Donald Duck and the Magic Stick (Disney's Wonderful World of Reading)

Donald Duck and the Magic Stick (Disney's Wonderful World of Reading)
With the help of his magic stick Louie retrieves Huey's magic table and Dewey's magic donkey and proves to Uncle Donald that there is such a thing as magic.
Customer Review: A very cute story
This book is one of many published by Disney in 1974, and in my opinion is one of the better ones. The story flows nicely, and does not exhibit any of the choppiness that some of Disney's other books from this era have. The story is also told well, and is told in a nice, simple, straightforward manner that appeals to me. The story itself is cute, and as there is no way I can improve on the plot summary offered by the next review, I won't try. The illustrations are bright, bold, colorful, and friendly. They do a wonderful job of showings the character's emotions, and Huey, Dewey and Louie are just really cute no matter what they happen to be doing. What with the great illustrations and fun plot, this makes for a good book. Loggie-log-log-log
Customer Review: reality of belief
Donald Duck and the magic stick is a wonderful story about one who doubts coming to the reality of belief. The story is engagingly told and entertainingly illustrated...it is great reading for all ages. As the story opens, Uncle Donald must send his three nephews (Huey, Dewey, and Louie) that he has lovingly raised off to be apprenticed in a trade. The nephews leave and are taught by a furniture maker, a farmer and a woodcutter respectively. The boys complete their apprenticeships, mastering their trades. As each of the boys leaves to return home, they are given a gift my their teachers. The furniture maker gives Huey a magic table. The table can produce any kind of food one wishes. All one has to say is "Table Set!" The farmer gives Dewey a magic donkey. The donkey produces money out of its ear. All one has to say is "Donkey, Donkey, wiggle your ear" and the coins start falling out. As Huey and Dewey journey home they each stop for the night at an old inn. The Innkeeper is the bad guy of the story. He steals the magic gifts given to the boys and replaces them with normal objects that look the same as the magic ones. The boys each return home expecting all the while that they still are in possession of the magic items. They both try to show Uncle Donald (who does not believe in magic) their gifts, but their gifts do not work and Uncle Donald mocks them for believing in magic. Huey and Dewey figure out that the Innkeeper is to blame. They send a warning to Louie; who is finishing up his apprenticeship with the wood cutter. The wood cutter gives Louie a magic stick for the journey home. Louie uses the magic stick to retrieve the items lost by his brothers. He then puts on a wonderful show for his still doubting Uncle. Donald is amazed-and comes to believe in magic. They then live happily ever after. Donald Duck and the magic stick is a classic children's tale. Like all great children's stories, it speaks to the hearts of adults as well as children. All of us, with the possible exception of the most childlike among us, are at least a little like Donald in this story. Each of us has some amount of hardhearted unbelief poisoning our souls. I know I do. Donald could not believe in magic. Many of us also bear the scars of our age and cannot wholly believe in the reality of the God and His love for us. We would do well to model our belief on the simple faith of Huey, Dewey, and Louie and heed the words of the Savior (from Luke 18:17): "Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all." I recommend this book very highly.


Disney High School Musical Junior Novel (Junior Novelization)
Until Troy met Gabriella, his big dream was to win the basketball championship. But ever since they sang karaoke together on New Years Eve, Troy cant get his mind off trying out for the lead role in the school musicalwith Gabriella as his partner! Gabriella is struggling too. The Scholastic Decathlon team could really use her help, but it would be fun to sing with Troy again. All their friends say its a bad idea and that Troy and Gabriella should stick to the status quo. In their hearts, Troy and Gabriella know theyve got the talent to play the lead roles in the musical, so why is everyone standing in their way? Will Troy and Gabriella follow their dreams of being on the stage? Or will they have to give it all up so that they can lead their teams to victory?
Customer Review: Summer Fun at Lava Springs
Say it is the last day of school and your teacher is talking like you have school tomorrow and it is early that day. Then it is almost summer...dinggg the bell rings and you schools out. Friends from school get a summer job at Lava Spring Country Club. But not Sharpay and Ryan, sister and brother who compete in the Broadway musical. They are members at Lava Spring County Club. As the story goes on Troy 'a guy that plays basketball, sang and likes Gabriella a girl that sang and likes Troy too'. promises to sing with Sharpay and does not want to. Troy starts acting different .Then Gabriella leaves. Will Troy be able to start being himself again or will he be this way forever and will he sing with Sharpay. I like the book because I like how the story is written. I can connect to this because it is summer now and Sharpay has a dog and so do I. High School Musical 2 teaches you to be yourself. Sarah H.
Customer Review: bought this as a gift and it was a hit!
Along with the HSM cd I bought this book for my niece for her birthday. She enjoyed both gifts and I was pleased to see her so happy. There was a little mix up with the shipping, so she didn't get it before her birthday. Amazon was so nice about it that they upgraded the shipping to 2 day express. I will continue to order from Amazon.