Movie Books For Children & Family

BABE THE GALLANT PIG
by Dick King-Smith. B&W illustrations by Mary Rayner. Condition: Gently pre-read (if at all), 1994 Harcourt, Brace hardcover (pictorial boards), 3rd printing. Tiny shelfwear to bottom cover corner tips. Interior clean & tight. Intended as a school supplemental reading book. Content: Everyone knows the story of Babe - so I won't bore you. Adorable book and even better movie. The 1995 movie was directed by Chris Noonan and starred Babe (lots of little piglets), James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski, and Christine Cavanaugh as the voice of Babe. Not to be missed! [1copy available]
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THE BRAVEST DOG EVER: The True Story of Balto (Step Into Reading, Step 2)
by Natalie Standiford. Neat color illustraitons by Donald Cook. Condition: NEW c. 1995 Random House soft cover, 23rd printing. Tiny edge wear. Content: A compelling account, told in easy-to-read format, of Balto, a sled dog who led his team through snow and ice over 53 miles of northern Alaska wilderness to deliver some medicine. The story is based on an actual event that occurred in 1925 during an outbreak of diptheria, when the closest medicine was 800 miles away in Anchorage. When the train bearing the important cargo became buried in the snow still 700 miles from its destination, a dog sled relay was used. Cook's softly colored illustrations are expressive and enhance the drama of the story--a proud and heroic story that young readers are sure to enjoy. The 1995 animated movie was directed by Simon Wells and starred the voices of Kevin Bacon (Balto), Bob Hoskins, Bridget Fonda, Phil Collins, and Jim Cummings. [1copy available]
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THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE OF JONATHAN TOOMEY
by Susan Wojciechowski. Color illustrations by P. J. Lynch. Condition: Gently pre-read 2002 Candlewick Press hardcover (pictorial boards) & DJ (in mylar jacket), first printing. This book was originally pubished in a larger hardcover in 1995. This is known as the "small cover" edition. Content: "Christmas is pish-posh," grumbles Jonathan Toomey, the best wood carver in the valley. He's a Scroogelike recluse; but he's a gentle grouch, it turns out, and he hides a sad secret. He's transformed, not by Dickensian ghosts, but by an eager seven-year-old boy and his widowed mother who ask him to make them a Christmas creche. The story verges on the sentimental, but it's told with feeling and lyricism. Lynch's sweeping illustrations, in shades of wood grain, are both realistic and gloriously romantic, focusing on faces and hands at work before the fire and in the lamplight. In a beautiful, elemental scene, the angry wood carver stands on the threshold of his home, disturbed by the gentle widow and her son who want his help and will transform his life. The 2007 movie was directed by Bill Clark and starred the great Tom Berenger, Aran Bell, Thomas Briggs, and Joely Richardson. A Christmas delight. Ages 4 - 9. [2 copies available]
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DINOTOPIA: A Land Apart From Time
written & illustrated by James Gurney. Beautiful color illustrations. Condition: NEW 1998 HarperCollins hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), 7th printing. Content: Arthur Denison, a Victorian scientist, and his son Will are shipwrecked on an amazing island . Here, dinosaurs live in harmony with a colony of humans, made up of other marooned travelers and their descendants. Will and his father are fascinated by the technology of their new home. They visit a hatchery, a blacksmith in Volcaneum, and a city built on waterfalls. The boy is most impressed by the Skybax Riders, people who are trained to fly on winged reptiles. Deciding to join them, he goes through their rigorous training program. In the meantime, his father finds a route to the dinosaur underground, a mythic place referred to in old dinosaur tales. He returns to find his son has ``earned his wings,'' but his discoveries are saved for (one assumes) another book. Younger readers, too, will be enticed by the dramatic, full-color illustrations, which include both panoramic sweeps of the utopian cities and detailed sketches of Dinotopian contraptions. While the women are more active than their Victorian counterparts, the adventurers here are still Will and Dad. There was a TV mini-series made of Dinotopia in 2002 (?) directed by Marco Brambilla and starring David Thewlis, Tyron Leitso, Wentworth Miller, Katie Carr, and Jim Carter. [1copy available]
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DISNEY'S CHICKEN LITTLE (Movie novelization)
by Disney's Wonderful World of Reading. Color graphics. Condition: UNREAD 2005 Scholastic hard cover (pictorial boards - no DJ issued), no printing given. Content: A classic fable gets fused with War of the Worlds in Disney's Chicken Little. In the small town of Oakey Oaks, young Chicken Little struggles to live down the embarrassment of having once thought the sky was falling. But when he gets struck again by a hexagonal, sky-camouflaged, hi-tech doohickey, he and his friends Ugly Duckling, Runt of the Litter, and Fish Out of Water discover that aliens are preparing to invade Earth--but since no one believed Chicken Little the first time, why would they believe him now? The 2005 animated movie was directed by Mark Dindal with voices by Joan Cusack, Don Knotts, Catherine O'Hara, the great Wallace Shawn, and Patrick Stewart. [1 copy available]
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FINDING NEMO (A Disney Look and Find Book))
illustrated by Art Mawhinney. Cover by Disney Storybook Artists. Condition: UNREAD 2003 Disney-Louis Weber over-sized hardcover (pictorial boards - no DJ), first printing. Content: Using the characters and some of the settings of the hit movie Finding Nemo, this book encourages youngsters to find Nemo and other pictures in an undersea Where's Waldo type setting. The 2003 movie was directed by Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich and starred Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe, Brad Garrett, the fabulous Eric Bana, and the great character actor, Austin Pendleton. Great family movie. [1 copy available]
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FREE WILLY 2: The Adventure Home (Movie Novelization)
by Todd Strasser. Based on the screenplay by Karen Janszen, Corey Blechman, & John Mattson. Color movie stills section. Condition: UNREAD 1995 Scholastic Trade Paperback, second printing. Light tanning to page edges. Content: This 1995 sequel again finds Willy in trouble at the hands of the civilized world, this time due to an oil slick and explosion that may very well kill him or cause him to be locked away again. Meanwhile, Richter's growing character has other problems, including a troublesome half-brother and the rumblings of puppy love. The movie was directed by Dwight Little and starred Jason James Richter, Francis Capra, Mary Kate Schellhardt, August Schellenberg, Michael Madsen, and a sometimes computer-generated Willy. [1 copy available]
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Disney's FROZEN: COLORING PAINT SET
by Disney/Greenbrier International. B&W movie stills for painting. Condition: NEW c. 2014 paint set with Frozen movie stills. Content: This set includes 2 coloring sheets; 6 water-based paints; 1 paintbrush. Ages 6+. [2 copies available]
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Disney's FROZEN: LAND OF SNOW AND ICE
by Disney/Bendon books. Written by Madeline Grey. Colorful movie stills illustrate. Condition: NEW 2014 Disney/Bendon Books shaped board book, no printing given. Content: Ten pages of movie stills with Anna, Elsa, and Kristoff tell the story of Anna realizing love can melt an icy spell. Ages 3+. [1 copy available]
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Disney's FROZEN: LEARN THE ALPHABET
by Disney/Bendon books. Written by Madeline Grey. Colorful movie stills illustrate. Anna and Elsa cover. Condition: NEW 2014 Disney/Bendon Books large paperback. Content: 32 pages. This full-color workbook uses a delightful illustration on every page to motivate young children and create exciting lessons while learning the alphabet. Capital and small letters Aa-Zz. Letter recognition. Large lines for printing. Ages 4+. [1 copy available]
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Disney's FROZEN: WARM HUGS
by Disney/Bendon books. Written by Madeline Grey. Colorful movie stills illustrate. Condition: NEW 2014 Disney/Bendon Books shaped board book, no printing given. Content: Ten pages of movie stills with Anna, Elsa, and Kristoff and Olaf who tells the story of his new friend, Sven the Reindeer, and the story of the movie. Cute! Ages 3+. [1 copy available]
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GALAXY QUEST (Junion Novelization)
by Ellen Weiss. From the screenplay by Robert Gordon. Color movie stills section. Condition: NEW 1999 DreamWorks-Puffin Trade Paperback, fist printing. Content: An excellent spoof of the Star Trek movies and TV series. For years, the intrepid crew of the NSEA Protector valiantly entertained millions of TV viewers with their voyages through space. Now the crew is on another adventue - bravely touring the sci-fi convention circuit and making guest appearances at two-bit computer stores. But their dull existence gets a quantum rocket boost when a group of aliens - believing the TV episodes to be true "historical documents" - enlist the crew's help to save them from an evil alien empire. Now these washed-up TV actors find themselves deep in space, playing their roles as if their lives - and the lives of an entire alien race - depend on it. The hilarious 1999 movie was directed by Dean Parisot and starred an excellent cast: Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, the great Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, Daryl Mitchell, and scene stealers Enrico Colantoni (Mathasar) and Missi Pyle (Laliari). Run, don't walk, to your local Blockbuster if you haven't seen this movie yet! Questions welcome [1 copy available]
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IVANHOE (Abridged Edition)
by St. Walter Scott. Edited, abridged, & annoated by R.S. Wright. Two-tone color illustrations and maps by Christopher Bradbury. Condition: Gently pre-read David McKay large hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), reprint. DJ shows edgewear with 2 very short "repaired" tears top DJ edge. No other problems - just pre-read. Content: This book relates the adventures of the Saxon Knight Ivanhoe in 1194, the year of Richard the Lion-Hearted's return from the Third Crusade. This is one of the most unusual books I've ever seen: it's like team-teaching literature and history in one book. Throughout the story, there are designs and era reproductions along with historical information on armour, shields, weapons, tournaments & jousts, coins, fortresses and castles, and much more. Contains a glossary of Chivalry. Grade 9 - adult. The most commonly watched "Ivanhoe" movie is the 1952 "Ivanhoe" directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, and Guy Rolfe. Of interest, also, may be the wonderful director's cut (only!) of "Kingdom of Heaven" with Orlando Bloom. Questions welcome. [1 copy]
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MACK MADE MOVIES (Mack Stennett)
by Don Brown. Wonderful color illustrations of early Hollywood by the Author. Condition: NEW 2005 Roaring Brook soft cover, first pritning. Tiny shelf wear. Content: The creator of Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa (Houghton, 2000) brings young readers a new treat-a picture-book biography of the moviemaker who made the Keystone Kops, Fatty Arbuckle, and Charlie Chaplin household names. Brown begins Mack's story on the burlesque stage, with his subject in costume. "In 1900, twenty-year-old Mack Sennett was a horse's rear end." Despite a disappointing career, Mack continued trying various slapstick routines to little avail or acclaim. In 1909, he landed a job with a movie company, and eventually persuaded a couple of others to help him produce slapstick comedies. The result was Keystone Pictures. Brown illustrates the various gags Mack first brought to audiences, from slipping on banana peels to throwing a pie into someone's face. The cartoon pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations are done in subdued tones that give the book the feel of an old movie. The spreads are full of energy, moving across the page or spotlighting a specific gag. Occasionally, word bubbles are added to the drawings as Mack adds his own comments to the narrative. Brown gives readers just enough detail without making his story too long, supplementing the text with biographical comments and a bibliography in his author's note. For an added bonus, a small dog drawn in the right bottom corner of each spread dances when readers flip the pages. This is a thoroughly enjoyable and accessible introduction to the life of the "King of Comedy" and to the history of early moviemaking in America. [1 copy available]
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MULAN (Classic Collection Storybook)
adapted by Lisa Ann Marsoli. Color illustrations by Judith Clarke, et al. Condition: UNREAD 1998 Mouse Works large hardcover (pictorial boards - no DJ), first printing. Blank book plate loose end page. Shelf wear to cover corners. Inerior perfect. Content: Based on a Chinese folktale, a young girl dresses up like a boy and goes off to battle in order to keep her elderly father safe at home. Along the way she meets a cast of unforgettable characters who teach her all about acceptance and self-respect. Full color. Ages 4 - 8. [1 copy available]
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MYTHIC VISION: The Making of Eragon
by Mark Cotta Vaz. Beautiful color photos and movie stills. Condition: NEW 2006 Knopf large soft cover, first printing. Tiny edge wear. Content: This book is exactly what it say it is. A detailed "making of" the movie book. Beautiful.
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MOVIE REEL BOOKPLATE
art by Rasa Messina Francesca. Condition: NEW package of 12 bookplates made by pacaritambo books. The peel-off label stock is heavier than most bookplate materials and is matte and not glossy. They are as perfect as possible, and we feel the subject matter is much different than you can get anywhere else. 4.0 wide x 3.0 high. Content: Tan background for a movie reel with filmstrip decoration. We can personalize your bookplate (the font is BinnerD) - just email us the name. Any questions, click here to email us.
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MOVIE REEL BOOKPLATE (#2)
art by PeopleLikeFilm_eps. Condition: NEW package of 12 bookplates made by pacaritambo books. The peel-off label stock is heavier than most bookplate materials and is matte and not glossy. They are as perfect as possible, and we feel the subject matter is much different than you can get anywhere else. 4.0 wide x 3.0 high. Content: Silver movie reel on a black background with "people" going into the movie with your name up on the silver screen. Filmstrip bottom border. We can personalize your bookplate (the font is Snell Blk BT) - just email us the name. Any questions, click here to email us.
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