I’m in the middle of completing The Disney Challenge, which is when you watch all the official animated Disney films in order, I got to thinking that I wish I could read Disney films and voila! Here is the Disney Literature Challenge. I’ve compiled a list of all the books, stories, poems and plays that inspired the classic animated Disney films in order. I’ve included links when possible. Enjoy!
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Schneewittchen (Snow White) by The Grimm Brothers
Pinocchio: The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
Fantasia: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Goethe
Dumbo: Dumbo by Helen Aberson
Bambi: Bambi, A Life in the Woods by Felix Salten
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
Cinderella: Cendrillon by Charles Perrault
Alice in Wonderland: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Peter Pan: Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up by J. M. Barrie
Lady and the Tramp: Happy Dan, The Whistling Dog by Ward Greene
Sleeping Beauty: The Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault and Little Briar Rose by The Brothers Grimm
101 Dalmations: One Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith
The Sword in the Stone: The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White
The Jungle Book: The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Robin Hood: Ivanhoe by Walter Scott
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne
The Rescuers: The Rescuers by Margery Sharp
The Fox and the Hound: The Fox and the Hound by Daniel P. Mannix
The Black Cauldron: The Book of Three and The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander
The Great Mouse Detective: Basil of Baker Street by Eve Titus
Oliver & Company: Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
The Little Mermaid: The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen
Beauty and the Beast: La Belle et la Bête Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
Aladdin: Aladdin from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights
The Lion King: Hamlet by William Shakespeare
The Hunchback of Notre Dame: The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
Hercules: The Greek myth of Heracules
Mulan: The Ballad of Mulan
Tarzan: Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Atlantis: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Treasure Planet: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Chicken Little: Henny Penny by Paul Galdone
Meet the Robinsons: A Day with Wilbur Robinson by William Joyce
The Princess and the Frog: The Frog Princess by E. D. Baker
Tangled: Rapunzel by The Grimm Brothers
Frozen: The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen
Big Hero 6: Big Hero 6 by Scott Lobdell and Gus Vasquez
