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:
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)
Pinocchio (1940)
A book with ‘lie’ in the title
A book with a star on the cover
Advanced: A book about trafficking
Fantasia (1940)
A book with magic
A book with a purple cover
Advanced: A graphic novel
Bambi (1942)
A book that takes place in the woods
A book about an orphan
Advanced: A book with a John or Jane Doe
Cinderella (1950)
A book with a shoe on the cover
A book with talking animals
Advanced: A book with an evil stepmother
Alice in Wonderland (1951)
A book with a heart on the cover
A book about time travel
Advanced: A book with a tea party
Peter Pan (1953)
A book with pirates
A book where a main character is a child
Advanced: A book about lost boys
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)
Sleeping Beauty (1959)
A book with a curseA book with a dragon
Advanced: A book that takes place in January (the month the movie was released)
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
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
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)
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)
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
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
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
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
An enemies to lovers book
A book about books
Advanced: A book with a character trapped in a house
Aladdin (1992)
A book with a yellow cover (jasmine is yellow)
A book that takes place in India
Advanced: A book about a Sikh
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
A Goofy Movie (1995)
A funny book
A book with a road trip
Advanced: A book about a father/son relationship
Pocahontas (1995)
A book by an author named John
A book about nature
Advanced: A book written by an author with Native American heritage
Toy Story (1995)
A novella (because it’s a small story….)
A book with ‘friend’ in the title
Advanced: A book with a cowboy
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
Mulan (1998)
A book set in China.
A non-fiction book about gender.
Advanced: A book set in ancient China.
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
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…)
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
A book with ‘lost’ in the title
A book with an exploration
Advanced: A book set in Atlanta
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
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
Spirited Away (2002)
A book with supernatural elements
A book by a Japanese author
Advanced: A book with a tunnel
Treasure Planet (2002)
A book with a hunt for treasure/money/an inheritance
A book set in space
Advanced: A book about linguistics
Finding Nemo (2003)
A book by an Australian author
A book about memory
Advanced: A book with a dentist
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
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
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
Ratatouille (2007)
A book about food
A book set in Paris
Advanced: A Parisian cookbook
Wall-E (2008)
A book with Artificial Intelligence
A book with a green cover (cuz recycling…)
Advanced: A book with no dialogue
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
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
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)
Gnomeo and Juliet (2011)
A book based on a play
A book about a neighbor
Advanced: A retelling of Romeo and Juliet
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
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
Frozen (2013)
A book with snow
A book about sisters
Advanced: A book based on Scandinavian lore
Big Hero 6 (2014)
A book about technology
A book with a number in the title
Advanced: A book with ‘hero’ in the title
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
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
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…)
Moana (2016)
A book set on a boat
A book about a native people
Advanced: A book with a five letter title
Coco (2017)
A book set around Halloween
A book with a musician
Advanced: A book containing multiple languages
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
Soul (2020)
A book written by a Black author
A book about finding purpose in your life
Advanced: A book about jazz
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
Encanto (2021)
A book written by a Latinx author
A book where a house has powers
Advanced: A book translated from Spanish
Luca (2021)
A book set on a coast
A book with a competition
Advanced: A book about a fisherman
