Category Archives: Reviews

Book Review: WDPs Snowball Express

Publisher: Scholastic Book Services Year: 1980 Pages: 122 Type: Softcover ISBN: 0-590-30359-7 “Riotous fun for everyone – that’s SNOW BIZ!” Snowball Express is a 1972 screwball comedy from Walt Disney Productions that was directed by Norman Tokar. It follows the story of a man who leaves his middle … Continue reading

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Kellogg’s Mickey and Friends Eggo Waffles

“Leggo of my Eggo!” Every kid knows about Kellogg’s Mickey and Friends Eggo Waffles: Do you remember screaming this at your brother or sister at the breakfast table? Did you fight over the first hot waffle to come out of … Continue reading

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Book Review: Walt Disney Characters Needlepoint Book

Publisher: Random House Year: 1976 Pages: 96 Type: Hardcover ISBN: 0-394-49910-7 “Embroidering your Disney friends on canvas.” And who hasn’t thought about doing that? Me. I never thought about doing that until I found this old book in a Charity Shop! Even though it is … Continue reading

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Book Review: Art in Advertising by David K. Stone

Publisher: Pitman Publishing Corp. Year: 1961 Pages: 48 Type: Softcover ISBN: 1-9876543 “…the success of the ad depends upon the illustration’s effectiveness.” If you’ve ever wondered if you have what it takes to break into the world of advertising, this booklet is for you. It’s … Continue reading

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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Herbie Goes Bananas

Publisher: Scholastic Inc. Year: 1980 Pages: 122 Type: Softcover ISBN: 0-590-31609-5 “Beeeeeeeeeeeeep!.” This is the fourth novelization of the Herbie the Love Bug movie franchise. The Love Bug, Herbie Rides Again, and Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, came first. The covers for these books are … Continue reading

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Book Review: Little Golden Books – Disney’s Uncle Remus

Publisher: Western Publishing Company Year: 1986 Pages: 24 Type: Hardcover ISBN: 0-307-01055-4 “Maybe someday they’ll catch him. Do you reckon they will?” There is a world of hate for the Disney movie Song of the South and even more debate and controversy. But it remains … Continue reading

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Book Review: Disney Celebrates 100 Collector’s Magazine

Publisher: Centennial Media Year: 2023 Pages: 100 Type: Softcover ISBN: N / A “First Look at the Anniversary Festivities” With the Disney 100 Celebration in full swing it was only a matter of time before we got the obligatory Collector’s Issue magazine. And here it … Continue reading

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Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. Movie & Book Review

Dick Van Dyke is beloved by Disney fans for his work in Mary Poppins. But what many don’t know is that he did two other movies for Walt. One of those would go on to be one of the worst … Continue reading

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Things: Miniature Moments – Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments

The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI. is hosting a new exhibition that is bigger than the name might imply. Miniature Moments – A Journey Through Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments is packed full of only thousands of the small wonders this … Continue reading

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Book Review: MGM / Cinerama How the West Was Won

Publisher: Random House Year: 1963 Pages: 40 Type: Hardcover ISBN: N/A “The climax is the greatest train wreck ever filmed.” – The London Evening News They didn’t mean that the ending of the film was terrible, but that there was an actual train wreck at … Continue reading

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