Disney's Pocahontas The Voice of the Wind

by Justine Korman Fontes (Adapted By), Don Williams (Illustrator), Peter Emslie (Illustrator)

Pocahontas discovers a bear in a cave when she goes upriver to explore.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1995

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

[Basma fouad · Rating 2 out of 5]

Boring 💤 I couldn't even finish reading it to my daughter.

[Jaime · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this sweet little book to my granddaughters during a visit to their home. It is short and entertaining, It does does include beautiful and colorful scenes from the Disney movie.

[Tree · Rating 4 out of 5]

I purchased this as a collectible. It's very short, not much to it. Rating for nostalgia.

[Julieanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

A pleasant story about how adventure doesn't have to be too far away. A good short story to read before bed, especially during the spring time.

[Kylie Abecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not the most interesting of stories, but the moral of the tale does shine through and open up topics of conversations with the kids.

[Shannon Futrell · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great children's book. There is a lot of dialogue in the book. Pocahontas and her family were invaded by people from England and there were many fights among the two different groups of people. Pocahontas falls in love with John Smith. Although the book is somewhat fictional, it is does give a little bit of an insight of what it was like between the Indians and settlers.

[Christina Landers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Its a good book

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Disney is not my first choice for reading material, but this one isn't bad. Pocahontas learns that she doesn't have to look somewhere else to calm her restless heart. Beautiful surroundings are enough. She also learns to "listen to the Wind," which we could translate to "listen to your heart." Such an important lesson for children to learn. Stop and listen!!

[Miriam · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not certain I can get behind the message of this story, that the best way is to not seek adventure, but it's a charming little book with very pretty illustrations. Par for the course for a Disney Golden Book.