Disney's Wreck-It Ralph is a computer-animated feature film about a misunderstood video game villain who wants nothing more than to be the good guy for a change. But when Ralph finally gets his chance, will it mean "Game Over" for every game in the arcade? Children ages 3 to 8 will love this hardcover Big Golden Book that retells the whole story of the film.
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I've read several Wreck-It Ralph retellings today, and this is my favorite of the bunch. All the retellings seem to share the same art (which I talk about in a moment), so I was basing this off just the retelling itself.
This book is a longer retelling, but I enjoyed that it didn't try to rush through the story. The writing was engaging, and I liked how naturally the dialogue was interspersed with the action and emotions. My only complaint is that they left out Ralph being able to see Vanellope every time he was thrown off the roof. They kept so many other little details, yet left that out. Well, one more small thing. The page where Calhoun and Felix team up is very jarring. There's no transition. Other than that, though, this is a pretty good retelling.
Now, for the art. I love this art style. It captures the essence of the movie's style while doing its own thing. It's the main reason I own this book. Like I said, all the retellings I read used these same images, but this longer retelling has room for much more art than the other books, plus this book is bigger in size to better see the art. Not to say it has every single illustration (Ralph seeing Vanellope at the end when getting thrown off the building is missing), but it has images the other retellings don't.
Overall, this is an engaging retelling of the movie, with the real gem being the artwork.
Really cute story. I loved the movie previews, can't wait to see it tomorrow. Had to read through the golden book when it came in to the store. Visually beautiful, great concept. Lovely story to read the the kiddos.
This book is a great summary of the movie. There isn’t much dialogue and it cuts out a lot of the more unimportant parts but that doesn’t affect the story too much. The pictures were also great and looked just like the movie.
Super cute little book! I actually haven't seen the movie and wasn't familiar with the plot at all, but I liked the book a lot and will have to watch the movie sometime now!
This is a golden book of the movie of the same name. It is abbreviated from the movie but is clever at covering the missing bits easily. A fun and entertaining story with beautiful illustrations.
Must've been a good movie for kids. I loved reading it out to my baby. :-) Very humane values have been expounded through the various pixelated characters.