WHY NOT HELP YOUR KIDS' IMAGINATION BY GIVING THEM THE BOOKS THAT FEED THE FILMS?
Films are a wonderful way of piquing children's interest in stories, but sometimes it's good for them to read the book before they see the movie.
When you read you can imagine how landscapes, characters and adventures look - it's brilliant creative brain training.
In this category you'll find information about exciting upcoming films and the original books they're based on, which are often even better! Films hitting cinemas this year include Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang and the first part of the final Harry Potter extravaganza. All are based on fantastic writing, and we'd really recommend encouraging your kids to discover the books as well as the big screen adaptations.
Upcoming Film releases for 2010 that are based on books:
The Railway Children (40th anniversary re-release) - April
Robin Hood (May)
Twilight: Eclipse (July)
The Eagle of the Ninth (Sept)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Harrows: Part One (Nov)
Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Dec)
Gulliver's Travels (Dec)
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Children's Books made into films
To find out more about the books behind the films click a film you are interested in.....
Alice in Wonderland
Pittacus Lore
The book that created the film. John Smith is not your average teenager. He regularly moves from small town to small town. He changes his name and identity. He does not put down roots. He cannot tell anyone who or...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/02/2011
Michael Morpurgo
Best-selling War Horse, a magnificent First World War story of human and animal courage on the battle field in the face of deadly danger will shortly be a film following its sell-out adaptation as a play. This film tie-in edition...
Featured in: 11+ readers | Audio Books | Pony Mad
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/11/2011
Rosemary Sutcliff
STOP PRESS: The UK premiere of The Eagle took place in Leicester Square on 9 March 2011. Huge crowds were there to see Channing Tatum and other stars of the film walk up the red carpet and join...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/02/2011
Herge
The film of this Tintin book comes to the screens in October 2011 so why not read it first ? When Tintin stumbles across a model ship at the Old Street Market, he buys it as a gift for his...
Featured in: 7+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/10/2011
Lewis Carroll
The classic story of how Alice falls down the rabbit hole and enters a strange topsy-turvy world in which nothing it quite what it seems to be is given a dreamy, soft focus in Robert Ingpen’s illustrations. What Alice finds...
Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers | Audio Books | Children's Classics
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/09/2009
Lewis Carroll
The first colour illustrations for Lewis Carroll’s classic story are stunningly reproduced in this edition. The Nursery Alice was adapted by Lewis Carroll himself to make a shorter and simpler version than the original for much younger readers. To the...
Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/02/2010
From Walt Disney Pictures and visionary director Tim Burton comes a magical re-imagining of one of the most beloved stories of all time. Mia Wasikowska stars as 19-year-old Alice, who returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a...
Featured in: 9+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/02/2009
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