After stumbling through their own in - house CGI animated features, Disney (with a
little guidance from Pixar's creative leader and new Disney animation czar John Lasseter) finally finds the right
balance of classic animation magic and contemporary sensibility with this comic musical
adventure version of the «Rapunzel» fairy tale.
THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES, continuing the story of Ayla, her mate and their
little daughter, taking readers on a journey of discovery and
adventure as Ayla struggles to find a
balance between her duties as a new mother and her training to become one of the Ninth Cave community's spiritual leaders and healers; rendering the terrain, dwelling places, longings, beliefs, creativity, and daily lives of Ice Age Europeans as real to the reader as today's news, to Bantam Dell.