Favorite Reads to Watch with Your Kids
With the trend of favorite childhood classics being made into movies, there is a good chance your favorite childhood book has been made into a movie recently. Here is just a sample of childrens books that you can now find on the big screen.
Paddington Bear By: Michael Bond
Adopting for their own the lost bear they find in Paddington Station, the Browns have some exciting first moments with him.
In theaters: January 16, 2015
The Lion, the witch, and the wardrobe by: C.S. Lewis
Four English school children find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist its ruler, the golden lion Aslan, in defeating the White Witch who has cursed the land with eternal winter.
DVD: The Chronicles of Narnia: The lion, the witch and the wardrobe
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
by: Judith Viorst
Recounts the events of a day when everything goes wrong for Alexander.
DVD: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
A tale about a girl named Alice. Alice follows a White Rabbit through a very small door and enters Wonderland, where she has many unusual adventures.
Animanted DVD: Alice in Wonderland
Feature Film DVD: Alice in Wonderland
The curiosity of a newly-captured monkey gets him into continual trouble.
Animated DVD: Curious George
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
Feature Film: The Giver
The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm.
Feature Film: Bridge to Terabithia
Young Alec Ramsay is shipwrecked on a desert island with a horse destined to play an important part in his life. Following their rescue their adventure continues in America.
Feature Film: The Young Black Stallion
The adventures of the debonair mouse Stuart Little as he sets out in the world to seek out his dearest friend, a littlebird who stayed a few days in his family's garden.
Feature Film: Stuart Little
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