The Lion King: Nala's Dare by Joanne Barkan

The Lion King: Nala's Dare Reviews

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  J

  Although I have grown out of Disney movies since the release of both Frozen and Moana I have been one of those who like to listen to Disney theories that have been thrown around without a lot of rhyme and reason. And so far the best theories or background building has to go to the TLK universe to explain and populate a whole savanna focused around Pride Rock with stories of tragedy, love and of course how-to stories.
  
  In the unofficial Disney canon of the The Disney Lion King 6 New Adventures, which was released just before TLK 2 the reader is introduced to the cub that is seen at the end of the movie and what his adventures may have been. As a result true TLK fanfic fans have embraced this particular cub even more so then his more famous sister who replaced him in the sequel while leading to even more theories of intrigue and tragedy.
  
  In this series young readers are actually given two stories within one. First of all there is the actually story involving Kopa more or less although there are one or two where he seems like he is just a secondary character giving the reader with a timeline of when the telling of the story occurs. In those books where he is one of the main characters something occurs with one of the Pride Rock lions that leads to the telling of the second story to prove a point such as true friends might dislike each other for a while but true friends stay together in the end, don't judge others on their appearance, etc. As a result these second stories are normally either based on the younger lives of previous characters such as Mufasa, Scar, Nala and Simba as well as Timon & Pumbaa.
  
  Just in case you have lived under a movie rock as I normally do they give a few paragraphs to catch the reader up on what the movie was about (after this is done in every book the reader is left wanting to strangle the authors) before getting into the actual story. After being introduced to the main events and what is the problem the reader is then taken back to Queen Nala to hear about an episode in her cubhood underneath Scar's reign.
  
  For many readers this will be the first time that other cubs are mentioned within the pride and also the first time that scientific fact is mentioned that states a young male upon maturity is required to leave his pride to find his own family unlike the inheritance that Simba is entitled to. When you compare this information as well to the TLK universe where Nala loses a brother under Scar's reign but Chumvi is still left around it makes me a bit ambivalent around this book and its possible place in the canon whether official or inofficial.
  
  In the end they are decent fable-based books that help young readers to transition to chapter books when they are ready with their bright illustrations following along the simple writing format. Although the writing will be considered dull and lackluster to most adults they may just catch the attention of TLK fans of all ages or at least give young readers a change of pace from their normal reading ventures.
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  Lennie Grace

  I liked this. Some of the writing was a bit too little kiddie. But over all it was fun.
  
  I like that it shows us that kopa was indeed a real character in the universe, not just a fan theory. Also shows a bit of what went on with scar I charge. Also shows how male lions have to leave their own prides and go find a new one when they get older. (An explanation as to why we don't see Kopa in the second movie or the lion guard maybe?) A must read for lion King fans. Especially if you have young kids to share it with.
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  Alexander Draganov

  И още едно ревю за лъвчовци, забавна и сладка книжка, макар и не толкова хубава колкото Приказката за двамата братя. Евалата на руските фърита, съхранили тази книжка за съвременните фенове, а самото ревю е на линка:
  
  https://citadelata.com/nalas-dare-the...
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  Angela Solon

  Always love seeing more Sarabi
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  Michaela

  This was my favorite book as a child. Probably because it is based on my favorite character from my favorite movie. I read it to all the kids I baby sit.
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  James

  good