Books+to+Movies

Here is the Booklist I came up with for the final project. It is a selection of books divided into age groups.

Please Note: Not all of these books were movies. I thought that the text they choose for the final project should not necessarily have been made into a movie.

9-10

//Because of Winn-Dixie// by Kate DiCamillo

//The Magician’s Boy// by Susan Cooper

//Seven Stories// by Ed Briant

//Where the Wild Things Are// by Maurice Sendak

//The Boy Who Cried Wolf// by B.G. Hennessy

//Henry’s Freedom Box// by Ellen Levine

//Olive’s Ocean// by Kevin Henkes

//Coraline// by Neil Gaiman

//A Friendship for Today// by Pat McKissack

//Keeping Score// by Linda Sue Park

//Ella Enchanted// by Gail Carson Levine

//Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh// by Robert C. O’Brian

//The Year of the Dog// by Grace Lin

//The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe// by C.S. Lewis

11-12

//The Invention of Hugo Cabret// by Brian Selznick

//Savvy// by Ingrid Law

//Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City// by Kirstin Miller

//The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs// by Jon Scieszka

//The Frog Princess// by E.D. Baker

//The Lightening Thief// by Rick Riordan

//The City of Ember// by Jeanne DuPrau

//Esperanza Rising// by Pam Munoz Ryan

//Elijah of Buxton// by Christopher Paul Curtis

//Scat// by Carl Hiaasen

//Fever, 1793// by Laurie Halse Anderson

//Millions// by Frank Cottrell Boyce

We were thinking that we'd either base the programs on books that have been made into movies already or use a genre of storytelling (Historical Fiction, Fairytale, Fantasy, etc...) with the kids. We are going to break up the groups by age. Since we are running the program for 7-12 year olds the breakdown would be (7&8, 9&10, 11&12). Each age group would have a different book, so we'd need to pick at least 3 age appropriate books.

These are the titles that Claire, Laura and I have come up with so far that could be possible books and movies that our program uses. Please add any that you know of or vote for a favorite. Thanks.

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Because of Winn Dixie Lemony Snickett's A Series of Unfortunate Events Charlotte's Web Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants To Kill a Mockingbird Inkheart Holes Coraline The Golden Compass Hoot Where the Wild Things Are The Red Balloon Horton Hears a Who How the Grinch Stole Christmas Harry Potter Shrek Henry's Freedom Box Savvy City of Ember The BFG The Borrowers Bridge to Teribithia Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The Dark Is Rising (The Seeker) Eragon Howl's Moving Castle How to Eat Fried Worms James and the Giant Peach Matilda Millions Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh Nim's Island The Princess Bride Shiloh Stormbreaker Stuart Little The Tale of Despereaux The Theif Lord Tuck Everlasting The Witches The Wonderful Wizard of Oz