Don’t Judge a Book By Its Movie! Books That Have Been Made Into Movies Location Author Title Year J ALE/C DVD B Alexander, Lloyd The Black Cauldron 1964/1985 In the imaginary Land of Prydain, where "evil is never distant," it has become imperative that the Black Cauldron, chief implement of the diabolical Arawn, be destroyed. In this cauldron Arawn has created his terrible army of deathless warriors from the stolen bodies of the slain. For each of those chosen to journey to Arawn's domain, the quest has a special meaning, and to Taran, Assistant Pig-Keeper, the adventure becomes a glorious opportunity to wear his first sword and prove himself a man among men. J ATW/FF DVD M Atwater, Richard Mr. Popper’s Penguins 1988/2011 The unexpected delivery of a large crate containing an Antarctic penguin changes the life and fortunes of Mr. Popper, a house painter obsessed by dreams of the Polar regions. Tom Popper, a successful businessman who's clueless when it comes to the really important things in life, until he inherits six 'adorable' penguins, each with its own unique personality. Soon Tom's rambunctious roommates turn his swank New York apartment into a snowy winter wonderland, and the rest of his world upside-down. J BAB/FF DVD T Babbitt, Natalie Tuck Everlasting 1975/2002 The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one from ever growing any older. EASY BAR/ Barrett, Judi Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 1978/2010 C DVD C The book is about a story that an elderly grandfather tells to his grandchildren about the town of Chewandswallow, where the weather comes three times a day, at breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and is always food and beverages. The rain is juice and soup, the snow is ice cream, and the wind brings hamburgers. Because of this phenomenon, there are no grocery stores. However, when floods and storms of giant food come, the population is forced to leave Chewandswallow on boats made of bread, and adapt to their new lives in the world where the sky doesn't bring food. 1 Don’t Judge a Book By Its Movie! Books That Have Been Made Into Movies SERIES DEAR/ Benton, Jim My Pants Are Haunted/Dear Dumb 2004/2013 C DVD D Diary Eleven-year old Jamie fills her diary with daydreams of her crush Hudson, and of banishing Angeline, the pretty, popular girl in school. Jamie hopes to win a contest at school, thinking she will impress Hudson and feel better about herself by beating Angeline. In the meantime, she somehow loses her diary. J BRA/ C DVD N Brand, Nurse Matilda/Nanny McPhee 1964/2005 Christianna They concern a hideously ugly nursemaid known as Nurse Matilda who has been highly recommended to Mr. and Mrs. Brown by several agencies. Nurse Matilda arrives at the household of the Brown family and becomes a nanny to the innumerable Brown children. The Brown children are "exceedingly naughty" and frighten off many governesses in a wonderfully mischievous way—until Nurse Matilda comes. She teaches the children to behave, and deals with the fearsome and persnickety Great Aunt Adelaide Stitch. In the end the children become good and decent, and Nurse Matilda leaves to attend another family of naughty children. J CAM/ FF DVD D Cameron, W. Ellie’s Story/ A Dog’s Purpose 2015/2017 Bruce Trained as a search-and-rescue dog since puppyhood, Ellie can track and find people who are physically lost, but it is her owners, widower Jakob and lonely Maya, who challenge her to find a way to save people who are lost in other ways. J CAR/ C DVD A/ Carroll, Lewis Alice in Wonderland 1865/1951 FF DVD A /2010 On a boring afternoon, Alice spots a chance for adventure when a White Rabbit wearing a coat and pocket watch dashes by her, complaining about the time. After chasing the White Rabbit down into his rabbit hole, Alice encounters an entertaining series of eccentric characters including, The Mad Hatter, The Cheshire Cat, Humpty-Dumpty and The Queen of Hearts. Join Alice as she changes sizes quite indiscriminately, has a madcap tea with an outrageous menagerie and plays croquet with truly cranky royalty. 2 Don’t Judge a Book By Its Movie! Books That Have Been Made Into Movies J CAR/ FF DVD A Carroll, Lewis Alice Through the Looking-Glass 1871/2016 When Alice's wish to visit the Looking Glass world comes true, she can't resist delving deeper and deeper into a land of caustic characters and twisted logic. So begins a game of chess on a grand scale, where the inhabitants of each square have their own set of rules. In her bid to become Queen of the Chess Board, Alice takes advice -- and sometimes downright criticism -- from such peculiar folk as Humpty Dumpty, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Lion and the Unicorn and very helpful gnat. Even when she has earned her crown the ordeal awaits of dinner with the Red and White Queens -- and Alice learns an important lesson about not eating food you've been introduced to. J CLE/ C DVD R Cleary, Beverly Beezus and Ramona/Ramona and 1955/2010 Beezus Big sister Beezus Quimby tries to be patient with her four-year-old little sister, Ramona, but it isn't easy, not when Ramona powders her nose with marshmallows and invites her nursery school class to a party without telling her family. Sometimes Beezus doesn't like Ramona, but the girls are sisters and that means they will always love each other—just not every single minute. J COW/ FF DVD H Cowell, Cressida How to Train Your Dragon 2003/2010 Young Hiccup may be the son of Stoick the Vast, chief of the Hairy Hooligans, but he isn't exactly heroic Viking material. When he and the other boys of his tribe are sent on a mission to fetch dragons to train, Hiccup comes back with the scrawniest creature ever seen. Toothless, as Hiccup names him, is also rude, lazy, and greedy, but when the tribe is faced with horrible danger, Hiccup's unorthodox dragon-training techniques prove successful and he and his unique beast become true heroes. J DAH/ C DVD B Dahl, Roald The BFG 1982/2017 The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, or any of the other giants, rather than the BFG, she would have soon become breakfast. When Sophie hears that the giants are flush-bunking off to England to swollomp a few nice little chiddlers, she decides she must stop them once and for all. And the BFG is going to help her! 3 Don’t Judge a Book By Its Movie! Books That Have Been Made Into Movies J DAH/C DVD W Dahl, Roald Charlie and the Chocolate Factory/ 1964/1971 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate /2005 Factory Poor young Charlie Bucket's life is changed forever when he finds one of five golden tickets allowing him a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to tour the mysterious chocolate factory of the even more enigmatic Willy Wonka. J DAH/ FF DVD F Dahl, Roald Fantastic Mr. Fox 1970/2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox is on the run! The three meanest farmers around are out to get him. Fat Boggis, squat Bunce, and skinny Bean have joined forces, and they have Mr. Fox and his family surrounded. What they don’t know is that they’re not dealing with just any fox– Mr. Fox would never surrender. But only the most fantastic plan ever can save him now. J DAH/C DVD M Dahl, Roald Matilda 1988/2005 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 DIC/FF DVD B DiCamillo, Kate Because of Winn-Dixie 2000/2005 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. NEWBERY 2004/ DiCamillo, Kate The Tale of Despereaux: Being the 2004/2008 C DVD T Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread 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. 4 Don’t Judge a Book By Its Movie! Books That Have Been Made Into Movies J DIT/C DVD S DiTerlizzi, Tony The Spiderwick Chronicles 2003/2008 and Holly Black When the Grace children go to stay at their Great Aunt Lucinda's worn Victorian house, they discover a field guide to fairies and other creatures and begin to have some unusual experiences. J DOY/FF DVD S Doyle, Sir Arthur Sherlock Holmes/The Adventures 1887/2009 Conan of Sherlock Holmes He's rude, arrogant, cold, unfriendly, and easily bored. But nobody minds, because Sherlock Holmes is a genius at solving mysteries. J DUM/FF DVD T Dumas, The Three Musketeers 1894/2012 Alexandre The hot-headed young D'Artagnan joins forces with three veteran Musketeers to prevent the villainous Cardinal Richelieu from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war.