Coco. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Coco: The Junior Novelization
Angela Cervantes, 2017
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina, 2017

In Santa Cecilia, Mexico, Miguel dreams of becoming a musician, even though his family strictly forbids it. His great-great-grandmother Imelda was married to a man who left her and their daughter Coco to pursue a career in music, and when he never returned, Imelda discarded all forms of music from her family’s life before starting a shoemaking business.


Toy Story 3. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Toy Story 3: The Junior Novelization
Jasmine Jones, 2010
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Lee Unkrich, 2010

Andy is 17 years old and preparing to leave for college. He has not played with his toys for years, and most have gone, except for Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Jessie, Bullseye, Rex, Slinky, Hamm, Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head, the Aliens, and three toy soldiers. The toys narrowly escape and, believing Andy threw them away, get into a donation box in his mother’s car with Molly’s old Barbie doll, bound for Sunnyside Daycare.


Finding Nemo. Poster of the 2003 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Finding Nemo: The Junior Novelization
Gail Herman, 2003
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich, 2003

Nemo is a young clownfish who lives with his father Marlin in an anemone in the Great Barrier Reef. On Nemo’s first day of school, Marlin unintentionally embarrasses him, and while Marlin is distracted with the teacher, Mr. Ray, Nemo defiantly sneaks away from the reef toward a speedboat, where he is captured by a pair of scuba divers.


Toy Story 2. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Toy Story 2: The Junior Novelization
Leslie Goldman, 2011
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
John Lasseter, Ash Brannon, Lee Unkrich, 1999

Andy prepares to go to cowboy camp with Woody, but accidentally tears Woody’s arm during playtime. When Andy’s mother puts Wheezy in a yard sale, Woody rescues him from being sold, but is stolen in the process by a greedy toy collector named Al McWhiggin. Prospector explains the museum is only interested in the collection if it is complete, and without Woody, they will be returned to storage, which triggers Jessie’s claustrophobia.