The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms

This is such a great book with great information about the disney company and of course mickey! and lots of great pictures!

If you love animations from Disney, or the Disney success story, this is a must buy. My Wife loves this.

If you are looking for details from Walt's personal life, forget about this book. This book is a masterpiece on The Walt Disney Company from Walt's birth, until nowadays.

I bought the original version of this book when I was twelve(now I'm 36) and remember, that I was blown away by it. Believe me, back then there was nothing worth mentioning on the topic of animation. Now there are trillions of books on the topic but I still have this one sitting on my bookshelf, side by side with 20 other Disney books, proud like the king among the others. The only book which is equal on the throne, is "The Illusion of Life", but that book is more for people in the animation profession. I've grown up to be in the animation profession myself and this is the book that got me started(I've even worked at Disney studios in the mid- nineties). At this point I should mention that I've always been a bigger fan of the Warner Bros. cartoons and have never really been a Disney fan. Many people accused Disney of having been right-winged, racist or what so ever. But you definately have to acknowledge his achievement and influence on animation and I would consider him a genius. This book definitely shows you the brilliance of this man and the work created by all of his artists.

This book contains all the information about the history of the Walt Disney Company and Walt Disney himself. Anything from the first animation to Disneyland Paris can be found there, with a lot of information about how things were made and why. A must-have book for Disney-Maniacs