Children’s Books About Villains

Princes and princesses, and heroes and heroines have always been the undisputed protagonists of stories. But now everything changes, and the villains will be the new essentials in children’s books.
Children's books about villains

Since tales and stories came into being, their heroes and heroines have been good characters with many values, and they always beat the bad guys. These bad characters, more commonly referred to as villains, have always been in the background in these stories.

However, for some time now, the largest film company in the world in terms of children’s films, Walt Disney, has wanted to give prominence to these characters. Maleficent, Cruela de Vil or Úrsula, among many others, begin to have more prominence than when their original stories came to light. Are you ready to learn more about them?

The figure of the villains in the Disney movies

Movies like The Little Mermaid , Sleeping Beauty or the 101 Dalmatians have always had their evil characters in the background. However, we have never wondered what led these characters to behave like this. The proof that something happened in their lives to become villains is the case of the movie Maleficent , the villain of one of the best-known Disney films: Sleeping Beauty .

Úrsula, the villain from the movie The Little Mermaid.
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The first of the Disney films entirely starring a villain shows us how Maleficent aims to protect her kingdom from invaders and to keep it peaceful. However, she suffers a terrible betrayal that transforms her into a person eager for revenge.

Due to the success that the first Maleficent film caused among the public, this 2019 the second part has been released, which continues to have the villain as the undisputed center of the film.

Disney has been able to take advantage of the reception that the public has given to the other side of the Disney princesses. And, in this sense, he has published a series of children’s books about villains that will delight the little ones and will make them know these characters more in depth.

Gone are the perfect, charming and very methodical characters. Disney wants to convey the message that we are not all perfect and that there are certain actions that lead us to be in a certain way.

Such is the importance that Disney is currently giving to its villains that even these will be the protagonists of an exclusive series of the most evil on the new digital platform that will arrive in the coming months: Disney +.

Children’s books about villains

Villains The most evil of all

Each child has their favorite Disney character and they are almost always heroes, heroines or princesses. However, there is a percentage that is always set further and that chooses some villain as their favorite character.

For the latter of whom we speak and also for all those who want to enjoy a compilation of the most evil of Disney movies together, this book will become your favorite. Recommended for children from seven years old, through its pages they will be able to know the most evil acts of each one of them. In this way, one of them will rise with the title of the most evil. Who will win?

Villains Coloring books

Children love to paint and color. If, in addition, they have the possibility to paint the meanest villains in Disney movies, this book will be their companion for a long season.

The book is structured on one page per villain. In this way, once the drawings are finished, the children can display them or give them to whoever they want and, thus, enjoy them more.

The most beautiful in the Kingdom,  one of the most interesting children’s books about villains

Snow White's stepmother talking to the magic mirror.
© Walt Disney Pictures

These are the words that most represent one of Disney’s best-known villains: Snow White’s stepmother. Everyone knows the story of the envy that the stepmother feels towards Snow White for her beauty and happiness. However, no one so far has wondered why the stepmother suffers such envy.

In this book, recommended for people over 12 years old, they will be able to discover the origin of the transformation of the stepmother, a story that until now was totally unknown and that comes out in this interesting book.

The Empress of Evil

With a structure similar to the previous book, this time,  we will learn what led Maleficent to be so evil. A story recommended for children from 12 years old that will hook them by being able to know the history before everything they have known since they were little.

Poor Soul in Disgrace

Due to the success of the other two children’s books about villains that we have talked about previously, Disney has decided to continue telling the stories of its villains. Úrsula, the villain from the movie The Little Mermaid , is the protagonist of this fantastic story.

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