Mickey's Alphabet Soup

Disney's Read and Grow Library #1

by Wendy Wax, Walt Disney Company

The first in this 18 book series (Read and Grow Library) from Disney.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

41 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1997

About the author

The Wendy Wax who wrote 'The Accidental Bestseller' and other romance comedies is my cousin. She’s at authorwendywax.com. See the PW Article about the 2 Wendy Waxes.

Wendy Wax is a children’s book author and a collage artist. She grew up in Michigan where she read lots of children’s books. Her favorite authors were Astrid Lindgren, Beverly Cleary, Roald Dahl, Jean Little, and E. B. White. Wendy has always liked to draw, and she kept a journal from third grade on.

After earning a BFA in graphic design from the University of Michigan, Wendy moved to New York City, where she was a children’s book editor for several years.

During that time, she began creating photo-collages for advertising, editorial, and children’s books. Her clients include: American Express, HBO, Bloomberg, UTNE Reader, HarperCollins, Penguin USA, Gold Digest, Good Housekeeping, and The New York Times.

Wendy currently divides her time between Remsenburg, New York and New York City. She likes to swim, sing, paint, and spend time with her photographer husband Jon (whose photos are often in Wendy’s collages) and her amazing 6-year-old son, Jonah.

Reviews

[Ms BooksAholic · Rating 5 out of 5]

From my.daughters point of view she actually enjoyed this book. From a mother's point a view it's a. excellent book! Especially learning ABC's and along with words that start with the letters. Very good book. I highly recommend this book if you can get a copy.

[Laura · Rating 1 out of 5]

So dumb I'm pretty sure it kills brain cells. My 4yo loves it.

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

When I was a kid, Walt Disney was a hero to me. Not so much the Disney empire of today. Maybe I'm naive, but I think the pride he took in making people happy with his innovations and creations like the Mickey Mouse Club and the original Disneyland Magic Kingdom was more than a greedy ride to financial success. Not so much the Disney empire of today. With this background, I read Mickey's Alphabet Soup, which came in a bag of books I purchased at a yard sale. I was surprised to find myself getting a kick out of it!

[Michael Roby · Rating 5 out of 5]

My brother and I made our mom read this to us over and over again because we knew she hated it so much. The fond memories of being an annoying pest make this an instant 5 stars.

[Ethan LaBree · Rating 5 out of 5]

The single greatest book of my childhood! Would recommend for anyone!😍👍

[Bellatuscana Bellatuscana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kept me entertained at least. Better for 3 year olds. The pictures and storyline are great for kids.

[Judith Barrientos · Rating 2 out of 5]

My daughter has loved this book since she was 2 (she's now 3) I personally do not enjoy reading it. I find it boring and the only reason I can see why she likes it is because its Disney. Specifically Disney Clubhouse and her favorite Disney Clubhouse member is Goofy. I like the storyline and can understand where they're going with it but don't see how it helps children learn the alphabet. It's too much for early learners.

All I can see it the entertainment of the silly items that get tossed into the soup. I feel like if they went with a max of 2-6 items per letter (2-3 per recipe) or have the items rhyme, children might be able to grasp the phonics of each letter more. ALSO the letters should be drawn in a more obvious way. The black text font is so unobtrusive you could skip over the fact when you're reading it. It's also in a serif font which isn't basic enough for early learners. BLOCK LETTERS IS WHAT THEY NEED. They can easily get confused with the small "a" looking fancy vs the traditional way we learned to make an "a."

[Rosa Cline · Rating 2 out of 5]

If this hadn't been a Mickey Mouse book with Mickey and Minnie and Goofy in it then we probably would not had finished it. My nearly 3 year old granddaughter (that can sit for nearly an hour listening to stories being read) lost interest in the storyline VERY QUICKLY and just looked at the pictures while I read to her. About half way through I skipped pages and scanned over the text. She and I started pointing out items on the page to help with her speech. The story is horrible as they are making alphabet soup... meaning things that go into the soup has to go in in alphabetical order... like apples and asparagus is first in and then bananas and bagels all the way down to Z items. And although they are all food items they aren't what goes into soup yuck...and yes, I know it's just a story but still... BUT then in Goofy's soup he puts in toys and items around the house in a pool in his living room including toaster and television set! Really?? Teaching children to put electrical items in water! That really took the cake for me reading this.. Very disappointed in this book.

[Katie Stow]

In this story, Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy are making soup for the Alphabet Soup Contest. Adding ingredients that start with each letter of the alphabet, Mickey and Minnie are making a tasty soup while Goofy is adding objects that are not for eating. In the end, they are all winners because Mickey and Minnie had the best soup, but Goofy had fun things to play with. I liked this book and I think it would be fun to read to lower elementary children to teach the alphabet in order and learn things that start with those letters.