Are you like me? Are you extremely excited to see the upcoming Disney movie Maleficent? Well as a huge Sleeping Beauty fan (so big a fan, I wanted to name my daughter Aurora, or Briar Rose, but the names were vetoed by my husband) I have always be fascinated by maleficent, what caused her to have such contempt for Aurora? Disney Publishing is releasing two Maleficent Books, these middle grade novels based on the upcoming Walt Disney Pictures film, Maleficent . I was very fortunate to be able to check out, THE CURSE OF MALEFICENT and MALEFICENT before the books hit the market on 4/29/14.
THE CURSE OF MALEFICENT: The Tale of Sleeping Beauty
By Elizabeth Rudnick
Illustrations by Nicholas Kole
Imprint: Disney Press
Ages: 8–12
ISBN: 978-1-4231-9751-5
Price: $9.99
On sale: 4/29/2014
An illustrated middle grade novel based on Aurora's story in
the upcoming Walt Disney Pictures film, Maleficent. Aurora
has always enjoyed her simple life. She loves to explore the beautiful woods
surrounding her quaint cottage. She even likes living with her bumbling yet
well-meaning aunts. But when Aurora discovers a dark secret about her past, her
whole world turns upside down. Will she be able to save herself from an
imminent curse? This beautiful novel filled with whimsical illustrations
tells Aurora's story in the upcoming Disney film, Maleficent.
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MALEFICENT
By Elizabeth Rudnick
Imprint: Disney Press
Ages: 10–14
ISBN: 978-1-4231-8543-7
Price: $16.99
On sale: 4/29/2014
A deluxe novelization
of the new film, Maleficent,
from Walt Disney Pictures, starring Angelina Jolie. This visually
dazzling live action film explores the origins of one of the most iconic Disney
villains: Maleficent, the infamous fairy who curses Princess Aurora in Disney's
animated classic Sleeping Beauty.
This "origin" story is told from Maleficent’ s perspective,
intersecting with the classic in both familiar and unexpected ways.
Do you think you know Maleficent? What makes her tick, and
why she does what she does? Can she ever be anything but evil? Well we shall
see? I very much enjoyed the movie adaption MALEFICENT, even though this book was geared
to younger kids, it was still enjoyable to me. As most of you know from the recent trailers (
no spoiler here..) Maleficent had wings!
It was fascinating to read about her
early life, and all of the events that made her who she became. Can a person
(fairy) change? Can Maleficent truly love, or care for anyone or anything
anymore? Well I will not spoil the books (or the movie) for you so I can't tell you much more, but I can say this is a great book you will enjoy.
My daughter was able
to check out THE CURSE OF MALEFICENT: The Tale of Sleeping Beauty, she
toted this book around with her and read and read…. Something I do not mind at
all, a great thing to do during spring break, read. She loved this book, she even started reading
it again she loved it that much.
I noticed that this book had some amazing
illustrations, that made my daughter even more infatuated with this book.
Having the illustrations added in here and there really gave you a feel for the
characters and their situation, a great help for the younger readers out there.
So if you are looking for a great book for the special tween
in your life (or the big kid like me…) THE
CURSE OF MALEFICENT: The Tale of Sleeping Beauty would be great for
the ages, 8-12. And MALEFICENT
would be great for slightly older kids, ages 10-14 or again big kids that
never grow up like myself. Be sure to check these great books out, they will be
released on Tuesday April 29, 2014.
Buy it:
These two books will
be available wherever books are sold on 4/29/14, they are also available to
pre-order now on Amazon, MALEFICENT By Elizabeth
Rudnick and THE CURSE OF MALEFICENT: The Tale of Sleeping Beauty By Elizabeth
Rudnick
Win it:
One winner will win a copy of each book, MALEFICENT and THE
CURSE OF MALEFICENT: The Tale of Sleeping Beauty!
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56 comments:
My daughter would love these books!
My niece would love these books
any of my 13 grandchildren would love to read these
my self, i love everything sleeping beauty!
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My niece would like to read these books.
I would love to read these books to my oldest son.
My daughter would love to read sleeping beauty!
I would love to read them and share with my kids when they are the right age
My nieces would love these books!
I feel silly for saying this but I would read them!
I gotta say, I am REALLY excited for this movie! Probably gonna pick the novelization up because im too impatient lol.
I would love to read them!
My daughter would love these books.
My daughter would love these.
My daughter! She has been talking about this movie nonstop, she cannot wait to see it,.
My nephew illustrated the book!
I would give this as a gift to my niece, she would love this.
As an art student and movie lover I would love to read these books! This pleases the inner child in me!
Well, I wouls certainly love to win these books. I'm especially digging The Curse Of Aurora, since it has Nicholas Kole doing the illustrations.
Well, I'd love to read these books myself. I'm especially digging "The Curse Of Maleficent", since it has Nicholas Kole's beautiful illustrations! :)
My daughters are both huge bookworms! I know they would both love to read these books :)
My niece will love me for this
My Niece loves to read this would be wonderful to add to her collection
My daughter and I would like to read these books together. Thanks for the opportunity.
I would read these books! I may pass them along to my nieces when I am done, but Sleeping Beauty was my favorite when I was a kid so maybe not.
I'm from other country, and I would love to read these novels and have them in my shelf.
My 8 year old daughter would read Curse of Maleficent and I'd read Maleficent!
My daughter would love to read these, thanks.
My daughter would love to read these books. She's a HUGE bookworm!! :)
I'd love to read them as well as my nieces.
I'd love to read them as well as my nieces.
me! i would love to read these! of course i want them to read to the kids but I love this story and cant wait to see the movie1
My son and I would love to read these books. Sleeping Beauty has always been my favorite of all Disney movies and Maleficent is the absolute best bad guy (woman in her case lol) ever!
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My daughter would love to read them.
I would love to share these books with my clients I take care of.
I would love to read them and share them with my clients.
My daughter would love to read these books, thanks!
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my daughter would love them
my daughter would like this!
these would be for my niece! - regnod(at)yahoo(d0t)com
I would actually, I am a bg Maleficent/Sleeping Beauty fan
i would like to actually
i would.
I would enjoy reading these books.
My daughter would love to read these. She loves Disney and reading.
I would love to read them myself! Lisa L tylerpants(at)gmail.com
I would want to read them
My son has been getting into Disney movies lately and would probably love to read these!
My granddaughter would really enjoy this one.
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My niece would like these.
My oldest son
I would love to read them to my stepdaughter and my son
my niece Parker
This would be a nice gift for my niece
can you please sent me to this e-mail (lorenzobuffoli@gmail.com) a little summary of the book(whit spoiler)? please i cant way to see this movie and i want to know what happened (sorry for my english but i am italian) :)
I would love to read it! :D Also the kids I babysit would be please to read it with me lol
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