Books made into Movies
Reveal movie clips while reading longer texts with your students. These clips can be used instead of reading the entire novel
word for word. And/or reveal a clip in conjunction with reading the corresponding excerpt as a means of comparing the
book to the movie version.
ELEMENTARY
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH,
Robert C. O’Brien— The Secret of NIMH
1982 animated
Charlotte’s Web, E. B. White—2006 liveaction; 1973 animated
Nim’s Island, Wendy Orr—2008 film
The Many Adventures of Winnie the
Pooh, A. A. Milne—2011 animated; 1977
animated
The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton
Juster—1970 live action/animated film
Peter Pan, James Barrie—2003 liveaction; 2000—theatrical/live-action;
1953 animated
Matilda, Roald Dahl—1996 live
action
Madeline, Ludwig Bemelmans—1998
live action; 1952 animated
McKenna Shoots for the Stars, 2012 (an
American Girl Doll film)
The Mouse and the Motorcycle, Beverly
Cleary—1986 live action
The Polar Express, Chris Van
Allsburg—2004 film
Stuart Little, E. B. White—1999 live
action
The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth
Grahame—1996 animated; 1984-1990 TV
Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) befriends Toothless, an injured Night Fury—the rarest dragon of all—in
DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon. © 2010 DREAMWORKS ANIMATION LLC.
The Borrowers, Mary Norton— The
Secret World of Arrietty 2010 film; 1997
and 1973 film
Hoot, Carl Hiaasen—2006 film
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,
Roald Dahl—2007 film; 1971 film
How to Train Your Dragon, Cressida
Cowell—2010 animated
City of Ember, Jeanne Duprau—2008 film
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,
Judi Barrett—2009 animated film
Coraline, Neil Gaiman—2009 animated
UPPER ELEMENTARY
101 Dalmations, Dodi Smith—1996 live
action; 1961 animated
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,
Lewis Carroll— 2010 live action; 1985
live action; 1951 animated
American Girl by Valerie Tripp­—Kit
Kittredge: An American Girl 2008 film
Babe: The Gallant Pig, Dick KingSmith—1995 film
Because of Winn Dixie, Kate
DiCamillo—2005 film
Black Beauty, Anna Sewell—1994 film;
1971 film
SLIM TEXTS
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VIDEO CLIPS
The Cricket in Times Square, George
Selden—1973 animated
Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jeff
Kinney—2010 live action
Fantastic Mr. Fox, Roald Dahl—2009
animated
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil
E. Frankweiler, E. L. Konigsburg­—1995
film
How to Eat Fried Worms, Thomas
Rockwell—2006 film
The Incredible Journey, Sheila
Burnford— Homeward Bound 1993 film;
1963 film
The Indian in the Cupboard, Lynne Reid
Banks—1995 film
The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian
Selznick—2011 film
James and the Giant Peach, Roald
Dahl—1996 live action/animated
The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling—
1994 live action; 1967 animated
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe,
C. S. Lewis—2005 film; 1988 BBC
Harriet the Spy, Louise Fitzhugh—2010
film
The Lightning Thief, Rick
Riordan—2010 film
Hatchet, Gary Paulsen— Cry in the Wild
1990 film
Mary Poppins, P. L. Travers—1964 film
Holes, Louis Sachar—2003 film
Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Richard
Atwater—2011 film
Pippi Longstocking, Astrid
Lindgren—1997 animated musical; 1988
live action
Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia,
C. S. Lewis—2008 film; 1988 BBC
Sarah Plain and Tall, Patricia
MacLachlan—1991 film
Sea Biscuit, Laura Hillenbrand—2003 film
The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson
Burnett—1993 film; 1949 film
The Story of Dr. Dolittle, Hugh
Lofting—1967 film
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Lemony
Snicket—2004 live action
Shiloh, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor—1996 film
The Sign of the Beaver, Elizabeth
George Speare— 2006 film;1997 TV film
The Tale of Despereaux, Kate
DiCamillo—2008 animated
The Trumpet of the Swan, E. B.
White—2001 animated
Tuck Everlasting, Natalie Babbit—2002
film
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, C. S.
Lewis—2010 film; 1988 BBC
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VIDEO CLIPS
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The Westing Game, Ellen Raskin—1997
film
Crime and Punishment, Fyodor
Dostoyevsky—2002 film; 1935 film
Where the Red Fern Grows, Wilson
Rawls— 2003 film; 1974 film
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Frank L.
Baum—1939 film
Cyrano De Bergerac, Edmond
Rostand—1990 film; 1987 film
(Roxanne); 1950 film
MIDDLE SCHOOL
David Copperfield, Charles
Dickens—1999 TV film; 1935 film
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
Mark Twain—1993 film; 1960 film; 1939 film
The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown—2006 film
Divergent, Veronica Roth—2014 film
Anne of Green Gables, L. M.
Montgomery—1985 and 1934 film
Around the World in Eighty Days, Jules
Verne—2011 film, 1993 film, 1973 film,
1948 film, 1921 silent film
The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game,
Michael Lewis—2009 film
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,
John Boyne—2008 film
Bridge to Terebithia, Katherine
Paterson—2007 film
Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins—2013 film
The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne
Frank—1959 film
Ella Enchanted, Gail Carson Levine—
2004 film
Finding Forrester, James Ellison— 2000
film
The Gladers investigate a towering, mysterious, and dangerous maze in The Maze Runner.
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Island of the Blue Dolphins, Scott
O’Dell—1964 film
Jacob Have I Loved, Katherine
Paterson—1989 film
Johnny Tremain, Esther Forbes—1957 film
Jumanji, Chris Van Allsburg—1995 film
The Last Song, Nicholas Sparks—
2010 film
The Little Prince, Antoine de SaintExupéry—1974 live action/musical
Little Women, Louisa May Alcott—
1994 film; 1949 film; 1933 film
Mocking Jay, Suzanne Collins—2014 film
Freak the Mighty, Rodman Philbrick—
1998 film
My Sister’s Keeper, Jodi Picoult—2009 film
The Giver, Lois Lowry— 2014 film
The Princess Bride, William Goldman—
1987 film
Harry Potter series, J. K. Rowling—
2001-2011 various films
The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton—1983 film
Treasure Island, Robert Louis
Stevenson—2012 TV movie; 1990 film;
1950 film; 1934 film
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the
Sea, Jules Verne—1997 film; 1954 film
A Wrinkle in Time, Madeline
L’Engle—2003 film
HIGH SCHOOL
1984, George Orwell—1984 film; 1956
film
Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes
Saavedra—2000 TV; 1972 film; 1933 film
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis
Stevenson— 2008 film; 1941 film;
1931 film; 1920 film
East of Eden, John Steinbeck—1981
film; 1955 film
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close,
Jonathan Safran Foer­—2011 film
Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury—1966 film
The Fault in Our Stars, John Green—
2014 film
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Animal Farm, George Orwell—1999 live
action; 1954 animated
Catch-22, Joseph Heller—2011 film;
1970 film
The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger—
2008 film
The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot—2001 film
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens—2009
film; 1951 film; 1938 film; etc.
The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien— 2012 live
action; 1977 animated
The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk
Kidd—2008 film
The Color Purple, Alice Walker—1985 film
The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
— 2012 film
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,
Ann Brashares—2005 film
The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre
Dumas—2002 film
Thomas Horn as Oskar and Tom Hanks as
Oskar’s father in Extremely Loud & Incredibly
Close. © WARNER BROS. PICTURES
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VIDEO CLIPS
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Fellowship of the Ring, J. R. R.
Tolkien—2001 film
The Pearl, John Steinbeck—2001 film,
1944 film
Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes—
2000 film; 1968 film (Charly)
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen—
2005 film; 1995 TV mini-series; 1940 film
Frankenstein, Mary Shelley—1994 film;
1984 film; 1973 film; 1931 film; 1910 film
The Pursuit of Happyness, Chris Gardner—
2006 film
The Grapes of Wrath, John
Steinbeck—1940 film
A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry—
2008 film; 1961 film
Great Expectations, Charles
Dickens—1998 film; 1946 film
Return of the King, J. R. R. Tolkien—2003 film
Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe—1997
film; 1954 film; 1932 film
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott
Fitzgerald—2013 film; 1974 film
Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare—
1996 film; 1968 film; 1936 film
Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift—
2010 film; 1996 TV film; 1939 film
The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel
Hawthorne—1995 film; 1979 film
Hamlet, William Shakespeare—1996 film;
1969 film; 1948 film
Schindler’s List, Thomas Keneally—1993 film
The Help, Kathryn Stockett—2011 film
Inherit the Wind, Jerome Lawrence—
1999 film; 1960 film
Viola Davis as Aibileen Clark with Octavia Spencer as Minny Jackson in The Help. © WALT DISNEY PICTURES
Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson—2004 film
Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte—2011 film;
1996 film; 1944 film
The Taming of the Shrew, William
Shakespeare—1980 BBC film; 1967 film
Journey to the Center of the Earth, Jules
Verne—2008 film; 1999 film; 1959 film
The Three Musketeers, Alexandre
Dumas—2011 film; 1993 film; 1973 film;
1948 film; 1921 silent film
The Last of the Mohicans, James Fennimore
Cooper—1992 film; 1920 silent film
The Time Machine, H. G. Wells—2002 film;
1960 film
Lord of the Flies, William Golding—
1990 film; 1963 film
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee—1962 film
Macbeth, William Shakespeare—2006 film;
1971 film; 1948 film
The Two Towers, J. R. R. Tolkien—2002 film
Twilight, Stephanie Meyer—2008 film
The Maze Runner, James Dashner—
2014 film
Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher
Stowe—1987 film; 1927 film
Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden—
2005 film
War Horse, Michael Morpurgo—2011 film
Watership Down, Richard Adams—1978
animated
Moby Dick, Herman Melville—2010 film;
1956 film
Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck—1992
film; 1939 film
A Separate Peace, Washington Irvin—
2004 film; 1972 film
Gandalf (Ian McKellen) must decide how to best defend Minas Tirith, the chief city of Gondor, in
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. © NEW LINE CINEMA
White Fang, Jack London—1991 film
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