Toy Story 2: A Junior Novel

by Leslie Goldman, Julia Richardson (Editor)

After Woody is kidnapped by a toy collector, Buzz Lightyear's rescue team locates him, but finds that Woody no longer wants to come home, and Buzz must convince him otherwise--that it's better to play than sit on a shelf

Genres: Childrens

94 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1999

Reviews

[melhara · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a children's adaptation of the movie Toy Story 2. It wasn't the best novelization of the movie, to be honest. I felt like it was missing a few key scenes from the movie (granted, I haven't watched the movie in decades).

The book completely omitted Jessie's flashback scene, which I remembered thinking was one of the most moving scenes in the entire movie:


I felt like a lot of the emotions/heart was removed from this book, making it a bit lacking as an adapted novel.

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Part of a personal challenge to read all of my boyfriend's and his sister's childhood books before we donate and give them away.

*** #42 of my 2022 Popsugar Reading Challenge - A book based on a popular movie ***

[Simon · Rating 3 out of 5]

A childhood classic, some of the most wholesome and heartwarming stories are made from Disney and Pixar. I saw this movie as a kid and immediately loved it, it's the sole reason I kept so many toys as a kid myself and literally Andy's journey was mine, growing up, getting rid of toys and keeping others, with plans to put them in storage until a time came to play with them again with kids of my own, or nieces and nephews.

[Nathan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Definitely a junior novelization. The chapters at the end finally started giving decent description.

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bedtime story - Dad read to us

[Weronika · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book was fine for a book that was based on a movie I don't really liked books based on movies...