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Dumbo at Bat
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48 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1985
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Walter Elias “Walt” Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion.
Disney is particularly noted for being a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most famous fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, a character for which Disney himself was the original voice. He has been awarded four honorary Academy Awards and has won twenty-two competitive Academy Awards out of fifty-nine nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual. He also won seven Emmy Awards. He is the namesake for Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland Hong Kong.
Disney died of lung cancer in Burbank, California, on December 15, 1966. The following year, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971.
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) (commonly referred to as Disney) is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, the company was reincorporated as Walt Disney Productions in 1929. Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and travel. Taking on its current name in 1986, The Walt Disney Company expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theatre, radio, publishing, and online media. In addition, it has created new divisions of the company in order to market more mature content than it typically associates with its flagship family-oriented brands.
The company is best known for the products of its film studio, the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, today one of the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, and ABC Family; publishing, merchandising, and theatre divisions; and owns and licenses 11 theme parks around the world. On January 23, 2006, it was announced that Disney would purchase Pixar in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4 billion. The deal was finalized on May 5. On December 31, 2009, Disney Company acquired the Marvel Entertainment, Inc. for $4.24 billion. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6, 1991. An early and well-known cartoon creation of the company, Mickey Mouse, is the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company.
--from Wikipedia
Walter Elias “Walt” Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion.
Disney is particularly noted for being a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most famous fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, a character for which Disney himself was the original voice. He has been awarded four honorary Academy Awards and has won twenty-two competitive Academy Awards out of fifty-nine nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual. He also won seven Emmy Awards. He is the namesake for Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland Hong Kong.
Disney died of lung cancer in Burbank, California, on December 15, 1966. The following year, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971.
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) (commonly referred to as Disney) is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, the company was reincorporated as Walt Disney Productions in 1929. Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and travel. Taking on its current name in 1986, The Walt Disney Company expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theatre, radio, publishing, and online media. In addition, it has created new divisions of the company in order to market more mature content than it typically associates with its flagship family-oriented brands.
The company is best known for the products of its film studio, the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, today one of the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, and ABC Family; publishing, merchandising, and theatre divisions; and owns and licenses 11 theme parks around the world. On January 23, 2006, it was announced that Disney would purchase Pixar in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4 billion. The deal was finalized on May 5. On December 31, 2009, Disney Company acquired the Marvel Entertainment, Inc. for $4.24 billion. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6, 1991. An early and well-known cartoon creation of the company, Mickey Mouse, is the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company.
--from Wikipedia
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April 14, 2025
One of my favorite types of Disney media are the picture books that act as sequels to the animated films but, since the picture books are aimed at a very young audience, the stakes are super low and include things like "Ariel and her family go to the beach" or "that random cartoon animal plays a sport". This is a sequel to Dumbo and the conflict is that Dumbo needs to get good at baseball. I love it.
I just want to point out a few things:
1. The animals are way more anthropomorphic in this book than they were in the movie. I'm pretty sure the lions and the tigers in the circus were meant to be ferocious wild animals trying to kill the humans in the animal tamer acts, but here? They're standing on two legs, bantering with the ringmaster, holding baseball bats, and wearing darling little baseball uniforms. This does paint the movie in a much kinder light by having these animals be coworkers rather than, you know, abused creatures that the ringmaster cracks his whip at.
2. The teams are The Animals versus The Clowns (which means the clowns in Dumbo's circus are once more taking on an antagonistic role) and even though The Clowns are up against lions and tigers standing on two legs, they actually hold their own pretty well.
3. Dumbo's mom is completely absent from this book, which means she doesn't go to her son's first baseball game. I asked a friend what would keep Mrs. Jumbo from seeing Dumbo play baseball, and the answer I got was "she went on another rampage and was back in solitary confinement".
4. One of the main characters is a purple cartoon octopus. I don't think there was an octopus in Dumbo's circus.
5. The uniforms for the Animal team are the same colors as the transgender flag in a happy little accident.
I just want to point out a few things:
1. The animals are way more anthropomorphic in this book than they were in the movie. I'm pretty sure the lions and the tigers in the circus were meant to be ferocious wild animals trying to kill the humans in the animal tamer acts, but here? They're standing on two legs, bantering with the ringmaster, holding baseball bats, and wearing darling little baseball uniforms. This does paint the movie in a much kinder light by having these animals be coworkers rather than, you know, abused creatures that the ringmaster cracks his whip at.
2. The teams are The Animals versus The Clowns (which means the clowns in Dumbo's circus are once more taking on an antagonistic role) and even though The Clowns are up against lions and tigers standing on two legs, they actually hold their own pretty well.
3. Dumbo's mom is completely absent from this book, which means she doesn't go to her son's first baseball game. I asked a friend what would keep Mrs. Jumbo from seeing Dumbo play baseball, and the answer I got was "she went on another rampage and was back in solitary confinement".
4. One of the main characters is a purple cartoon octopus. I don't think there was an octopus in Dumbo's circus.
5. The uniforms for the Animal team are the same colors as the transgender flag in a happy little accident.
May 31, 2020
Cute little story featuring Dumbo. Dumbo was never really one of my favorite Disney movies, but this book has nothing to do with the movie.
The story involves Timothy Mouse helping Dumbo believe in himself in a baseball game of animals vs. clowns while the circus is temporarily closed.
Read this to my daughter.
The story involves Timothy Mouse helping Dumbo believe in himself in a baseball game of animals vs. clowns while the circus is temporarily closed.
Read this to my daughter.
January 15, 2020
kids liked it, but they really need to understand baseball before you sit down with this one. I think I spent as long explaining what was happening in the ball game as I spent reading the book.
May 12, 2025
Unrealistic.
August 16, 2011
Dumbo taught us that sometimes an elephant can fly, but can an elephant play baseball? That’s the question in the eighth book of the Disney Fun-to-Read Library, Dumbo at Bat.
The circus has to take a break for a few days, because the wagon needs painted. Everyone is sad, because they won’t have anything to do, when Timothy Mouse suggests that they can play baseball. Everyone quickly agrees that this is a good idea, and they plan a game of baseball between the clowns and the animals.
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Dumbo at Bat is a good book, with a decent story, fun art, and an important lesson. I’d certainly recommend it for young children.
(Full review is posted on my blog.)
The circus has to take a break for a few days, because the wagon needs painted. Everyone is sad, because they won’t have anything to do, when Timothy Mouse suggests that they can play baseball. Everyone quickly agrees that this is a good idea, and they plan a game of baseball between the clowns and the animals.
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Dumbo at Bat is a good book, with a decent story, fun art, and an important lesson. I’d certainly recommend it for young children.
(Full review is posted on my blog.)
September 22, 2011
This is the book that is responsible for my much-admired confidence. Many people ask me how did my parents raise such a confident child ( especially when she has a lot to be self-conscious about) and the answer is quite simple: Any child growing up with this book learns that believing in yourself makes life easier for you. I was lucky enough to be such a child and until this very day, when a family members faces moments of uncertainty and self-doubt the rest of us whisper "Believe in yourself, Dumbo!'
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