Disney's 5-Minute Villains Stories

 

Shirley J.                            Juvenile Fiction                                  Disney Villains Stories    

Disney's 5-Minute Villains Stories by Disney Books   208 pages

I love these 5 minute Disney stories.   First, they star characters we all grew up with and it is such a pleasant read to revisit them in stories continuing their life with us.   Having said that, a few of these stories were also in earlier versions of the Disney 5-minute stories series but that is okay because it is always enjoyable no matter how many times you read them.   The stories here are good for a Halloween read as they all deal with Disney meanies, the Wicked Witch from Cinderella, Cruella De Ville from 101 Dalmations, Captain Hook from Peter Pan, Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty, Ursula from The Little Mermaid and more.  The Wicked Witch is trying to rain everyone's happy day and ends up sulking in her dungeon which in a strange way is her happy place.  Cruella decides to hire a couple of henchmen and to test them out sends them to the Zoo to steal a polar bear for her.   Fortunately, the Polar Bear was a whole lot tougher than the henchmen expected.   They tried to capture other animals but all of them were too much for them to handle, however, they demonstrate their strong suit to Cruella by cleaning her house top to bottom and treating her to a delicious homemade breakfast - guess they are more minion than henchmen.  Peter Pan tells 2 tales of tricking Capt. Hook.   The first with the curse of the crow (no crows in Neverland but convince Smee and now Capt. Hook of that!  The other Wendy tells Peter about All Hallow's Eve and the tricks and scares and treats the day brings.  Peter decides to trick Capt. Hook and dresses up like a pirate ghost and frightens Hook, Smee and the crew dressed as a pirate ghost of legend.  Ursula is determined to ruin the Mer People's exciting Race Day but ends up everything she does to try to ruin turns out to make the day even more special for them.   So many great stories here even if the baddies are the stars, the stories turn on the sunshine in every case.   I recommend this book to young and old alike.