Convergence, and the Hidden Histories of Song of the South published by University of Texas Press; 2012.
Too verbose for me.

3 books added in the books to come section:

Paik, Karen: Art of Monsters University published by Chronicle Books; 2013.

Gennaway, Sam: The Disneyland That Was, Is, and Never Will Be: A Biography of an American Institution published by Clerisy Press; 2013.

Lindquist, Jack: Before, During, And After The Mouse...A Maverick's Look At A Pretty Amazing, Exciting, Lucky Life published by Neverland Media; 2013.

December 2, 2012

8 books added to the books published section:

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: "House Of The Seven Haunts!" published by Fantagraphics Books; 2011.
The fourth volume in a really great series.

Crump, Rolly; Heimbuch, Jeff: It's Kind of a Cute Story published by Bamboo Forest Publishing; 2012.
The autobiography of Rolly Crump. A "must-have."

Malone, Maggie; Lee Monn, Jennifer: The Art of Wreck-It Ralph published by Chronicle Books; 2012.
A beautiful book about a great movie.

McKimson Jr., Robert: "I Say, I Say . . . Son!": A Tribute to Legendary Animators Bob, Chuck, and Tom McKimson published by Santa Monica Press; 2012.
The link with Disney history is not very strong, but this is a must-have.

Schmidt, Chuck: Disney's Dream Weavers: The Visionaries Who Shaped Disneyland, Freedomland, the New York World's Fair and Walt Disney World-and the ties that bind them published by Dog Ear Publishing; 2012.
An excellent, short read, based on interviews conducted by Chuck Schmidt with various Disney Legends including Van France, Marty Sklar and a few others. Worth picking up.

Boshi, Luca; Gori, Leonardo; Sani, Andrea: I Disney Italiani published by NPE; 2012.
A new version of the bible about the history of Disney comics in Italy. In two volumes this time around. A "must-have." Written in Italian.

Douglass, Don: Another Book published by Don Douglass; date unknown.
The incredibly rare autobiography of former Disney background artist Don Douglass.

Pedersen, R.A.: The Epcot Explorer's Encyclopedia: A Guide to Walt Disney World's Greatest Theme Park published by CreateSpace; 2012.
Nice to have for true EPCOT fans.

3 books added in the books to come section:

Korkis, Jim: Who's Afraid of the Song of the South? and Other Forbidden Disney Stories published by Theme Park Press; 2012.
The ultimate book about the making of of Song of the South (no illustrations) plus some marvelous essays about other Disney "mysteries". A must-have.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: Color Sundays Vol. 1 "Call Of The Wild" published by Fantagraphics; 2013.
One of the most anticipated books of 2013.

Polson, Tod: The Noble Approach: Art and Designs of Maurice Noble published by Chronicle Books; 2013.

October 19, 2012

12 books added to the books published section:

Ghez, Didier (editor): Walt's People - Volume 12 published by Xlibris; 2012.
Walt’s People - Volume 12 features in-depth interviews with Milt Albright, Lloyd Beebe, Bill Bosché, Olive Bosché, Les Clark, Larry Clemmons, Evelyn Coats, Del Connell, Jack Couffer, Alice Disney Allen, Charlie Downs, Al Eugster, Sammy Fain, Warren Garst, Theo Halladay about Sylvia Holland, Marge Hudson, Kim Irvine, Milt Kahl, Ralph Kent, Jack Kloepper, Burny Mattinson, Paul Murry, Mel Shaw, ans Leota Toombs.

Kaufman, JB: The Fairest One of All: The Making of Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs published by Weldon Owen; 2012.
The best Disney history book of 2012.

Kaufman, JB: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: The Art and Creation of Walt Disney's Classic Animated Film published by Weldon Owen; 2012.
The catalog of the Snow White exhibition held at the Walt Disney Family Museum. Beautiful and huge.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: "High Noon at Inferno Gulch" published by Fantagraphics Books; 2012.
The third volume in a really great series.

Becattini, Alberto: Disney in Italia - I Libri Illustrati 1932-1975 published by Mencaroni Editore; 2012.
A great reference book. In Italian.

Blum, Geoffrey: Carl Barks - Die Ölgemälde published by Ehapa Comic Collection; 2012.
All the paintings by Barks are collected in this huge and beautiful art book. Written in German.

Lapidus, Alan: Everything by Design: My Life as an Architect published by St. Martin's Press; 2007.
The autobiography of one of the architects of the hotels of Walt Disney World. A few good stories.

Tokyo DisneySea Chronicle published by Kodansha; 2011.
The history of Tokyo DisneySea first 10 years. Written in Japanese.

Shinoyama, Kishin: Magic - Kishin Shinoyama at Tokyo Disney Resort published by Kodansha; 2011.
Beautiful photos.

Shinoyama, Kishin: New Magic - Kishin Shinoyama at Tokyo Disney Resort published by Kodansha; 2011.
Beautiful photos.

Lange, Jeff; Yee, Kevin: Epcot: The First Thirty Years : An Unofficial Retrospective published by Enchanted Swampland; 2012.
Not a great book.

Shue, Ken (editor): A Disney Sketchbook published by Disney Editions; 2012.
A disappointing book.

2 books added in the books to come section:

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: "House Of The Seven Haunts!" published by Fantagraphics Books; 2011.
The fourth volume in a really great series.

Boshi, Luca; Gori, Leonardo; Sani, Andrea: I Disney Italiani published by NPE; 2012.
A new version of the bible about the history of Disney comics in Italy. In two volumes this time around. A "must-have." Written in Italian.

August 5, 2012

8 books added to the books published section:

Schneider, Ron: From Dreamer to Dreamfinder: A Life and Lessons Learned in 40 Years Behind a Name Tag published by Bamboo Forest Publishing; 2012.
The memoirs of Walt Disney World’s original stroll-around Dreamfinder and Figment character, as well as the voice of Dreamfinder for parts of the Journey Into Imagination attraction. Pure delight.

Smith, Dave: Disney Trivia from the Vault: Secrets Revealed and Questions Answered published by Disney Editions; 2012.
An excellent read. A good reference book.

Noyer, Jérémie: Entretiens avec un Empire - Recontres avec les Artistes Disney (Volume 3) published by L'Harmattan; 2012.
This volume of interviews should focus on Disneyland Paris. In French.

Solomon, Charles: The Toy Story Films: An Animated Journey published by Disney Editions; 2012.
A few interesting new photos and visual documents and a lot of brand new interviews.

Lark, Max; Clark, Steven: Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives published by The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum; 2012.
The catalog of a major exhibition.

Finnie, Shaun: The World's Toughest Disney Quiz Book published by Lulu.com; 2012.
Nice little book.

Niles, Robert: Stories from a Theme Park Insider published by Niles Online; 2012.
A very good read.

Darcy, Jen; Eastwood, Jennifer: Let the Memories Begin: Impressions of Walt Disney World published by Disney Editions; 2012.
Cute souvenir book.

4 books added in the books to come section:

Bossert, Dave: Roy E. Disney published by Disney Editions; 2013.

Canemaker, John: Secrets of Disney Movie Magic (1938 - 1941): Herman Schultheis and his Special Effects Notebooks published by Weldon Owen; 2013.

Carroll, Carolyn, Strickland, Brad: Wishing on a Star: The Life of Eddie Carroll publisher unknown; 2012.
The biography of the voice of Jiminy Cricket.

Bancroft, Tony: Directing for Animation: Behind the Scenes with Animation Greats published by Focal Press; 2012.

June 2, 2012

5 books added to the books published section:

Gurr, Bob: Design: Just for Fun published by Ape Pen Publishing; 2012.
The long-awaited autobiography of Imagineer Bob Gurr. A "must have".

Handke, Daniel; Hunt, Vanessa: Poster Art of the Disney Parks publisher Disney Editions; 2012.
The long-awaited book about all the Disney parks posters from around the world. A "must-have" for Disney parks enthusiasts.

Noyer, Jérémie, Dugoujon, Mathias: 20 Years of Dreams published by Euro Disney SCA; 2012.
A beautiful and in-depth art-book about 20 years of Disneyland Paris history.

Lerew, Jenny: The Art of Brave published by Chronicle Books; 2012.
A beautiful book about a marvelous movie.

Lee, Newton; Madej, Krystina: Disney Stories: Getting to Digital published by Springer; 2012.

3 books added in the books to come section:

Lambert, Pierre: La Belle au Bois Dormant published by Editions de L'Ecole George Méliès; 2012.
Another masterpiece from Pierre Lambert, this time about Sleeping Beauty.

Schneider, Ron: From Dreamer to Dreamfinder: A Life and Lessons Learned in 40 Years Behind a Name Tag published by Bamboo Forest Publishing; 2012.
The autobiography of Ron “Dreamfinder†Schneider.

Author unknown: The Disney Difference published by Disney Editions; 2012.

April 28, 2012

5 books added to the books published section:

Cowles, Joseph Robert: Recalling Carl: A Pictorial Memoir published by Event Horizon Press; 2012.
This book about Carl Barks is a good read.

Boesch, Christophe; O'Connell, Sanjida: Chimpanzee: The Making of the Film published by Disney Editions; 2012.
The text is well-written. It is beautifully illustrated. It feels like a very long issue of National Geographic.

Fawcett, John: Works of Art Comics published by Moose Mouse Artworks; 1970.
The Disney-related art of a great Disney collector and delightful artist.

Durden, Kent: A Fine and Peaceful Kingdom published by Simon & Schuster; 1975.
This other obscure book by Kent Durden includes a few stories focusing on the eagle Lady and her role in several Disney productions.

Durden, Kent: Gifts of an Eagle published by Simon & Schuster; 1972.
This extremely obscure book by Kent Durden includes two Disney-related chapters focusing on the eagle Lady and her role in several Disney productions.

5 books added in the books to come section:

Kaufman, JB: The Fairest One of All: The Making of Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs published by Weldon Owen; 2012.
The most anticipated Disney history book of 2012.

Kaufman, JB: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: The Art and Creation of Walt Disney's Classic Animated Film published by Weldon Owen; 2012.
The catalog of the Snow White exhibition held at the Walt Disney Family Museum.

Lambert, Pierre: La Belle au Bois Dormant published by Editions de l'Ecole George Melies; 2012.
Huge and splendid art book about the making of Sleeping Beauty.

Malone, Maggie; Lee Monn, Jennifer : The Art of Wreck-It Ralph published by Chronicle Books; 2012.

Sperb, Jason: Disney's Most Notorious Film: Race, Convergence, and the Hidden Histories of Song of the South published by University of Texas Press; 2012.

Schneider, Ron: Memoir [Working title] publisher unknown; 2013.
The memoirs of Walt Disney World’s original stroll-around Dreamfinder and Figment character, as well as the voice of Dreamfinder for parts of the Journey Into Imagination attraction.

March 2, 2012

11 books added to the books published section:

Kallay, William: The Making of Tron: How Tron Changed Visual Effects and Disney Forever published by William Kallay; 2011.
One of the very best Disney history books of 2011.

Tishman, John L.; Shachtman, Tom:Building Tall: My Life and the Invention of Construction Management published by University of Michigan Press; 2011.
The excellent autobiography of John Tishman, supervised, among other things, the building of EPCOT. A whole chapter in this book is dedicated to his experiences with Disney.

Tranberg, Charles:Walt Disney & Recollections of the Disney Studios: 1955-1980 published by BearManor Media; 2012.
The book includes interviews with Fess Parker (Davy Crockett), Tommy Kirk (Old Yeller, The Shaggy Dog), Ann Jillian (Babes in Toyland), Billy Mumy (Rascal), Arthur Hiller (director of Miracle of the White Stallions), Marta Kristen (Savage Sam), James Drury (Pollyanna, Ten Who Dared), Eddie Hodges (Summer Magic, The Happiest Millionaire), Peter Brown (Summer Magic, A Tiger Walks), and many more.

Sherman Freeman, Cathy:A Disney Childhood: Comic Books to Sailing Ships - A Memoir published by BearManor Media; 2012.
Only the first few chapters of the Cathy Sherman Freeman's autobiography deal with her father's (George Sherman, Head of Publications at Walt Disney Studios from the late 1950s to 1974) career at Disney, but Cathy's life is a beautiful and moving one.

Darcy, Jen; Eastwood, Jennifer: Disney in Details published by Disney Editions; 2011.
A short park-exclusive. Fun to read.

Caldwell, Francis F.: Beyond the Trails published by Anchor Pub.; 1998.
The detailed biography of Herb Crisler, one of Disney True-Life Adventures cinematographers.

El Hult, Ruby: An Olympic Mountain Enchantment published by CP Publications; 1989.
The biography of Herb Crisler, one of Disney True-Life Adventures cinematographers.

Boschi, Luca: Bottaro (I magnifici) published by Comma 22; 2011.
An excellent book about the famous Italian Disney comic book artist Luciano Bottaro. Written in Italian.

Badino, Sergio; Caci, Davide: Omaggio a Carlo Chendi. 75... e non sentirli! published by Tunué; 2008.
A great homage to Italian Disney comic book scenarist Carlo Chendi. Written in Italian.

Gori, Leonardo; Gaducci, Fabio; Lama, Sergio: Eccetto Topolino. Lo scontro culturale tra il fascismo e il fumetto published by Nicola Pesce Editore; 2011.
One of the very best Disney history books of 2011. Written in Italian.

Tosti, Andrea: Topolino e il fumetto Disney italiano published by Tunué; 2011.
Nothing new. Written in Italian.

3 books added in the books to come section:

Johnson, Mindy: Tinker Bell - An Evolution published by Disney Editions; 2013.

Norman, Floyd: Animated Life: A Lifetime of tips, tricks, techniques and stories from a Disney Legend published by Focal Press; 2012.

Crump, Rolly; Heimbuch, Jeff: Memoir [Working Title] publisher unknown; 2013.

December 10, 2011

5 books added to the books published section:

Amidi, Amid: The Art of Pixar: 25th Anniv.: The Complete Color Scripts and Select Art from 25 Years of Animation published by Chronicle Books; 2011.
Beautiful book with very little text.

MacLean, Fraser: Setting the Scene: The Art & Evolution of Animation Layout published by Chronicle Books; 2011.
A stunning book, which only lacks a little bit more of historical information.

Schultz, Jason; Yee, Kevin: Jason's Disneyland Almanac published by Zauberreich Press; 2011.
A weird book, but a great reference for some of us.

Tomlinson, David: Luckier Than Most: An Autobiography published by Hodder & Stoughton; 1992.
The autobiography of one of the stars of Mary Poppins.

Bastrup, Harold: One Police Officer's Experiences: Deputy Sheriff to Chief of Police published by 1st Book Library; 1995.
The autobiography of the chief of police of Orange County. Contains quite a few pages about the early days of Disneyland.

5 books added in the books to come section:

Smith, Dave: Disney Trivia from the Vault: Secrets Revealed and Questions Answered published by Disney Editions; 2012.

Lerew, Jenny: The Art of Brave published by Chronicle Books; 2012.

Solomon, Charles: The Toy Story Films: An Animated Journey published by Disney Editions; 2012.

Docter, Pete: Animation Flipbook Box Set published by Disney Editions; 2012.

Lee, Newton; Madej, Krystina: Disney Stories: Getting to Digital published by Springer; 2012.

October 23, 2011

8 books added to the books published section:

Ghez, Didier (editor): Walt's People - Volume 11 published by Xlibris; 2011.
Walt's People - Volume 11 features in-depth interviews with Ray Aragon, Frank Armitage, Brad Bird, Carl Bongirno, Roger Broggie, George Bruns, Ed Catmull, Don R. Christensen, Andreas Deja, Jules Engel, Joe Hale, John Hench, Mark Henn, John Hubley, Glen Keane, Ted Kierscey, Ward Kimball, I. Klein, Mike Lah, Eric Larson, Ed Love, Daniel MacManus, Tom Nabbe, Carl Nater, Dale Oliver, Walt Pfeiffer, Jacques Rupp, David Snyder, Iwao Takamoto, Shirley Temple, Frank Thomas, Ruthie Tompson, and Richard Williams.

Smith, Lella (editor): Walt Disney Animation Studios The Archive Series: Layout & Background published by Disney Editions; 2011.
The 4th instalment in a great series.

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: "Trapped on Treasure Island" published by Fantagraphics Books; 2011.
One of the very best Disney history books of 2011.

Grossman, Austin: Art of Epic Mickey published by Disney Editions; 2011.
Beautiful art book.

Genaway, Sam: Walt and the Promise of Progress City published by Ayefour Publishing; 2011.
Well research and well written.

Hischak, Thomas S.: Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary published by Mcfarland & Co Inc Pub; 2011.
Interesting, but too expensive.

Pigot, Pierre: L'Assassinat de Mickey Mouse published by Presses Universitaires de France; 2011.
Devoid of interest.

Mariano Romero, Francisco Jose: Emocion, cine y memoria: Analisis de las Producciones de Walt Disney y Pixar Animation Studios published by Fundacion Ecoem; 2011.
No interest.

4 books added in the books to come section:

Gurr, Bob: Design: Just for Fun published by Ape Pen Publishing; 2012.
The long-awaited autobiography of Imagineer Bob Gurr.

Cowles, Joseph Robert: Recalling Carl: A Pictorial Memoir publisher unknown; 2011.
This book about Carl Barks should be quite a good read.

Sklar, Marty: Autobiography publisher unknown; 2012.

Ohmer, Susan: The Disney Studio in the '40s [Working Title] publisher unknown; 2012.
Nothing is known about this book yet.

August 24, 2011

7 books added to the books published section:

Ballard, Don: Disneyland Hotel 1954-1959: The Little Motel in the Middle of the Orange Grove published by Don Ballard; 2011.
Full of astounding documents, photographs and information. A "must-have".

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: "Race to Death Valley" published by Fantagraphics Books; 2011.
One of the 5 best Disney history books of 2011.

Chemerka, William R.: Fess Parker: TV's Frontier Hero published by BearManor Media; 2011.
An excellent biography.

Goldmark, Daniel; Keil, Charlie: Funny Pictures: Animation and Comedy in Studio-Era Hollywood published by University of California Press; 2011.
A few good essays about Disney in this book.

Doyle, Mark: The life & works of James Coleman published by Coleman Studios; 1995.
Excellent biography of a great Disney background artist.

Paik, Karen; Queen, Bem: The Art of Cars 2 published by Chronicle Books; 2011.
A good book about a bad movie.

Pallant, Chris: Demystifying Disney: A History of Disney Feature Animation published by Continuum; 2011.
Worthless psychobabble.

4 books added in the books to come section:

Gerstein, David (editor): Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: "Trapped on Treasure Island" published by Fantagraphics Books; 2011.
Can't wait.

Hischak, Thomas S.: Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary published by Mcfarland & Co Inc Pub; 2011.
Probably interesting, but very expensive.

Amidi, Amid: The Art of Pixar: 25th Anniv.: The Complete Color Scripts and Select Art from 25 Years of Animation published by Chronicle Books; 2011.

Sherman, Robert: Moose publisher unknown; 2011.
The long-awaited autobiography of Robert Sherman.

June 11, 2011

10 books added to the books published section:

Susanin, Timothy: Walt before Mickey: Disney's Early Years, 1919-1928 published by University Press of Mississippi; 2011.
One of the best Disney history books of the last decade. Not to be missed in any way, shape or form.

Logan, Ron: Walt Disney Entertainment, A Retrospective Look (1955 - 2000) published by University of Central Florida; 2001.
The "book" has been released as support material for a course that Professor Logan teaches at University of Central Florida. It offers a very interesting history of Disney's live entertainment in the parks, through Logan's and some of his colleagues' recollections. If you decide to order it, it will reach you as 144 not-bound pages (As mentioned it really is seen by Logan as support material for his course, not as a book - although that's what it really is after you bind it).

Webb, Graham: Animated Film Encyclopedia: A Complete Guide to American Shorts, Features, And Sequences, 1900-1979 published by McFarland & Company; 2006.
The tool I had been looking for for years: a place where one can find detailed credits of all the Disney shorts (or at least all the shorts created for general release), including most or all of the animators who worked on each short, the layout artists, the story men, etc!

Harper, John L.: Mineral King: Public concern with government policy published by Pacifica Pub. Co; 1982.
Very serious Disney-related history at its best.

Huddleston, Robert: Edmundo published by Virtualbookworm.com Publishing; 2007.
A very astonishing book about Disney's representative in Spain in the '40s.

Castagno, Paolo: Don Rosa - A Little Something Special published by Il Papersera; 2011.
If you enjoy Don Rosa comic books (and if you don't it's certainly because you have never read any of them yet), then this new book edited by Paolo Castagno (in Italian and English) is probably for you. Paolo has gathered the very best historians of Disney comics for this volume, which will probably become a "must have."

Pedersen, R.A.: The Epcot Explorer's Encyclopedia: A guide to the flora, fauna, and fun of the world's greatest theme park! published by CreateSpace; 2011.
Pretty well done.

Barrett, Amanda: Disney Nature: African Cats: The Story Behind the Film published by Disney Editions; 2011.
The text is well-written. It is beautifully illustrated. It feels like a very long issue of National Geographic. My only reservation is the fact that it does not feature any image about the making of the movie. In other words no photos of men and women actually shooting it. And no words about pre-production work.

Blasser Riley, Gail: Wah Ming Chang: Artist and Master of Special Effects published by Enslow Publishers; 1995.
Although this book is aimed at kids, it contains a few good bits and pieces about former Disney Character Model Department artist Wah Ming Chang.

Hahn, Don: Brain Storm: Unleashing Your Creative Self published by Disney Editions; 2011.
This is basically a new, completely updated and expanded version on Don's previous book, Dancing Corn Dogs in the Night.

2 books added in the books to come section:

Friedman, Jack: Art Babbitt publisher unknown; 2012.
Can't wait to read this definitive biography of Art.

MacLean, Fraser: Setting the Scene: The Art & Evolution of Animation Layout published by Chronicle Books; 2011.

March 27, 2011

9 books added to the books published section:

Peri, Don: Working with Disney: Interviews with Animators, Producers, and Artists published by University Press of Mississippi; 2011.
Without a doubt one of the key Disney history books of 2011. Includes interviews with X Atencio, Sharon Baird, Joyce Belanger (early Disneyland cast member), Bobby Burgess, John Catone (early Disneyland cast member), Marc Davis, Lou Debney, Van France, Dave Hand, Ollie Johnston, Bill Justice, Walter Lantz, Lance Nolley, Frank Thomas, and Frenchy de Tremaudan.

Emerson, Chad (editor): Four Decades of Magic published by Ayefour Publishing; 2011.
A good collection of excellent essays about the history of Walt Disney World.

Potter, William E.: Engineer Memoirs published by University Press of the Pacific; 2005.
A long and fascinating interview with a Disney Legend Joe Potter. Too little about Potter's Disney career, though.

Tague, Lowry: Divine frequency: The memoirs of Lowry Tague published by Exposition Press; 1962.
Lowry Tague (known at the time as Lorey Tague) was one of Disney's artists during the Laugh-O-Grams years. Unfortunately the book contains only a few lines about his Disney career.

Castagno, Paolo (editor): Massimo De Vita - Il Cugino di Alf published by Lulu; 2010.
If you read Italian and enjoy the history of Disney comics, here is another book that might be worth getting.

Bowdoin Van Riper, A.: Learning from Mickey, Donald and Walt: Essays on Disney's Edutainment Films published by McFarland & Company; 2011.
A collection of very good and very-well-researched.

Stein, Andi: Why We Love Disney: The Power of the Disney Brand published by Peter Lang Publishing; 2011.
Uninteresting.

Maru, Tory: Apple's Cores: Steve Jobs and the Power of Passion published by Kindle; 2011.
Uninteresting (in three parts).

Aubron, Hervé: Génie de Pixar published by Capricci Editions; 2011.
Uninteresting. Written in French.

2 books added in the books to come section:

Amidi, Amid: The Art of Pixar: 25th Anniv.: The Complete Color Scripts and Select Art from 25 Years of Animation published by Chronicle Books; 2011.

Noyer, Jérémie: Entretiens avec un Empire - Recontres avec les Artistes Disney (Volume 3) published by L'Harmattan; 2011.
This volume of interviews should focus on Disneyland Paris.

January 30, 2011

21 books added to the books published section:

Ghez, Didier (editor): Walt's People - Volume 10 published by Xlibris; 2011.
Walt’s People - Volume 10 features in-depth interviews conducted by Bob Thomas with James Algar, Bill Anderson, Ken Anderson, Roger Broggie, George Bruns, Harriet Burns, Larry Clemmons, Bill Cottrell, Marc Davis, Marvin Davis, Edna Disney, Lillian Disney, Roy E. Disney, Walt Disney, Robert Foster, Joe Fowler, Hazel George, Harper Goff, John Hench, Winston Hibler, Dick Huemer, Dick Irvine, Ub Iwerks, Wilfred Jackson, Ollie Johnston, Milt Kahl, Ward Kimball, John Lounsbery, Ham Luske, Walt Pfeiffer, Joe Potter, Woolie Reitherman, Wathel Rogers, Herb Ryman, Robert Stevenson, Donn Tatum, Frank Thomas, Dolores Voght, Card Walker, and Bill Walsh.

Smith, Jim: Picturing the Walt Disney Family Museum published by The Walt Disney Family Foundation; 2010.
A beautiful souvenir book.

Huntington, Grace: Please Let Me Fly! published by Lulu.com; 2010.
The autobiography of Disney's first storywoman. A great document.

Williamson, Sher: A Biography of Boyd Shaffer published by iUniverse; 2004.
This biography of one of the True-Life Adventures artist and naturalist is unfortunately full of inaccuracies.

Kurtti, Jeff: Disney Cruise Line: Welcome Aboard! The Creation of the Disney Dream published by Disney Editions; 2011.
The title says it all. Short, but not completely devoid of interest.

Crisler, Lois: Arctic Wild: The Remarkable True Story of One Couple's Adventures Living Among Wolves published by The Lyons Press; 1996.
The adventures of Herb and Lois Crisler when they were filming Disney True-Life Adventure White Wilderness.

Pettingill, Eleanor Rice: Penguin Summer: An Adventure with the Birds of the Falkland Islands published by C.N. Potter; 1960.
An excellent book about the adventures of one of Disney True-Life Adventure naturalist.

Yee, Kevin: Walt Disney World Hidden History: Remnants of Former Attractions and Other Tributes published by Ultimate Orlando Press; 2010.
An excellent reference book.

Garvin, John: After Carl Barks: Painting Fine-Art Cartoons in Oils published by Enchanted Images; 2011.
Some astounding visual documents in this excellent book.

Alcorn, Steve: Theme Park Design: Behind The Scenes With An Engineer published by CreateSpace; 2010.
A weak book from a good author.

Merlock Jackson, Kathy: Disneyland and Culture: Essays on the Parks and Their Influence published by McFarland; 2011.
More uninteresting psychobabble.

Bodden, Valerie: Built for Success: The Story of Disney published by Creative Paperbacks; 2011.
A biography for kids. Nothing new.

Chendi, Carlo; Badino, S.: Da Paperinik a PK – Viaggio fra i supereroi Disney published by Tunue; 2009.
In English and Italian. A very good book about Italian Disney super-heroes.

Faraci, Tito; Baricco, Alessandro; Cavazzano, Giorgio: La Vera Storia Di Novecento published by The Walt Disney Company Italia; 2010.
THis excellent Italian Disney comic book contains an great making-of section (in Italian).

Barbera, Alessandro: Camereta Topolino published by Nuovi Equilibri; 2001.
Psychobabble in Italian.

Todisco, Serena: L'Ideologia di Walt Disney published by Prospettiva Editrice; 2008.
More psychobabble in Italian.

Pietrini, Daniela: Parola di Papero - Storia e tecniche della lingua dei fumetti di Disney published by Cesati; 2009.
A fun read in Italian.

Narciso, Massimiliano: Walt Disney - The Dark Side of Dumbo published by Bevivino; 2004.
In Italian. Without interest.

Aicardi, Gianluca: Pixar Inc. Storia della Disney del Terzo Millennio published by Tunue; 2007.
In Italian. Nothing new.

Lasagna, Roberto: Walt Disney e il Cinema published by Falsopiano; 2002.
In Italian. Nothing new.

Loncrini, G. Luca: In principio era Biancaneve - Dalla narrativa alla saggistica published by Alberti & C.; 2010.
In Italian.

4 books added in the books to come section:

Emerson, Chad (editor): Four Decades of Magic published by Ayefour Publishing; 2011.
A great collection of essays about the history of Walt Disney World. A must-have.

Stein, Andi: Why We Love Disney: The Power of the Disney Brand published by Peter Lang Publishing; 2011.
Uninteresting.

Paik, Karen; Queen, Bem: The Art of Cars 2 published by Chronicle Books; 2011.

Solomon, Charles: The Art of the Toy Story Trilogy [Working Title] published by Chronicle Books; 2011.

December 5, 2010

9 books added to the books published section:

Smith, Lella (editor): Walt Disney Animation Studios The Archive Series: Design published by Disney Editions; 2010.
The best installment in a great series.

Lindquist, Jack; Combs, Melissa J.: In Service to the Mouse published by Neverland Media; 2010.
The autobiography of Disneyland's first president. A "must have".

Lanpher, Dorse A.: Flyin' Chunks and Other Things to Duck: Memoirs of a Life Spent Doodling for Dollars published by iUniverse.com; 2010.
One of my favorite Disney-related books of 2010.

Furniss, Maureen: Animation - Art and Industry published by John Libbey Publishing; 2009.
The essays by Charles Solomon about Disney's wartime cartoons and by J.B. Kaufman about Margaret Winkler make this book a worthwhile addition to our libraries.

Noyer, Jérémie: Entretiens avec un Empire - Recontres avec les Artistes Disney (2 volumes) published by L'Harmattan; 2010.
Jérémie Noyer's interviews with Disney artists collected in two excellent volumes in French.

Kurtti, Jeff: Art of Tangled published by Chronicle Books; 2010.
Excellent author, excellent series, great book (better even than the movie itself).

Springer, Justin; Kosinski, Joseph; Gilford, Darren: The Art and Making of Tron: Legacy published by Disney Editions; 2010.
Not a "must have" but a very good book nonetheless.

Roffat, Sebastien: Propagandes animées - Le dessin animé politique entre 1933 et 1945 published by Bazaar&Co; 2010.
A good book in French, not so much from a Disney history point of view than from the point of view of the non-Disney cartoons that are discussed.

Carradine, Richard: The Park After Dark published by CreateSpace; 2010.
A fun book but clearly not indispensable.

3 books added in the books to come section:

Smith, Jim: Picturing the Walt Disney Family Museum published by The Walt Disney Family Foundation; 2010.
A beautiful souvenir book.

Merlock Jackson, Kathy: Disneyland and Culture: Essays on the Parks and Their Influence published by McFarland; 2011.
More uninteresting psychobabble.

Pallant, Chris: Demystifying Disney: A History of Disney Feature Animation published by Continuum; 2010.
Worthless psychobabble.

October 30, 2010

4 books added to the books published section:

Armstrong, Jennifer: Why? Because We Still Like You: An Oral History of the Mickey Mouse Club published by Grand Central Publishing; 2010.
I love oral histories and therefore enjoy this book immensly.

Annakin, Ken: So you wanna be a director? published by Tomahawk Press; 2001.
The fascinating autobiography of the director of 4 of Disney's best live-action movies. A "must read" if the subject interests you.

Beebe, Lloyd: Wilderness Trails and a Dream published by Olympic Graphic Arts; 1992.
The autobiography of one of the most important cinematographers of Disney's True-Life Adventures and nature-related movies. A "must read" if the subject interests you.

Adamson, Joe: Byron Haskin published by The Scarecrow Press; 1984.
A long oral history with the director of Disney's Treasure Island. An excellent read.

4 books added in the books to come section:

Lindquist, Jack; Combs, Melissa J.: In Service to the Mouse published by Neverland Media; 2010.
The autobiography of Disneyland's first president. Can't wait.

Susanin, Timothy: Walt before Mickey: Disney's Early Years, 1919-1928 published by University Press of Mississippi; 2011.
One of the best Disney history books of the last decade. Not to be missed in any way, shape or form.

Unknown: The Art of Epic Mickey published by Disney Editions; 2011.

Roffat, Sebastien: Propagandes animées - Le dessin animé politique entre 1933 et 1945 published by Bazaar&Co; 2010.
If Sebastien did his homework well, this book in French could be excellent.

September 24, 2010

6 books added to the books published section:

Korkis, Jim: The Vault of Walt published by Ayfour; 2010.
A must have. Very clearly one of the very best Disney books of 2010.

Beiman, Nancy: Animated Performance published by AVA Press; 2010.
An excellent book aimed at animation students that also happens to contain interviews with Art Babbitt, Woolie Reitherman, and Ward Kimball. Can't wait.

Leaphart, David: Walt Disney World Railroads Part 1 Fort Wilderness Railroad published by Lulu; 2010.
Excellent book on a very specialized subject.

Leaphart, David: Fort Wilderness Railroad Gallery Companion published by Lulu; 2010.
A companion to David's first excellent book on a very specialized subject.

Beardwood, Valerie: The Still Hunt: The Story of Naturalist-Wildlife Photographer, Jack Couffer published by McKay; 1965.
The biography of one of the men who worked on many of Disney's True-Life Adventures. An excellent read.

Eisner, Michael: Working Together: Why Great Partnerships Succeed published by HarperBusiness; 2011.
Readable if not great.

4 books added in the books to come section:

Bowdoin Van Riper, A.: Learning from Mickey, Donald and Walt: Essays on Disney's Edutainment Films published by McFarland & Company; 2011.
A collection of essays that has the potential to be extremely interesting if well researched and well written.

Myklebust, Are; Staale Engaas, Jan: Disney in Norway publisher unknown; 2011.
Despite the fact that this booklet will be written in Norwegian, it should contain enough illustrations to make it a fascinating volume to non-Norwegian speakers.

Pegoraro, Celbi: Disney No Brasil publisher unknown; 2011.
Written in Portuguese. A fantastic resource for Disney historians.

Merritt, Chris: Disney Park Posters [working title] publisher Disney Editions; 2011.

August 15, 2010

9 books added to the books published section:

Canemaker, John: Two Guys Named Joe: Master Animation Storytellers Joe Grant and Joe Ranft published by Disney Editions; 2010.
Needless to say, this is a must-have and a must-read. The best Disney history book of 2010.

Solomon, Charles: Tales As Old As Time (The Art of Beauty and the Beast) published by Disney Editions; 2010.
Great research and lots of never-seen-before illustrations (including several paintings by Mel Shaw) makes this the best book ever released on this jewel of Disney's New Golden Age of Animation.

Couffer, Jack: The Lion and the Giraffe: A Naturalist's Life In the Movie Business published by BearManor Media; 2010.
A page-turner and a great book from a Disney history point of view, the autobiography of cinematographer Jack Couffer is full of fascinating stories about his work for Disney, including the movie created for the never-built African Pavillion at EPCOT.

Imagineers, The: The Imagineering Field Guide to Disney's Hollywood Studios published by Disney Editions; 2010.
New installment in a good series.

Fogarty, Lori (introduction): Pixar - 25 Years of Animation published by Chronicle Books; 2010.
The beautiful catalog of the massive Pixar exhibition that took place in 2010 and 2011 at the Oakland Museum of California.

Kurtti, Jeff: Disneyland--From Once Upon a Time to Happily Ever After published by Disney Editions; 2010.
A nice little book that shows Disneyland as it was in the '50s and as it is today. Nice to have for park enthusiasts.

Norman, Floyd: Disk Drive published by Blurb; 2010.
Floyd Norman's new collection of animation-related gag drawings. Delightful.

Krasniewicz, Louise; Blitz, Michael: Walt Disney: A Biography published by Greenwood Pub Group; 2010.
Not a bad book, but nothing new in it.

Telotte, J.P.: Animating Space: From Mickey to WALL-E published by The University Press of Kentucky; 2010.
Psycho-babble. No interest.

2 books added in the books to come section:

Armstrong, Jennifer: Why? Because We Still Like You: An Oral History of the Mickey Mouse Club published by Grand Central Publishing; 2010.
I love oral histories and therefore can't wait to get this book.

Kurtti, Jeff: Disney Cruise Line: Welcome Aboard! The Creation of the Disney Dream published by Disney Editions; 2011.
The title says it all.

June 13, 2010

4 books added to the books published section:

Ghez, Didier: Walt's People - Volume 9 published by Xlibris; 2010.
Walt's People - Volume 9 features in-depth interviews with Ken Anderson, Art Babbitt, Jack Bradbury and Mary Jim Carp, Paul Carlson, Les Clark, Jack Cutting, Jack Ferges, Bob Foster, Joe and Jennie Grant, Victor Haboush, Thurston Harper, Fred Joerger, Ollie Johnston, Bob Jones, Margaret Kerry, Burny Mattinson, Frank McSavage, Bill Melendez, Ken O’Connor, Walt Peregoy, Thor Putman, Fanny Rabin about Art Babbitt, Art Scott, Tom Sito, Julie Svendsen, and Berny Wolf.

Malmberg, Melody: Walt Disney Imagineering: A Behind the Dreams Look at Making More Magic Real published by Disney Editions; 2010.
One of the best books of 2010. Great stories and never-seen-before documents. Definitely a "must have".

Solomon, Charles: The Art of Toy Story 3 published by Disney Editions; 2010.
An excellent book about a very good movie.

Merritt, Christopher; Lynxwiler, J. Eric: Knott's Preserved: From Boysenberry to Theme Park, the History of Knott's Berry Farm published by Angel City Press; 2010.
While this book is not about Disney history, it is so well done and contains so many links to it (including a foreword by Disney Imagineer Tony Baxter) that I decided to include it in this list.

1 book added in the books to come section:

Norman, Floyd: Forgotten Disney Artists [Working Title] published by Blurb; 2010.

May 3, 2010

5 books added to the books published section:

Emerson, Chad Denver: Project Future: The Inside Story Behind the Creation of Disney World published by Ayfour Publishing; 2010.
One of the best Disney history books of 2010.

InterDuck: Art of the Duckomenta published by Ehapa; 2010.
What would art history be like if the world had been populated by the Disney Ducks? Fantastic and huge catalog in French, English and German.

Kurtti, Jeff: Disneyland Through the Decades published by Disney Editions; 2010.
A beautiful park exclusive for begginers.

Capodagli, Bill; Jackson, Lynn: Innovate the Pixar Way: Business Lessons from the World's Most Creative Corporate Playground published by McGraw-Hill; 2009.
Not great, not bad.

Booker, Keith M.: Disney, Pixar, and the Hidden Messages of Children's Films published by Praeger; 2009.
More psychobabble.

1 book added in the books to come section:

Kurtti, Jeff: Art of Rapunzel published by Chronicle Books; 2010.
Excellent author, excellent series. I am looking forward to this one.

February 21, 2010

6 books added to the books published section:

Donaldson, John: Warp and Weft: Life Canvas of Herbert Ryman published by Incanio Ltd; 2010.
A very problematic book that needs to be read with an extremely critical mind.

Peri, Don; Burns-Clair, Pam: Walt Disney's First Lady of Imagineering, Harriet Burns published by Donning Publishers; 2010.
This homage to Imagineer Harrier Burns is a "nice to have" for Disney artists enthusiasts.

Norman, Floyd: My Animated Life published by Blurb; 2010.
A great read and an enjoyable look at the Disney Studio from the '50s to the '90s.

Castagno, Paolo: Giorgio Pezzin - Tanto gli strumenti sono solo dipinti published by Il Papersera; 2009.
An excellent book if you love Disney comics and speak Italian.

Kaufman, J.B.: The Walt Disney Family Museum published by Disney Editions; 2009.
Nice little catalog of the Walt Disney Family Museum. Nothing very special in it, though.

Mitchell, Chris: Cast Member Confidential: A Disneyfied Memoir published by Citadel Press; 2010.
Very weak.

3 books added in the books to come section:

Author unknown: The Art and Making of Tron: Legacy published by Disney Editions; 2010.

Krasniewicz, Louise; Blitz, Michael: Walt Disney: A Biography published by Greenwood Pub Group; 2010.
No reliable information on this book yet

Ventura, Fernando: Ze Carioca - No Traço do Canini publisher unknown; 2011.
If you love Disney comics and do speak Portuguese you will want to get that book.

January 2, 2010

4 books added to the books published section:

Kurtti, Jeff: The Art of The Princess and the Frog published by Chronicle Books; 2009.
An excellent book about a good movie.

Kurtti, Jeff: Snow White and the Seven Drawrfs - The Storybook and the Making of a Masterpiece published by Disney Editions; 2009.
This small book came with one of the editions of the Blu-Ray. Much too light.

Smith, Lella: Dreams Come True - Art of the Classic Fairy Tales from the Walt Disney Studio published by Disney Editions; 2009.
A few good things in this 120-page catalog of the exhibition that was held in New Orleans from November 15, 2009 to March 14, 2010.

Tieck, Sarah: Walt Disney (First Biographies) published by Abdo Publishing Company; 2010.
One more kid's biography.

November 13, 2009

10 books added to the books published section:

Ghez, Didier (editor): Walt's People - Volume 8 published by Xlibris; 2009.
Walt's People - Volume 8 features in-depth interviews with Bill Anderson, Dale Baer, Carl Barks, Welton Becket, James Bodrero, Harriet Burns, Les Clark, Bill Cottrell, Lou Debney, Ruth Disney Beecher, Roy E. Disney, Blaine Gibson, Floyd Gottfredson, Don Griffith, Theo Halladay about Sylvia Holland, Jack Hannah, Bud Hester, Jim MacDonald, Herb Ryman, Retta Scott, Ben Sharpsteen, Bob Sherman, Ken Southworth, Robert Stevenson, Al Taliaferro, Donn Tatum, Harry Tytle, Dolores Voght, Card Walker, Tommie Wilck, and Charles Wolcott.

Smith, Lella (editor): Walt Disney Animation Studios The Archive Series: Animation published by Disney Editions; 2009.
A "must-have" in a great series.

Kaufman, JB: South of the Border with Disney: Walt Disney and the Good Neighbor Program 1941-1948 published by Disney Editions; 2009.
The best Disney history book of 2009. A "must-have".

Canemaker, John: The Colors of Mary Blair published by Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo; 2010.
The catalog of the best exhibition about Mary Blair art ever. A astounding book about a fascinating artist. Not to ber missed.

Lambert, Pierre: Le Livre de la Jungle published by Editions de la Martiniere; 2009.
Finally an art book about The Jungle Book. Once again, an absolute jewel.

Blair, Mary (illustrator): Peter Pan published by Disney Press; 2009.
Entirely illustrated by Blair's concept art. Same format as Cinderella and Alice in Wonderland. A must-have.

Hauser, Tim: The Pixar Treasures published by Disney Editions; 2009.
Same creative format as The Disney Treasures. In other words an excellent book.

Revenson, Jody (editor): The Art of the Disney Princess published by Disney Editions; 2009.
In the spirit of The Art of Mickey Mouse and The Art of Winnie the Pooh.

Broggie, Michael: Walt's Words of Wisdom published by The Carolwood Publishing Group; 2009.
Very short. Definitely not a "must have".

Fanning, Jim: Disneyland Challenge published by Disney Editions; 2009.
A nice little introduction to the mysteries of Disneyland.

2 books added in the books to come section:

Singer, Michael: The Answer Is Yes: The Making and Art of Disney's The Sorcerer's Apprentice published by Disney Editions; 2010.
Could be interesting if it contains something about the original Sorcerer's Apprentice.

Emanuelsson, Lars: Gustaf Tenggren published by Unknown; 2010.
Finally an in-depth biography about Tenggren. In Swedish, unfortunately.

September 6, 2009

2 books added to the books published section:

Snyder, Chris: Windows on Main Street published by Disney Editions; 2009.
This books is a "park-exclusive." A bit too short to be a must-have, unfortunately.

Rylant, Cynthia; Tenggren, Gustaf: Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs published by Disney Press; 2009.
Snow White illustrated by Tenggren.

2 books added in the books to come section:

Peri, Don: Working with Walt - Volume 2 [working title] publisher unknown; 2010.

Peri, Don; Burns-Clair, Pam: Walt Disney's First Lady of Imagineering, Harriet Burns published by Donning Publishers; 2010.
This homage to Imagineer Harrier Burns is definitely an art-book to look forward to.

August 21, 2009

4 books added to the books published section:

Boag, Wally; Sands, Gene: Wally Boag The Clown Prince of Disneyland published by Disney Editions; 2009.
Marvelously illustrated and a fascinating read.

Hischak, Thomas; Robinson, Mark A.: The Disney Song Encyclopedia published by The Scarecrow Press; 2009.
A good reference book, but not necessarily a must-have.

Stewart, Whitney: Who Was Walt Disney? published by Grosset and Dunlap; 2009.
One more book for kids.

Newcomb, Chris: Crossing the Berm: The Disney Theme Park as Sacralized Space published by VDM Verlag; 2008.
Psycho-bable. No interest.

3 books added in the books to come section:

Solomon, Charles: The Art of Toy Story 3 published by Disney Editions; 2010.

Kaufman, J.B.: The Walt Disney Family Museum published by Disney Editions; 2009.
MBeautiful catalog of the Walt Disney Family Museum.

Beiman, Nancy: Animated Performance published by AVA Press; 2010.
This book will contain interviews with Art Babbitt, Woolie Reitherman, and Ward Kimball. Can't wait.

June 28, 2009

4 books added to the books published section:

Perine, Robert: Chouinard - An Art Vision Betrayed published by Artra Pub; 1986.
An excellent history of the art school that trained many Disney artists and that would serve as foundation for CalArts.

Nakamura, Masaru: Saigo-no Paredo published by Sanctuary Publishing, Inc.; 2009.
A book in Japanese about guest experiences at Tokyo Disneyland.

Vidal Gonzalez, Rodolfo: La Actividad Propagandista de Walt Disney Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial published by Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca; 2006.
A thesis about Walt Disney during WWII, in Spanish.

Rizzo, Tony: Rizzo's Unofficial Dictionary of the Disney Language - 1st Edition published by Tony Rizzo; 2000.
Weird book. Definitely not a must-have.

3 books added in the books to come section:

Hischak, Thomas; Robinson, Mark A.: The Disney Song Encyclopedia published by The Scarecrow Press; 2009.
If well done this should be a "must-have".

Author unknown: Tales As Old As Time (The Art of Beauty and the Beast) published by Disney Editions; 2010.
Promising title.

Snyder, Chris: Windows on Main Street published by Disney Editions; 2009.
This books is a "park-exclusive." Researched extensively and its author Chuck Snyder conducted many interviews for it. Probably a "must have," because of the insight it gives into the references made in the windows, and also for having a complete list of all Disneyland and WDW windows, which no one has printed up to this point.

June 6, 2009

4 books added to the books published section:

Kurtti, Jeff; Gordon, Bruce: The Art of Walt Disney World published by Disney Editions; 2009.
A great book containing a lot of never-seen-before artwork. A must-have.

Hauser, Tim: The Art of Up published by Chronicle Books; 2009.
A great book in a great series.

Vene, Susan: The Hidden Magic of Walt Disney World: Over 600 Secrets of the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney's Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom published by Adams Media; 2009.
Fun, but not a must-have.

Duvivier, Eleanora: From Mars to Marceline: In Search of Disney published by AuthorHouse; 2009.

1 book added in the books to come section:

Kurtti, Jeff: The Art of The Princess and the Frog published by Disney Editions; 2009.
This should be a good book on what we all hope will be a great movie.

April 5, 2009

7 books added to the books published section:

Stanchfield, Walt; Hahn, Don (editor): Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes, Volume 1: The Walt Stanchfield Lectures published by Focal Press; 2009.
Animation students and artists have awaited those two books for years.

Stanchfield, Walt; Hahn, Don (editor): Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes, Volume 2: The Walt Stanchfield Lectures published by Focal Press; 2009.
Animation students and artists have awaited those two books for years.

Lassell, Michael: The Little Mermaid: From the Deep Blue Sea to the Great White Way published by Disney Editions; 2009.
If you really loved the Broadway musical.

Burr, Lonnie: Confessions of an Accidental Mouseketeer published by BearManor Media; 2009.

Hake, Ted: The Official Price Guide to Mickey Mouse Collectibles published by House of Collectibles; 2008.
Absolutely nothing new in the black and white book.

Tuliara, Toimittanut Pekka: Disney, Aku Mina published by SanomaMagazines; 2007.
The biography of legendary Finnish Disney comics editor Markku Kivekas. Written in Finnish.

Snow, Dennis: Lessons from the Mouse: A Guide for Applying Disney World's Secrets of Success to Your Organization, Your Career, and Lifepublished by DC Press; 2008.
The title says it all.

3 books added in the books to come section:

Kaufman, JB: South of the Border with Disney: Walt Disney and the Good Neighbor Program 1941-1948 published by Disney Editions; 2009.
The most expected book of 2009. A "must-have".

Hauser, Tim: The Pixar Treasures published by Disney Editions; 2009.
Same creative format as The Disney Treasures. In other words "a must-have".

Duvivier, Eleanora: From Mars to Marceline: In Search of Disney published by AuthorHouse; 2009.

February 16, 2009

2 books added to the books published section:

Amidi, Amid: The Art of Pixar Short Films published by Chronicle Books; 2008.
This book is a pure delight.

Takamoto, Iwao: Iwao Takamoto: My Life with a Thousand Characters published by University of Mississippi Press; 2009.
The autobiography of a former Disney artist who also happened to be the creator of Scooby-Doo. Exciting book.

5 books added in the books to come section:

Lambert, Pierre: Le Livre de la Jungle published by Editions de la Martiniere; 2009.
Finally an art book about The Jungle Book. Once again, an absolute jewel.

Smith, Lella (editor): Walt Disney Animation Studios The Archive Series: Animation published by Disney Editions; 2009.

Kurtti, Jeff: Season's Greetings from Disney: Disney Holiday Cards published by Disney Editions; 2009.
The title says it all and I have only one word: "finally".

Blair, Mary (illustrator): Peter Pan published by Disney Press; 2009.
Entirely illustrated by Blair's concept art. Same format as Cinderella and Alice in Wonderland. A must-have.

Unknown: The Art of the Disney Princess published by Disney Editions; 2009.
Apparently not a very interesting book. In the spirit of The Art of Mickey Mouse and The Art of Winnie the Pooh.

February 16, 2009

2 books added to the books published section:

Aloff, Mindy: Hippo in a Tutu: Dancing in Disney Animation published by Disney Editions; 2009.
Well researched. An extremely interesting book, at times difficult to read.

Hoffman, David: Disneyland: Little-Known Facts about Well-Known Places published by Metro Books; 2008.
Fun little book. Definitely not a "must-have".

2 books added in the books to come section:

Laqua, Carsten: Mickey Mouse, Hitler, and Nazi Germany: How Disney's Characters Conquered the Third Reich published by Hermes Press; 2009.
The English version of Carsten's famous 1992 book. Can't wait.

Andrae, Thomas: Creators of Humor in Comic Books published by Hermes Press; 2009.
Fascinating series of in-depth interviews by a master of the genre, which includes two interviews with Disney artists: Barks and Gottfredson.

December 14, 2008

4 books added to the books published section:

Smith, Lella (editor): Walt Disney Animation Studios The Archive Series: Story published by Disney Editions; 2008.
The first installment in a "must-have" series initiated by John Lasseter. Gorgeous.

Cotta Vaz, Mark: The Art of Bolt published by Chronicle Books; 2008.
The Chronicle Books are usually splendid. This one is no exception.

The Imagineers: The Imagineering Field Guide to Disneyland published by Disney Editions; 2008.
Fouth installment in an excellent series.

Unknown: The Art of Disney Stamps published by USPS; 2008.
A nice book. Not a must-have, though.

7 books added in the books to come section:

Takamoto, Iwao: Iwao Takamoto: My Life with a Thousand Characters published by University of Mississippi Press; 2009.
The autobiography of a former Disney artist who also happened to be the creator of Scooby-Doo. Exciting book.

Stanchfield, Walt; Hahn, Don (editor): Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes, Volume 1: The Walt Stanchfield Lectures published by Focal Press; 2009.
Animation students and artists have awaited those two books for years.

Stanchfield, Walt; Hahn, Don (editor): Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes, Volume 2: The Walt Stanchfield Lectures published by Focal Press; 2009.
Animation students and artists have awaited those two books for years.

Smith, Lella (editor): Walt Disney Animation Studios The Archive Series: Animation published by Disney Editions; 2009.

Smith, Lella (editor): Bill Peet published by Disney Editions; 2009.

Smith, Lella (editor): Walt Disney Animation Studios The Archive Series: Design published by Disney Editions; 2010.

Smith, Lella (editor): Walt Disney Animation Studios The Archive Series: Backgrounds and Layouts published by Disney Editions; 2011.

October 26, 2008

2 books added to the books published section:

Ghez, Didier (editor): Walt's People - Volume 7 published by Xlibris; 2009.
Walt's People - Volume 7 features in-depth interviews with artists Ken Anderson, X. Atencio, Billy Bletcher, John Carey, Adriana Caselotti, Marc Davis, John Ewing, Carl Fallberg, George Goepper, Hazel George, John Hench, Wilfred Jackson, Ollie Johnston, Milt Kahl, Ward Kimball, Bob Kurtz, Jimmy Macdonald, Tom McKimson, Clarence Nash, Grim Natwick, William Rast, Paul Smith, Art Stevens, Frank Thomas, Harry Tytle, and Grace Turner.

Castagno, Paolo: Abramo e Giampaolo Barosso - Fra logaritmi e fiordalisi published by Papersera; 2008.
Great book for Italian Disney comic book fans.

1 book added in the books to come section:

Rylant, Cynthia; Tenggren, Gustaf: Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs published by Disney Press; 2009.
Snow White illustrated by Tenggren. Pure delight.

October 19, 2008

4 books added to the books published section:

Khalaf, Tamara: Disney's Dogs published by Disney Editions; 2008.
An excellent small art-book with almost no text, unfortunately.

Hahn, Don: The Alchemy of Animation: Making an Animated Film in the Modern Age published by Disney Editions; 2008.
A great general audience book beautifully illustrated with artwork for the latest Disney movies.

Trahan, Kendra: Disney's California Adventure Detective: An Independent Guide to Exploring the Trivia, Secrets and Magic of the Park Dedicated to California published by Permagrin Publishing; 2008.
The author is good and the book is fun and well researched.

Cockerell, Lee: Creating Magic: 10 Common Sense Leadership Strategies from a Life at Disney published by Doubleday Business; 2008.
This book includes enough anecdotes from Lee's career at Disney to make it a very fun read indeed.

Badino, Sergio: Conversazione con Carlo Chendi published by Tunue; 2006.
An excellent book for Italian Disney comic book fans.

2 books added in the books to come section:

Imagineers, The: Walt Disney Imagineering: A Behind the Dreams Look at Making More Magic Real published by Disney Editions; 2009.
A "must-have" sight unseen

Boag, Wally: Wally Boag The Clown Prince of Disneyland published by Disney Editions; 2008.
This book is likely to become a "must-have".

September 19, 2008

4 books added to the books published section:

Schroeder, Russell: Disney's Lost Chords 2 published by Voigt Publications; 2008.
A "must-have". The best book about Disney history released in 2008.

Kurtti, Jeff: Walt Disney's Legends of Imagineering and the Genesis of the Disney Theme Parks published by Disney Press; 2008.
An excellent, well-researched reference. One of the "must-haves" of 2008.

Blair, Mary (illustrator): Alice in Wonderland published by Disney Press; 2008.
Alice on Wonderland entirely illustrated by concept art by Mary Blair.

Kurtti, Jeff; Gordon, Bruce: Walt Disney World: Then, Now, and Forever published by Disney Editions; 2008.
No interest.

2 books added in the books to come section:

Cockerell, Lee: Creating Magic: 10 Common Sense Leadership Strategies from a Life at Disney published by Doubleday Business; 2008.
If this book includes enough anecdotes from Lee's career at Disney it could be a fun read indeed.

Vene, Susan: The Hidden Magic of Walt Disney World: Over 600 Secrets of the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney's Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom published by Adams Media; 2009.
Could be fun.

August 15, 2008

1 book added to the books published section:

Wengel, Pat and Doug: Comic Character Metal Sand Toys published by Schiffer Publishing; 2008.
A great reference book, heavily illustrated, focused mostly on Disney items and containing a huge number of foreign vintage Disneyana.

3 books added in the books to come section:

Hahn, Don: The Alchemy of Animation: Making an Animated Film in the Modern Age published by Disney Editions; 2008.
Probably a good general audience book beautifully illustrated with artwork for the latest Disney movies.

Hauser, Tim: The Pixar Treasures published by Disney Editions; 2009.

Hauser, Tim: The Art of Up published by Chronicle Books; 2009.

July 9, 2008

4 books added to the books published section:

Solomon, Charles: Disney Lost and Found: Exploring the Hidden Artwork from Never-Produced Animation published by Disney Editions; 2008.
A must-have and a must-read.

Telotte, J.P.: The Mouse Machine: Disney and Technology published by University of Illinois Press; 2008.
Good summary, but a book one can live without.

Strodder, Chris: The Disneyland Encyclopedia: The Unofficial, Unauthorized, and Unprecedented History of Every Land, Attraction, Restaurant, Shop, and Event in the Original Magic Kingdom published by Santa Monica Press; 2008.
Incomplete and does not contain anything new. Good book for beginners.

Toan, Debbie; Henson, Tenny (illustrator): Walt Disney published by Saddleback Educational Publishing; 2008.
Disappointing colorized reprint of the Walt Disney comic book biography from Pendulum Press Illustrated Biography Series from 1979.

2 books added in the books to come section:

Disney Animators, The: The Disney Sketchbook 1928 - 2008 published by Disney Editions; 2008.
Considering its title, this book will probably be a must-have for all of us.

Imagineers, The: The Imagineering Field Guide to Disney's Hollywood Studios published by Disney Editions; 2008.
New installment in a good series.

May 31, 2008

3 books added to the books published section:

Ghez, Didier (editor): Walt's People - Volume 6 published by Xlibris; 2008.
Walt's People - Volume 6 includes interviews with Ken Anderson, Roger Broggie, Larry Clemmons, Claude Coates, Marvin Davis, Diane Disney Miller, Edna Disney, Lillian Disney, Roy O. Disney, Sharon Disney, Joe Fowler, Joe Hale, Bud Hester, Steve Hulett, Ken Hultgren, Dick Irvine, Wilfred Jackson, Fred Joerger, Ollie Johnston, Milt Kahl, Ward Kimball, I. Klein, Eric Larson, Ron Miller, Ken O'Connor, Maurice Rapf, Frank Reilly, Carl Stalling, Iwao Takamoto, and Frank Thomas.

Price, David A.: The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company published by Knopf; 2008.
Precise, fast paced, and impeccably researched, The Pixar Touch takes us to the roots of the most significant revolution in the field of animation since the Golden Age of the Disney Studio. A must-read.

Hauser, Tim: The Art of WALL.E published by Chronicle Books; 2008.
This series is consistenly perfect. This book should be no exception.

3 books added in the books to come section:

Amidi, Amid: The Art of Pixar Short Films published by Chronicle Books; 2008.
This book will be a pure delight.

Cotta Vaz, Mark: The Art of Bolt published by Chronicle Books; 2008.
The Chronicle Books are usually splendid. This one should be no exception.

Lassell, Michael: The Little Mermaid: From the Deep Blue Sea to the Great White Way published by Disney Editions; 2008.
If you really loved the Broadway musical.

May 1, 2008

2 books added to the books published section:

Cowan, Robert: Working for Disney: 1936-1937, the Ingeborg Willy Scrapbook from The Cowan Collection published by Blurb; 2008.
Not to be missed, if only for the great photographs of the Hyperion studio in the '30s.

Longfellow Anderson, Philip: The Gospel According to Disney: Christian Values in the Early Animated Classics published by Longfellow Publishing; 1999.
That one I will pass.

4 books added in the books to come section:

Canemaker, John: Two Guys Named Joe: Master Animation Storytellers Joe Grant and Joe Ranft published by Disney Editions; 2009.
Needless to say, this will be a must-have and a must-read.

Amidi, Amid: The Art of Pixar's Short Films published by Chronicle Books; 2008.

Schultz, Jason; Yee, Kevin: The Disneyland Compendium published by Zauberreich Press; 2008.

Trahan, Kendra: Disney's California Adventure Detective: An Independent Guide to Exploring the Trivia, Secrets and Magic of the Park Dedicated to California published by Permagrin Publishing; 2008.
The author is good, so this book could be fun.

April 3, 2008

5 books added to the books published section:

Peri, Don: Working with Walt: Interviews with Disney Artists published by University of Mississippi Press; 2008.
The format and the content of this book will be extremely similar to those of Walt's People. This should be a bible for Disney historians. A "must-have".

Whitley, David: The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation published by Ashgate Pub Co; 2008.
Probably some uninteresting socio-babble. We will see.

Poggi, Stefano: La vera storia della Regina di Biancaneve, dalla Selva Turingia a Hollywood published by Raffaello Cortina Editore; 2007.
In Italian. The author explores the connections between Uta, Margravess of Meissen, a mediaeval aristocrat, patron of the Cathedral of Naumburg, and Ghrimilde, the evil queen from Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. These connections are inspired to the author by the strong similarity between a statue in the Cathedral of Naumburg and the famous Disney villain during a trip in 1999.

Davis, Amy M.: Good Girls And Wicked Witches: Women in Disney's Feature Animation published by Indiana University Press; 2007.
Boring.

Henderson, Mary: The New Amsterdam : The Biography of a Broadway Theater published by Hyperion; 1997.
A beautiful book about a beautiful Disney-owned theater.

4 books added in the books to come section:

Solomon, Charles: Disney Lost and Found: Exploring the Hidden Artwork from Never-Produced Animation published by Disney Editions; 2008.
I want this book, today!

Tota, Antonio Pedro: Disney and Latin America (working title) published by University of Texas; 2008.

Johnson, Melinda: Tinker Bell - An Evolution published by Disney Editions; 2008.
An art-book and probably a good one.

Strodder, Chris: The Disneyland Encyclopedia: The Unofficial, Unauthorized, and Unprecedented History of Every Land, Attraction, Restaurant, Shop, and Event in the Original Magic Kingdom published by Santa Monica Press; 2008.
Unlikely to be very interesting, but who knows.

February 24, 2008

1 book added to the books published section:

Oneal, David: Anaheim Vacationland published by Extinct Attractions Publishing; 2008.
A good book on an oddly interesting subject.

4 books added in the books to come section:

Author Unknown: Walt Disney Animation Studios The Archive Series: Story published by Disney Editions; 2008.
This book should the first installment in a "must-have" series initiated by Jihn Lasseter. Can't wait!

Blair, Mary (illustrator): Alice in Wonderland published by Disney Press; 2008.
Alice on Wonderland entirely illustrated by concept art by Mary Blair.

Author Unknown: The Art of Disney published by Disney Press; 2008.
Once again, promising title.

Willardson, David: The Disney Art of David Willardson published by Insight Editions; 2008.
Too modern looking for me.

January 26, 2008

6 books added to the books published section:

Tumbusch, Tom: Walt Disney - The American Dreamer published by Tomart Publications; 2007.
One more biography of Walt by someone who knew a lot of artists who worked with the Old Mousetro. A very enjoyable read.

Lehman, Christopher: The Colored Cartoon: Black Representation in American Animated Short Films published by University of Massachusetts Press; 2008.
Based on new interviews, this is a very good book.

McKinnon, Robert J.: Stepping into the Picture: Cartoon Designer Maurice Noble published by University Press of Mississippi; 2008.
Maurice Noble was one of Disney's and Warner Bros.' best cartoon art directors. The book that started as his autobiography, co-written with Robert McKinnon is one of the events of 2008.

Martin, Stacia: The Sounds of Disneyland published by Disney; 2005.
A splendid book that came in a special box with 6 CDs. A "must-have".

Marling, Karal Ann: Behind the Magic - 50 Years of Disneyland published by The Henry Ford Museum; 2005.
Beautiful catalog of a splendid exhibition.

Kobayashi, Shinichiro: Tokyo DisneySea published by Tokyo Disneyland; 2007.
A fabulous art-book by award-winning Kobayashi.

December 30, 2007

2 books added to the books published section:

Sibley, Brian: Mary Poppins: Practically Perfect in Every Way published by Disney Press; 2007.
A fabulous reference about the show and the movie by one of the best Disney historians around, who also happened to be a good friend of PL Travers.

Bacher, Hans: Dream Worlds published by Focal Press; 2007.
Hans' book about production design in animation. Considering the amazing talent of Hans Bacher and the work he did on such beautiful movies as Mulan, it's no wonder that this book is already a must have for serious animation enthusiasts.

December 6, 2007

1 book added in the books to come section:

Lesjak, David: One Man Art Department - The Life and Times of Disney Artist Henry "Hank" Porter published by David Lesjak; 2008.

November 24, 2007

5 books added to the books published section:

Paik, Karen; Iwerks; Leslie: To Infinity and Beyond! published by Chronicle Books; 2007.
I was hoping to be the one writting that book, but that thought apart, this lavish book is be a must have.

Longest, David: Collecting Disneyana published by Collector Books; 2007.
One more good book by a great collector.

Ciotta, Mariuccia: Walt Disney: Prima Stella a Sinistra published by Bompiani; 2005.
Written in Italian, this books is especially interesting due to the interviews with Diane Disney Miller, John Hench and Marty Sklar.

Given, Anders: Jakten Pa Onkel Walt: Fire Nr-Disney-Opplevelser published by Cappelen; 2001.
Written in Norwegian. Mostly sociological theory about Disney, save for a good chapter about the author's visit to Barks.

Rosental, Eduard: Die kleine Mickymaus und die grosse Politik published by APN; 1984.
Written in German, this is probably the German equivalent of the infamous How to Read Donald Duck and probably only contains left-wing political analysis of Disney.

3 books added in the books to come section:

Van Pelt, Peggy; Gilleon, Tom; Gordon, Bruce: Illustrating Disney: Imagineering and the Fine Art of Disney Illustration published by Disney Editions; 2008.
Considering the subject and its authors, I can't wait to put my hands on this one.

Broggie, Michael: Walt's Words of Wisdom publisher unknown; 2008.

Broggie, Michael: History of the Disney Studio [working title] publisher unknown; 2008.

October 21, 2007

8 books added in the books to come section:

Price, David A.: The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company published by Knopf; 2008.
Published by Knopf, this book is likely to be one of the "must-read" of 2008.

The Imagineers: The Imagineering Field Guide to Disneyland published by Disney Editions; 2008.
Fouth installment in an excellent series.

Aloff, Mindy: Hippo in a Tutu: Dancing in Disney Animation published by Disney Editions; 2008.
Weird title, but this could be an interesting book.

Whitley, David: The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation published by Ashgate Pub Co; 2008.
Probably some uninteresting socio-babble. We will see.

Author unknown: Disney's Neglected Prince: The Art of Disney's Knights in Shining Armor (and Loincloths) published by Disney Editions; 2008.
If this is not a book about the Kingdom Hearts videogame, it could be interesting.

Hauser, Tim: The Art of WALL.E published by Chronicle Books; 2008.
This series is consistenly perfect. This book should be no exception.

Telotte, J.P.: The Mouse Machine: Disney and Technology published by University of Illinois Press; 2008.

Oneal, Dave: Anaheim Vacation Land published by Extinct Attractions; 2008.
A book about the motels that surrounded Disneyland? Weird subject, but why not.

September 30, 2007

5 books added to the books published section:

Surrell, Jason: The Disney Mountains - Imagineering at its Peak published by Hyperion; 2007.
Great book, as were Jason's previous ones. A "must-have" for park enthusiasts.

Blair, Mary (illustrator): Cinderella published by Disney Press; 2007.
Cinderella entirely illustrated by concept art by Mary Blair. Let's hope this will be the first book in a long series.

Koenig, David: Realityland: True-life Adventures at Walt Disney World published by Bonaventure Press; 2007.
A great read based on many excellent interviews.

Ohmart, Ben: Welcome, Foolish Mortals... The Life and Voices of Paul Frees published by BearManor Media; 2004.
The biography of Haunted Mansion's Ghost Host. A great read.

Villarronda, Guillermo: Poemas a Walt Disney published by the author in La Havana; 1943.
Poems to Walt in Spanish, straight from Cuba. One of the most astonishing book "about" Disney I ever discovered.

5 books added in the books to come section:

Peri, Don: Working with Walt: Interviews with Disney Artists published by University of Mississippi Press; 2008.
The format and the content of this book will be extremely similar to those of Walt's People. This should be a bible for Disney historians. A "must-have".

Snyder, Chuck: Windows on Main Street published by Disney Editions; 2007.
Promising title..

Blair, Mary (illustrator): Alice in Wonderland published by Disney Press; 2008.
Entirely illustrated by Blair's concept art. Same format as Cinderella. A must-have.

Blair, Mary (illustrator): Peter Pan published by Disney Press; 2009.
Entirely illustrated by Blair's concept art. Same format as Cinderella and Alice in Wonderland. A must-have.

Ohmart, Ben: Biography of Buddy Baker [Working Title] published by BearManor Media; 2008.
Ben wrote the excellent biography of Ghost Hoist, Paul Frees, and is supported by Baker's family. This should be a great read.

August 25, 2007

3 books added to the books published section:

Tieman, Robert: Mickey Mouse Treasures published by Disney Editions; 2007.
A "must-have" in a "must-have" series.

Castagno, Paolo: Rodolfo Cimino - Dalla Tana del Bestio all'Angolo dei Salici published by Il Papersera; 2007.
If you read Italian and are a fan of Disney comics, this great book about on the most famous Italian Disney script writers is a "must-have".

Castagno, Paolo: Luciano Bottaro - Un "gioviale" omaggio published by Il Papersera; 2007.
If you read Italian and are a fan of Disney comics, this great book about on the most famous Italian Disney comic artists is a "must-have".

3 books added in the books to come section:

Kurtti, Jeff; Gordon, Bruce: The Art of Walt Disney World published by Disney Editions; 2008.
If this one is as good as its equivalent about Disneyland, I can't wait to be in February 2008.

Kurtti, Jeff; Gordon, Bruce: Walt Disney World: Then, Now, and Forever published by Disney Editions; 2007.
Nice to have, if not a "must-have".

White, Colin: Kay Nielsen published by Forlaget Vandkunsten; 2008.
Let's hope that this book will contain more than a passing reference to Nielsen's Disney work.

July 28, 2007

2 books added to the books published section:

Ghez, Didier (editor): Walt's People - Volume 5 published by Xlibris; 2007.
Walt's People - Volume 5 includes interviews with artists James Algar, Bill Anderson, Buddy Baker, Jack Bradbury, George Bruns, Alice Davis, Marc Davis, Al Dempster, Bill Evans, Vance Gerry, Hugh Harman, T. Hee, Winston Hibler, Lynn Karp, Ward Kimball, Dave Michener, Nadine Missakian, John Musker and Ron Clements, Maurice Noble, Fess Parker, Walt Peregoy, Walt Stanchfield, Erwin Verity, and Bill Walsh.

DeGaetano, Steve: From Plantation to Theme Park - The Story of Disneyland Railroad Engine No. 5, the Ward Kimball published by Steam Passages; 2007.
Another "must-have" for all Disney train enthusiasts.

3 books added in the books to come section:

Koenig, David: Realityland: True-life Adventures at Walt Disney World published by Bonaventure Press; 2007.
Can't wait to read this one, as it is based on many excellent interviews.

Lehman, Christopher: The Colored Cartoon: Black Representation in American Animated Short Films published by University of Massachusetts Press; 2007.
This should be the first really interesting study of a subject, which well handled, could prove fascinating.

Pierce, Todd: The Disneylands that Weren't Disneylands publisher unknown; 2008.
What did the best Disney Imagineers did after they left Disney? What crazy and unlikely park projects did they work on? This is likely to be a "must-read".

June 17, 2007

4 books added to the books published section:

The Imagineers: The Imagineering Field Guide to Disney's Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World published by Disney Editions; 2007.
The rest of the series is excellent. This book should is no exception.

Paik, Karen: Art of Ratatouille published by Chronicle Books; 2007.
A beautiful art book about a great movie.

Alcorn, Steve; Green, David: Building A Better Mouse published by Lulu Books; 2007.
A former Imagineer shares his memories about the creation of Epcot's Electronic designs.

Malloch, Chris: World War II : The Disney Patches published by Lulu Books; 2007.
A selection of insignas created by the Disney Studio during WWII.

3 books added in the books to come section:

Noble, Maurice; McKinnon, Robert J.: Stepping into the Picture: Cartoon Designer Maurice Noble published by University Press of Mississippi; 2008.
Maurice Noble was one of Disney's and Warner Bros.' best cartoon art directors. His autobiography, co-written with Robert McKinnon, should be one of the events of 2008.

Blair, Mary (illustrator): Cinderella published by Disney Press; 2007.
Cinderella entirely illustrated by concept art by Mary Blair. Let's hope this will be the first book in a long series.

Lefkon, Wendy (editor): Disney Opus published by Kraken Opus; 2008.
A huge book of 900 pages with 1.000 illustrations and a price tag of $3.000. No comments for the moment.

April 2, 2007

3 books added to the books published section:

Barrier, Mike: Animated Man - A Life of Walt Disney published University of California Press; 2007.
Mike is among the 4 best Disney historians in the world and this biography gathers new information, testimonies that make it an absolute must have for all of us.

Roffat, Sébastien: Disney et la France, Les Vingt Ans d'Euro Disneyland published by L'Harmattan; 2007.
A well informed book in French about the events that led to the creation of Disneyland Paris.

Helnwein, Gottfried: Donald Duck... Und die Ente ist Mensch geworden published by Karikatur Museum Krems; 2007.
A splendid catalog about a Carl Barks exhibition that took place in Austria. Written in German.

1 book added in the books to come section:

Kerry, Margaret: Tinker Bell Talks! Tales of a Pixie Dusted Life publisher unknown; 2007.

March 15, 2007

3 books added to the books published section:

Beiman, Nancy: Prepare to Board! publisher by Focal Press; 2007.
Written and illustrated by an extremely talented former Disney artist and well-known animation teacher, the book contains as a bonus three never-released-before interviews: one with Ken Anderson, one with Ken O'Connor and one with T. Hee.

Lassell, Michael: Tarzan - The Staging of a Broadway Spectacular published by Disney Editions; 2007.
Good book about a no-so-good show.

Miller-Zarneke, Tracey: The Art of Meet the Robinsons published by Disney Editions; 2007.
Too short.

February 13, 2007

4 books added to the books published section:

Ghez, Didier (editor): Walt's People - Volume 4 published by Xlibris; 2007.
Walt's People - Volume 4 includes interviews with artists Roger Armstrong, Ted Berman, Marc Davis, Virginia Davis, Lou Debney, Eric Goldberg, Joe Grant, Stan Green, Peter Ellenshaw, John Hench, Dick Huemer, Dick Moores, Floyd Norman, Dale Oliver, Leo Salkin, Brian Sibley, and Roy Williams.

Schroeder, Russell: Disney's Lost Chords published by Russell Schroeder; 2006.
A story of Disney songs development that will include large sections about the Disney songs that "never were". Heavily illustrated. Definitely be a "must have" for serious Disney historians. Hard cover book with around 300 pages. The initial print run is limited to 1000 copies. If the book is successful there will be a second volume that will cover the Disney productions after the death of Walt.

Malmberg, Mel: The Making of Hong Kong Disneyland published by Disney; 2007.
This book was given to cast members and never sold to the general public, making it very difficult to find.

Ridgway, Charles: Spinning Disney's World: Memories of a Magic Kingdom Press Agent published by The Intrepid Traveler; 2007.
Charles Ridgway was Walkt Disney World main press agent for many years and this book is a very enjoyable read.

November 18, 2006

2 books added to the books published section:

Gabler, Neal: Walt Disney - The Triumph of the American Imagination published by Knopf; 2006.
This is defintely a "must-have". Neal Gabler had full access to the Disney Archives for this biography and the quality of his research is equivalent to that of Steve Watts'.

Various Disney Artists: The Art of Winnie the Pooh: Disney Artists Celebrate the Silly Old Bear published by Disney Editions; 2006.
Winnie viewed by various Disney artists. Similar idea to The Art of Mickey Mouse. Nice to have.

2 books added in the books to come section:

The Imagineers: The Imagineering Field Guide to Disney's Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World published by Disney Editions; 2007.
The rest of the series is excellent. This book should be no exception.

Tumbusch, Tom: Walt Disney - The American Dreamer published by Tomart Publications; 2007.
One more biography of Walt by someone who knew a lot of artists who worked with the Old Mousetro. One more book that I can not wait to get in my library.

October 22, 2006

4 books added to the books published section:

Merritt, Russell; Kaufman, JB: Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies published by La Cineteca del Fruli; 2006.
The long awaited magnum opus of Russell and J.B. about a subject that would have deserved this in-depth study a long time earlier.

Smith, Lella (Foreword): The Art of Disney published by Museum of Contemporary Art of Tokyo; 2006.
A spectacular catalog published to coincide with the special exhbition of original Disney art held in Tokyo at the end of 2006.

Kurtti, Jeff: Disney Dossiers - Files of Character from the Disney Casting Department published by Disney Editions; 2006.
A book about Disney characters that contains quite a few never-seen-before documents and is a nice-to-have for both adults and kids.

Pinkerton Josephson, Judith: Walt Disney - Genius of Entertainment published by Enslow Publishers; 2006.
Another biography of Walt for kids.

1 book added in the books to come section:

Paik, Karen: Art of Ratatouille published by Chronicle Books; 2007.

September 24, 2006

6 books added to the books published section:

Sito, Tom: Drawing the Line: The Untold Story of the Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson published by University Press of Kentucky; 2006.
Not only is the research in-depth, the book itself is well written and a page-turner. A "must have."

Lambert, Pierre: Walt Disney, l'Age d'Or published by Démons et Merveilles; 2006.
Slim text (in French) but beautiful artwork, as ever. The book covers Disney's animated features from Snow White to The Jungle Book. For really hard-core fans, unfortunately, the number of truely "never-seen-before" documents is slightly disapointing.

Girveau, Bruno (curator): Il Etait une Fois Walt Disney published by RMN; 2006.
The catalog of the best Disney exhibition ever exhibit, taking place at Le Grand Palais in Paris starting on September 15, 2006. Contains a large quantity of marvelous never-seen-before artwork as well as in-depth texts by Charles Solomon and Robin Allan among others. A "must have."

Dahl, Roald: The Gremlins published by Dark Horse Publishing; 2006.
Reprinting of the original book illustrated by Mary Blair and Bill Justice, with an introduction by Leonard Maltin. Short on never-seen-before documents about the project, however.

Turner, Harold: Filmguide's Handbook to Cartoon Production published by Film Guide; 1940.
One of the most difficult to find books about animation. Contains very large sections about Disney.

De Hui, Zhong: My Disney Collection published by Guo Shi; 2002.
To my knowledge, this is the first Disney-related book in Mandarin Chinese. No other interest than this, though. A simple catalog of one guy's Disney collection of modern Disney items.

1 book added in the books to come section:

Ridgway, Charles: Spinning Disney's World: Memories of a Magic Kingdom Press Agent published by The Intrepid Traveler; 2007.
Knowing who Charles Ridgway is, this book should be an enjoyable read in 2007.

August 26, 2006

1 book added to the books published section:

Crawford, Holly: Attached to the Mouse: Disney and Contemporary Art published by University Press of America; 2006.
A book that could have been interesting if it had contained illutstrations.

3 books added in the books to come section:

Tieman, Robert: Mickey Mouse Treasures publisher unknown; 2007.
This one should be the best in Robert's tremendous series.

Ghez, Didier (editor): Walt's People - Volume 4 published by Xlibris; 2006.
Walt's People - Volume 4 will include interviews with artists Roger Armstrong, Ted Berman, Marc Davis, Virginia Davis, Lou Debney, Eric Goldberg, Joe Grant, Stan Green, Peter Ellenshaw, John Hench, Dick Huemer, Dick Moores, Floyd Norman, Dale Oliver, Leo Salkin, Brian Sibley, and Roy Williams.

Lambert, Pierre: Walt Disney, l'Age d'Or published by Démons et Merveilles; 2006.
Anyone who knows Pierre's past books knows this one will be a "must-have" for any animation art enthusiast.

August 4, 2006

9 books added to the books published section:

Amidi, Amid: Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in 1950s Animation published by Chronicle Books; 2006.
This book, while not all about Disney,is a must-have due to the wealth of information about quasi-unknown Disney artists that it contains. Highly recommended.

Gerstein, David (editor): Disney Comics: 75 Years of Innovation published by Gemstone Publishing; 2006.
The equivalent for comics of what the Walt Disney Treasures DVDs are to regular Disney DVDs. A must have for any Disney comics enthusiast. Contains good editorial material. Should hopefully be the first of a very long series.

Andrae, Thomas: Carl Barks and the Disney Comic Book: Unmasking the Myth of Modernity published by University of Mississippi Press; 2006.
The quality of Thomas´research is excellent. This book is a must have for Barks enthusiasts.

Finnie, Shaun: The Disneylands that Never Were published by Lulu Books; 2006.
A first foray into a fascinating aspect of Disney history, that would deserve a great art-book or an in-depth exploration by a serious Disney historian. An excellent start, though. Pure text and no images for obvious costs and rights reasons, unfortunately.

Jones, Wesley: Mousecatraz published by E.J. Communications; 2006.
Stories from cast members. Fun, but not very interesting.

Baham, Jeff: DoomBuggies.com Presents the Secrets of Disney's Haunted Mansion published by Lulu Books; 2006.
If you have the book by Jason Surrell about the Haunted Mansion, this one is not really necessary.

Mongello, Louis A.: The Walt Disney World Trivia Book, Volume 2 published by The Intrepid Traveler; 2006.
Volume 1 was excellent, this one is too.

Jones, Angie; Oliff, Jamie: Thinking Animation - Bridging the Path Between 2D and CG published by Course Technology PTR; 2006.
A bit technical, but the number of former or current Disney artists contributing to it (Eric Goldberg, Floyd Norman, Tony Bancroft,...) make it worthwhile for readers that are not also animators.

Leydier, Richard (editor): Mickey dans tous ses Etats published by Hotel Dassault; 2006.
The small catalog of a French exhibit of modern art with Mickey as its central theme. In French. No much interest.

May 29, 2006

4 books added to the books published section:

Wallis, Michael: The Art of Cars published by Chronicle Books; 2006.
Similar to the other Pixar "making of" books released earlier by Chronicle Books. In other words: excellent.

Hollis, Tim and Ehrbar, Gregory: Mouse Tracks - The Story of Walt Disney Records published by University Press of Mississippi; 2006.
An excellent reference book for Disney record enthusiasts and collectors that unveils a minor but quite interesting aspect of Disney history.

Farrell, Ken: Warmans Disney Collectible Field Guide published by KP Books; 2006.
Not much that does not appear in other Disneyana guides.

Rhode, Joe; Revenson, Jody; Eiserloh, Alex; Putvin, Jennie: Expedition Everest - Legend of the Forbidden Mountain published by Disney Press; 2006.
Short, but excellent. Only available at the parks, unfortunately.

5 books added in the books to come section:

Girveau, Bruno (curator): Il Etait une Fois Walt Disney published by RMN; 2006.
The catalog of the fascinating exhibit that will take place at Le Grand Palais in Paris starting on September 15, 2006. Contains marvelous artwork never-seen-before as well as in-depth texts by Charles Solomon and Robin Allan among others.

Beiman, Nancy: Prepare to Board! publisher by Focal Press; 2007.
Definitely the first book that I will buy in 2007. It is written and illustrated by an extremely talented former Disney artist and well-known animation teacher and will contain as a bonus three never-released-before interviews: one with Ken Anderson, one with Ken O'Connor and one with T. Hee.

Bacher, Hans: Dreamworlds publisher unkown; 2006.
Hans' book about production design in animation. Considering the amazing talent of Hans Bacher and the work he did on such beautiful movies as Mulan, this one should be a must have for serious animation enthusiasts.

Jones, Angie; Oliff, Jamie: Thinking Animation - Bridging the Path Between 2D and CG published by Course Technology PTR; 2006.
Might be a bit technical, but the number of former or current Disney artists contributing to it (Eric Goldberg, Floyd Norman, Tony Bancroft,...) should make it worthwhile for readers that are not also animators.

Lassell, Michael: Tarzan - The Staging of a Broadway Spectacular published by Disney Editions; 2006.
Good book about a no-so-good show.

May 12, 2006

2 books added to the books published section:

Gordon, Bruce; Kurtti, Jeff: Disney Insider Yearbook published by Disney Editions; 2006.
Not a fascinating subject, but the book is extremely well done and beautifully illustrated.

Imagineers, The: The Imagineering Field Guide to EPCOT and Walt Disney World published by Disney Editions; 2006.
A great series.

2 books added in the books to come section:

Gerstein, David (editor): Disney Comics: 75 Years of Innovation published by Gemstone Publishing; 2006.
The equivalent for comics of what the Walt Disney Treasures DVDs are to regular Disney DVDs. A must have for any Disney comics enthusiast. Contains good editorial material. Should hopefully be the first of a very long series.

Crawford, Holly: Attached to the Mouse: Disney and Contemporary Art published by University Press of America; 2006.
Weird title but could be good.

May 8, 2006

3 books added to the books published section:

Ghez, Didier (editor): Walt's People - Volume 3 published by Xlibris; 2006.
Walt's People - Volume 3 includes interviews with artists James Algar, Lee Blair, Jack Bradbury, Andreas Deja, Joe Grant, Ben Sharpsteen, Bill Justice, Volus Jones, Ward Kimball, Burny Mattinson, Floyd Norman, Bill Peet, and Tony Strobl.

Zibart, Eve: Today in History: Disney published by Emmis Books; 2006.
Nothing outstanding, but a good reference nevertheless.

Chendi, Carlo (editor): Carl Barks L'Uomo dei Paperi published by Deus Editore; 2005.
Catalog from the Barks exhibit that was held in Rapallo (Italia) from September 17 to October 2, 2005. In English and Italian. Beautifully illustrated.

1 book added in the books to come section:

Schroeder, Russell: Disney's Lost Chords published by Russell Schroeder; 2006.
A story of Disney songs development that will include large sections about the Disney songs that "never were". Heavily illustrated. This will definitely be a "must have" for serious Disney historians. Hard cover book with around 300 pages. The initial print run will be limited to 1000 copies. If the book is successful there will be a second volume that will cover the Disney productions after the death of Walt.

March 4, 2006

4 books added to the books published section:

Couffer, Jack: Song of Wild Laughter published by Simon and Schuster; 1963.
The biography of a man that served for many years as director and cameraman for the Walt Disney wildlife productions. Very specialized reading.

Sandor, Fejja: Walt Disney published by Magyar Filmtudomanyi Intezet; 1978.
A biography of Walt in Hungarian. Nothing new.

Andor, Lajta: Walt Disney published by MFTI; 1960.
The first biography of Walt in Hungarian.

Laura, E.: A Nyomtatott Disney published by MFTI; 1967.
A monography about Disney in Hungarian.

4 books added in the books to come section:

Gabler, Neal: Walt Disney - The Triumph of the American Imagination published by Knopf; 2006.
This will defintely be the "must-have" of the year since Neal Gabler had full access to the Disney Archives for this new biography of Walt and since the people who read the manuscript are already enthusiastic.

Pinkerton Josephson, Judith: Walt Disney - Genius of Entertainment published by Enslow Publishers; 2006.
An other biography of Walt for kids.

Surrell, Jason: The Disney Mountain - Imagineering at its Peak published by Hyperion; 2006.
Knowing the quality of Jason's previous books, this one should be fascinating.

Unknown: Disney Dossiers - Files of Character from the Disney Casting Department published by Disney Editions; 2006.
Interesting title! A book about Disney Character Voices?

February 11, 2006

1 book added to the books published section:

Yee, Kevin: 101 Things You Never Knew about Walt Disney World published by Zauberreich Press; 2006.
An excellent series.

3 books added in the books to come section:

Miller-Zarneke, Tracey: The Making of Meet the Robinsons published by Disney Editions; 2006.
The movie should be good, so the book should be interesting.

Amidi, Amid: Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in 1950s Animation published by Chronicle Books; 2006.
This book, while not all about Disney, will be a must-have for the wealth of information about quasi-unknown Disney artists that it will contain.

Mongello, Louis A.: The Walt Disney World Trivia Book, Volume 2 published by The Intrepid Traveler; 2006.
Volume 1 was excellent, this one is too.

January 1, 2006

3 books added to the books published section:

Jackson, Kathy Merlock (editor): Walt Disney - Conversations published by University Press of Mississippi; 2006.
Let's admit it, this is a book I would have loved to create. A "must-have" without hesitation.

Higgins, Steven; Magliozzi, Ronald S.: Pixar - At the Museum of Modern Art published by MoMA; 2006.
The catalog of the MoMA exhibit. A must-have for any Pixar enthusiast.

Brode, Douglas: Multicultiralism and the Mouse - Race and Sex in Disney Entertainment published by University of Texas Press; 2006.
Oh no! An other sociological book about Disney.

4 books added in the books to come section:

Yee, Kevin: 101 Things You Never Knew about Walt Disney World published by Zauberreich Press; 2006.
An excellent series.

Imagineers, The: The Imagineering Field Guide to EPCOT and Walt Disney World published by Disney Editions; 2006.
A great series.

Gordon, Bruce; Kurtti, Jeff: Disney Insider Yearbook published by Disney Editions; 2006.
Considering the subject, the book could be boring. Considering the authors it could be great. We will see.

Disney Trivia Challenge published by Disney Press; 2006.
An other trivia book. Could be fun.

December 3, 2005

1 book added to the books published section:

Ghez, Didier (editor): Walt's People - Volume 2 published by Xlibris; 2005.
Walt's People - Volume 2 includes interviews with artists Friz Freleng, Grim Natwick, Frank Tashlin, Ward Kimball, Floyd Gottfredson, Herb Ryman, Frank Thomas, Eric Larson, Woolie Reitherman, Rick Rich and Glen Keane. It is 100 longer than volume 1 and should delight even the most serious Disney historians.

November 27, 2005

4 books added to the books published section:

Gerstein, David (editor): Mickey and the Gang - Classic Stories in Verse published by Gemstone Publishing; 2005.
The complete Disney Good Housekeeping Pages. A "must-have". One of the most fascinating Disney books published this year thanks to all the extra material collected by David Gerstein.

Tytla, Adrienne: Disney´s Giant and the Artist´s Model published by Adrienne Tytla; 2005.
Part biography of Bill Tytla by his wife, part scrapbook book, this huge book (about 1000 pages) is extremely difficult to classify or to explain. Let´s just say that Disney historians had been awaiting this document for years and that it will not disapoint them. Let´s add that, because of its high price ($165) and its very specific focus (Bill Tytla) it is advised that only the most serious Disney historians buy it To do so, send an email to Howard Green.

Fanning, Jim: Cinderella - A Dream Come True published by Disney Editions; 2005.
This book is part of the special DVD set released in 2005. It deserves to figure in this list as it features a nice little section about the making of Cinderella, including a few interesting documents and quotes.

Matos, Dennys: World Mouse published by Arte y Naturaleza; 2005.
Catalog of an "art" exhibition held in Madrid in November and December 2005, whose main theme was Mickey as symbol of US imperialism (how original and subtle - grin).

November 19, 2005

2 books added to the books published section:

Surrell, Jason: Pirates of the Caribbean: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies published by Hyperion; 2005.
Better than the Haunted Mansion´s one which was already excellent.

Budd, Mike; Kirsh, Max H. (editors): Rethinking Disney - Private Control, Public Dimensions published by Wesleyan University Press; November 2005.
One more "sociological" book about Disney, as if we needed one.

2 books added in the books to come section:

Farrell, Ken: Warmans Disney Collectible Field Guide published by KP Books; 2006.

Sito, Tom: A History of Cartoonist Unions [Working Title] published by University Press of Kentucky; 2006.
Knowing Tom, this book will be a must have.

October 9, 2005

6 books added to the books published section:

Peterson, Monique: Chicken Little - Unplucked published by Disney Editions; 2005.
Monique's "making-of" books are always enjoyable reads. This one is no exception.

Wright, Alex: The Imagineering Field Guide to the Magic Kingdom published by Disney Editions; 2005.
A pocket sized book chock full of design details, anecdotes, and trivia about WDW's Magic Kingdom. Wright goal was to create a book that would be just like walking through the Magic Kingdom with an Imagineer. An excellent book.

Bourguignon, Philippe: Hop! published by Editions Anne Carriere; 2005.
The Memoirs of the former CEO of Euro Disney. Too slim and shallow, unfortunately. Avaialble only in French.

Hake, Ted: The Official Price Guide to Disney Collectibles published by House of Collectibles; 2005.
A reference as important to collectors as the Tomart´s Disneyana.

Earle, Eyvind: Horizon Bound on a Bicycle - The Autobiography of Eyvind Earle published by Eyvind Earle; 1991.
I hesitated for years to include this book on the Disney Books Network as it contains only 16 pages about Eyvind's carreer at Disney, but those are important pages that will be of use to quite a few Disney historians.

Sammond, Nicholas: Babes in Tomorrowland - Walt Disney and the Making of the American Child, 1930 - 1960 published by Duke University Press; 2005.
One more sociological book about Disney. No comment.

August 27, 2005

1 book added to the books published section:

Farber, R.H.: Time to Rewind published by Collectible Collection Ltd.; 2005.
The most complete guide in existence about Disneyana Ingersoll wrist watches (from 1933 to 1939). Very specialized but a great reference for collectors.

2 books added in the books to come section:

Dahl, Roald: The Gremlins published by Dark Horse Publishing; 2006.
Can't wait for that one to be released. Should be full of amazing documents about that great unproduced project from the war era in addition to reprinting the original book illustrated by Mary Blair and Bill Justice.

Wallis, Michael: The Art of Cars published by Chronicle Books; 2006.

August 20, 2005

4 books added to the books published section:

Tieman, Robert: The Disney Keepsakes published by Disney Editions; 2005.
This book is, in essence, The Disney Treasures, Volume 2. As marvelous and worth having as Volume 1!

Norman, Floyd: How the Grinch Stole Disney published by Vignette Multimedia; 2005.
The third volume of humoristic cartoons by animation legend Floyd Norman. His cartoons are more hilarious than ever. An extremely fun read.

Ballard, Donald W.: The Disneyland Hotel: The Early Years 1954 - 1988 published by Ape Pen Publishing; 2005.
A very nice book about the Disneyland Hotel and all of its details.

Van Pelt, Peggy: The Imagineering Workout - Exercises to Shape your Creative Mind published by Disney Editions; 2005.
A fun read, if not a great read, in a nice little series. No "historical" value, though.

1 book added in the books to come section:

Budd, Mike; Kirsh, Max H. (editors): Rethinking Disney - Private Control, Public Dimensions published by Wesleyan University Press; November 2005.
One more "sociological" book about Disney, as if we needed one.

June 5, 2005

3 books added in the books to come section:

Kurtti, Jeff: Walt Disney's Legends of Imagineering and the Genesis of the Disney Theme Parks published by Disney Press; 2006.
One of the books I am most looking forward to buying in 2006.

Sibley, Brian: Mary Poppins: The Making of a Stage Spectacular published by Disney Press; 2006.
A fabulous reference about the show and the movie by one of the best Disney historians around, who also happened to be a good friend of PL Travers.

Wallis, Michael: The Art of Cars published by Chronicle Books; 2006.

May 12, 2005

7 books added to the books published section:

Kurti, Jeff; Gordon, Bruce: The Art of Disneyland published by Disney Editions; 2005.
The biggest event of 2005, with the best selection of renderings from WDI ever seen to date. Only available at the parks, unfortunately.

Thornton, Randy; Gordon, Bruce: A Musical History of Disneyland published by Disney Editions; 2005.
An amazing series of 6 CDs along with a 72 page book containing loads of never-seen-before illustrations. An other "must-have". Only available at the parks, unfortunately. Disneyland 1955 - In Natural Color published by Disney Editions; 2005.
Fac-simile of the first Disneyland souvenir book. Nice to have.

Markey, Kevin: Around the World with Disney published by Disney Editions; 2005.
Contains some really great photos of all of the Disney parks, grouped in cleaver ways. A nice read.

O'Day, Tim; Gordon, Bruce: Disneyland - Then, Now and Forever published by Disney Editions; 2005.
Full of never-seen-before concept art and photos. A "must-have". Only available at the parks, unfortunately.

Thie, Carlene: Homecoming - Destination Disneyland published by Ape Pen Publishing; 2005.
The best book in Carlene's great series.

Yee, Kevin; Schultz, Jason: 101 Things You Never Knew about Disneyland - An Unauthorized Look at the Little Touches and Inside Jokes published by Zauberreich; 2005.
An extremely fun read for Disneyland enthusiasts.

Domingo, Jordi: Thematic Stamp Catalogue - Disney published by Domfil; 2000.
The only complete catalogue of Disney stamps I am aware of. Ends in 2000, unfortunately. Written in Spanish and English and published in Barcelona.

8 books added in the books to come section:

Jackson, Kathy Merlock (editor): Walt Disney - Conversations published by University Press of Mississippi; January 2006.
Let's admit it, this is also a book I would have loved to create. A "must-have" without hesitation.

Gerstein, David (editor): Mickey and the Gang - Classic Stories in Verse published by Gemstone Publishing; November 2005.
The complete Disney Good Housekeeping Pages. A "must-have" for many Disney art enthusiasts including myself.

Tieman, Robert: The Disney Keepsakes published by Disney Editions; 2005.
This book is, in essence, The Disney Treasures, Volume 2. Considering the quality of Volume 1, one can not help to be ecstatic about the news!

Peterson, Monique: Chicken Little - Unplucked published by Disney Editions; September 2005.
Monique's "making-of" books are always enjoyable reads. This one should be no exception.

Bourguignon, Philippe: Memoires [Working Title] published by Laffont; 2005.
The Memoirs of the former CEO of Euro Disney should contain quite a few fascinating stories about the financial side of the project. Avaialble only in French, unfortunately.

Zibart, Eve: This Day in Disney History published by Emmis Books; October 2005.
Intriguing title.

Markey, Kevin: Secrets of Disney Gardens published by Disney Editions; January 2006.
Intriguing title.

Brode, Douglas: Multicultiralism and the Mouse - Race and Sex in Disney Entertainment published by University of Texas Press; January 2006.
Oh no! An other sociological book about Disney.

February 20, 2005

3 books added in the books to come section:

Cotta Vaz, Mark; Iwerks; Leslie: The History of Pixar Animation Studios [Working Title] published by Chronicle Books; April 2006.
I was hoping to be the one writting that book, but that thought apart, considering the quality of Mark and Leslie past works, this is bound to be a must have.

Hake, Ted: The Official Price Guide to Disney Collectibles published by House of Collectibles; September 2005.
Considerring the quality of Ted Hake´s auctions and knowing that this book will be 800 page long, this is bound to become a reference as important to collectors as the Tomart´s Disneyana.

Yee, Kevin; Schultz, Jason: 101 Things You Never Knew about Disneyland - An Unauthorized Look at the Little Touches and Inside Jokes published by Zauberreich; May 2005.
This should be an extremely fun read for Disneyland enthusiasts. Can´t wait to add it on my own bookshelf.

January 21, 2005

1 book added to the books published section:

Ghez, Didier (editor): Walt's People - Volume 1 published by Xlibris; 2005.
The Walt's People series is a collection of the best interviews ever conducted with Disney artists.
Contributors to the series include noted Disney experts Robin Allan, Paul F. Anderson, Michael Barrier, J.B. Kaufman, Jim Korkis, Mike Lyons and John Province.
Walt's People - Volume 1 includes in-depth interviews with artists Rudy Ising, Dave Hand, Bill Tytla, Ken Anderson, Jack Hannah, John Hench, Marc Davis, Milt Kahl, Harper Goff and Joyce Carlson and discusses among many other subjects the Disney Studio before Mickey Mouse, the challenges in directing Snow White, the making of Destino with Dali, the process that led to the production of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, the frustrations and joys of Marc Davis and Milt Kahl and the creation of It's a Small World. It contains hundreds of new stories about the Studio and its artists and should delight even the most serious historians and enthusiasts.

January 10, 2005

4 books added to the books published section:

Stewart, James B.: Disneywar - The Battle for the Magic Kingdom published by Simon and Schuster; 2004.
A good read to summarize the situation at Disney by mid-2004.

Caroselli, Henry M.: Cult of the Mouse - Is Runaway Corporate Greed Killing Innovation in America published by Ten Speed Press; 2004.
A sad story, but some good anecdotes by a former Disneyland creative director.

DeGaetano, Steve: Welcome Aboard the Disneyland Railroad! published by Steve DeGaetano; 2005.
A "must-have" for all Disney train enthusiasts.

Marti, Jordi; Comas Antoni: La Quiebra de la Idea Disney en Paris published by Tibidabo; 1994.
A shallow book written in Spanish. No interest.

5 books added in the books to come section:

Lesjak, David: The Disney Insignias publisher unknown; 2005.
If David manages to find a publisher for this tremendous book, his work will become the absolute reference on those fascinating pieces of wartime Disneyama.

Ghez, Didier (editor): Walt's People - Volume 2 published by Xlibris; 2005.
Walt's People - Volume 2 will include interviews with artists Mel Shaw, Grim Natwick, Frank Tashlin, Ward Kimball, Floyd Gottfredson, Herb Ryman, Frank Thomas, Eric Larson, Woolie Reitherman, Rick Rich and Glen Keane.

Tieman, Robert: Quintessential Disney published by Disney Editions; 2005.
Read the description of this book on Amazon and you will certainly be as puzzled as I was. This could be a very fun item to get, though.

Author Unknown: Disneyland 1955 - In Natural Color published by Disney Editions; 2005.
One of the books officially celebrating Disneyland's Golden Anniversary, this will definitely be a "must-have".

Van Pelt, Peggy: The Imagineering Workout - Exercises to Shape your Creative Mind published by Disney Editions; 2005.
Should be a fun read, if not a great read, in a nice little series. No "historical" value to be expected, though.

November 5, 2004

3 books added to the book published section:

Cotta Vaz, Mark: The Art of the Incredibles published by Chronicle Books; 2004.
A "must-have" by a great writer about the most stunning Pixar movie ever.

Finch, Christopher: The Art of Walt Disney published by Harry N. Abrams; 2004.
This revised and expanded edition covers all of the major projects since the 1995 edition, including the films Lilo & Stitch, Brother Bear, and Home on the Range, as well as Disney's collaborations with Pixar: Toy Story I and II; Monsters, Inc.; Finding Nemo; and The Incredibles.

Lassell, Michael: Celebration - The Story of a Town published by Disney Editions; 2004.
This is the first book published by Disney about Celebration. Unfortunately it is aimed at kids.

October 4, 2004

2 books added to the book published section:

Ghez, Didier: Mickey! published by Banco Real; 2005.
Catalog of the Mickey exhibit that happened in Sao Paulo from October 2 to October 24, 2004. Includes many photos of rare Disneyana items from the '30s and '40s from all around the world as well as never-seen-before artwork from the 1940s version of the never released animated project The Three Musketeers. In Portuguese.

Domenico, Gino: A Day at the New Amsterdam Theatre published by Disney Editions; 2004.
A nicely illustrated book and a good addition to the library of Disney musical and Lion King fans.

3 books added in the books to come section:

Stewart, James B.: Disneywar - The Battle for the Magic Kingdom published by Simon and Schuster; 2004.

Kurti, Jeff: The Art of Disneyland published by Hyperion; 2005.
This book should be the biggest event of 2005, with the best selection of renderings from WDI ever seen to date.

Wright, Alex: The Imagineering Field Guide to the Magic Kingdom published by Hyperion; 2005.
A pocket sized book chock full of design details, anecdotes, and trivia about WDW's Magic Kingdom. Wright goal was to create a book that would be just like walking through the Magic Kingdom with an Imagineer. Look for it to become a series if it does well.

September 1, 2004

2 books added to the book published section:

Surrell, Jason: Screenplay by Disney published by Hyperion; 2004.
Excellent little book about the creation of story and screenplay for animated features. Full of good stories.

Williams, Pat; Linkletter, Art; Denney, Jum: How to Be Like Walt - Capturing the Disney Magic in your Every Day Life published by Health Communications; 2004.
Despite its title, a "must have", full of new and exciting stories about Walt.

2 books added in the books to come section:

Surrell, Jason: The Art of Pirates of the Caribbean [Working Title] published by Hyperion; 2005.
This book should be as good as the Haunted Mansion one and have quite a few pages about the attraction.

Hakes, Ted: Price Guide to Disney Character Toys published by Ted Hake; 2005.
Considering the quality of Hakes' auctions this book might prove handy to serious Disneyana collectors.

July 16, 2004

1 book added in the books to come section:

Finch, Christopher: The Art of Walt Disney published by Harry N. Abrams; 2004.
This revised and expanded edition covers all of the major projects since the 1995 edition, including the films Lilo & Stitch, Brother Bear, and Home on the Range, as well as Disney's collaborations with Pixar: Toy Story I and II; Monsters, Inc.; Finding Nemo; and The Incredibles, due for release this year.

July 14, 2004

1 book added in the books to come section:

Ghez, Didier (editor): Walt's People - Volume 1 published by Xlibris; 2004.
The Talking Disney series is a collection of the best interviews ever conducted with Disney artists.
Contributors to the series include noted Disney experts Robin Allan, Paul F. Anderson, Michael Barrier, J.B. Kaufman, Jim Korkis, Mike Lyons and John Province.
Talking Disney - Volume 1 includes in-depth interviews with artists Rudy Ising, Dave Hand, Ken Anderson, Jack Hannah, John Hench, Marc Davis, Milt Kahl, Harper Goff and Joyce Carlson and discusses among many other subjects the Disney Studio before Mickey Mouse, the challenges in directing Snow White, the making of Destino with Dali, the process that led to the production of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, the frustrations and joys of Marc Davis and Milt Kahl and the creation of It's a Small World. It contains hundreds of new stories about the Studio and its artists and should delight even the most serious historians and enthusiasts.
Talking Disney is a notable new source of historical treasures and should contribute to give new energy to the world of Disney research!

July 6, 2004

4 books added to the book published section:

Ohmart, Ben: Welcome, Foolish Mortals...The Life and Voices of Paul Frees published by Bear Manor Media; 2004.
The biography of the voice of the Ghost Host at the Haunted Mansion. A very entertaining and well documented book.

Brode, Douglas: From Walt to Woodstock - How Disney Created the Counterculture published by University of Texas Press; 2004.
Well written and researched but not essential to say the least.

Bryman, Alan E.: The Disneyization of Society published by Sage Publications; 2004.
I have never been a gig fan of sociological works about Disney which makes me highly suspicious of this title.

Seymor, Neal: Re-Animating Walt published by Morris Publishing; 1996.
A novel about the last days of Walt. Contact Brighton Colonial Group; 109 Telford Drive; Newport News, Virginia 23602; USA to order it.

Mary, Bertrand: Walt Disney et Nous published by Calmann-Levy; 2004.
Bland biography of Walt in French. No interest.

1 book added in the books to come section:

Barrier, Mike: Biography of Walt Disney publisher unknown; 2005.
Since Mike is among the 4 best Disney historians in the world, this biography that will gather new information, testimonies, ... should be an absolute must have for all of us. The Disney book event of 2005.

June 2, 2004

2 books added to the book published section:

Mongello, Louis A.: The Walt Disney World Trivia Book published by Intrepid Traveler; 2004.
Finally an excellent trivia book about Walt Disney World. That one was long overdue.

Jungk, Peter: The Perfect American published by Handsel Books; 2004.
A novel about the last days of Walt translated from the German language. A good read.

May 17, 2004

2 books added to the book published section:

Dunham, M.L.: Disney's Junior Encyclopedia of Animated Characters published by Disney Press; 2004.
No interest. Too focused on the kids audience.

Fonte, Jorge: Todo Empezó con un Ratón published by T&B Editores; 2003.
A short book about Disney's cartoons, in Spanish. Not a lot of new information. The best part, to my taste are the few pages about "never released projects".

2 books added in the books to come section:

DeGaetano, Steve: Welcome Aboard the Disneyland Railroad! published by Steve DeGaetano; 2004.
Should be a "must-have" for all Disney train enthusiasts.

Mongello, Louis A.: The Walt Disney World Trivia Book published by Intrepid Traveler; 2004.
Finally a trivia book about Walt Disney World. That one was long overdue.

April 20, 2004

1 book added to the book published section:

Guedel, Heidi: Animatrix - A Female Animator - How Laughter Saved my Life published by IUniverse, Inc.; 2003.
This autobiography of Heidi Guedel, who used to be a Disney animator, contains great stories about the post-Walt and pre-Eisner era. An excellent read.

2 books added in the books to come section:

Cotta Vaz, Mark: The Art of the Incredibles published by Chronicle Books; 2004.
Considering the amazing quality of Mark's previous work about Finding Nemo and the fact that the movie is directed by Brad Bird, this is already a "must-have".

Lassell, Michael: Celebration - The Story of a Town published by Disney Editions; 2004.
This is the first book published by Disney about Celebration. Intriguing.

April 6, 2004

2 books added to the book published section:

Peterson, Monique: Home on the Range - The Adventures of a Bovine Goddess published by Disney Editions; 2004.
An unpretentious "making-of" by a good author.

Telotte, J.P.: Disney TV published by Wayne State University; 2004.
A bit dry, but a good read.

1 book added in the books to come section:

Thie, Carlene: Homecoming - Destination Disneyland published by Ape Pen Publishing; 2005.

March 23, 2004

4 books added in the books to come section:

Kerry, Margaret: Tinktalks - Secrets behind the Wings published by Ape Pen Publishing; 2004.
The Autobiography of Margaret Kerry. Margaret Kerry is best known as the live action model for Tinker Bell. Her movements, gestures, poses and timing were filmed and carefully studied by animators who worked to bring Tinker Bell to the screen.

Domenico, Gino: A Day at the New Amsterdam Theatre published by Disney Editions; 2004.
This sould be a splendidly illustrated book and a nice addition to the library of Disney musical and Lion King fans.

Williams, Pat; Linkletter, Art; Denney, Jum: How to Be Like Walt - Capturing the Disney Magic in your Every Day Life published by Health Communications; 2004.
The fact that Art Linkletter will be contributing to that book makes it intriguing.

Fonte, Jorge: Walt Disney Company Staff: A Biographical Dictionary published by McFarland; 2004.
A who's who of Disney artists and top executives.

March 15, 2004

2 books added in the books to come section:

Peterson, Monique: Home on the Range - The Adventures of a Bovine Goddess published by Disney Editions; 2004.
An unpretentious "making-of" by a good author.

Telotte, J.P.: Disney TV published by Wayne State University; 2004.
If this book is not to "scholarly" written, it could become a "must-have".

January 26, 2004

3 books added to the book published section:

Mumford, David; Gordon, Bruce: Ellenshaw Under Glass published by Camphor Tree; 2003.
The reference on matte painting master Peter Ellenshaw. Unfortunately this is also the last book by the late imagineer and marvelous Disney historian David Mumford.

Trahan, Kendra: Disneyland Detective published by Independent Publishers Group; 2004.
A nice book that reveal quite a few interesting facts about the park that you may not have known about. Recommended mostly for family reading more than for hard-core Disney historians, but the synthesis of trivia info is well done. Illustrated by Brian McKim (Sam, McKim's son).

Price, Harrison "Buzz": Walt's Revolution by the Numbers published by Ripleys; 2004.
The man to whome Walt turned in the '60s for advice on the economics of the creation of Walt Disney World. An important piece to Disney's historical jigsaw puzzle.

5 books added in the books to come section:

Hill, Jim: Once Upon an Orange Grove published by Intrepid Traveler Press; 2005.
This story of the creation of Disneyland by famous Disney historian Jim Hill should be full of new stories and anecdotes. A "must-have".

Hill, Jim: Neverlands published by Intrepid Traveler Press; 2006.
Who can wait for that book about the Disney attractions and Disney parks that never were? I can't!

Brode, Douglas: From Walt to Woodstock - How Disney Created the Counterculture published by University of Texas Press; 2004.
Intriguing title.

Gordon, Bruce: Wally Boag [Working Title] published by Camphor Tree; 2004.

Gordon, Bruce: Bob Gurr [Working Title] published by Camphor Tree; 2005.

December 22, 2003

2 books added to the book published section:

Norman, Floyd: Faster! Cheaper! - The Flip Side to the Art of Animation published by Get Animated; 1992.
The first volume of humoristic cartoons by animation legend Floyd Norman. His cartoons make fun of work as an animator at Disney, Hannah-Barbera and Pixar. Very fun read.

Norman, Floyd: Son of Faster Cheaper published by Vignette Multimedia; 2003.
The second volume of humoristic cartoons by animation legend Floyd Norman. His cartoons make fun of work as an animator at Disney, Hannah-Barbera and Pixar. Very fun read.

December 2, 2003

4 books added to the book published section:

I am just back from a trip to Europe, so here is a long overdue update about the great European Disney books published within the last 12 months and before.

Kauffmann, Bernd (editor): Die Duckomenta published by Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung; 2003.
The catalog of a German exhibit of works that parody famous masterpieces using the Disney Ducks. Interesting. Written in German (but little text).

Callo, Giacomo (art director): The Magic Gallery published by Mondadori; 2001.
Acollection of Italian works from Academia Disney that parody famous masterpieces using Disney Characters. A fantastic book and an absolute "must-have".

Becattini, Alberto; Vianovi, Antonio: Paul Murry - Mice, Ducks and Cheescake published by Glamour Associated; 2002.
A short but excellent study of Mickey comic book artist Paul Murry by two famous comic book specialists. Written in English and Italian.

Bartolomei, Stefano (editor): Giorgio Cavazzano - Percorsi published by Il Penny Edizioni; 2002.
Catalog of the exhibit "Giorgio Cavazzano - Paperi, Topi e Affini". Text by Alberto Becattini and Luca Boschi among others. Written in Italian.

3 books added in the books to come section:

Fonte, Jorge: Todo Empezó con un Ratón published by T&B Editores; 2003.
A short book about Disney's cartoons, in Spanish.

Fonte, Jorge: The Disney Staff published by McFarland; 2004.
A who's who of Disney artists.

Fonte, Jorge: The Walt Disney Company Iberia published by Disney Spain; 2004.
A story of the Walt Disney Company Spain.

October 10, 2003

2 books added to the book published section:

Lefkon, Wendy (editor): Brother Bear - A Transformation Tale published by Disney Press; 2003.
A good "making of" art book about a movie that should be the most fascinating Disney in years.

Yee, Kevin; Schultz, Jason: Magic Quizdom published by Zauberreich Press; 2003.
The best Disney Quiz book on the market, by far. Absolutely fascinating.

2 books added in the books to come section:

Trahan, Kendra: Disneyland Detective published by Independent Publishers Group; 2004.
According to the author "Disneyland Detective will be over 200 pages with lots of photos and illustrations. The book is non-fiction with Hidden Mickey, Treasure & Trivia, and Lessons to Learn in every chapter. (Treasure & Trivia are movie props, famous people who once worked at Disneyland California etc. Lessons to Learn is great for teachers and parents with notes about true history found in Disneyland. For example who is Albert Sweitzer, Mark Twain, and more!) Brian McKim (Sam, McKim's son) illustrated a lot of portraits for the chapter the includes all the windows on Main Street. A short biography and portrait is drawn and readers will find the inside jokes written on the second floor windows." This could be a very nice read.

Surrell, Jason: Screenplay by Disney published by Hyperion; 2004.
Knowing the usual quality of Jason's research, this book about the creation of story and screenplay for animated features will probably be excellent. I am clearly looking forward to getting ahold of it.

September 10, 2003

3 books added to the book published section:

Hench, John: Designing Disney published by Disney Editions; 2003.
Full of never seen before artwork and fascinating insights by veteran Imagineer and Disney Legend John Hench, this book is without the slighest bit of doubt a must have for all Disney park enthusiasts.

Surrell, Jason: The Haunted Mansion - From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies published by Disney Press; 2003.
Extremely well researched and containing many never-seen-before documents. One of four books from the 2003 holiday season that you should not miss (along with The Disney Treasures, Designing Disney and Canemaker's book abour Mary Blair.

Richardson, Adele: Disney - Built for Success published by Smart Apple Media; 2003.
One more book about Walt for kids.

August 13, 2003

1 book added to the book published section:

Canemaker, John: The Art and Flair of Mary Blair published by Hyperion; 2003.
With large quantities of never seen before concept drawings by one of the best Disney artists of the Golden Age, this book is fantastic and an absolute must have.

August 1, 2003

4 books added to the book published section:

Tieman, Robert: The Disney Treasures; September 2003.
Clearly a "must-have". A splendid book containing never seen before documents and facsimiles from the Disney Artchives (!) plus a great audio CD containing parts of Disney interviews and speeches.

Levin, Bob: The Pirates and the Mouse - Disney's War Against the Underground published by Fantagraphics Books; 2003.
A very good book about the "Air Pirates" comics legal battle. A good read for Disney comics enthusiats.

Kilpatrick, Mell; Thie, Carlene: Disneyland, the Beginning published by Ape Pen Publishing; 2003.
This book of more than 120 color photographs about Disneyland, the fourth by Carlene Thie and Mell Kilpatrick is a beauty.

Preszler, June: Walt Disney published by Bridgstone Books; 2003.
An other addition to the long and boring list of book about Walt for kids.

1 book added in the books to come section:

Jungk, Peter: Disney, King of America published by Faber & Faber; 2003.
A novel about the last days of Walt translated from the German language. Could be excellent.

July 1, 2003

2 books added in the books to come section:

Lefkon, Wendy (editor): Brother Bear - A Transformation Tale published by Disney Press; October 2003.
The "making of" art book of a movie that should be the most fascinating Disney one in years.

Surrell, Jason: The Haunted Mansion - From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies published by Disney Press; October 2003.
If well done, that book could be a GREAT one.

June 16, 2003

3 books added to the book published section:

The Imagineers: Imagineering Way - Unharnessing the Power of Creative Thinking published by Disney Press; 2003.
Good read with excellent anecdotes.

Olszewski, Edward J.: The Emperor's Old Groove - Decolonizing Disney's Magic Kingdom published by Peter Lang Publishing; 2003.
Aaargh! Yet an other uninteresting sociological book about the Company.

Ford, Carin: Walt Disney - Meet the Cartoonist published by Enslow Publishers; 2003.
And one more book about Walt for kids.

1 book added in the books to come section:

Hollis, Tim and Ehrbar, Gregory: The Walt Disney Records Story published by Mississipi Press; 2005.
Probably an excellent reference book for Disneyrecord collectors.

April 17, 2003

Cotta Vaz, Mark: The Art of Finding Nemo published by Chronicle Books; 2003.
This "making of" is marvelous. Both the text and illustrations are of the highest possible quality. One of the best art-books published to date.

April 13, 2003

1 book added to the book published section:

Nardo, Don: Walt Disney - Inventors and Creators published by Kidhaven; 2003.

6 books added in the books to come section:

Hench, John: The Designing Disney published by Disney Editions; September 2003.
A book about Disney designs by Disney legend John Hench? It's hard for me to describe how eager I am to be in September of this year. This book, needless to say, should be a "must have".

The Imagineers: Imagineering Way - Unharnessing the Power of Creative Thinking published by Disney Press; June 2003.
If this book is full of anecdotes it could be fascinating.

Mumford, David; Gordon, Bruce: Ellenshaw Under Glass published by Camphor Tree; October 2003.
What will probably become The reference on matte painting master Peter Ellenshaw. Unfortunately this will also be the last book by the late imagineer and marvelous Disney historian David Mumford.

Preszler, June: Walt Disney published by Bridgstone Books; May 2003.
An other addition to the long and boring list of book about Walt for kids.

Kilpatrick, Mell; Thie, Carlene: Disney Hotel Book published by Ape Pen Publishing; December 2003.

Crump, Rolly: Autobiography published by Ape Pen Publishing; December 2004.

February 10, 2003

Apologies for the huge delays in updating this site. I encountered quite a few technical problems in the last three months but those are now overcome. The site should be fully updated by the end of the week. For now, the History section has been updated with quite a few Tomart's Disneyana articles and the books to come was cleaned up.

5 books added to the book published section:

Mannheim, Steve: Walt Disney and the Quest for Community published by Ashgate Publishing; 2002.
The first book about what the real EPCOT project would have been. A well researched study. A "must have" for real Disney historians.

Ault, Donald: Carl Barks: Conversations published by University Press of Mississippi; 2003.
A long series of interviews that has already become THE reference on the Duck Man.

Leslie, Esther: Hollywood Flatlands - Animation, Critical Theory and the Avant-Guard published by Verso Books; 2003.
A great book. A rarity : a sociological book which also happens to be very interesting and well written about the Disney Studios (and a few other animation studios) and its relationship with the European intellectuals.

Pontius, Larry: Waking Walt published by Writer's Showcase Press; 2002.
I do not usually list novels on the Disney Books Network but this one is special and can almost be considered as a reference book. Written by a former Disney executive it depicts a situation where Walt has been resurected to help run the Company as it faces troubles. A "must read".

Ward, Annalee R.: Mouse Morality - The Rhetoric of Disney Animated Films published by University of Texas Press; 2002.
One more sociological book about Disney. Boring.

6 books added in the books to come section:

Kilpatrick, Mell; Thie, Carlene: Disneyland, the Beginning published by Ape Pen Publishing; April 2003.
This book of more than 120 color photographs about Disneyland, the fourth by Carlene Thie and Mell Kilpatrick is bound to be an absolute beauty.

Levin, Bob: The Pirates and the Mouse - Disney's War Against the Underground published by Fantagraphics Books; May 2003.
Considering the title, that one could be fun.

Olszewski, Edward J.: The Emperor's Old Groove - Decolonizing Disney's Magic Kingdom published by Peter Lang Publishing; March 2003.
Aaargh! Yet an other uninteresting sociological book about the Company.

Ford, Carin: Walt Disney - Meet the Cartoonist published by Enslow Publishers; March 2003.
And one more book about Walt for kids.

Richardson, Adele: Disney - Built for Success published by Smart Apple Media; August 2003.
One more book about Walt for kids.

Dunham, M.L.: Disney's Junior Encyclopedia of Animated Characters published by Disney Press; May 2004.

November 13, 2002

2 books added in the books to come section:

Cotta Vaz, Mark: The Art of Finding Nemo; March 2003.
If this book is as good as The Art of Monsters, Inc. it will be one of the best art-books published to date.

Tieman, Robert: The Disney Treasures; September 2003.

November 5, 2002

1 book added in the books to come section:

Earl Jones, James: The Lion King - A Giant Leap published by Hyperion; January 2003.

October 2, 2002

1 book added to the book published section:

Kurti, Jeff: Treasure Planet - A Voyage of Discovery published by Hyperion; 2002.
This "making of" book is a delight.

September 13, 2002

2 books added to the book published section:

Lassell, Michael: Disney on Broadway - Magic, Mask, Myth published by Hyperion; 2002.
A good book, but does it add much to the ones that were published on Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King and Aida? Not really.

Lomond, Britt : Chasing After Zorro Selfpublished; 2002.
A very good book by the man who played the villain Monastario. Check www.zorrovsmonastario.com for more information on where to find the book and how to buy it.

September 6, 2002

4 books added to the book published section:

Peterson, Monique: The Little Big Book of Pooh published by Hyperion; 2002.
The best book published on Winnie to date. A "must-have" for Pooh enthusiasts.

Burnes, Brian; Viets, Dan; Butler, Robert W.: Walt Disney' Missouri published by Kansas City Star Books; 2002.
A very nice book about Walt's early years.

Maltin, Leonard: The Disney Poster Book - From the Collection of Tony Anselmo published by Hyperion; 2002.
This book is the obvious reference for Disney poster collectors.

Shroeder, Russell K.: Disney - The Ultimate Visual Guide published by DK; 2002.
A cool little book, but not much is new in it.

July 30, 2002

1 book added to the book published section:

Kilpatrick, Mell; Thie, Carlene: Disney Years Seen Through the Photographer's Lens published by Ape Pen Publishing; 2002.
The third volume of a splendid three book series. Contact Ape Pen Publishing to order it.

3 books added in the books to come section:

Shroeder, Russell K.: Disney - The Ultimate Visual Guide published by DK; September 2002.
This should be a cool little book if some new documents are reproduced.

Mannheim, Steve: Walt Disney and the Quest for Community published by Ashgate Publishing; December 2002.

Burnes, Brian; Viets, Dan; Butler, Robert W.: Walt Disney' Missouri published by Kansas City Star Books; August 2002.
Looks like a nice book about Walt's early years.

June 21, 2002

1 book added to the book published section:

Wakabayashi, H. Clark (editor): Lilo and Stitch - Collected Stories from the Film's Creators published by Hyperion; 2002.
Absolutely splendid "Making of Lilo and Stitch". A "must-have".

May 18, 2002

4 books added in the books to come section:

Kalomirakis, Theo: The Theater on Main Street published by Hyperion; 2002.
I am extremely curious to discover what this short book (96 pages) will turn out to be.

Maltin, Leonard: The Disney Poster Book - From the Collection of Tony Anselmo published by Hyperion; 2002.
Considering the skill of Maltin and the amazing collection of Tony Anselmo this book should become a reference for collectors.

Peterson, Monique: The Little Big Book of Pooh published by Hyperion; 2002.
If Monique Peterson plans to do on Pooh a job similar to what she did on Disney in general, this book should be the best thing published on Winnie to date. Very likely to become a "must-have" for Pooh enthusiasts.

Lassell, Michael: Disney on Broadway - Magic, Mask, Myth published by Hyperion; 2002.
I wonder what this book will add to the ones that have already been published on Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King and Aida. It has a chance to bring new art and new information on the table, so it might be worth keeping a look on it.

May 14, 2002

2 books added to the book published section:

Ariès; Paul: Disneyland - Le Royaume Desenchanté published by Editions Golias; 2002.
A perfectly uninteresting and negative book about Disneyland Paris. Written in French.

Tumbush, Tom: Tomart's Disneyana Guide to Disneyana Pin Trading published by Tomart Publications; 2002.
An excellence reference book.

1 book added in the books to come section:

Kurti, Jeff: Treasure Planet - The Legend, the Lore, and the Loot published by Hyperion; 2002.
The movie seems fantastic. This "making of" book should be a delight.

May 13, 2002

4 books added to the book published section:

Broggie, Michael: Walt Disney's Happy Place - Celebrating Walt Disney's Centennial published by Donning Co Pub; 2002.
An excellent children book about Walt.

Kilpatrick, Mell; Thie, Carlene: Disney Early Years Through the Eyes of a Photographer published by Ape Pen Publishing; 2002.
The second volume of a splendid three book series. Contact Ape Pen Publishing to order it.

Dos Santos, Roberto Eliseo: Reinventando Quadrinhos published by Editora Paulinias; 2002.
This history of the Disney comic book artists includes a big section on the Brazilian ones with unpublished before information. Written in Portuguese.

Kothenschulte, Daniel: Walt Disney - ein vergessener Künstler published by Schüren; 2002.
One more monography about Walt. Written in German.

April 12, 2002

1 book added to the book published section:

Ghez, Didier : Disneyland Paris - From Sketch to Reality published by Nouveau Millenaire Edition; 2002.
A 320 page artbook about the Art and the Making of Disneyland Paris containing more than 750 illustrations (artwork, renderings and photos). Published simultaneously in French and in English. A limited edition printed on a special very high quality paper and containing four special prints of Walt Disney Studios concept art has also been released. Check www.dlpbook.com for more information on where to find the book and how to buy it.

March 28, 2002

2 books added in the books to come section:

Lilo and Stitch - Collected Stories from the Film's Creators published by Hyperion; June 2002.
This book looks like an unprententious little "Making of Lilo and Stitch". Probably well worth buying.

Book about Taliaferro published by Caligula; October 2002.
A little book in French about the best Duck comic book artist before Barks. This should be a precious little jewel.

March 15, 2002

3 books have been added to the book published section:

Kilpatrick, Mell; Thie, Carlene: A Photographer's Life with Disney Under Construction published by Ape Pen Publishing; 2002.
This splendid book of black and white photgraphs is part of a 3 book series. A must have for any serious Disneyland enthusiast. Contact Ape Pen Publishing to order it.

Spiegel, Josef: Dem Ingenieur ist Nichts zu Schwör published by Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen; 2001.
A catalog of reconstructed inventions made by Gearloose. Fun. In German.

Spiegel, Josef; Brunsiek, Sigrun: Berühmte Gemälde aus Entenhausener Privatbesitz published by Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen; 2001.
Catalog of paintings from Duckburg homes explained with art historical methods. Strange. In German.

3 books added in the books to come section:

Canemaker, John: Mary Blair published by Hyperion; October 2002.
This book should (obviously) be fantastic and an absolute must have. It is certain that it will contain a lot of never seen before concept drawings by one of the best Disney artists of the Golden Age.

Kilpatrick, Mell; Thie, Carlene: Disney Early Years Through the Eyes of a Photographer published by Ape Pen Publishing; May 2002.
The second volume of a splendid three book series. Contact Ape Pen Publishing to order it.

Dos Santos, Roberto Eliseo: Reinventando Quadrinhos published by Editora Paulinias; May 2002.
This history of the Disney comic book artists will include a big section on the Brazilian ones with unpublished before information. In portuguese.

Ward, Annalee R.: Mouse Morality - The Rhetoric of Disney Animated Films published by University of Texas Press; December 2002.
One more sociological book about Disney. Very likely to be very boring.

January 1st, 2002

5 books have been added to the book published section:

Dana Jaffe, Elizabeth: Walt Disney (Trailblazers of the Modern World) published by World Almanac Education; 2001.
One more juvenile book.

Fuchs, Wolfgang J.; Zeuch, Horst; Walz, Michael F.: Disney Galerie - Kunst aus Entenhausen published by Egmont Ehapa Verlag; 2001.
A nice collection of parodies of famous movies and famous paintings including the Disney ducks. In German.

Wasko, Janet; Philips, Mark; Meehan, Eileen R. (editors): Dazzled by Disney published by Leicester University Press; 2001.
One more book of sociology.

Scott, Kieran: Dazzled by Disney published by Disney Press; 2001.
Story of some mouseketeers that became famous.

Heide, Robert; Gilman, John; Peterson, Monique (Contributor); White, Patrick J.: Mickey Mouse - The Evolution, The Legend, The Phenomenon ! published by Disney Editions; 2001.
Nothing much is new in that book, apart from a few photos of european Disneyana. But the design is extremely nice and the reading enjoyable.

1 book added in the books to come section:

Bahners, Patrick Duckburg publisher unknown; October 2002.
In German.

October 30, 2001

4 books have been added to the book published section:

Lasseter, John ; Docter, Pete: The Art of Monsters Inc. published by Chronicle Books; 2001.
A splendid book (probably the best "art of" ever) about the making of a fantastic movie.

Canemaker, John: Walt Disney's Nine Old Men and the Art of Animation published by Hyperion; 2001.
The MUST have of the year 2001. A pure treasure for Disney enthusiasts and Disney historians as were all of Canemaker's past masterpieces.

Peterson, Monique: The Little Big Book of Disney published by Hyperion; 2001.
A nice little book but without any new information.

Plathaus, Andreas: Von Mann und Maus - Die Welt des Walt Disney published by Henschel; 2001.
One more biography of Walt. Without interest. Written in German.

October 19, 2001

2 books have been added to the book published section:

Greene, Katherine and Richard: Inside the Dream : The Personal Story of Walt Disney published by Hyperion; 2001.
One of the two books not to be missed at the end of 2001 this year along with The Nine Old Men by Canemaker.

Isbouts, J. P.: Discovering Walt Disney published by Hyperion; 2001.
A juvenile book about Walt.

September 10, 2001

1 book has been added to the book published section:

Wasko, Janet: Understanding Disney - The Manufacture of Fantasy published by Blackwell Pub.; 2001.
One more sociological book about Disney

2 book added in the books to come section:

Isbouts, J. P.: Discovering Walt Disney published by Hyperion; October 2001.
A juvenile book about Walt.

Greene, Katherine and Richard: Inside the Dream : The Personal Story of Walt Disney published by Hyperion; October 2001.
One of the two books not to be missed at the end of this year along with The Nine Old Men.

July 14, 2001

2 books have been added to the books published section:

Miller, D. M.: What Would Walt Do ? - An Insider's Story about the Design and Construction of Walt Disney World published by Writers Club Press; 2001.

Boshi, Luca; Gori, Leonardo; Sani, Andrea; Becattini, Alberto: Romano Scarpa - Sognando La Calidornia published by Vittorio Pavesio Productions; 2001.
The updated version of Romano Scarpa published by Alexandro Distribuzioni in 1988. A fantastic book about one of the Italian Disney comics masters by the experts in the field. In Italian.

July 1, 2001

6 books have been added to the books published section:

Foglesong, Richard E.: Married to the Mouse - Walt Disney World and Orlando published by Yale University Press; April 2001.
According to Steve Watts, author of the excellent book The Magic Kingdom : "This book offers shrewd insights into larger issues of urban growth, democratic governance and economic development... a fine piece of work."

Kurtti, Jeff: The Mythical World of Atlantis : From Plato to Disney - Theories of the Lost Empire published by Hyperion; May 2001.
Elements of theories about Atlantis put forth by philosophers and historians alongside the "theory" revealed by the Disney version.

Kurtti, Jeff: Milo's Journal - Atlantis, the Lost Empire published by Hyperion; May 2001.
Notes, drawings and translations compiled by Thatch.

Atlantis - The Illustrated Script published by Hyperion; June 2001.
This "work in progress" script is illustrated using pre-production artwork.

Kurtti, Jeff: Subterranean's Tours Atlantis - A Traveler's Guide to the Lost City published by Hyperion; June 2001.
This irreverent romp gives travelers the information they need to make their journey to Atlantis a vacation to remember.

Aberg, Lasse (editor): Abergs Musseum (catalog) published by Fisher & Co. 1996.
An excellent catalog in book format of a Disneyana exhibit held in Sweden in 1996. Not a lot of unknown items but a really nice book for "completists".

1 book added in the books to come section:

Ault, Donald: Conversations: Carl Barks published by University of Mississippi Press; 2000.
A long series of interviews that should become THE reference on the Duck Man.

May 20, 2001

4 books have been added to the books published section:

Iwerks, Leslie; Kenworthy, John : The Hand Behind the Mouse - An Intimate Biography of Ub Iwerks, The Man Walt Disney Called the Greateast published by Hyperion; 2001.
An exeptionnal book that will definitely become a classic among Disney historians. An absolute must have. Almost as essential as the biography of Walt by Bob Thomas.

Nader, Ginha: Walt Disney - Um Seculo de Sonho published by Editora Senac; 2000.
A series of three Brazilian books in Portuguese about the history of Walt Disney. The first volume is a biography of Walt, the second discusses the Disney Company and the thirs focuses on Walt Disney World. A good introduction for readers who only speak portugese.

Kunz, Karl-Ludwig; Sidler, Roger : Kriminalpolitik in Entenhausen published by Helbing & Lichtenhahn; 1999.
A serious analysis of the Disney comics detective stories. In German. Too dry for me.

Grote, Johnny A.; Berner, Horst : Thanks Carl ! - In Memoriam Carl Barks published by Ehapa Comics Collection; 2000.
A splendid homage to Carl Barks in German. Contains some great drawings by artists all around the world paying a tribute to the Duck Man, including Uderzo, Loisel, Daan Jippes,...

Februaary 18, 2001

1 book has been added to the books published section:

Gordon, Bruce; Mumford, David: A Brush with Disney - An Artist's Journey, Told through the Words and Works of Herbert Dickens Ryman published by Camphor Tree Pub.; 2000.
An absolute must have for Disney historians. Great book. Fantastic artwork.

February 17, 2001

3 books have been added to the books published section:

Lesjak, David : Toons at War - Disney World War II Collectibles; November 2000.
This book written by one of the utmost specialists on Disney during WWII is absolutely fascinating and a must have for Disney historians and collectors.

Arnoidi, Z.M.: Jizn i Skazki Wolta Disneia; 1967.
The first biography of Walt written in Russian.

Bonifer, Mike: The Art of Tron published by Simon & Schuster; 1982.
A nice softcover book about the making of a revolutionnary movie. Some good artwork (including drawings by Moebius and Syd Mead) but the book is unfortunately too short.

Bonifer, Mike: Dick Tracy - The Making of the Movie published by Bantam Books; 1990.
A short softcover book. The text is excellent, the illustrations are a bit less interesting.

3 books added in the books to come section:

Foglesong, Richard E.: Married to the Mouse - Walt Disney World and Orlando published by Yale University Press; April 2001.
According to Steve Watts, author of the excellent book The Magic Kingdom : "This book offers shrewd insights into larger issues of urban growth, democratic governance and economic development... a fine piece of work."

Hayes, R.M.: A Walt Disney Filmography, 1937-1972 published by Mc Farland & Company; April 2001.

Mullin, Michael: All I Really Know I Learned from the Mouse published by Hyperion; May 2001.

Kurtti, Jeff: Milo's Journal - Atlantis, the Lost Empire published by Hyperion; May 2001.

Iwerks, Leslie; Kenworthy, John : The Hand Behind the Mouse - An Intimate Biography of Ub Iwerks, The Man Walt Disney Called the Greateast published by Hyperion; May 2001.
This book is by the far the one I am most looking forward to read in the months to come. It has been long awaited and should be the treat of the decade for Disney historians.

Atlantis - The Illustrated Script published by Hyperion; June 2001.

Santoli, Lorraine: Mickey Mouse published by Hyperion; September 2001.

January 6, 2001

3 books have been added to the books published section:

Lassell, Michael: Elton John's & Tim Rice's Aida - Bringing the Broadway Show to Life published by Hyperion; 2000.
Very nice book about a beautiful musical.

Toy Story Sketchbook (The Sketchbook Series) published by Applewood Books; 2000.

Fonte, Jorge; Mataix, Olga: Walt Disney (3 volumes) published by T&B Editores; 2000 and 2001.
The first series of books published in spanish about Walt's works. Each volume is 320 pages long. A beautiful series.

3 books added in the books to come section:

Mullin, Michael: Why do we Love the Mouse published by Hyperion; May 2001.

Kurtti, Jeff: The Mythical World of Atlantis : From Plato to Disney - Theories of the Lost Empire published by Hyperion; May 2001.

Kurtti, Jeff: Subterranean's Tours Atlantis - A Traveler's Guide to the Lost City published by Hyperion; June 2001.

November 1, 2000

5 books have been added to the books published section:

Lambert, Pierre: Blanche Neige published by Démons et Merveilles; 2000.
Once again, an absolute jewel. One of the best art books ever published on a Disney movie.

Renault, Christian: Les Heroines Disney published by Dreamland; 2000.
This book about the Disney female heroes, written in French and heavily illustrated, is one of the two best books about Disney published during the year 2000. A must have for all Disney enthusiasts. Many visual documents have never been seen before.

Capodagli, Bill: Disney Way Fieldbook - How to Implement Walt Disney's Vision of Dream, Believe, Dare, Do in Your Own Company published by McGraw-Hill; 2000.
A business book.

Stovall: Stovall's Guide to Disney Pins of the Twentieth Century published by OPC; 2000.
320 pages and ten chapters ranging from Mickey Mouse to Conventions

4 books added in the books to come section:

Jurgens, Jo: Interviews with animation artists legends (title unknown) ; date unknown.
This book which has been a project for years will contain the best interviews the author conducted with the greatest animation artists from around the world, including Richard Williams, Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, Marc Davis, Joe Barbera, Chuck Jones, Bill Melendez, Maurice Noble, Andreas Deja, John Lasseter, Steve Williams, Nick Park, Peter Lord,...

Lesjak, David : Toons at War - Disney World War II Collectibles; November 2000.
I can't wait to see that book written by one of the utmost specialists on Disney during WWII. It should be absolutely fascinating.

Beiman, Nancy: Mary Blair published by Savannah College of Art and Design and Disney Publishing; date unknown.
Nancy is an expert and teacher on animation art. This long overdue book should be an absolute marvel.

Wasko, Janet: Understanding Disney - The Manufacture of Fantasy published by Blackwell Pub.; April 2001.

August 15, 2000

2 books have been added to the books published section:

Della Croce, Marco; Francescano, Danilo; Salvatori, Enrica; Spiritelli, Franco: L'Oro di Zio Paperone published by Abaco; 2000.
A good book in Italian about $crooge around the world. Good tool for specialists and laymen alike. Nicely selected illustrations in black and white.

Gadducci, Fabio; Tavosanis, Mirko: Casa Disney - Autori e Diritto d'Autore published by Punto Zero; 2000.
A well documented small book in Italian without illustartions about the copyright problems of Disney comic book artist. Not very kind to the Company. Contains interviews with artists Luciano Bottaro, Don Rosa and Marco Rota.

1 book added in the books to come section:

Renault, Christian: Les Heroines Disney published by Dreamland; October 2000.
This book about the Disney female heroes, written in French and heavily illustrated, will probably be the best book about Disney published during the year 2000. A must have for all Disney enthusiasts. The documents it will contain will mostly be never seen before.

July 10, 2000

4 books have been added to the books published section:

Finch, Christopher: Winnie the Pooh - A Celebration of the Silly Old Bear published by Hyperion; June 2000.
This tribute to Winnie contains some lavish artwork coming from the archives.

Kurtti, Jeff: Dinosaur - The Evolution of an Animated Feature published by Hyperion; 2000.
A good book that would have deserved a hardcover version.

Smith, Dave; Neary, Kevin: The Ultimate Disney Trivia Book 4 published by Hyperion; 2000.
Never too much. This series is great.

Brandon, Pam: Marking the Millennium published by Disney Editions; 1999.
A small hardcover about the Millennium celebrations at Epcot. I am not sure that the subject deserved the book, but completists will enjoy it.

1 book added in the books to come section:

Toy Story Sketchbook (The Sketchbook Series) published by Applewood Books; September 2000.

May 2, 2000

2 books have been added to the books published section:

Masters, Kim: The Keys to the Kingdom - How Michael Eisner Lost His Grip published by William Morrow & Co; April 2000.

Sometimes unprecise but not uninteresting.

Nardo, Don: The Importance of Walt Disney published by Lucent Books; March 2000.

1 book added in the books to come section:

Kurtti, Jeff: Dinosaur - The Evolution of an Animated Feature published by Hyperion; May 2000.

March 18, 2000

5 books have been added to the books published section:

Griffin, Sean : Tinker Belles and Evil Queens - The Walt Disney Company from the Inside Out published by New York University Press; December 1999.
Once again with that kind of books, the title says it all. Disney's relationship to the gay universe.

Gordon, Bruce; Mumford, David: Disneyland, the Nickel Tour published by Camphor Tree Publishers; 1995 and new updated version 2000.
The most in-depth history of Disneyland to date by two of the most knowledgeable Imagineers on the subject. The collection of postcards that illustrates it is also worth the buy in itself. A new updated version was published in January 2000.

Lainsbury, Andrew: Once Upon an American Dream - The Story of Euro Disneyland published by University Press of Kansas; January 2000.
Considering the fact that I am currently writting the official art book about Disneyland Paris, you can believe how puzzled I might be by that one.

Rana, Marga: Disney Dolls - Identification & Value Guide published by Hobby House Pr.; 1999.
Ugly book, for specialized Mattel collectors.

Hegener, Michiel : Het Duckdenken published by Contact Uitgeverij; 2000.
A book about "duckthinking" with illustrations from Barks comics. In Dutch.

2 books added in the books to come section:

Smith, Dave; Neary, Kevin: The Ultimate Disney Trivia Book 4 published by Hyperion; June 2000.
Never too much. This series is great.

Capodagli, Bill: Disney Way Fieldbook - How to Implement Walt Disney's Vision of Dream, Believe, Dare, Do in Your Own Company published by McGraw-Hill; September 2000.
This book should be boring.

December 28, 1999

9 books have been added to the books published section:

Canemaker, John: Paper Dreams - The Art and Artists of Disney Storyboards; 1999.
This book is a must-have, the best book published this year about Disney animation.

Culhane, John; Disney, Roy E.: Fantasia 2000 - A Vision of Hope published by Hyperion; 1999.
Beautiful book. A bit disapointing though as it lacks in preparatory art.

Felice, Andrea (editor): Setant' Anni di Fiabe Animate published by Editrice Comic Art; 1999.
A nice book in Italian, but the illustrations are a bit disapointing as no really unknown document is reproduced.

Grote, Johnny: Der Stammbaum der Ducks published by Ehapa; 1999.
Good book in German about the Duck family according to Barks.

Hand, David: Memoirs published by Martha Hand; 1986.
The very interesting autobiography of one of Disney's geniuses of concept art.

McQuillan, Martin; Byrne, Eleanor: Deconstructing Disney published by Pluto Press; 1999.
One more uninteresting sociological study.

Lefkon, Wendy (editor): One Day at Disney published by Hyperion; 1999.
A superbly illustrated book about the four resorts. No text apart from the captions.

Passaro, John: The Story of Disney published by Smart Apple Media; 1999.
One more juvenile book!

Simon, Charnan: Walt Disney - Creator of Magical Worlds published by Children's Press; 1999.
It is becoming more and more difficult to differenciate between all this juvenile books.

6 books added in the books to come section:

Bohn, Klaus Gyro Gearloose publisher unknown; 2000.
In German.

Bottaro Index publisher unknown; 2000.
In Italian. This book about one of the best Italian Disney comic book artists should be extremely interesting.

Giovan Battista Carpi published by La Vie d'Artistes; 2000.
In French. This book about the late Italian Disney comic book master is a mystery but could be fascinating.

Gordon, Bruce; Mumford, David: Disneyland, the Nickel Tour published by Camphor Tree Publishers; 1995 and new updated version 2000.
The most in-depth history of Disneyland to date by two of the most knowledgeable Imagineers on the subject. The collection of postcards that illustrates it is also worth the buy in itself. A new updated version should be out by January 2000.

Schwalto, Wolfgang: W. Goebel Porzellan - Tl.2 - Tiere - Disney - Spardosen - Puppen published by Taschenbuch; 1999.
In German. Should be an intertesting reference book about Disney Goebel figurines.

Zio Paperone published by Epierre; 2000.
In Italian. This should be a very dellightfull little book.

September 26, 1999

7 books have been added to the books published section:

Allan, Robin: Walt Disney and Europe published by Indiana University Press and John Libbey & Co. Ltd; 1999.
Robin is one of the most respected European Disney historians. His name has appeared in countless Disney books and his thesis is a masterpiece, full of new interviews and documents. His book is even better than the thesis. Extremely well written, superbly illustrated, this is an absolute must have for any serious Disney historian.

Frantz, Douglas; Collins, Catherine: Celebration, U.S.A. published by Henry Holt & Co.; 1999.

Green, Howard; Green, Amy: Remembering Walt - Favorite Memories of Walt Disney published by Hyperion; 1999.
The greatest collection of memories on one Walt Disney ever compiled. An extremely good book containing some never seen before pictures of Walt.

Koenig, David: More Mouse Tales - A Closer Peek Backstage at Disneyland published by Bonaventure Press; 1999.
A nice and fun addition to David's series.

Ross, Andrew: The Celebration Chronicles published by Ballantine Books; September 1999.

Smith, Dave; Clark, Steven: Disney - The First 100 Years published by Hyperion; August 1999.
A good book, but containing nothing new for Disney historians.

The Walt Disney Company - The Wet Feet Insider Guide published by Wet Feet Press, Inc.; 1999.

4 books added in the books to come section:

Culhane, John; Disney, Roy E.: Fantasia 2000 - A Vision of Hope published by Hyperion; December 1999.
This is probably going to be an absolutely stunning book

Mc.Cormack, Erin (editor) : Toy Story 2 Collector's Edition published by Disney Press; November 1999.
Cute little book about the making of Toy Story.

Lainsbury, Andrew: Once Upon an American Dream - The Story of Euro Disneyland published by University Press of Kansas; January 2000.
Considering the fact that I am currently writting the official art book about Disneyland Paris, you can believe how puzzled I might be by that one.

Nardo, Don: The Importance of Walt Disney; January 2000.

June 29, 1999

6 books have been added to the books published section:

Raz, Aviad E.: Riding the Black Ship: Japan and Tokyo Disneyland published by Harvard Eastern Monographs; 1999.

Reynolds Bob: Roller Coasters, Flumes & Flying Saucers - The Story of Ed Morgan and Karl Bacon, Ride Inventors of the Modern Amusement Parks published by N.L. Publishing; 1999.
According to Bob Reynolds: "Ed and Karl are responsible for many of the ride systems at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. A partial list of their projects would include Dumbo, Casey Jr., Snow White, Tea Cups, Matterhorn Mountain, Pirates, Small World, Haunted Mansion, Autopia, Flying Saucers...the list goes on and on. Half of the book consists of personal interviews with Ed and Karl and remembrances of working with Walt Disney, Joe Fowler, Dick Irvine and others."

Giroux, Henry A.: The Mouse that Roared - Disney and the End of Innocence published by Rowman & Littlefield; 1999
What can you expect with a title like this one ?

Green, Howard: The Tarzan Chronicles published by Hyperion; 1999.
A book written by Howard Green is almost bound to be excellent.This book is only one out of two "making of" books released along with Tarzan. It is the most lavish of the two.

Schroeder, Russell; Saxon, Victoria: Disney's Tarzan - Special Collector's Edition published by Hyperion; 1999.
A much smaller book compared to the "art of" written by Howard Green, but worthwhile too.

Topolino - L'Eroe delle tue Storie published by Elio de Rosa editore; 1999.
Splendid catalog of the 1949 - 1999 Topolino exhibit. Contains some excellent, never seen before documents. Written in Italian.

3 books added in the books to come section:

Griffin, Sean : Tinker Belles and Evil Queens - The Walt Disney Company from the Inside Out published by New York University Press; December 1999.
Once again with that kind of books, the title says it all.

Andews, Julie : A Memoir [working title] published by Hyperion; Spring 2001.
That one might be a lot of fun.

Ghez, Didier : The Art of Disneyland Paris [working title]; April 2000.
A 320 page artbook about the Art and the Making of Disneyland Paris containing more than 500 illustrations (artwork, renderings and photos). Published simultaneously in French and in English.

April 6, 1999

1 book has been added to the books published section:

Barrier, Mike J.: Hollywood Cartoons - American Animation in Its Golden Age published by Oxford University Press; 1999.
Mike Barrier, the world famous animation and Carl Barks expert, has been for many years the editor in chief of the best magazine in the field of animation and comics, namely Funnyworld. This is a must have for any animation enthusiast or historian.

March 15, 1999

2 books have been added to the books published section:

Hahn, Don: Disney's Animation Kit published by Hyperion; 1999.
A guide for children on how to animate, by the famous Disney producer Don Hahn. Includes a brief history of animation.

Waltz, Gene: Cartoon Charlie - The Life and Art of Animation Pioneer Charles Thorson published by Great Plains Publications; 1998.
This book seems to contain interesting documents produced when Charles Thorson was working for Disney, including his early sketches of Snow White and Elmer.

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