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The Lion King: Six New Adventures #2
The Lion King: Nala's Dare
Nala has always been brave, even when she was a cub. But she wasn't always smart. When her friends dare her to speak to a scruffy, strange lion prowling the Pride Lands, she says, "Sure!" But then she has second thoughts and has to summon up the courage to make good on her promise. Will the stranger welcome Nala - or attack her?
- GenresChildrens
61 pages, ebook
First published January 1, 1994
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June 29, 2017
Although I have grown out of Disney movies since the release of both Frozen and Moana I have been one of those who like to listen to Disney theories that have been thrown around without a lot of rhyme and reason. And so far the best theories or background building has to go to the TLK universe to explain and populate a whole savanna focused around Pride Rock with stories of tragedy, love and of course how-to stories.
In the unofficial Disney canon of the The Disney Lion King 6 New Adventures, which was released just before TLK 2 the reader is introduced to the cub that is seen at the end of the movie and what his adventures may have been. As a result true TLK fanfic fans have embraced this particular cub even more so then his more famous sister who replaced him in the sequel while leading to even more theories of intrigue and tragedy.
In this series young readers are actually given two stories within one. First of all there is the actually story involving Kopa more or less although there are one or two where he seems like he is just a secondary character giving the reader with a timeline of when the telling of the story occurs. In those books where he is one of the main characters something occurs with one of the Pride Rock lions that leads to the telling of the second story to prove a point such as true friends might dislike each other for a while but true friends stay together in the end, don't judge others on their appearance, etc. As a result these second stories are normally either based on the younger lives of previous characters such as Mufasa, Scar, Nala and Simba as well as Timon & Pumbaa.
Just in case you have lived under a movie rock as I normally do they give a few paragraphs to catch the reader up on what the movie was about (after this is done in every book the reader is left wanting to strangle the authors) before getting into the actual story. After being introduced to the main events and what is the problem the reader is then taken back to Queen Nala to hear about an episode in her cubhood underneath Scar's reign.
For many readers this will be the first time that other cubs are mentioned within the pride and also the first time that scientific fact is mentioned that states a young male upon maturity is required to leave his pride to find his own family unlike the inheritance that Simba is entitled to. When you compare this information as well to the TLK universe where Nala loses a brother under Scar's reign but Chumvi is still left around it makes me a bit ambivalent around this book and its possible place in the canon whether official or inofficial.
In the end they are decent fable-based books that help young readers to transition to chapter books when they are ready with their bright illustrations following along the simple writing format. Although the writing will be considered dull and lackluster to most adults they may just catch the attention of TLK fans of all ages or at least give young readers a change of pace from their normal reading ventures.
In the unofficial Disney canon of the The Disney Lion King 6 New Adventures, which was released just before TLK 2 the reader is introduced to the cub that is seen at the end of the movie and what his adventures may have been. As a result true TLK fanfic fans have embraced this particular cub even more so then his more famous sister who replaced him in the sequel while leading to even more theories of intrigue and tragedy.
In this series young readers are actually given two stories within one. First of all there is the actually story involving Kopa more or less although there are one or two where he seems like he is just a secondary character giving the reader with a timeline of when the telling of the story occurs. In those books where he is one of the main characters something occurs with one of the Pride Rock lions that leads to the telling of the second story to prove a point such as true friends might dislike each other for a while but true friends stay together in the end, don't judge others on their appearance, etc. As a result these second stories are normally either based on the younger lives of previous characters such as Mufasa, Scar, Nala and Simba as well as Timon & Pumbaa.
Just in case you have lived under a movie rock as I normally do they give a few paragraphs to catch the reader up on what the movie was about (after this is done in every book the reader is left wanting to strangle the authors) before getting into the actual story. After being introduced to the main events and what is the problem the reader is then taken back to Queen Nala to hear about an episode in her cubhood underneath Scar's reign.
For many readers this will be the first time that other cubs are mentioned within the pride and also the first time that scientific fact is mentioned that states a young male upon maturity is required to leave his pride to find his own family unlike the inheritance that Simba is entitled to. When you compare this information as well to the TLK universe where Nala loses a brother under Scar's reign but Chumvi is still left around it makes me a bit ambivalent around this book and its possible place in the canon whether official or inofficial.
In the end they are decent fable-based books that help young readers to transition to chapter books when they are ready with their bright illustrations following along the simple writing format. Although the writing will be considered dull and lackluster to most adults they may just catch the attention of TLK fans of all ages or at least give young readers a change of pace from their normal reading ventures.
February 9, 2025
El segundo de los seis libros de las seis nuevas aventuras del rey león, que leí por allá del 2011 y que por que mi celular dejo de funcionar ya no recupere y me hubiera gustado, pero un alma desquehacerada los tradujo al menos los dos primeros y los encontré en wattpad y me puse a releerlos.
En esta ocasión vemos con Nala le cuenta a su hijo Kopa la historia de como conoció a un nuevo amigo que era un león forastero en los tiempos donde reinaba Scar que se llamaba Ni, pero le cuenta una bonita enseñanza de que la valentía no quiere decir hacer cosas tontas o muy arriesgadas, quiere decir que es hacer lo que debes hacer y no tenerle miedo a las pruebas de la vida.
Sin duda estos libros te enseñan cosas muy bonitas y que tienen mucho valor y si los estoy volviendo a leer por todo el mame por que salió la película de Mufasa que esta excelente, que si no la han visto deben verla, solo diré que después de 30 años era algo que mi niña interior necesitaba, pero vale mucho la pena.
A parte de que son cortitos de leer puedes con ellos practicar tu ingles, como digo solo los dos primeros están en español, así que con los demás tengo que practicar y me gusta que Rafiki tiene un papel importante en las historias como en la película de Mufasa, y presiento que Disney se baso en estos libros para que se pudiera contar la historia, sin duda creo que esto es algo que cualquier fan de El Rey León no se puede perder.
Es que aparecen personajes nuevos, hay un lore nuevo, por que aquí con Ni sabemos que hay otras manadas, (al menos yo pensé que la única era la de Mufasa) y lo que los leones machos tienen como ritos o cosas por hacer, sin duda es algo interesante de saber y es en el tiempo en que Scar reinaba, otro punto que le veo a su favor por que se sabe muy poco de lo que sucedía en esos entonces, por que solo vemos la perspectiva de Simba y a lo mucho de Rafiki.
Se que no me gusto tanto como el primer libro, pero de que vale la pena lo vale y me gustan mucho las historias, yo si los recomiendo, son muy difíciles de conseguir y sobre todo en español, pero en el internet todo se puede y al menos en ingles si se puede, si sabes ingles aunque sea básico los vas a poder entender y leer sin ningún problema, dales una oportunidad se que los vas a disfrutar y si eres como yo que le encanta la chisma en los libros estos son perfectos para eso.
Entrada completa en: http://calderoliterario7.blogspot.mx
En esta ocasión vemos con Nala le cuenta a su hijo Kopa la historia de como conoció a un nuevo amigo que era un león forastero en los tiempos donde reinaba Scar que se llamaba Ni, pero le cuenta una bonita enseñanza de que la valentía no quiere decir hacer cosas tontas o muy arriesgadas, quiere decir que es hacer lo que debes hacer y no tenerle miedo a las pruebas de la vida.
Sin duda estos libros te enseñan cosas muy bonitas y que tienen mucho valor y si los estoy volviendo a leer por todo el mame por que salió la película de Mufasa que esta excelente, que si no la han visto deben verla, solo diré que después de 30 años era algo que mi niña interior necesitaba, pero vale mucho la pena.
A parte de que son cortitos de leer puedes con ellos practicar tu ingles, como digo solo los dos primeros están en español, así que con los demás tengo que practicar y me gusta que Rafiki tiene un papel importante en las historias como en la película de Mufasa, y presiento que Disney se baso en estos libros para que se pudiera contar la historia, sin duda creo que esto es algo que cualquier fan de El Rey León no se puede perder.
Es que aparecen personajes nuevos, hay un lore nuevo, por que aquí con Ni sabemos que hay otras manadas, (al menos yo pensé que la única era la de Mufasa) y lo que los leones machos tienen como ritos o cosas por hacer, sin duda es algo interesante de saber y es en el tiempo en que Scar reinaba, otro punto que le veo a su favor por que se sabe muy poco de lo que sucedía en esos entonces, por que solo vemos la perspectiva de Simba y a lo mucho de Rafiki.
Se que no me gusto tanto como el primer libro, pero de que vale la pena lo vale y me gustan mucho las historias, yo si los recomiendo, son muy difíciles de conseguir y sobre todo en español, pero en el internet todo se puede y al menos en ingles si se puede, si sabes ingles aunque sea básico los vas a poder entender y leer sin ningún problema, dales una oportunidad se que los vas a disfrutar y si eres como yo que le encanta la chisma en los libros estos son perfectos para eso.
Entrada completa en: http://calderoliterario7.blogspot.mx
October 9, 2019
I liked this. Some of the writing was a bit too little kiddie. But over all it was fun.
I like that it shows us that kopa was indeed a real character in the universe, not just a fan theory. Also shows a bit of what went on with scar I charge. Also shows how male lions have to leave their own prides and go find a new one when they get older. (An explanation as to why we don't see Kopa in the second movie or the lion guard maybe?) A must read for lion King fans. Especially if you have young kids to share it with.
I like that it shows us that kopa was indeed a real character in the universe, not just a fan theory. Also shows a bit of what went on with scar I charge. Also shows how male lions have to leave their own prides and go find a new one when they get older. (An explanation as to why we don't see Kopa in the second movie or the lion guard maybe?) A must read for lion King fans. Especially if you have young kids to share it with.
April 20, 2020
И още едно ревю за лъвчовци, забавна и сладка книжка, макар и не толкова хубава колкото Приказката за двамата братя. Евалата на руските фърита, съхранили тази книжка за съвременните фенове, а самото ревю е на линка:
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April 2, 2019
Always love seeing more Sarabi
December 18, 2024
Excellent! Never knew there was a young adult chapter book series for TLK. A great side tale of Nala. Gorgeous artwork based on 1994 film.
April 30, 2013
This was my favorite book as a child. Probably because it is based on my favorite character from my favorite movie. I read it to all the kids I baby sit.
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