Library of Resources

Listed below are books related to theme parks or design that members of the TPO Exec Team have and are willing to share. If you are interested in borrow any of these books or even just skimming through them to see if you're interested in buying your own copy, please fill out this form with your name and email. In the comments section, please list your phone number (optional, but will speed up the contact process) and which book you would like to rent. We will contact you ASAP and give you more information!

Available Books

  • Designing Disney: Imagineering and the Art of the Show by John Hench
  • Disney's Hollywood Studios: From Show Biz to Your Biz by J. Jeff Jober
  • Dream It! Do It! My Half-Century Creating Disney's Magic Kingdoms by Marty Sklar
  • Figment Comic Book 
  • How to Draw by Scott Robertson and Thomas Bertling
  • Inside Disney: The Incredible Story of Walt Disney World and the Man Behind the Mouse by Eve Zibart
  • One Little Spark! Mickey's Ten Commandments and the Road to Imagineering by Marty Sklar
  • The Complete Walt Disney World Fun Finds and Hidden Mickeys 
  • The Disney Mountains: Imagineering at Its Peak by Jason Surrell
  • The Haunted Mansion: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies by Jason Surrell
  • The Hidden Magic of Walt Disney World by Susan Veness
  • The Imagineering Field Guide to Animal Kingdom by the Imagineers
  • The Imagineering Field Guide to Disneyland by the Imagineers
  • The Imagineering Field Guide to Epcot by the Imagineers
  • The Imagineering Field Guide to Magic Kingdom by the Imagineers
  • The Imagineering Workout by the Imagineers
  • The Lego Architext by Tom Alphin
  • The Thinking Fan's Guide to Walt Disney World: Magic Kingdom by Aaron Wallace
  • The Unauthorized Story of Walt Disney's Haunted Mansion by Jeff Baham
  • The Vault of Walt by Jim Korkis
  • Theme Park Design: Behind the Scenes with an Engineer by Steve Alcorn
  • Walt Disney by Bob Thomas
  • Walt Disney Imagineering: a Behind the Dreams Look at Making MORE Magic Real by the Imagineers
  • Walt's Revolution! By the Numbers by Harrison "Buzz" Price
  • You Can Draw in 30 Days by Mark Kistler