Secrets of Disney's Glorious Gardens

Secrets of Disney's Glorious Gardens
Disney landscapers are artists who use flowers as their paint and foliage as their clay to transport guests to different lands and different times. Disney's landscape artists know the right plants to create rugged, genteel, even spooky settings-often just yards apart. For the first time ever, the master gardeners of Disney will offer home gardeners their tips for creating impressive landscapes. Secrets of Disney's Glorious Gardens will be the perfect memento for garden lovers and a stunning source of inspiration and appreciation.
Customer Review: Secrets?
I thought I'd be getting some wonderful back-lot adventure and instead it's just a bunch of nice pictures and garden tips. Why is there DIY project instructions for building a garden arbor? I can get that from the magazine rack at Home Depot. Why is there a topic on the temperature zones of the United States? I bought this book because I was interested in Disney, not my backyard. There are a few good tidbits of what goes on behind the scenes but nowhere near what I was hoping for.
Customer Review: Disney Gardens
I have thoroughly the book Secrets of Disney's Glorious Gardens. The pictures are gorgeous and the text is very informative. It is a great book.


Walt Disney World Guide to the Magic for Kids
It's a guide book, journal, autograph book, sticker book and activity book all rolled into one! You'll find LOTS of colorful photos of every attraction in every park at Walt Disney World, as well as scavenger hunts, park maps, Hidden Mickeys, mystery photos, little known facts, secrets, and lots lots more! You can even record your special memories of your magical vacation and rate all of the attractions. You'll also find a complete set of stickers one for every attraction in the parks. Use them to keep track of all the places you've visited! There's even a special World Showcase section where you can collect passport stamps and autographs from every country. Guide to the Magic For Kids is sure to be a favorite for every child (and child at heart) in your family!
Customer Review: Excellent resource
This book is full of child friendly information I was able to share with my kids before we went to DisneyWorld. They were so excited to ride the rides they were able to read about. It was also great to get their opinion after the ride to see if it went along with the author's. And it did! I highly recommend this as a supplement for a trip to Disney!
Customer Review: Not just for kids
This is a very nice book for the whole family. It's get everything in it.


Once Upon a Time: Walt Disney: The Sources of Inspiration for the Disney Studios

The origins of Disney's masterpieces and the works the studio in turn inspired are the subject of this lavishly illustrated book.

While the works of Walt Disney rank among the icons of American mass culture, it is easy to forget that Disney's characters and stories were inspired by original works of art. Now the sources that motivated Disney's imagination--and the artists that his studio in turn influenced--are brought to light. From the launching of the Walt Disney Company until the founder's death in 1967, this book includes more than 300 original works selected from the Disney archives and from private collections, together with paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, and film stills.

Here Disney fans will discover the fairy tales behind Sleeping Beauty and Snow White; they'll learn that Pinocchio's village was modeled on the mediaeval city of Rothenburg in Bavaria; that Bambi's forest took its inspiration from fifteenth-century Chinese painting; that Dumbo's bird's-eye views drew on the work of Grant Wood and Thomas Hart Benton. One chapter is devoted to the mutually admiring relationship between Salvador Dali and Disney. Finally, the book looks at the myriad ways in which Disney's products became source materials for modern and contemporary artists, including Prokofiev and Leopold Stokowski as well as Christian Boltanski, Bertrand Lavier, Peter Saul, and Gary Baseman. A wonderful sourcebook for Disney enthusiasts, this colorful volume offers a unique perspective on the often-overlooked links between highbrow and popular culture.

Customer Review: The cross-cultural connections are simply outstanding
Any collection strong in animation history and art needs ONCE UPON A TIME: WALT DISNEY: THE SOURCES OF INSPIRATION FOR THE DISNEY STUDIOS. It packs in nearly four hundred color illustrations and essays by a number of authorities as it reveals the Paris exhibition of 'Once Upon a Time: Walt Disney' and considers the films which impacted animation and the film world. Over 300 original works by Disney artists, from paintings and drawings to film clips, backgrounds and cels blend with the Western European artworks which inspired them, offering a unique visual connection between Disney's efforts and their inspirational origins. The cross-cultural connections are simply outstanding and place this 'tops' in any collection strong on Disney, film or animation history. Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch
Customer Review: Hard to nail this one down...
Here at Denny Magic Studios we make a point of acquiring anything and everything Disney, it's part of our ongoing education by being in the theme park design business. This passion surrounding the Disney brothers also dictated that we attend the traveling museum show on Walt which we found mesmerizing. However, although this book delivers some wonderful color plates and some good information all rolled into a beautiful coffee table presentation, and without chastising it in any way...we found that we were not too excited about it. There are several colored plates that seem to be rather rare, and the information seems well researched, but there was something that we could not put our finger on that kept it from being an exciting acquisition. Therefore we feel that if you are a die hard fan of Disney... then yes, you are going to want this book. If you are interested in Disney but not "fanatical" then you might want to wait until this one goes on sale.