Snow White on Ice - Stickers

Stapled inside the souvenir program for Snow White on Ice was an insert with 12 stickers. Each of the main characters from the show were represented.

Images from personal collection.

Gladstone Panini (50th Anniversary - 1987)

The 1987 Gladstone Golden Anniversary comic book displayed an ad for Panini stickers and a collectors' album. 

Panini sticker advertisement.

Also included were two free packets of stickers tucked into the centerfold of the magazine. Note the Snow White title on the packets is written one in French and the other in Dutch. Panini stickers have been marketed around the globe.

French Packet

Dutch Packet

Packet Back

Images from personal collection.

French-Language Math Book, 1997

Jouons avec les chiffres (or Playing With Numbers) is copyrighted 1996 by Phidal (based in Montreal) and 1997 by Disney. This Snow White-themed math book was sold in Belgium and probably other French-speaking countries too. Designed for ages 4 and older, it helps parents teach their children about rudimentary arithmetic through the use of stickers that are pictured with numbers, animals and characters from the film.

The 16 pages are illustrated with images of Snow White, the Dwarfs and her forest animal friends. It's good to see that the Queen and Witch made it onto a page as well. The Prince shares one sticker with the Princess.


Front cover...

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The introduction to the book roughly translates as the following:

This sticker book, created for kids of 4 years and older offers simple and fun activities that will help your child learn with numbers. Moreover, this practical book and its re-usable stickers can be used in many other ways. After having completed all of the book games, your child can create his/her own story with the stickers on the last page.

The re-useable stickers didn't really work, however. Once they were placed on the math exercise pages, they tended not to come off.


Learning to count...

Addition and subtraction...

Put them in order...

Make your own story page...

Back cover...

All illustrations copyright Phidal/Disney.

Book images and information courtesy of Alexandre Milazzo.

Vintage Sticker Book from the Netherlands

This Dutch Sneeuwwitje en de Zeven Dwergen book comes from long-time Disney collector H.P. Hogenboom. We saw in a previous post a few examples of Belgian sticker books that were produced in both the French and Dutch languages. Set amongst the text are blank spaces for the reader to place collectible stickers (which were obtained separately).

Unlike these earlier examples, however, the pages in this book from the Netherlands contain illustrations to accompany the story. Also the individual stickers vary in size and feature images taken directly from the film.

The handsome cover art bustles with life. I really like this slightly different rendering of Snow White...

Front Cover shows Snow and the Dwarfs decorating for the holidays.

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No date is printed on the book, but it does mention that it was sponsored by Margriet, a Dutch version of Good Housekeeping magazine. From H.P.'s research, we learn that the periodical dates from the 1950s when it had a collaboration with Disney to print one or two pages from the Snow White story per issue.

...and to publish special edition winter books to keep the children busy during the holidays. This is one of those books, which clarifies why the dwarfs are decorating their cottage on the cover, even though it’s not mentioned anywhere else in the book.

Front Endpaper

It's not exactly clear how the sticker cards were made available to the public. Were they released in weekly allotments with the magazine? Possibly monthly? Was it necessary to purchase them separately?

Each has a number and text written on the back, even an ad for the Donald Duck comic. Interestingly, the cards weren't actually "stickers" with pre-adhesive. They had to be glued by hand into the book. Below is a closer look at a few loose cards from the Pinocchio book in this same series.

Pinocchio "Sticker" Cards and Book

More from H.P. on the Snow White volume...

This particular book is quite special, it’s complete apart from one picture that has been lost in time. I was told by the previous owner that in those days not a lot of families had money to spare on these trivial things. And throughout my searches I have indeed found the books with as little as 3 to 4 pictures. The book itself has been passed down two generations of children and didn’t suffer any kind of artistic vandalism. Most books for children have had encounters with crayons and such. I had a good time reading it again. It holds true to the original story by Walt Disney.

The entire book follows in all its vintage illustrated splendor...

Title Page

The back cover features the Dwarfs marching home in a Gustaf Tenggren interpretation. The text at the bottom translates to: "A youth publication in collaboration with Margriet and Walt Disney."

Back Cover

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In the same series of sticker books, there was also a Pinocchio, Bambi and Peter Pan.

Images and information generously provided by H.P. Hogenboom. Used with permission.