The Mickey Mouse Treasures is literally a treasure trove of Mickey artifacts. Contained within the hard-cover book’s 63 pages are pockets, pouches, and fold-outs containing removable replicas of select Disney memorabilia from the Walt Disney Archives. This is as close as anyone can get to handling the real items without actually rummaging through the archives (not without SUPER special permission). Every item has been scanned and printed (front and back, inside and out) as is, showing every detail and decades of age.
The replica items represent the history and evolution of Mickey Mouse throughout the decades. Examples include an animation cell and background, a letter from Eleanor Roosevelt suggesting a cartoon idea, a Mickey Mouse Club membership mailer, a “Fantasia” premiere theater program, and much more. These gems supplement the plethora of additional images and photos found on the book’s pages, along with a brief written history by Robert Tieman.
While the book may be short on words, a picture is worth a thousand of them. Turn those pictures into three-dimensional replicas, and you have a book that you can “read” for years to come. When you’re ready to rest your eyes, the book and its treasures are safely stored within a hard slip cover. – Robert Nava
