Toy Story: The Essential Guide

Having got the special three DVD set of Toy Story (the extras on the third DVD are stunning) I wanted a book that was a reference guide to the characters from both movies. This is just the book I was looking for.Each spread has a character or place, nicely designed with large cutouts and smaller pictures (some a bit dark though) and captions. The pages on the thirteen episodes of Woody's Roundup and Bullseye, Jessie and Prospector are fascinating because they show merchandising items from the 1957 TV show, a cereal box, card game, comics, alarm clock, LP record, lunch box and themos etc are all designed with pictures and typography from the fifties. The attention to detail is one reason why I loved the movies and this book lets you enjoy the show without watching it on TV. Kids and their parents will both enjoy this book.

They did a great job of incorporating background from both films in this book. You get mini bios of all the main characters plus cut-aways and maps of the world of Toy Story. My only complaint is that in their bio of Rexx, they give away the ending of "Toy Story 2".

This book is superbly designed with wonderful images of the characters and film. The neighborhood map is awesome. So is pizza planet rocket.The text is witty and borders on the poetic.A must for fans of Woody, Buzz, and all their friends!