A Disney Challenge
I was reading the blog of Sarah Miller, trying to catch up on what I missed in her exciting life, when I read about her Disney Literature Challenge and got so excited I had to come over here and post about it. I definitely want to take part in this challenge, as I love Disney and I love most of these stories (except for Bambi. I can't do Bambi.) Anyway, here is the starting list and I will mark the ones I have already read with an *.
Pinocchio (1940)
Pinocchio: The Story of a Puppet, by Carlo Collodi (1916)
The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
excerpted from Dream Days, by Kenneth Grahame (1898)
Bambi (1942)
Bambi, by Felix Salten (1928)
Song Of The South (1946)
Tales of Uncle Remus, by Joel Chandler Harris (1881)
(or choose the 1990's retellings by Julius Lester)
So Dear To My Heart (1949)
Midnight and Jeremiah, by Sterling North (1943)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mister Toad (1949)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving (1820)*
The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame (1908)(I have read part of this)
Alice In Wonderland (1951)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll (1865)*
Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There, by Lewis Carroll (1871)*
Peter Pan (1953)
Peter Pan, by Sir J.M. Barrie*
One Hundred And One Dalmatians (1961)
The Hundred and One Dalmatians, or The Great Dog Robbery, by Dodie Smith (1956)
The Sword In The Stone (1963)
The Once and Future King, by T.H. White (1958)*
Mary Poppins (1964)
Mary Poppins, by P.L. Travers (1934) (I have some of these books, but not the first. However, I am DYING to read this!)
The Jungle Book (1967)
The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling (1894)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
Bed-knob and Broomstick, by Mary Norton (1957)
The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh (1977)
Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A. Milne (1926)*
The House at Pooh Corner, by A.A. Milne (1928)*
The Rescuers (1977)
The Rescuers, by Magery Sharp (1959)
The Fox and the Hound (1981)
The Fox and the Hound, by Daniel Pratt Mannix IV (1967)
The Black Cauldron (1985)
The Black Cauldron, by Lloyd Alexander (1965)*
The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Basil of Baker Street, by Eve Titus (1958)
Oliver & Company (1988)
Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens (1838)
The Little Mermaid (1989)
The Little Mermaid, by Hans Christian Andersen (1836)*
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, by Victor Hugo (1831)
Tarzan (1999)
Tarzan of the Apes, by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1914)
Bonus category: Folklore
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)*
Cinderella (1950)*
Sleeping Beauty (1959)*
Robin Hood (1973)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)*
Aladdin (1992)
Mulan (1998)*
Extra bonus category: Obscurities & Rarities
Dumbo (1941)
Dumbo the Flying Elephant, by Helen Albertson and Harold Pearl (1939)
Lady And The Tramp (1955)
Happy Dan, the Whistling Dog, by Ward Greene (circa 1940)
(originally published in Cosmopolitan magazine; also called Happy Dan the Cynical Dog)
The Aristocats (1970)
based on a story by Tom McGowan and Tom Rowe (???)
Pete's Dragon (1977)
based on a story by S.S. Fields and Seton Miller (circa 1930)
And if I may, I would like to add the following to the list:
Treasure Island (1950)
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Dr. Dolittle (1967)
The Story of Dr. Dolittle *
and The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle by Hugh Lofting*
I may add more later, as I think of them. This is exciting!!!
Pinocchio (1940)
Pinocchio: The Story of a Puppet, by Carlo Collodi (1916)
The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
excerpted from Dream Days, by Kenneth Grahame (1898)
Bambi (1942)
Bambi, by Felix Salten (1928)
Song Of The South (1946)
Tales of Uncle Remus, by Joel Chandler Harris (1881)
(or choose the 1990's retellings by Julius Lester)
So Dear To My Heart (1949)
Midnight and Jeremiah, by Sterling North (1943)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mister Toad (1949)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving (1820)*
The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame (1908)(I have read part of this)
Alice In Wonderland (1951)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll (1865)*
Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There, by Lewis Carroll (1871)*
Peter Pan (1953)
Peter Pan, by Sir J.M. Barrie*
One Hundred And One Dalmatians (1961)
The Hundred and One Dalmatians, or The Great Dog Robbery, by Dodie Smith (1956)
The Sword In The Stone (1963)
The Once and Future King, by T.H. White (1958)*
Mary Poppins (1964)
Mary Poppins, by P.L. Travers (1934) (I have some of these books, but not the first. However, I am DYING to read this!)
The Jungle Book (1967)
The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling (1894)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
Bed-knob and Broomstick, by Mary Norton (1957)
The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh (1977)
Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A. Milne (1926)*
The House at Pooh Corner, by A.A. Milne (1928)*
The Rescuers (1977)
The Rescuers, by Magery Sharp (1959)
The Fox and the Hound (1981)
The Fox and the Hound, by Daniel Pratt Mannix IV (1967)
The Black Cauldron (1985)
The Black Cauldron, by Lloyd Alexander (1965)*
The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Basil of Baker Street, by Eve Titus (1958)
Oliver & Company (1988)
Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens (1838)
The Little Mermaid (1989)
The Little Mermaid, by Hans Christian Andersen (1836)*
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, by Victor Hugo (1831)
Tarzan (1999)
Tarzan of the Apes, by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1914)
Bonus category: Folklore
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)*
Cinderella (1950)*
Sleeping Beauty (1959)*
Robin Hood (1973)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)*
Aladdin (1992)
Mulan (1998)*
Extra bonus category: Obscurities & Rarities
Dumbo (1941)
Dumbo the Flying Elephant, by Helen Albertson and Harold Pearl (1939)
Lady And The Tramp (1955)
Happy Dan, the Whistling Dog, by Ward Greene (circa 1940)
(originally published in Cosmopolitan magazine; also called Happy Dan the Cynical Dog)
The Aristocats (1970)
based on a story by Tom McGowan and Tom Rowe (???)
Pete's Dragon (1977)
based on a story by S.S. Fields and Seton Miller (circa 1930)
And if I may, I would like to add the following to the list:
Treasure Island (1950)
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Dr. Dolittle (1967)
The Story of Dr. Dolittle *
and The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle by Hugh Lofting*
I may add more later, as I think of them. This is exciting!!!