My mom is a librarian and as part of the school fundraiser, she and another librarian are throwing a pajama party for a group of 20 kids. They want to read a book that has been made into a movie, and after show the movie for the kids. It needs to be some kind of picture book, that would be a really quick read. Not anything like harry potter, or a long chapter book. We don't know what the ages will be or if they'll be boys or girls. she teaches at an elementary school, so she could have anywhere between 5 year olds to 11 year olds. The movie would need to be appropriate for everyone watching. probably G or PG. Any ideas?
thanks
2007-01-20 13:25:09 · 8 answers · asked by CorPseBRideLuVR 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
no chapter books! only picture books!
2007-01-20 13:35:49 · update #1
The Cat in the Hat
Jumanji
Eloise (made into TV movie "Eloise at the Plaza")
Shrek
Curious George
Madeline
The Stupids (Harry Allard/James Marshall)
The Polar Express
Merlin and the Dragons (Jane Yolen) (available on DVD)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (a chapter out of a longer book) might work
Andrew Henry's Meadow is in production now, and Where the Wild Things Are is supposed to come out in 2008 -- not that this will help your mom now, but maybe if they do it again they can keep this in mind. Another option may be to read the first chapter out of a longer book, and then start the movie. I think kids could make the connection that way, just as well as if the whole book had been read to them. It certainly would present them with a lot more possibilities!
Of course, there are hundreds if not thousands of shorter films made for use in schools, but they're usually like Reading Rainbow segments, where they just pan the actual artwork from the book while someone reads the story.
2007-01-20 14:41:02 · answer #1 · answered by The Skin Horse (formerly ll2) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore
Charlotte's Web by E.B.White
Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
2007-01-20 13:34:28 · answer #2 · answered by Adrianna T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Harry Potter
2007-01-20 14:10:28 · answer #3 · answered by Jeremy© ® ™ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Carole King wrote a childrens book called Really Rosie and then they made a cartoon out of it. It was all done in songs , easy to read and follow
2007-01-20 13:58:37 · answer #4 · answered by Lynn T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I found some links you might be interested in...
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/movies.html
http://www.kidsreads.com/features/books2movies.asp
I hope you can find what your mom is looking for in these links!
ETA: Hmmm, I can't think of any children's PICTURE books that were turned into movies off the top of my head. Maybe Curious George. I'm sorry, I guess I 'm not much help.
2007-01-20 13:36:08 · answer #5 · answered by Shar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Matilda by Roald Dahl
2007-01-20 13:31:15 · answer #6 · answered by girl_virgo72 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Polar Express?
2007-01-20 13:44:55 · answer #7 · answered by Michelle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charlotte's Web by E.B.White
2007-01-20 13:33:29 · answer #8 · answered by Troy K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋