We're absolutely in love with Disney, and though it probably looks like complete favouritism, our Book of the Week once again belongs to one of those gorgeous animated classics.

"Cinderella" comes with a foreword from Disney animator Mark Henn, who knows a thing or two about Disney's amazing heritage - and the early pioneers who helped to turn the studio into the behemoth it is today.

Cinderella was Disney's twelfth animated feature, released originally in 1950 and showcasing Disney's studio style for animating classic fairy tales.

The book tells the original story as depicted in the movie, but like the rest of the fantastic books in the series, dips into the archives to show amazing production artwork, stills from the movie and other gorgeous visual nuggets of set and character design.

We really loved this one, as it shows how that well-recognised studio style was firmly established by the time Cinderella was released, and how influential this movie was for generations of artists and animators inspired by the fabulous work here.

Sum this book up in a sentence: Beautifully cloth bound, it's another superb addition to Studio Press / Disney's book series, an absolute must for Disney collectors!

"Disney Animated Classics: Cinderella" with foreword by Mark Henn is out now, published by Studio Press / Disney (kindly supplied for review). 

It's becoming something of a habit for these glorious little books to fetch up in our "Book of the Week" slot.

We make no apologies, they really are that good, and so collectable too.

"Aladdin (Disney Animated Classics)" from Studio Press once again showcases the story of Aladdin, and of course a ton of glorious production stills and preproduction art from the hit animated movie (which is STILL one of our all-time favourite Disney films).

As with the other titles in this series, this beautiful hardback book's presentation is top notch with a gorgeous clothbound hard cover, gold gilt page ages and full end-paper illustrations to make it a real treat for the eyes. 

No apologies from us for once again featuring these glorious cloth-bound Studio Press books in our Book of the Week slot.

If you're getting excited about the new live-action Dumbo movie from Disney Studios, take a moment to revisit the classic animated movie instead, with another truly beautiful storified version of the movie with that utterly glorious production art and animation stills illustrating the story throughout.

The story of a young elephant with a difference - born into a circus, but separated from his mother (in a scene that still reduces me to tears even after all these years), Dumbo soon realises his huge flappy ears mean that he can do something that no other elephant can.

He can fly, he can fly, he can fly!

This highly collectable book once again extends Studio Press's impressive range of books chronicling the processes and sketches that led to the final movie. As we said before, this is nigh on essential for Disney fans, but also fans of animation and art as the illustrations in this are just absolutely gorgeous. I mean take a look at them!

Special delivery! One large-eared ele-baby!

I love the way these feel like classic storybooks I had as a kid.

Don't listen to 'em Dumbo, you're special!!

It's also great to hear that more are on the way in this fab range, including Aladdin, which should be out in the blink of a Genie's eye! YESSSS! Can't wait!

Sum this book up in a sentence: You'll believe an elephant can fly with this superb collectable edition of one of Disney's best-loved classics.

"Dumbo (Disney Animated Classics" is out now, published by Studio Press / Disney Studios (very kindly supplied for review and thanks for the hat-tip in the presser, folks!)

Love 'em or hate 'em. Disney's versions of classic fairy tales have worked their way into our collective consciousness with so many brilliant animated versions over the years...

We're very excited about all things Disney this year as we're finally taking the plunge and jetting off to fully immerse ourselves in the world of this iconic little mouse.

"The Mickey Mouse Museum: The Story of an Icon" is a timely book to drop through our letterbox.

After celebrating his 90th birthday last year, Mickey still looks as spritely as ever - and in this fascinating slice of Disney history there's a brilliant look at Walt Disney, his most famous creation, and all the other characters that gave Disney its first cartoon successes back in the earliest days of the studio.

Featuring original sketches, cartoon cels and some awesome discussions about the evolution of everyone's favourite cartoon mouse, it's a huge book full to the brim with information for Disney-Philes everywhere.

Dip inside and check out some of the amazing spreads, and you'll see why we got so excited about this keepsake collector's edition from Studio Press. It really does look fantastic.

Some fascinating insights into how Mickey Mouse became one of the most instantly recognisable characters on the planet

Disney's earliest efforts to bring feature-length cartoons to the screen weren't without their own ups and downs, and the historical and anecdotal accounts of how the studio first found its feet are as fascinating as learning more about Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald, Pluto and all the other characters who appeared in the early 'shorts'.

As much as we love Mickey, we also love Minnie Mouse to bits too!

It's absolutely gorgeous this book, a great mix of timelines, info and awesome stills and sketches. What more could Disney fans wish for?

"Mickey Mouse Museum: The Story of an Icon" is available now, published by Studio Press (kindly supplied for review). 

These books are ridiculously addictive so every time they dip below a certain price, we nab them.

"Disney's The Art of Zootropolis / Zootopia" (depending on whether you're on this side of the pond or the other) is a real feast of concept art and finished character and scenic work from the latest animated smash from Disney Studios.

The story of Judy Hopps, a determined bunny who wants to be a cop in the big city, and Nick Wilde - a shady character with a heart of gold - has gone on to become a huge box office success.

Watching it recently at home, it was one of those rare occasions where we really wanted to watch all the bonus material about the 'making of' the movie, and this book helps to compliment the bonus content on the Blu Ray perfectly.

Within, you'll find artwork by Disney's incredibly talented team of illustrators, modellers, storyboarders and animators (including my own personal Disney illustration hero Cory Loftis), showing how the characters evolved and how the teams came up with the incredible settings and designs that populate the throbbing animal world of Zootropolis.

Judy and Nick (art by Cory Loftis)

There are so many tiny little details that you may have missed in the movie, but are squeezed into this book...

Did you know Clawhauser has a tiny little "Mickey" shape in his cheek spots? Neither did we!

We've both got favourite characters but every single time I see these vogueing tiger dancers I nearly wet my pants laughing. They're just the BEST!

C'mon honey, strike a pose!

The book is like all the other Chronicle "Disney" art books, absolutely stunning and chock full of fascinating insights into the movies.

Do what we do, keep an eye on the prices and snaffle them up as soon as they are cheap enough (which isn't for very long usually!)

Disney's "The Art of Zootropolis" by Jessica Julius, Byron Howards and Rich Moore is out now, published by Chronicle Books. 

Star Wars Mania is about to explode in just a few short weeks as Episode 7 debuts. There's never been a better time to take a look at brilliant new Star Wars books so let's dive into an absolute cracker!

Regular ReadItDaddyers will know that for years I've been scribbling away in the vague pretence of being artistic. 3 years at art college aside, I'm still pretty hopeless when it comes to drawing anything specific so love any tutorials or books that show you the process broken down and simplified.

The Walter Foster "Disney Magic Art / Learn to Draw" series of books are legendary stateside so it was quite something to find a bunch of them tucked away in the various merchandise shops on our recent trip to Disneyland Paris (more of which will be coming up on my wife's excellent travel blog, CanIWalkMummy). Prices for these vary from "That's crazy cheap" to "Oh my god, HOW MUCH?" but at just under 7 Euros a pop, I grabbed three.

1) Learn to Draw: Disney Princesses
2) Learn to Draw: Tangled
3) Learn to Draw: Toy Story

The books (by various artists and authors including the excellent Heather Knowles a legendary DeviantArtist) strip down the process of drawing famous Disney characters to the bare bones, giving budding artists some inspiration on how to draw the characters in various poses themselves.

The Disney Princesses book is the toughest to work through, they are extremely difficult to get absolutely spot on even when the instructions are followed to the letter. Again the Rapunzel book is similarly tough but the Toy Story book is the best of the bunch (probably because most of the Toy Story characters are fairly easy to draw anyway). Each character starts off as a bunch of gestural construction strokes and basic shapes, then gradually you pencil in the features, the detail and then top the whole thing off with colour and shading.

If you've any interest in drawing Disney characters (or have an extremely artistic 4 year old daughter who demands the very best quality from your scribblings!) then these are worth grabbing. They are available through Amazon though be warned, most of the books are under 20 pages long so if you think a pound a page is good value for the Disney Princess book, you won't mind some of the exorbitant charges resellers are laying on these.

Charlotte's best bit: Learning to draw Snow White and Belle

Daddy's favourite bit: Drawing Jessie from Toy Story

Rating - 4 out of 5 stars