Disney's Pocahontas (A Little Golden Book) by Justine Korman Fontes

Disney's Pocahontas (A Little Golden Book) Reviews

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  Tessa Zimmerly

  Genre: nonfiction/ fictionalized biography
  Grade: 2nd-3rd
  
  Pocahontas is a real person in history and so is John Smith. This book lets students look into the history, but it still be entertaining for them to read. This is a very interesting story.
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  Monica

  cute story. Nice to go back and relive the stories my children enjoyed.
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  Rebeca Sanchez

  Based on Disney's film Pocahontas, the young teenager is a Native-American in the tribe in the Americans. Inspired by the true- story of Pocahontas, she finds the explores and is curious about the reason that they cross over. When she first sees them, she is warned to stay away but John Smith tempts her to understand his perspective. John soon realizes his mistakes and tries to sway his views taught by Pocahontas, but he ends up getting rejected. He then tries again but then gets captured, where Pocahontas saves him and he's brought back home. The story is meant for younger children so some parts of the film that were considered violet weren't drawn. The illustrations are used watercolors and other elements that reflect nature in one way or another.
  
  As from the classic, the labels are based on the book that Disney markets for. The company does name her the daughter of Powhatan, but she's not a teenager when the explorers came to see her. She was only ten years old, and the romance tale is something that shouldn't be there in the first place. From Native American culture, Pocahontas was taken from her home and "civilized." She was the image that most Europeans used to justify their acts of being "savages," which shouldn't be in the story. From the original tale, Pocahontas betrays her own tribe to fit the standards of society. The language and the version that is used by Disney isn't true to the story at all. I would have the children look at this story as a comparison for them to recognize the truths behind the history and that of fiction. The reason I ranked it so low was because of how the story is expressed and that this version is more fiction than a historical piece or source to rely on.
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  Shanee Burnett

  Great book.....excellent for kids
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  Yareth Monge

  LOVE.💞
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  Od Shushusinead

  
  Such a sweet children book. I read them with my children many years ago and now I'm passing them on to my grandchildren
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  Karolline Aguirre

  Eu amava dms esse livro, eu sabia ele quase todo de cor kkk, todos os dias eu fazia minha mãe ler ele pra mim kkk
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  Natasha

  I remember reading this book many years ago, I think i may still have it somewhere :D
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  Kylie Abecca

  A very well done shortening of the original tale.
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  Nadin Adel

  Read when I was a kid and still have the copy till that very moment, fascinating tales that never fades!
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  Kenneth Flores

  Simple adaptation of the film
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  Kristina

  I think that this is a good book. I would recommend this book to others.
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  Dhwani

  Not quite enjoyable
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  Lauren

  I really did not like this book (or movie for that matter). I know if was trying to be true to history (as true as Disney can get trying to make a happy story out of something not so happy at all). I did not like the interplay between the characters, I did not like Pocahontas, I did not like John. I pretty much did not like anything.