What do you think?
Rate this book
Disney Winnie the Pooh CD Storybook: The Many Adventure of Winnie the Pooh / Piglet's Big Movie / Pooh's Heffalump Movie / The Tigger Movie
Children will love this combination of four favorite Disney Winnie the Pooh stories. There's over an hour of listening enjoyment packaged with a beautiful collectable edition.
--back cover
--back cover
- GenresChildrens
125 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2005
1 person is currently reading
16 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews
July 15, 2022
The writing isn't very strong and the narrator on the included audio CD doesn't particularly shine, but this is a nice way to have adaptations of all four of the earliest theatrical movies under one cover.
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
A movie of one hour and 14 minutes condensed to a 28-page story with a 17-minute audio track. Needless to say, much nuance is lost. Still, it's my favorite movie of the bunch, and I'm happy for any excuse to be reminded of it and the Milne stories it adapts.
Piglet's Big Movie
My second favorite of the Pooh movies, it puts an original framing story around retelling of tales from the Milne canon.
Most of the illustrations used here were also used in 2003 in Piglet's Big Movie: A Read-Aloud Storybook, where they are credited to Mario Cortes, Toby Bluth, and the Disney Storybook Artists. The text of that adaptation, however, is different from the text used here. The original film was directed by Francis Glebas, with a screenplay by Brian Hohlfeld, additional screenplay material by Ted Henning, and based on Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne. The film and its many adaptations contain a framing sequence around segments adapting A. A. Milne's:
• Winnie-the-Pooh Chapter 7. In Which Kanga and Baby Roo Come to the Forest, and Piglet Has a Bath
• Winnie-the-Pooh Chapter 8. In Which Christopher Robin Leads an Expotition to the North Pole
• The House at Pooh Corner Chapter 1. In Which A House Is Built at Pooh Corner for Eeyore.
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Coincidentally, this book is laid out in order from my favorite to my least, as this is my third favorite Pooh movie. It doesn't really adapt any major bits from the Milne books, but tells a nice story about prejudice as Roo finds a Heffalump friend despite everyone telling him how awful and scary they are.
The Tigger Movie
My least favorite of the four movies collected here because it doesn't really have much connection to Milne's original books and the story of Tigger searching for his real family is weak and contradicts a century of him being the "only one."
There are several distinct adaptations of The Tigger Movie. Several of the adaptations like this one have different text for the story but use the same art (sometimes cropped and/or flipped) credited in The Tigger Movie (Disney's Songs & Story) (ISBN 0763406007) as "Illustrated by the storybook artists at Disney Publishing Creative Development" with art direction by David Braucher. The actual movie credits: directed by Jun Falkenstein; story by Eddie Guzelian; screenplay by Jun Falkenstein; based on characters by A. A. Milne.
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
A movie of one hour and 14 minutes condensed to a 28-page story with a 17-minute audio track. Needless to say, much nuance is lost. Still, it's my favorite movie of the bunch, and I'm happy for any excuse to be reminded of it and the Milne stories it adapts.
Piglet's Big Movie
My second favorite of the Pooh movies, it puts an original framing story around retelling of tales from the Milne canon.
Most of the illustrations used here were also used in 2003 in Piglet's Big Movie: A Read-Aloud Storybook, where they are credited to Mario Cortes, Toby Bluth, and the Disney Storybook Artists. The text of that adaptation, however, is different from the text used here. The original film was directed by Francis Glebas, with a screenplay by Brian Hohlfeld, additional screenplay material by Ted Henning, and based on Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne. The film and its many adaptations contain a framing sequence around segments adapting A. A. Milne's:
• Winnie-the-Pooh Chapter 7. In Which Kanga and Baby Roo Come to the Forest, and Piglet Has a Bath
• Winnie-the-Pooh Chapter 8. In Which Christopher Robin Leads an Expotition to the North Pole
• The House at Pooh Corner Chapter 1. In Which A House Is Built at Pooh Corner for Eeyore.
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Coincidentally, this book is laid out in order from my favorite to my least, as this is my third favorite Pooh movie. It doesn't really adapt any major bits from the Milne books, but tells a nice story about prejudice as Roo finds a Heffalump friend despite everyone telling him how awful and scary they are.
The Tigger Movie
My least favorite of the four movies collected here because it doesn't really have much connection to Milne's original books and the story of Tigger searching for his real family is weak and contradicts a century of him being the "only one."
There are several distinct adaptations of The Tigger Movie. Several of the adaptations like this one have different text for the story but use the same art (sometimes cropped and/or flipped) credited in The Tigger Movie (Disney's Songs & Story) (ISBN 0763406007) as "Illustrated by the storybook artists at Disney Publishing Creative Development" with art direction by David Braucher. The actual movie credits: directed by Jun Falkenstein; story by Eddie Guzelian; screenplay by Jun Falkenstein; based on characters by A. A. Milne.
July 4, 2016
This is a lovely edition of the Disney Pooh, but there is a significant flaw.
If you're buying it for a preschooler who can't read, in order to listen to the audio version on the enclosed CD, then the pages are too thin, and there is way too much text on each page for the patience of a small child. They want to flip the pages and see illustrations, not sit for 5-8 minutes at a single spot in the book.
If this is for an older child, then the text and pictures are just fine, but the CD with the audio version is just a waste, because they can read on their own (and you should want them to), they don't need an audio version. If anyone is reading this aloud to your child, it should be you - so that you can explain meanings of words, and discuss the story with them.
In all, not a great purchase (we got ours as a gift). I'd recommend getting individual volumes of the stories in another format.
If you're buying it for a preschooler who can't read, in order to listen to the audio version on the enclosed CD, then the pages are too thin, and there is way too much text on each page for the patience of a small child. They want to flip the pages and see illustrations, not sit for 5-8 minutes at a single spot in the book.
If this is for an older child, then the text and pictures are just fine, but the CD with the audio version is just a waste, because they can read on their own (and you should want them to), they don't need an audio version. If anyone is reading this aloud to your child, it should be you - so that you can explain meanings of words, and discuss the story with them.
In all, not a great purchase (we got ours as a gift). I'd recommend getting individual volumes of the stories in another format.
March 12, 2016
I know. What's a book-lover doing giving a Disney book a high rating? Well, it pulled the boys away from the videos and into the book. Also, books on tape about movies are a powerful tool in explaining what the characters were thinking and why they acted the way they did... something you do not see on video. This is quite helpful for those who may suffer from a touch of mind-blindness. If you don't know what mind-blindness is, rejoice. You don't need to then.
August 27, 2007
The children love, love, LOVE this book! It has bright beautiful colors, but it's not just a picture book, stories a lot more complex than many other toddler stories but easy for them to follow.
The CD is a nice alternative to TV, they will sit and listen to the stories while coloring, leaves me time to cook dinner.
The CD is a nice alternative to TV, they will sit and listen to the stories while coloring, leaves me time to cook dinner.
January 14, 2017
My 3 year old loves this book, but she won't listen to the cd. Unlike her other readalong storybooks, there's no indicator of when to turn the page. Reading the book to her is annoying -- there is more than one typo in the text. That said, it's nice to be able to read these stories instead of watching the movies.
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews