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Books in DK Essential Guides series

  • Disney Planes Fire & Rescue: The Essential Guide

    DK Publishing

    Hardcover (DK CHILDREN, June 3, 2014)
    Provides facts, trivia, and movie stills in a companion to the adventure-filled animated film in which famous air racer Dusty Crophopper joins an air attack team to help fight a massive wildfire in Piston Peak National Park.
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  • Barbie Princess Tales Essential Guide

    Catherine Saunders

    Hardcover (DK CHILDREN, Aug. 29, 2005)
    With full-color stills and fascinating facts from The Nutcracker, Rapunzel, Swan Lake, The Princess and the Pauper, and The Magic of Pegasus a guide reveals everything Barbie fans want to know about her best-selling movies.
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  • Go, Diego, Go! Essential Guide

    Brian Bromberg

    Hardcover (DK Children, Feb. 18, 2008)
    A companion title to Dore the Explorer: The Essential Guide gives young readers an inside look at Dora the Explorer's cousin Diego, his friends, and his adventures in the rain forest.
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  • Scooby Doo Essential Guide

    Glenn Dakin

    Hardcover (DK CHILDREN, Feb. 16, 2004)
    This colorful guide to the world of Scooby-Doo is packed with fantastic facts about Scooby-Doo and the gang, including their scariest adventures, creepiest moments, and deepest secrets. Find out what is inside a haunted house, who's in the Doo family tree, and what exactly the gang keeps in the Mystery Machine. Specially commissioned artworks, stills from all 25 original episodes and the live-action movies, and classic images of the gang and their ghostliest villains make this a unique insight into the spooky world of Scooby-Doo.
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  • Madagascar Essential Guide

    Stephen Cole

    Hardcover (DK CHILDREN, April 25, 2005)
    When four zoo animals are taken from their city homes and loaded on to a boat headed for Africa to be returned to the wild, the boat shipwrecks on the island of Madagascar.
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  • Toy Story 3: The Essential Guide

    DK

    Hardcover (DK CHILDREN, May 1, 2010)
    Woody and Buzz are back! And so are all of your Toy Story favorites. Discover the world behind-the-scenes and the lives behind the toys in this ultimate guide of Pixar's first and most classic franchise - Toy Story.Toy Story 3 introduces new toys, new adventures, and new challenges to Andy's beloved animated friends. Get the inside scoop in this essential guide.
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  • Up: The Insider's Guide

    DK Publishing

    Hardcover (DK CHILDREN, May 18, 2009)
    Up!: The Adventurer's Guide includes Carl, Russell, and everyone they encounter on their sky-high adventure. With beautiful stills and artworks from the movie, behind-the-scenes info, and a discussion of Disney's cutting-edge 3-D digital technology, this book will delight readers of all ages. ©2008 Disney/PIXAR
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  • Backyardigans: The Essential Guide

    DK Publishing

    Hardcover (DK CHILDREN, March 19, 2007)
    A guide to one of the top-ranked preschooler shows on commercial television uses simple text geared toward younger readers to provide an in-depth profile of each character.
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  • Disney Planes: The Essential Guide

    DK Publishing

    Hardcover (DK Children, July 2, 2013)
    With Disney Planes: The Essential Guide, readers are invited into the world of Disney's newest character: Dusty, a big-hearted, fast-flying crop duster who dreams of competing in the most exhilarating around-the-world air race in history. They'll also learn more about his mentor, a naval aviator named Skipper, and the defending champ of the race circuit, Ripslinger, who will stop at nothing to see Dusty fail. Packed with facts, character profiles, and amazing stills from the movie, this Essential Guide is the definitive reference to the high-flying world of Disney Planes.
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  • The World of Moana: A Guide to Motunui and Beyond

    Bill Scollon, RH Disney

    Paperback (RH/Disney, Oct. 4, 2016)
    Walt Disney Animation Studios' Moana is a sweeping, CG-animated comedy-adventure about a spirited teenager on an impossible mission to fulfill her ancestors' quest. In the ancient South Pacific world of Oceania, Moana, a born navigator, sets sail in search of a fabled island. During her incredible journey, she teams up with her hero, the legendary demi-god Maui, to traverse the open ocean on an action-packed voyage. They encounter enormous sea creatures, breathtaking underworlds, and ancient folklore. This essential guide to Moana's world is perfect for children ages 9-12.
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  • SpongeBob SquarePants: The Essential Guide

    DK Publishing

    Hardcover (DK CHILDREN, Nov. 21, 2005)
    A crazy, colorful guide to SpongBob and his friends features character spreads, newly commissioned cutaway artworks, and lots of fun facts about the world of everyone's favorite absorbent television star.
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  • High School Musical: The Essential Guide

    Catherine Saunders

    Hardcover (DK CHILDREN, Sept. 15, 2008)
    With photographs from the movies, information on favorite characters, and behind-the-scenes access to East High, Lava Springs, and more, this guide gives fans the inside scoop on Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Ryan, Taylor, and Chad as they face graduation and prepare for college. 75,000 first printing.
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