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Gr 1-5 In 1968, the movie Yellow Submarine broke new ground by combining popular songs with clever animation to tell a surrealistic story. This book combines an adaptation of the screenplay with artwork from the film. When Pepperland is threatened by the Blue Meanies and its inhabitants are turned into colorless statues, Captain Fred climbs into a yellow submarine and sets off to get help. After landing in Liverpool, he returns with the Beatles and together they journey underwater through the Sea o...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Adults of a certain age will surely find it hard to take this walk down memory lane without hearing an internal soundtrack. But since this is a picture-book adaptation of the Beatles's playfully avant-garde 1968 animated feature, it ought to stand on its own. Unfortunately, while the pun-filled text is as clever as the original film, in print one notices that most of the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More