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Book to Movie

Read the book first, then watch the movie. We've put together a list of books turned into movies. Compare and contrast a book with a film, discuss visualization and a reader's / director's vision, and explore screenplay writing.

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: PG
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox 
  • Run Time: 92 minutes

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

 

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: PG
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox 
  • Run Time: 106 minutes

Because of Winn-Dixie

 

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: G
  • Studio: Universal 
  • Run Time: 93 minutes

The Tale of Despereaux

 

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: PG
  • Studio: Sony Pictures 
  • Run Time: 90 minutes

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

 

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: G
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox
  • Run Time: 86 minutes

Horton Hears a Who

 

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: PG
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox
  • Run Time: 120 minutes

The Lightning Thief

 

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: PG  
  • Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Run Time: 152 minutes

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

 

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: PG
  • Studio: New Line Home Video 
  • Run Time: 91 minutes

Hoot

 

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: PG
  • Studio: Walt Disney Video
  • Run Time: 96 minutes

Bridge to Terabithia

 

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: PG
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • Run Time: 93 minutes

Shiloh

 

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: NR
  • Studio: Bonneville Ent. 
  • Run Time: 104 minutes

Caddie Woodlawn

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: NR  
  • Studio: Good Times Video 
  • Run Time: 60 minutes

Little House on the Prairie

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: NR
  • Studio: Questar 
  • Run Time: 93 minutes

The Sign of the Beaver

 
 
 
  • Format: VHS
  • Rated: NR
  • Studio: Universal Studios 
  • Run Time: 93 minutes

Island of the Blue Dolphins

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: G
  • Studio: Artisan/Hallmark
  • Run Time: 98 minutes

Sarah, Plain and Tall

 

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: G  
  • Studio: Artisan/Hallmark
  • Run Time: 98 minutes

Skylark

 

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: NR
  • Studio: Artisan/Hallmark
  • Run Time: 99 minutes

Caleb's Story / Winter's End

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: PG
  • Studio: Lions Gate 
  • Run Time: 96 minutes

Journey

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: G
  • Studio: Paramount 
  • Run Time: 97 minutes

Charlotte's Web

 

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: PG  
  • Studio: Sony Pictures 
  • Run Time: 84 minutes

Stuart Little

 

 

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: PG
  • Studio: Walt Disney Studios
  • Run Time: 80 minutes

James and the Giant Peach

 

 

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: G
  • Studio: Warner Home Video 
  • Run Time: 100 minutes

Charlie (Willie Wonka) and the Chocolate Factory

 

 
 
 
  • Format:  DVD
  • Rated: PG  
  • Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
  • Run Time: 108 minutes

Alice in Wonderland

 

 
 
     
 
  • Format:  DVD
  • Rated: PG  
  • Studio: DreamWorks 
  • Run Time: 98 minutes

How to Train Your Dragon

 

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: PG
  • Studio: Miramax
  • Run Time: 96 minutes

Ella Enchanted

 

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Language: English
  • Rated: G
  • Studio: Walt Disney Video 
  • Run Time: 115 minutes

The Princess Diaries

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: PG
  • Studio: Warner Home Video 
  • Run Time: 100 minutes

The Polar Express

 

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: PG
  • Studio: Sony Pictures
  • Run Time: 113 minutes

Zathura

 

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: PG
  • Studio: Sony Pictures
  • Run Time: 104 minutes

Jumanji

 

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: PG
  • Studio: New Line
  • Run Time: 106 minutes

Inkheart

 

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: PG
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox
  • Run Time: 90 minutes

City of Ember

 

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: G
  • Studio: New Line Cinema 
  • Run Time: 101 minutes

Kit Kittredge

 

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: PG  
  • Studio: Buena Vista / Disney 
  • Run Time: 143 minutes

The Chronicles of Narnia

 

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: PG
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox 
  • Run Time: 98 minutes

The Thief Lord

 

 
 
 
  • Format:  DVD
  • Rated: PG
  • Studio: Walt Disney
  • Run Time: 117 minutes

Holes

 

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: PG
  • Studio: New Line Home Video 
  • Run Time: 98 minutes

How to Eat Fried Worms

 

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: PG  
  • Studio: Paramount 
  • Run Time: 96 minutes

The Spiderwick Chronicles

 

 
 
 
  • Format: Color, DVD
  • Rated: G
  • Studio: BCI, A Navarre Corp Company 
  • Run Time: 101 minutes

Summer of the Monkeys

 

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: NR (Not Rated)
  • Studio: Walt Disney
  • Run Time: 80 minutes

Johnny Tremain

 

 
 
 
  • Format:  DVD
  • Rated: PG  
  • Studio: Walt Disney
  • Run Time: 128 minutes

A Wrinkle in Time

 

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: PG  
  • Studio: Walt Disney Video 
  • Run Time: 90 minutes

Tuck Everlasting

 

 
 
 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: PG
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox
  • Run Time: 87 minutes

Fantastic Mr. Fox

 

 
  • Format: DVD
  • Rated: PG  
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • Run Time: 101 minutes

Where the Wild Things Are

 

 
     
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

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