Yellow Submarine - by The Beatles (Hardcover)

About the Book

Hailed as an avant-garde amalgam of pop art, Beatles music, and highly innovative animation, "Yellow Submarine" celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2018. The film's dazzling images--and its lighthearted, witty tale--are showcased in this glorious picture book. Full color.

Book Synopsis

Fifty years ago, The Beatles set off on a magical adventure -- and this psychedelic anniversary edition let fans of all ages join the iconic journey.

It was fifty years ago today! Some 80,000 leagues beneath the sea, a colorful land of music and laughter existed called Pepperland -- a place where Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts' Club Band was always playing your song. That is, until the Blue Meanies burst onto the scene and chased all the magical music away. . . . So began the classic 1968 film Yellow Submarine, inspired by the eponymous song. With a refreshed midi hardcover and a cut-paper, accordion-fold gift edition marking half a century since the tale first dazzled audiences, nostalgic Beatles fans and excited youngsters alike will be clamoring for a ticket to ride.

Review Quotes

The delirious color and the shape-shifting figures offer delight on every page. Love IS all you need.
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

The text has some of the wonderful puns from the movie.
--School Library Journal

Adults of a certain age will surely find it hard to take this walk down memory lane without hearing an internal soundtrack.
--The Horn Book

The artwork is appropriately bright and psychedelic, the dialogue replete with puns and wordplay. The kids will love it, and so will their baby-boomer grandparents.
--Orlando Sentinel

I have been reading YELLOW SUBMARINE to my kids for several weeks since its publication, and they are hypnotized. . . . The story is simple and brilliant.
--Entertainment Today

About the Author

Inspired by the song "Yellow Submarine" from the Beatles' Revolver album, the film YELLOW SUBMARINE was released in 1968 and was quickly hailed as a visionary masterpiece. This extraordinary collaboration of talent -- Heinz Edelmann's art wedded with Beatles music -- was brought to life in celluloid with groundbreaking animation techniques. More than thirty-five years later, the film continues to beguile adults and children alike.