779 research outputs found
Enciclopedia Disney
No full textMy beloved one-a-day story book from language school, haggled for in the Madrid flea market. Contains LM, CP, The Bull and the Flea, The Farmer and His Sons, WC, and El Zapatero y el Banquero --all with (predictable) Disney illustrations.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Language note: SpanishWalt Disne
Linguistic Study of the Magic in Disney Lyrics
No full textSince 1994, and for the first time in Spain, the Disney dealer Buenavista Pictures has been providing the videotapes Welcome to Disney Classics. They contain the original versions with subtitles in English. This paper focuses on forty-seven songs from sixteen Disney animated films and analyses them from the perspective of English discourse. The choice of songs under analysis was unsystematic. When the project of this study was begun, there were sixteen issues available. This researcher considers that the material - both in quantity and quality - is highly significant and represents the development of Disney lyrics from their beginnings to this day. The words of these songs are, according to this researcher, a unique source of magic inspiration. They bring hope, fantasy and patterns of behaviour to children and teenagers, as well as humour and entertainment to adults. This collection of the most famous songs conveys an image of the man - Walt Disney, whom many consider as el "Mago de las cintas de los dibujos animados" (Universitas 1949: 395-405) or el "Mago de Burbank" (Fonte & Mataix, 2000) - and whose films have had an incalculable influence on our generations (1937-1996), merchandising and culture. Disney Lyrics are "magic words" that continue to attract, astonish or enchant the audience
Walt Disney Fun-To-Read Library, Volume 14
No full textMickey Mouse and Donald Duck go camping, and Donald is definitely not easy with the experience. He cannot sleep because he is afraid, and he ends up crying Wolf (note: not out of the usual Aesopic desire to fool people but out of fear). After checking things out twice, Mickey declares that he simply will not get up and leave the tent again no matter what Donald cries. Then of course a wolf does come! This adaptation of Aesop is better than the usual for Disney, I would say.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)First printingWalt Disney Studio
Walt Disney Fun-To-Read Library, Volume 4
No full textThis is a Disneyesque rendition of TH. Donald is impetuous,and gives himself over to many distractions before his Aesopic nap: washing the car at a wash (and drying it, since the top on his convertible did not go down), skateboarding, participating in a baseball game, stopping for a drink, and stopping for lunch. He raced so fast at one point that he was given a speeding ticket. Goofy has a repeated saying that Sonja and I both like: Slow and steady, steady and slow....This is a hardbound book (hard cover)First printingWalt Disney Studio
Walt Disney Fun-To-Read Library, Volume 19
No full textThis volume gives an overview of the eighteen volumes in the series, with lots of hints and tips for those involved in helping a child to learn to read. I am surprised that the comment on Goofy's Big Race (Volume 4) does not even mention the fable (TH) that underlies the story. The comment on Donald Cries Wolf! (Volume 14) does better in that regard. This book is tangential to the collection, helpful only in elucidating those two other books.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Walt Disney Studio
The Grasshopper and the Ants
No full textThe story fills out here and is quite different from other Disney versions: Little Pig's Picnic (1939) and Walt Disney's Story Land (1962). Here the new king of the ants, Andy, saves Hop, who does not have to go through a change of heart. Disney also adds Bubba the vulture.Walt Disne
A Bantam Begin-to-Learn Book, Special Book Club Edition
No full textSee my comments under the identical hardbound version.Walt Disney Studio
Lumps and bumps
No full textMathias Disney describes how a lightweight laser scanner has been put to work to measure small-scale topography in a forest setting - and further our knowledge of greenhouse gas emissions
A Bantam Begin-to-Learn Book
No full textThe third Section, Tell Me a Story, contains Cinderella and then five Aesop's fables with Disney characters: Donald spills the milk, Pluto loses the bone, and three pigs dig up the farm. Though not named, the hare beaten by the tortoise sure looks like Bugs Bunny!This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Walt Disney Studio
The Hare and the Tortoise
No full textThere is much that is different in this long account of the race, which is not itself motivated. The raccoon is the judge. Max's robe ties itself! Max plays tennis and soccer along the way--with himself! No nap! The characters resemble Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig. Compare with Words, Riddles, and Games (Disney, 1985).This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Walt Disney Production
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