I can still remember the first movie I ever saw at the cinema in Farnham. It was the Disney classic, Snow White. I sat spellbound throughout and it’s a memory that’s stayed with me for well over 40 years. To celebrate this and so many other classics we’ve been looking through some of the wonderful Parragon Books Disney Movie Collection of hardback books.
The Jungle Book is one of the first Disney films that Monkey watched when he was really small and it’s been a favourite ever since. He loves the story of Mowgli, the little baby who appears lost in the jungle. A boy who grows up raised in a family of wolves, but is the prey of the evil tiger Shere Khan. The Parragon Books Disney Movie Collection book The Jungle Book, follows Mowgli and his journey through the jungle. With beautiful illustrations taken from the film we watch as Bagheera the black panther tries to protect him from the likes of Shere Khan and Kaa the cobra. It’s a beautiful book, and a great accompaniment to the film.
If you like your Princess style movies then I’m sure you’ll have watched Cinderella and Tangled. I loved Cinderella as a child, and always wanted to wear the ball gowns that she got to wear to the ball. Oh, to be 6 again! Tangled is actually a new one for me. I know the story of Rapunzel but hadn’t heard of her continuing adventures with Flynn Rider. Will her dreams come true?
The Parragon Books Disney Movie Collection The Lion King, is another beautiful book. We both love this story and the film. It’s something I definitely want to see in the West End too. The book is a lovely precis of the film which tells the story of Simba, the cub destined to become King. It’s going to be treasured here I’m sure.
The Parragon Books Disney Movie Collection really are lovely books, the sort of books that would make special presents and are great for bedtime reading. I’m going to be a Great Auntie in September and I think my great-niece will love the Cinderella book in the years ahead.
These books are priced at £9.99 each and are available from Asda, Smyths Toys and Amazon. To celebrate Disney Book Week, Parragon Books have a giveaway running on their Facebook page to win 8 books from the collection and the DVD’s to go with them! You can also enter on their Instagram and Twitter pages, the giveaway ends on 11th June 2017.
disclosure: we were sent the items mentioned in exchange for an honest review
I thought I would join in with these celebrations and offer one lucky reader the chance to win the Parragon Books Disney Movie Collection Tangled book for themselves. Complete the Gleam form below for your chance to win. Good luck.
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I have always loved The Little Mermaid as it has me in tears but I also feel happy!
I love Beauty and the Beast. I just used to watch it a lot when I was younger and I love the songs in it.
The Lion King – the characters are all brilliant, fab voice cast too. The music and songs – classic. The storyline is compelling (and heartbreaking). I love it! Don’t get me wrong, I love most Disney movies but The Lion King has the top place in my heart 🙂
Beauty and the Beast – I’ve always loved it
I think it is probably The Sword in the Stone. Mostly because we had it on VHS when I was a child, so I watched it 1000 times.
the little mermaid, i just loved the music!
The Princess and the Frog. I love the music
I always want to be the little mermaid she was always flawless x
I love Beauty & the beast. It is my all time favourite film. I love the love story between Belle and the beast
I love Mulan as it’s not your typical Damsel in distress film plus Mushu is hillarious. Although to be fair Disney are trying a bit harder these days not to stereotype characters
The Jungle Book has always been my favourite. I love the songs and it was the first Disney movie I saw at the cinema with my Grandad so is very memorable. x
Love lion king!
I love Beauty & the beast, I loved the old one and i love the new one!
The Princess and the Frog as its funny and i love the songs
Aladdin – for genie, genuis robin williams!
The Lion King because it’s themes are deeper, more epic and more explicit than many of the other Disney classics. Mulan and Hercules are great too in that respect, but the Lion King has the upper hand because it also features animals as main characters and the African wilderness for the setting, something Disney had never done before and is likely to never do again. It was one the most original tales both aesthetically and story-wise.
Me and my son love watching The Little Mermaid together. He is obsessed with mermaids and the sea and really enjoys this story
I love Beauty and the Beast as the story is just timeless, classic romance (also, Belle is a bookworm, like me!). My six year old loves Moana though, for the songs and the adventure 🙂
Beauty and the Beast, I always loved the songs
Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast,beautiful stories about true love.
The little mermaid, love the songs.
I love Cinderella. Just for the story and her nice personality.
The Original Jungle Book for me, it has a wonderful story, and i find it very entertaining with the characters and the songs, it gets you moving and shaking
Dumbo I love his big ears
Love Snow White, fab!
I think it has to be Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, it’s just a great movie that anyone can enjoy.
Beauty and the Beast – I’ve always loved it
Beauty and the Beast! Always loved the songs and the message of not to Judge someone by their Looks!
Has to be the little mermaid, something really magical about the sea
disney candleshoe – i prefer live action films
The Lion King. I know it’s sad in parts but it was the first Disney film I really truly enjoyed, and it’s amazing in theatre.
the little mermaid. always loved playing mermaids
cinderella because her step sisters treat her not very nice and in the end its cinderella who gets the last laugh x
The little mermaid such a lovely story with cute characters
Aladdin! It’s always been my favourite cause I love everything about it from the storyline and the characters through to the dialogue and the songs!
The little mermaid as Ariel reminds me of myself so strong willed and it always works out in the end
tangled is actually my fave, along with big hero 6
We do love The Lion King in our house. It’s always been my favourite and two of the classes I have taught have performed it as their end of year production so it has great memories attached.
Jungle book – it is still fresh
Beauty & the Beast, belle loved books just like me as a girl!
I like Frozen because it has great songs and a nice story
I love Cinderella and it was the first Disney film that i watched at the cinema.
Snow White as I love Dopey the dwarf, he is so cute
I love Tangled as I love the songs & Flynn Rider is a fitty!
AristoCats i love marie
My favourite is Snow White! It’s the first one I ever watches on vhs when I was 3!
I have 2 I love to watch beauty and the beast with my girls and Hercules with my son
My favourite Disney movie has to be the Lion king as i love the story to it and it was one of the first Disney films i watched all of as a child.
Snow White because I love all the dwarfs and their names.
My favourite is Ariel the little mermaid, such a lovely story too
Lion King! I love the music and the fact at 21 years old I still laugh and cry at it every time!
I love Aladdin, my daughter is called Jasmine and she is named after Princess Jasmine
The Little Mermaid because I always wanted to be a mermaid lol.
I love The Tigger Movie, it shows how we should all have empathy for each other
The Jungle Book – Love Baloo!
Always loved the Jungle Book – so fantastic and great songs
Star Wars brings back good childhood memories x
Love Toy Story. To see all a childs toys come to life & the adventures they have, I haven’t looked at my sons toys the same since.
I love “The Lion King” … its such an emotional story, It’s always been my favourite. (Followed very closely by “Beauty and The Beast”)
The Lion King! I watched it as a six year old and it has lived with me ever since.
jungle book, grew up with it and so have all my children, beautiful film
I’ve always loved Mulan because it shows women can be strong as well xx
I personally like Beauty and the Beast because all the songs are so great. But Moana is definitely in contention to be my new favorite due to songs, plot, characters, and stunning visuals. My daughter loves Tangled, so this book would be great for her.
I love the jungle book as I love the characters and songs xxx
I love the Winnie the Pooh movie, were always my favourite books growing up
Frozen, I like the fact it has strong female characters in the lead
Pinocchio, such an underrated Disney film with fab music and lessons
Cinderella because it’s the ultimate fairytale xxx
I really love Cinderella!
I love Snow White as it’s such a classic.
I love Jungle Book has to have the best happy songs in it
Bambi because who could fail to fall in love with the little dear
Lady and the tramp, reminds me of my childhood when watched it over and over
The princess and the frog is my favourite. Very inspiring and love the songs.
Aladdin cause it keeps the kids amused!!
princess and the pea a real classic
has to be pinnochio just loce jiminy cricket
Hercules. I love the musicality and how funny danny de vito is voicing philoctetes. Its a fantastic film that is always forgotten about
My favourite is Dumbo because I remember watching it over and over as a child with my nan. Such happy memories.
I’ve always liked Beauty and the Beast because I loved that Belle had the same colour hair as me and love her opening song x
Aladdin because I love the genie!
Beauty and the Beast. I love that Belle is a bit of a book nerd and gets to know/falls in love with the person that the Beast is. I like how he discovers that it’s not all about looks either.
Mine is frozen I just love it because it about love acceptance and kindness
Aladdin as I always wanted to be (and believed I was!) Jasmine so it’s very nostalgic for me!
I love Snow white as she reminds me of my childhood.
Frozen – love the songs in there and the storyline is great 🙂
i love snow white she has been my fav from day one and will always be my fav 😀
Dumbo – so surreal and ahead of its time
Lady and the tRamp because it used to be my eldest daughters favourite when she was younger and i used to like cosying up on the sofa with her and just watch it. nice memories.
Has to be The Little Mermaid I think! Was a favourite
I love The Lion King because of the music
101 dalmatians, who can resists all those lovely puppies
Has to be Jungle Book, I just love it and can still watch over and over again
my fave has always been Robin Hood, i remember it was the only video i had as a child lol so it was on constantly 🙂
Snow White – I love all the characters of the dwarfs
My favourite is tangled love her hair
Cinderella – the classic love story x
LION KING AS I LOVE THE FAB STORY
I love Toy Story I watch it with my 5 year old it our favorite film to watch together and it was one of the first 🙂
My favourite has always been Lady and the Tramp, I’ve loved it ever since I was a child
The little mermaid is my favourite. I loved it when i was younger and watched it all the time.
Has to be Cinderella for me love the magical moments in it and just love the mice and lucifer
I love moana
I love Moana as she is such a strong character (although she’s not technically not a princess!
The Aristocats as I love cats and the storyline
Snow white. Just love the characters
The Lion King, I must have watched it 20 times with my dad, just one of many happy memories. X
Dumbo as it was one of the first I remmber watching
we all love Jungle Book
Beauty and the Beast for me – I had Belle’s love of books from an early age and have since fantasised about a house with a library like the Beast!
The Little Mermaid is our favourite. Great story and great music.
Frozen it get all the family together
I love Monsters Inc. as Boo reminds me of a mini- me and i love the connection and friendship between Sulley and Boo and Sulley and Mike! The story line is genius! It will always be my favourite as it holds precious memories! 🙂
i love Dumbo because i love elephants
The Jungle Book, i love the songs!
love tangled just love the story and the animation
difficult choice probably the lion king
difficult choice probably the lion king because it has an amazing sound track and superb story line and humour (sorry I hit enter before finishing my comment doh)
Beauty & the beast because of the storyline
We love Toy Story 3 as it has something for every age in our family. Great film.
Mary Poppins i loved it as a kid
Toy Story. It was the main release when i went to Disneyland Paris as a school trip. All the parades were Toy Story and the song was on repeat. Brings back great memories. Funny film too.
The Jungle Book. first film I saw in the cinema.
I love frozen because the music is amazing
The Lion King – the music is classic!
Beauty and the Beast – I’ve always loved it. Great story.
I love the princess and the frog because the main charachter works extremly hard to get her dream. Ok there’s a prince in the story and it ends well but I think her work ethics are excellent for little ones to follow rather than aspiring to be a princess, get married and live hapilly ever after. The fact she has to endure so much first and inspires the spoiled prince along the way I couldn’t think of a better film for my girls.
Beauty and The Beast – I grew up wanting to be Belle
the lion king since i was a child it was the only film i would sit and watch!
The Lion King just because it’s a lovely story.
My favourite Disney film is beauty and the beast its just such a great family film
Beauty and the beast- saw it on the london stage as well – fantastic
I love the Jungle Book for the songs. (Angela Kelly)
Jungle Book is my favourite. It is just a classic Disney movie that I loved as a child.
Beauty & the Beast – I had the book when I was a young girl
Cinderella because it’s magical
My favourite is the little mermaid such a cute love story,, thanks for chance
I love the little mermaid, watched it at least 100 times as a child