If You Liked the Movie...You'll Love the Book!
Children's Books Now on the Big Screen
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter. Peter disobeys his mother by going into Mr. McGregor's garden and almost gets caught. Series.
Paddington Bear by Michael Bond. Paddington Bear arrives from Darkest Peru with nothing but his suitcase and several jars of marmalade, and is discovered by Mr. and Mrs. Brown, who bring him home to their family. Series.
The BFG by Raold Dahl. Kidsnatched from her orphanage 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 nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett. Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow where it rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers--until the weather takes a turn for the worse.
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo. The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo. Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.
6-8 Grade Novels Now on the Big Screen
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. Meg Murry, her brother Charles, and their friend Calvin, embark on a journey through space and time, assisted by three otherworldly women, to find Meg's father, a physicist who disappeared while experimenting with time travel. Series.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney. t's a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up before you're ready are uniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records them in his diary. Series.
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer. Twelve-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl has discovered a world below ground of armed and dangerous--and extremely high-tech--fairies. He kidnaps one of them, Holly Short, and holds her for ransom in an effort to restore his family's fortune. But he may have underestimated the fairies' powers. Is he about to trigger a cross-species war? Series.
The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel in Words and Pictures by Brian Selznick. When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toy-seller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.
To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han. Lara Jean writes love letters to all the boys she has loved and then hides them in a hatbox until one day those letters are accidentally sent. Series.
9-12 Grade Novels Now on the Big Screen
Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon. The story of a teenage girl who's literally allergic to the outside world. When a new family moves in next door, she begins a complicated romance that challenges everything she's ever known.
If I Stay by Gayle Forman. While in a coma following an automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weights whether to live with her grief or join her family in death. Series.
Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve. In the distant future, when cities move about and consume smaller towns, a fifteen-year-old apprentice is pushed out of London by the man he most admires and must seek answers in the perilous Out-Country, aided by one girl and the memory of another. Series.
Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (Trilogy). One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. Series.
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli. Sixteen-year-old, not-so-openly-gay Simon Spier is blackmailed into playing wingman for his classmate or else his sexual identity--and that of his pen pal--will be revealed. Series.