# Book list from movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 10, 2008, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-list-from-movies/476539 "2008-12-10T09:54:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blinkingblinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-list-from-movies/476539/1 "2008-12-10T09:54:09Z")
My wife does not read. I want to buy books for my kids. So that she knows what the books about I want the books to have been made into movies. This is my list so far:- Polar Express Charlie and the Chocolate factory Matilda Jumanji Holes Any help? ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-list-from-movies/476539/2 "2008-12-10T10:06:44Z")
How old are the kids? Possible suggestions: Narnia books Alice in Wonderland Peter Pan Snow White Beauty and the Beast Cinderella The “Brambly Woods” books ---
**Author:** ![blinkingblinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-list-from-movies/476539/3 "2008-12-10T10:08:53Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > How old are the kids? > > Possible suggestions: > > Narnia books > Alice in Wonderland > Peter Pan > Snow White > Beauty and the Beast > Cinderella > The “Brambly Woods” books Narnia is good. I am not looking for fairy tales - have them already. Who is Brambly woods? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-list-from-movies/476539/4 "2008-12-10T10:12:35Z")
If you’re getting _Charlie and the Chocolate Factory_, also get _Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator_ by the same author. It has never been made into a movie, but it’s equally interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Broadswordcallingdannyboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@Broadswordcallingdannyboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broadswordcallingdannyboy)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-list-from-movies/476539/5 "2008-12-10T10:20:49Z")
**James and the Giant Peach** - Roald Dahl **The BFG** - Roald Dahl The **Harry Potter** series might be ideal for you. ---
**Author:** ![Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harriet_the_Spry)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-list-from-movies/476539/6 "2008-12-10T17:38:22Z")
The \*Little House on the Prairie \*series (Laura Ingalls Wilder) were a long-running TV series. _Harriet the Spy_ was made into a movie. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-list-from-movies/476539/7 "2008-12-10T17:38:45Z")
Charlotte’s Web ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-list-from-movies/476539/8 "2008-12-10T18:35:10Z")
Little girls and people who used to be little girls seem to love **Anne of Green Gables**. There are a couple of old films, but the definitive adaptation seems to be a 1985 CBC Television version. As a boy I enjoyed reading and rereading **Tom Sawyer**. **Huckleberry Finn** is a more literary work that skews a little older, and it’s nice (but not strictly necessary) to have read TS as background. (It’s not entirely unlike the relationship between **The Hobbit** and **The Lord of the Rings** , come to think of it.) There have been many films of Tom and Huck’s adventures. Hey, how about **The Hobbit**? Made into a flawed animated TV version back in the '80s, soon to be a live-action extravaganza produced by Peter Jackson. Actually, \*my \* favorite book was **The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan** , which was adapted into a rather ill-regarded film. I’m not sure either the book or movie are strictly suitable for children. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-list-from-movies/476539/9 "2008-12-11T02:14:52Z")
Since you’re Australian, why not get _The Magic Pudding_ by Norman Lindsay, probably the best Australian children’s fantasy. ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-list-from-movies/476539/10 "2008-12-11T05:19:08Z")
If you’re leaning more science fiction-y, there’s a ton of stuff out there, such as the Star Wars and Star Trek series. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-list-from-movies/476539/11 "2008-12-11T09:47:17Z")
> [@blinkingblinking](#): > > Narnia is good. I am not looking for fairy tales - have them already. > Who is Brambly woods? Sorry, should have been Brambly [_Hedge_](http://www.bramblyhedge.co.uk/frame.htm) For the 2-4 type age group I’d say. Very G rated 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![luvtinayothers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@luvtinayothers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luvtinayothers)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-list-from-movies/476539/12 "2008-12-11T11:38:28Z")
> [@blinkingblinking](#): > > My wife does not read. I want to buy books for my kids. So that she knows what the books about I want the books to have been made into movies. > > This is my list so far:- > Polar Express > Charlie and the Chocolate factory > Matilda > Jumanji > Holes > > Any help? You…married… a woman who does not read books??? Whatever for? ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-list-from-movies/476539/13 "2008-12-11T12:49:30Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > … > > Hey, how about **The Hobbit**? Made into a flawed animated TV version back in the '80s, soon to be a live-action extravaganza produced by Peter Jackson. > > … If you consider 1977 to have been the 80s, sure. (It hasn’t aged real well). ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-list-from-movies/476539/14 "2008-12-11T14:32:18Z")
Pride and Prejudice Little Women Little Men A Wrinkle in Time ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-list-from-movies/476539/15 "2008-12-13T05:04:39Z")
> [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](#): > > If you consider 1977 to have been the 80s, sure. Pacific time. > [@](#): > > (It hasn’t aged real well). I didn’t mean to imply that it had. ---
**Author:** ![blinkingblinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-list-from-movies/476539/16 "2008-12-13T22:09:17Z")
> [@luvtinayothers](#): > > You…married… a woman who does not read books??? Whatever for? It is difficult to read together. We watch films together.