Disney's Pocahontas The Raccoon's Tale

by Justine Korman Fontes (Adapter ), Darrell Baker (Illustrator)

Meeko the raccoon and Pocahontas see a ship with sails like clouds, meet strangers, and try to stop a war

Genres: Childrens

24 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1996

About the author

Justine Korman is the author of over 600 children's books, including mega-selling adaptations of Disney hits like THE LION KING, plus her original popular GRUMPY BUNNY series for Scholastic.

Justine has been writing all her life. She worked part-time in publishing while earning her B.A. in English Literature, Phi Beta Kappa from New York University. While an editorial assistant at Golden Books, she met her future husband and partner, Ron Fontes, an artist in the Whitman Comics department, who moved on to mighty Marvel Comics.

When Justine started getting freelance writing assignments, Ron pitched in and a children's book writing team was born! Ron brought visual storytelling, theatre, and history; Justine enthusiasm, humor, and a straight-A attitude.

In 1988, the couple moved to Maine, where they have written everything from beginning readers and novelty books to historical fiction and graphic novels.
Justine's hobbies include fitness, juggling, gardening, cooking, and playing the ukulele. She also enjoys making movies with Ron.

The prolific couple's goal is to write 1001 children's books.

Reviews

[Andrew J]

Loosely based on the Disney movie 'Pocahontas', 'The Raccoon's Tale' attempts to tell the tale from Meeko's prospective. Unfortunately, a lot of it is still from that of Pocahontas, Meeko's human companion. Again, I understand that children's books will not always get everything from their movie versions in them, but skipping the last 10 - 15 minutes of the movie seems a bit much, in my opinion. I also understand that to someone who isn't within the age target will read this and feel it is rushed. However, to go at a steady pace (if you compare it to the movie) and then not putting in at least two pages describing said missing time frame just felt kind of lazy to me. I mean, I remember being four 1/2 - 5 years old and noticing things like this. Can't help but wonder if others that age did/do, and if sometimes publishers think to themselves that since it's for kids, they won't notice. Honestly, it gets an extra star simply because there's Meeko on the cover, who by far is my favorite Disney animal.