ImagiNERDing

My wife found two of these Disneyland Commemorative Playsets online. After getting over the initial surprise, I started to investigate the box for clues. The following is all that was printed on the box:

Disneyland Commemorative Playset
Disney Magic
The Walt Disney Company
Only at Sears
For ages over 4
Item No. 60309

It is obvious from the box colors and design ...

In 2007, I started Imaginerding.com as a way to share my love of Disney theme park-related books. The majority of my posts and articles have been about books and showcasing the various titles about Walt Disney World. It is obvious from my column here at Mice Chat, that I have an obsession with Disney-related books. They are the basis for most of my research and have inspired most of the projects I have done.

A frequent request I have had over the years is for books about the history ...

I ran across this image of Walt Disney in Walt Disney World Then, Now, and Forever by Bruce Gordon and Jeff Kurtti. When I studied the image more closely, I noticed that the poster on the desk next to Walt said National Library Week. Being a public librarian and rabid bibliophile, I knew I needed to investigate this further.

Typically, the second week in April is set aside as National Library Week. ...

I rhapsodized about my obsession with the Bob-A-Round boats in an earlier column. Shortly after that, I received a message from Bob Gurr about those boats as well as another project with a similar name that might interest me: the Bob-A-Long boats.

After picking myself up off of the floor (I mean, how often does a Disney Legend email you), I asked Bob a few more questions about the Bob-A-Long ...

You never forget your first Disney book.

On a trip in 1994, I saw a book display in one of the stores (probably on Main St., USA) about Walt Disney World. It was a purple book with the park icons on the cover. It was called the Walt Disney World Souvenir Guide.



When I got home, I savored every page of the book. I analyzed each photograph and committed the pages of text to memory. This book ...