Read-Along系列：Toy Story 2 玩具总动员2 ISBN9781423134060

　　Pixar began in 1979 as the Graphics Group, part of theComputer Division of Lucasfilm before it was acquired by Appleco-founder Steve Jobs in 1986. The Walt Disney Company bought Pixarin 2006 at a valuation of $7.4 billion; the transaction made Jobsthe largest shareholder in Disney.　　Pixar has produced twelve feature films, beginning with Toy Storyin 1995. It was followed by A Bug's Life in 1998, Toy Story 2 in1999, Monsters, Inc. in 2001, Finding Nemo in 2003, The Incrediblesin 2004, Cars in 2006, Ratatouille in 2007, WALL-E in 2008, Up in2009, Toy Story 3 (to date, the highest-grossing animated film ofall-time, grossing over $1 billion worldwide) in 2010, and Cars 2in 2011. Eleven of the films have received critical and financialsuccess, with the notable exception being Cars 2, which receivedsubstantially less praise than Pixar's previous films. The $602million average gross of their films is by far the highest of anystudio in the industry.　　All the films produced by Pixar are among the fifty highestgrossing animated films of all time. Finding Nemo, Up and Toy Story3 made it to the top 50 list of highest-grossing films of all time,with Toy Story 3 at #7, Finding Nemo at #25, and Up at #43.　　All eight Pixar films released since the inauguration of theAcademy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2001 have been nominatedfor that award, commencing with Monsters, Inc.. Six of the eighthave won the award: Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Ratatouille,WALL-E, Up and Toy Story 3. Up and Toy Story 3 are among the onlythree animated films to be nominated for the Academy Award for BestPicture.