His Very First Encyclopedia

I bought the first book from the set ‘My Very First Encylopedia – Disney Learning’ from the sales lady who came to the office and set up a booth in front of the koop. All 3 in the set were available then, but I thought I would try one first to see how it is.


Munief loves it. Even I love it! It’s so nice to look at the colourful and beautiful photos and layout printed on glossy paper inside. They are absolutely bright and brilliant! That’s the main strength of the book. The price of RM37 (retail price RM39.90) is so worth it for the 190 plus pages. There are 3 books in this set: Nature, Earth and Animals. I bought Nature first, and then Earth the second time the lady came. I wanted to buy Animals too, but it was sold out. Next time, then. Here is the link to the local publisher who bought the license, click on the ‘MORE’ to see the full catalogue. You can purchase from them directly, I think.

The reason why this set is relatively cheap is because a local company has bought the license from Disney and printed the books locally. I once searched for this book in the MPHOnline, and found one that costs RM59.90. That’s probably the imported version.

I wish there would be more businesses out there who would do this kind of thing: buy licenses for good books, and then print and distribute locally. It makes sense to me. Cheaper price for consumers, more volume and profit for both the original and local publishers (assuming the cheaper price will mean more books will be sold). Afterall, in this age of technology, the content of a book is just an email way. But I guess that’s also what makes the original publisher more wary. There are risks of piracy etc.