Walt Disney's Christmas Parade #5 (Walt Disney's Parade) (v. 5)

Walt Disney's Christmas Parade #5 (Walt Disney's Parade) (v. 5)
In Carl Barks' feature-length "Thrifty Spendthrift," a hypnotized Scrooge recreates the famous "Twelve Days of Christmas" song in real life! Then "Mr. Clerkly's Christmas" explores the rocky yuletide relationship between Scrooge and his long-suffering accountant. Then in Pat and Shelly Block's "Cookery Countdown," it's Donald Duck's turn to create an explosive Christmas dinner. Finally, fan-favorite Romano Scarpa wraps things up with an extended-length Mickey and Goofy adventure, "Memoirs of an Invisible Santa"... also featuring Donald and Scrooge!


Alice in Wonderland (Disney Classics)
Source of legend and lyric, reference and conjecture, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is for most children pure pleasure in prose. While adults try to decipher Lewis Carroll's putative use of complex mathematical codes in the text, or debate his alleged use of opium, young readers simply dive with Alice through the rabbit hole, pursuing "The dream-child moving through a land / Of wonders wild and new." There they encounter the White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, the Mock Turtle, and the Mad Hatter, among a multitude of other characters--extinct, fantastical, and commonplace creatures. Alice journeys through this Wonderland, trying to fathom the meaning of her strange experiences. But they turn out to be "curiouser and curiouser," seemingly without moral or sense.

For more than 130 years, children have reveled in the delightfully non-moralistic, non-educational virtues of this classic. In fact, at every turn, Alice's new companions scoff at her traditional education. The Mock Turtle, for example, remarks that he took the "regular course" in school: Reeling, Writhing, and branches of Arithmetic-Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision. Carroll believed John Tenniel's illustrations were as important as his text. Naturally, Carroll's instincts were good; the masterful drawings are inextricably tied to the well-loved story. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter
Customer Review: my daughters' favorite story
I bought this book as a "collector" item for my 15 year old. This is her favorite story and she wanted the original illustrations in the book. She was thrilled!
Customer Review: It's All Been Said
Far better words than mine have extolled this book. My favorite as a child, then my children, and now my grandchildren. And I expect my great-grand-children will also love it.