From the Book to the Big Screen

Books that have been made into movies

Watership Down
Richard Adams / J ADA
Chronicles the adventures of a group of rabbits searching for a safe place to establish a new warren where they can live in peace.
J DVD WAT and J VHS WAT

Little Women
Louise May Alcott / J ALC
Classic novel chronicling the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in 19th-century New England.
J DVD LIT and J VHS LIT

Sounder
William Howard Armstrong / J ARM
A young black boy learns the pain of humiliation and anger when his father is given an unjust jail sentence for stealing from a white man.
J VHS SOU

Tuck Everlasting
Natalie Babbit / J BAB
The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a girl and a stranger share their secret about a spring that prevents one from ever growing any older.
J DVD TUC and J VHS TUC

The Indian in the Cupboard
Lynne Reid Banks / J BAN
A nine-year-old boy receives a plastic Indian, a cupboard, and a little key for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life and befriends him.
J DVD IND and J VHS IND

The Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum / J BAU
After a cyclone transports her to the Land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great wizard in order to return to Kansas.
J DVD WIZ and J VHS WIZ

Caddie Woodlawn
Carol Ryrie Brink / J BRI
The adventures of an eleven-year-old tomboy growing up on the Wisconsin frontier in the mid-nineteenth century.
J VHS CAD

A Little Princess
Francesa Hodges Burnett / J BUR
Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London School, is left in poverty when her father dies, but is rescued by a mysterious benefactor.
J DVD LIT and J VHS LIT

The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett / J BUR
Ten-year-old Mary comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and a locked garden.
J DVD SEC and J VHS SEC

The Incredible Journey
Sheila Every Burnford / J BUR
A Siamese cat, an old bull terrier, and a young Labrador retriever travel together 250 miles through the Canadian wilderness to find their family. 
Movie:Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
J DVD HOM and J VHS HOM

Alice in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll / J CAR
A little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters.
J DVD ALI and J VHS ALI

The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Beverly Cleary / J CLE
A reckless young mouse named Ralph makes friends with a boy in room 215 of the Mountain View Inn and discovers the joy of motorcycling.
J VHS MOU

Pinocchio
Carlo Collodi / J COL
The adventures of a talking wooden puppet whose nose grows whenever he tells a lie.
J DVD PIN and J VHS PIN

The BFG: Big Friendly Giant
Roald Dahl / J DAH
Kidsnatched from her orphange by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from giants.
J DVD BFG

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl / J DAH
Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way. 
Movie: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
J DVD WIL and J VHS WIL

James and the Giant Peach
Roald Dahl / J DAH
James escapes from his fearful aunts by rolling away inside a giant peach.
J VHS JAM

Matilda
Roald Dahl / J DAH
Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.
J DVD MAT and J VHS MAT

The Witches
Roald Dahl / J DAH
A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.
J DVD WIT

The Black Stallion
Walter Farley / J FAR
Young Alec Ramsay is shipwrecked on a desert island with a horse destined to play an important part in his life.
J DVD BLA and J VHS BLA

Harriet the Spy
Louise Fitzhugh / J FIT
Harriet dreams of being a writer and writes down everything she sees. It's all in good fun until Harriet's friends find her secret spy notebook.
J VHS HAR

Johnny Tremain
Ester Forbes / J FOR
Johnny Tremain, a silversmith's apprentice, takes part in the Boston Tea Party and the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
J VHS JOH

My Side of the Mountain
Jean Craighead George / J GEO
A thirteen-year-old boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the wilderness of the Catskill Mountains.
J VHS MY

Old Yeller
Fred Gipson / J GIP
This is the story of Texas pioneer family in the 1860's and the big yellow stray dog that profoundly affects their lives.
J DVD OLD and J VHS OLD

Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame / J GRA
The eccentric Mr. Toad and his pals Ratty, Badger and Mole are the centerpiece of an engaging adventure/comedy that teaches a valuable lesson in modesty. 
Movies:Wind in the Willows J DVD WIN and J VHS WIN
Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride J VHS MR

The House of Dies Drear
Virginia Hamilton / J HAM
A black family of five moves into an enormous house once used as a hiding place for runaway slaves and events make the family believe they are in grave danger.
J VHS HOU

The Phantom Tollbooth
Norman Juster / J JUS
A journey through a land where Milo learns the importance of words and numbers provides a cure for his boredom.
J VHS PHA

Babe: the Gallant Pig
Dick King-Smith / J KIN
A piglet destined for eventual butchering arrives at the farmyard, is adopted by an old sheep dog, and discovers a secret to success.
J VHS BAB

Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling / J KIP
An orphan boy leaves the jungle because of a man-eating tigerand has funny adventures on his way back to the village.
J DVD JUN and J VHS JUN

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
E. L. Konigsburg / J KON
Having run away with her younger brother, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order and to become a changed person.
Movie:The Hideaways J VHS HID

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
C. S. Lewis / J LEW
Four English school children find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist a golden lion to triumph over a witch who has cursed the land.
J DVD LIO and J VHS LIO

Pippi Longstocking
Astrid Lindgren / J LIN
A lucky little girl lives with a horse and a monkey--but without any parents--at the edge of a Swedish village.
J VHS PIP

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Hugh Lofting / J LOF
A kind-hearted doctor, who is fond of animals and understands their language, travels to Africa to cure the monkeys of a sickness. 
Movie:Doctor Dolittle J DVD DOC and J VHS DOC

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Betty MacDonald / J MAC
The eccentric Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle issues marvelous cures for such common children's diseases as Won't-Put-Away-Toys-itis, Answerbackism, and Fighter-Quarrelitis.
J VHS MRS

Sarah, Plain and Tall
Patricia MacLachlan / J MAC
When their father invites a bride to come live with them, Caleb and Anna hope she will stay.
J DVD SAR and J VHS SAR

Skylark
Patricia MacLachlan / J MAC
When a drought tests the commitment of a mail-order bride to her new home, her stepchildren hope they can remain a family.
J VHS SKY

Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days
Stephen Manes / J MAN
Milo, tired of problems with his sister, parents, and classmates, finds a book in the library which promises to make him perfect. 
Movie: How to be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days J VHS HOW

Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery / J MON
Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island and makes indelible impression on everyone.
J VHS ANN

Shiloh
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor / J NAY
When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's mean owner.
J DVD SHI and J VHS SHI

The Borrowers
Mary Norton / J NOR
A family of miniature humans live by borrowing things from normal-sized people.
J DVD BOR and J VHS BOR

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Robert C. O’Brien / J OBR
Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits wise rats who once lived in a laboratory. 
Movie:The Secret of NIMH J DVD SEC and J VHS SEC

Bridge to Terabithia
Katherine Paterson / J PAT
A ten-year-old boy’s life in rural Virginia expands when he befriends with a newcomer who dies trying to reach their special hiding place, Terabithia, during a storm.
J VHS BRI

Jacob Have I Loved
Katherine Paterson / J PAT
Feeling deprived all her life of schooling, friends, mother, and even her name by her twin sister, Louise finally begins to find her identity.
J VHS JAC

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
J. K. Rowling / J ROW
Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches.
J DVD HAR and J VHS HAR

Holes
Louis Sachar / J SAC
Due to his family's bad fortune, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds a friend and a treasure.
J DVD HOL and J VHS HOL

Black Beauty
Anna Sewell / J SEW
A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experience with both good and bad masters.
J DVD BLA and J VHS BLA

The Rescuers
Margery Sharp / J SHA
Three intrepid mice rescue a poet from a terrible prison.
J VHS RES

Maniac Magee
Jerry Spinelli / J SPI
After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes feats which awe his contemporaries.
J VHS MAN

Heidi
Johanna Spyri / J SPY
Little orphan Heidi is sent to live with her gruff grandfather high in the Alps, travels to the city and eventually ends up back in the mountains.
J DVD HEI and J VHS HEI

Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson / J STE
While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune.
J VHS TRE

Gulliver’s Travels
Jonathan Swift / J SWI
Gulliver learns that Lilliput is at war with the nearby island of LaFuscoe - all because of a tiff over the proper preparation of pasta!
J DVD GUL and J VHS GUL

The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien / J TOL
Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure.
J DVD HOB and J VHS HOB

Mary Poppins
P. L. Travers / J TRA
Two English children's new nanny arrives on the East Wind, carries an empty carpet bag with all kinds of things in it, and introduces Jane and Michael to some neat people and experiences.
J DVD MAR and J VHS MAR

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain / J TWA
A mischievous boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the early 19th century pulls pranks and has many adventures. 
Movies:Tom Sawyer J VHS TOM
Tom and Huck J VHS TOM

Jumanji
Chris Van Allsburg / JE VAN (Caldecott)
Left on their own for an afternoon, two bored children find more excitement than they imagined in a jungle adventure board game.
J DVD JUM and J VHS JUM

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Jules Verne / J VER
Enjoy this nineteenth-century science fiction tale of an electric submarine, its eccentric captain, and the undersea world.
J VHS TWO

Homecoming
Cynthia Voigt / J VOI
Abandoned by their mother, four children begin a search for a home and an identity.
J VHS HOM

Charlotte’s Web
E. B. White / J WHI
Wilbur, the pig, discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.
J DVD CHA and J VHS CHA

Stuart Little
E. B. White / J WHI
The debonair mouse Stuart Little sets out to find his dearest friend, a little bird who stayed a few days in his family's garden.
J DVD STU and J VHS STU

Beauty and the Beast
Retold by Nancy Willard / J WIL
Through her great capacity to love, a kind and beautiful young woman releases a handsome young man from the spell which has made him into an ugly beast.
J DVD BEA and J VHS BEA

Swiss Family Robinson
Johann David Wyss / J WYS
A shipwrecked family imaginatively adapts to life on an island abundantly inhabited by animal and plant life.
J DVD SWI and J VHS SWI

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