Shelf Reflection’s Disney Animated Movies Reading Challenge

 
 
 

Disney Animated Movies Reading Challenge
By: Shelf Reflection

Where are all my Disney fans at?

ONCE UPON A TIME… I felt inspired to create a fun reading challenge based around animated Disney movies! It’s a versatile list that can be used in lots of different ways. Especially if you want an excuse to rewatch some classics!

The idea is to pick one prompt related to each movie. I’ve given two ‘normal’ options and one ‘advanced’ option. You can do all three if you are up for the challenge or you could even make this challenge last three years by choosing one prompt per year.

This list could be fun to use in a book club capacity where you watch the movie together and read a book based on the prompt and see if you can make any comparisons (some prompts will make more sense than others to do this with).

Also, I am aware that Mary Poppins is not animated. I added it in for no apparent reason but I’m also not going to remove it sooo….

This year’s challenge has 55 prompts.

I’ve ordered the movies chronologically.

I will fill in ideas on the Storygraph version of this challenge, but I don’t have the capacity to complete this challenge myself this year so this page will just list the prompts (unlike my other challenges I’ve done.)

Feel free to share your ideas for the different prompts in the comments. If you get stuck on a prompt you can message me for some suggestions as well.

How to Track:

Below you’ll find links to a printable prompt list and a tracker if you prefer paper copies.

I’ve added it to Storygraph where you can add books to each prompt and as you mark the books as finished, your reading challenge goal will update. The cool feature about this Storygraph option is that you can see what books others have added for each prompt that may give you some reading ideas.

Here is a Canva Template for tracking progress.

Feel free to share this challenge with your friends and do it together!

Also, check out my reading challenges from previous years if you’re looking for something else!

… AND THEY ALL READ HAPPILY EVER AFTER!

Shelf Reflection’s Disney Animated Movies Reading Challenge:

  1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937)

    A book with a character whose name is a color

    A book with an apple on the cover

    Advanced: A book published in 1937 (the year the original movie came out)

  2. Pinocchio (1940)

    A book with ‘lie’ in the title

    A book with a star on the cover

    Advanced: A book about trafficking

  3. Fantasia (1940)

    A book with magic

    A book with a purple cover

    Advanced: A graphic novel

  4. Bambi (1942)

    A book that takes place in the woods

    A book about an orphan

    Advanced: A book with a John or Jane Doe

  5. Cinderella (1950)

    A book with a shoe on the cover

    A book with talking animals

    Advanced: A book with an evil stepmother

  6. Alice in Wonderland (1951)

    A book with a heart on the cover

    A book about time travel

    Advanced: A book with a tea party

  7. Peter Pan (1953)

    A book with pirates

    A book where a main character is a child

    Advanced: A book about lost boys

  8. Lady and the Tramp (1955)

    A book with a forbidden romance

    A book with ‘lady’ in the title

    Advanced: A book with ‘darling’ in the title (Lady’s family was the Darlings)

  9. Sleeping Beauty (1959)
    A book with a curse

    A book with a dragon

    Advanced: A book that takes place in January (the month the movie was released)

  10. 101 Dalmatians (1961)

    A book with a black and white cover

    A book where the ‘villain’ is a woman

    Advanced: A book with exactly 101 pages

  11. The Sword in the Stone (1963)

    A historical fiction novel

    A book with a knife or a sword on the cover

    Advanced: A book with a character who can see the future

  12. Mary Poppins (1964)

    A book with a nanny

    A book set in London

    Advanced: A book that takes place during the first ten years of the 20th century (the movie happens in 1910)

  13. Aristocats (1970)

    A book with a cat

    A book about social class differences

    Advanced: A book by an author with the initials TO or TM (for Thomas O’Malley)

  14. Robin Hood (1973)

    A book with a heist

    A book with an arrow on the cover

    Advanced: A book written by an author who sponsors a charity

  15. The Rescuers (1977)

    A book that is the first in a series (this was the first Disney animated feature to get a sequel)

    A book about a special gem or diamond

    Advanced: A book set in the bayou

  16. The Little Mermaid (1989)

    A book with a character who has red hair

    A book with a character who is stuck in a small town

    Advanced: A book with a character who can’t speak

  17. Beauty and the Beast (1991)

    An enemies to lovers book

    A book about books

    Advanced: A book with a character trapped in a house

  18. Aladdin (1992)

    A book with a yellow cover (jasmine is yellow)

    A book that takes place in India

    Advanced: A book about a Sikh

  19. The Lion King (1994)

    A book set in Africa

    A book with a character who has a prominent scar

    Advanced: A book with an evil uncle

  20. A Goofy Movie (1995)

    A funny book

    A book with a road trip

    Advanced: A book about a father/son relationship

  21. Pocahontas (1995)

    A book by an author named John

    A book about nature

    Advanced: A book written by an author with Native American heritage

  22. Toy Story (1995)

    A novella (because it’s a small story….)

    A book with ‘friend’ in the title

    Advanced: A book with a cowboy

  23. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

    A book with a character with a disability

    A book with a clock on the cover

    Advanced: A book written by an author with a disability

  24. Mulan (1998)

    A book set in China.

    A non-fiction book about gender.

    Advanced: A book set in ancient China.

  25. Tarzan (1999)

    A book with a character named Jane

    A book about a teacher

    Advanced: A book about a kid who was raised by something/someone unexpected

  26. Emperor’s New Groove (2000)

    A book with a king, queen, or emperor

    A book with a building project

    Advanced: A book set in Peru (cuz llamas…)

  27. Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)

    A book with ‘lost’ in the title

    A book with an exploration

    Advanced: A book set in Atlanta

  28. Monsters, Inc (2001)

    A book about a kidnapping

    A book with a door on the cover

    Advanced: A book with someone screaming or laughing on the front

  29. Lilo & Stitch (2002)

    A book set in Hawaii

    A book with ‘family’ in the title

    Advanced: A modern day story with a creature from space

  30. Spirited Away (2002)

    A book with supernatural elements

    A book by a Japanese author

    Advanced: A book with a tunnel

  31. Treasure Planet (2002)

    A book with a hunt for treasure/money/an inheritance

    A book set in space

    Advanced: A book about linguistics

  32. Finding Nemo (2003)

    A book by an Australian author

    A book about memory

    Advanced: A book with a dentist

  33. The Incredibles (2004)

    A book with a character with a secret identity

    A book where the whole world is in danger

    Advanced: A middle grade book with a super hero

  34. Chicken Little (2005)

    A book where the main character is telling the truth but no one believes them

    A dystopian novel

    Advanced: A book with a character who wears glasses

  35. Cars (2006)

    A book with a car on the cover

    A book about a celebrity (can be fiction or nonfiction)

    Advanced: A book with a road sign on the cover

  36. Ratatouille (2007)

    A book about food

    A book set in Paris

    Advanced: A Parisian cookbook

  37. Wall-E (2008)

    A book with Artificial Intelligence

    A book with a green cover (cuz recycling…)

    Advanced: A book with no dialogue

  38. Up (2009)

    A book with a septuagenarian main character

    A book with ‘up’ in the title

    Advanced: A book written by an author at least 70 years wise

  39. The Princess and the Frog (2009)

    A book set in the Jim Crow era

    A book with an entrepreneurial female character

    Advanced: A book about a restaurant owner

  40. Tangled (2010)

    A book with an escape

    A book with ‘light’ in the title

    Advanced: A book published on or around the summer solstice (Rapunzel’s probable birthday)

  41. Gnomeo and Juliet (2011)

    A book based on a play

    A book about a neighbor

    Advanced: A retelling of Romeo and Juliet

  42. Brave (2012)

    A book set in Scotland

    A book with an arranged marriage

    Advanced: A book where the main character turns into someone or something else

  43. Wreck-It-Ralph (2012)

    A book about a video game or VR

    A book with candy on the cover

    Advanced: A book only sold in a digital format

  44. Frozen (2013)

    A book with snow

    A book about sisters

    Advanced: A book based on Scandinavian lore

  45. Big Hero 6 (2014)

    A book about technology

    A book with a number in the title

    Advanced: A book with ‘hero’ in the title

  46. Inside Out (2015)

    A book that makes you cry (or would if you did that kind of thing…)

    A book where the main character just moved to a new city

    Advanced: A nonfiction book about emotions

  47. The Good Dinosaur (2015)

    A book with a disappearance

    A book about a character overcoming a fear

    Advanced: A book that explores ‘what if’ a historical event never happened

  48. Zootopia (2016)

    A book that starts with the letter ‘Z’

    A book with a main character who is a police officer or detective

    Advanced: A book that will take you a long time to read; over 500 pages (cuz the Sloth…)

  49. Moana (2016)

    A book set on a boat

    A book about a native people

    Advanced: A book with a five letter title

  50. Coco (2017)

    A book set around Halloween

    A book with a musician

    Advanced: A book containing multiple languages

  51. Onward (2020)

    A book about brothers

    A book with a direction in the title (i.e. onward, forward, backward, right, left, etc)

    Advanced: A book with pants on the cover

  52. Soul (2020)

    A book written by a Black author

    A book about finding purpose in your life

    Advanced: A book about jazz

  53. Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)

    A book with mythical creatures

    A book with ‘the last’ in the title

    Advanced: A book with warring factions

  54. Encanto (2021)

    A book written by a Latinx author

    A book where a house has powers

    Advanced: A book translated from Spanish

  55. Luca (2021)

    A book set on a coast

    A book with a competition

    Advanced: A book about a fisherman

Disney Animated Movies Reading Challenge Post
Previous
Previous

Christmas Presents

Next
Next

The September Society