Da bambina ho adorato l'omonimo film della Disney, ma non sapevo fosse tratto da un libro così, quando ho scoperto dell'esistenza del libro, non ho potuto fare a meno di comprarlo! Ma ammetto le mie colpe: non avevo la benché minima idea che il libro si trovasse ancora in libreria. Vintage British program ("Souvenir Brochure") for the 1971 film, with color and black and white film still photographs throughout.

It is accepted by you that Daunt Books has no control over additional charges in relation to customs clearance. The first book is about the three Wilson children, Carey (about 10) and Charles (about 9) and their 6-year-old baby brother Paul, who looks like an angel but is really a mischievous little devil. Imagination for a Lifetime -- Disney Titles All the Time; Walt Disney Home Video Debuts the Gold Classic Collection; An Animated Masterpiece Every Month in 2000" (Press release).

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The text blocks are markedly clean throughout, as are the internal pages which are free from previous owner’s ink. So, the children travel back to the 1600s, meet a "real" necromancer, bring him back to the 20th Century, and that's when a new set of problems arise.

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Deliberately so: using the power for good is quickly dismissed with the image of dragons and entire armies being turned to white mice at once. Gallery images of our book boxes show an example of what may be included – treat and gift content may differ. The group travels to Portobello Road to locate the old bookseller who gave Browne the book, revealing that the spell is engraved on the Star of Astaroth, a medallion that belonged to a sorcerer of that name. Durante o período de teste, é possível usufruir de todos os benefícios da assinatura de maneira gratuita. Man mano che leggevo mi rendevo conto che le uniche affinità con il film sono stati i personaggi (anche se Emelius ha una parte completamente diversa) e l'idea originaria del letto che può viaggiare nello spazio-tempo.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Our Reading Den is a place for you and your child to discover and share books, find new authors and explore stories. As an interesting side note, Emelius' shy, nervous personality in the book is almost the exact opposite of his personality in the film. I have a great deal of respect for this work, and the era from which it came, however, and am not saying that it is an unenjoyable read. and some other things, but in terms of the story overall, I thought it came together really well at the end.The story in general is creative and cute, and the writing style is easily readable without feeling too "young". Sounds like a fun read – I can only remember the film, too, and maybe a DIsney re-novelisation of it. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). I have no idea if kids today are still exposed to the film or the book, but it’s pretty good and I think the questionable references could be “teachable” moments overall.