Book of the Mouse Club

Just whistle while you work, and cheerfully together we can tidy up...Disneyland! Hosts Courtney and Emily interview former Disneyland Custodial Cast Member and author, Lynn Barron, about his and co author, Ken Pellman’s, book series “Cleaning the Kingdom.” There is a lot more to custodial than dustpans, brooms, and cleaning bathrooms. Keeping a spotless theme park was essential to Walt Disney’s Disneyland and its legacy lives on making Disney Custodial legendary around the world.

Ready to begin? Let the wonder take hold. Feel it draw you in. Watch the moment unfold - as you meet and greet your favorite characters and watch the stories come alive around the Walt Disney World Theme Parks. Your hosts Courtney and Emily welcome back author Trisha Daab to talk about her new multi-volume series The Story Comes Alive: A Guide to Experiencing Movies and Characters at Walt Disney World. In this series, Trisha categorizes for readers all of the fun experiences and pixie dust around the parks and resorts for specific characters and movies so you can easily meet or experience your favorites.

Come sail away with hosts Courtney and Emily as they continue their journey with the Kingdom Keepers aboard the Disney Cruise Line in Kingdom Keepers Shell Game and Dark Passage. But this is no ordinary cruise, not when Finn and the other Keepers are onboard. Overtakers are cruising as well and that gives the Keepers few places to run while out at sea. This next installment is the most suspenseful yet as the Keepers take an offensive stance against the Overtakers and the Disney Dream turns into a nightmare.

Courtney and Emily are going on an adventure with the Kingdom Keepers! Find out what happens at Disney after hours when Finn and the other DHIs have to fight the Overtakers, a group of Disney Villains, and keep them from gaining control of the Walt Disney World parks. In this episode, Courtney and Emily discuss the first two books in Ridley Pearson’s award winning series, Disney After Dark and Disney at Dawn, to learn about the main characters and plot that will drive the seven book series and this summer series on Book of the Mouse Club.

Courtney and Emily go on a journey into imagination with the famous duo, Dreamfinder and Figment, in the Marvel Disney Kingdoms series Figment and Figment 2 by Jim Zubb. Your hosts dive into a new genre (graphic novels and comics) to go on a magical journey based on the original Epcot attraction. A dream can be a dream come true with just one spark to overcome the obstacles of uniformity and doubt that stifle the true power of the imagination.

Happy Women’s History Month! Hosts Courtney and Emily celebrate the hundreds of unsung female heroines of The Walt Disney Company, the inkers and painters of animated films. Mindy Johnson’s Ink and Paint traces the role of women from the creation of Walt Disney’s Alice Comedies to the computer colored features of “Disney Renaissance” classics like Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin or Lion King. Women have always been a part of The Walt Disney Company, but their story is rarely told in such colorful detail.

How do you like to plan your Walt Disney World Resort vacation? Do you secure your dining reservations 180 days in advance or walk up to a restaurant and hope for the best? Hosts Courtney and Emily flip through the latest edition of Birnbaum’s Official Guide to Walt Disney World to discuss its approach to planning methods for a magical vacation.

From Fastpass+, to dining, resorts and everything else “around the World”, it’s all in this comprehensive guide. Whether you’re a first time visitor or returning for your 100th trip, you’re bound to find something to help you as you plan for a vacation to Walt Disney World. Find out what’s new in 2019 and why now more than ever is a great time to visit!

It’s a jolly holiday with Courtney and Emily! Join us for a discussion of PL Travers’ Mary Poppins. Your hosts compare the original text to Walt Disney’s 1964 film starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. We hope you enjoy the supercalifragilistic details that make up the iconic history of this beloved film and book series. From PL Travers’ history personal history that inspired 2013’s “Saving Mr. Banks” to the Sherman Brothers’ beloved songs, a broadway musical adaptation and the latest film - Mary Poppins Returns, it’s all here in this practically perfect episode.

Grab your BoOoOoOok and welcome Aaron Wallace back to the show to run amuck amuck amuck about his book “Hocus Pocus in Focus: The Thinking Fan’s Guide to Disney’s Halloween Classic”. From feature film flop to Halloween cult classic, Aaron gives Hocus Pocus the acclaim he (and many fans) believe it deserved in 1993. Listeners are challenged to read the film as a “Christmas” movie, horror film, and show stopping musical all in one. This book is packed with more bonus features than the film’s DVD release, so come little listeners and let Courtney, Emily, and Aaron put a spell on you this Halloween season!

Walt Disney was a tremendous story teller but there are many stories about Walt and the Walt Disney Company to be told as well. Jim Korkis is an author and historian with over 20 books dedicated to telling those stories. Hosts Courtney and Emily interview Jim Korkis about his career writing, researching, and telling Walt Disney’s stories in his Vault of Walt series.