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Kids Books Made into Movies

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Looking for kids books made into movies? You’re one to the right place! This makes an awesome family movie night list as well.

We LOVE books over here. You would probably be shocked at the amount of books in our house. But we read them…  Another thing we really enjoy is watching a great movie. There are so many classic kid books that have been made into movies and today I have a big list of them for you.

One thing we love to do is to read a book, and then watch the movie that it was made into.  I like to make it a reward for the family when we finish a book.

We have not read all of these, but now I really want to!  There were some that I didn’t know were books first. It seems that most of the great classic movies came from some great classic books first.  In our house we are usually book fans first.  Which do you prefer, the books or the movies?  How about both?  

 

100 Classic Kids Books Made into Movies

Here are a few ways to make books and movies into a lesson for your homeschool:

  • Read the book and make it into a unit study.
  • Learn the history surrounding the story.
  • Learn about the author and/or producer.
  • Use books/movies to learn vocabulary or spelling.
  • Use favorite passages or quotes from the books for copywork.
  • Write a book and movie comparison (or have a discussion for younger kids).
  • Have a story themed family movie night party.

Check out my Book vs. Movie post!

100 Kids Books Made into Movies

Use this list for your next family read or family movie night!

  1. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
  2. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
  3. Alice in Wonderland
  4. American Girl
  5. Anne of Green Gables
  6. The Apple Dumpling Gang
  7. Around the World in Eighty Days
  8. Bambi
  9. Because of Winn Dixie
  10. Beezus and Ramona
  11. Black Beauty
  12. The Black Cauldron
  13. The Black Stallion
  14. The Borrowers
  15. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
  16. Bridge to Terabithia
  17. Cat in the Hat
  18. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  19. Charlotte’s Web
  20. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
  21. A Christmas Carol
  22. Chronicles of Narnia
  23. City of Ember
  24. Clifford
  25. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
  26. Coraline
  27. Curious George
  28. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
  29. Dr. Dolittle
  30. Dumbo
  31. Ella Enchanted
  32. Eragon
  33. Escape to Witch Mountain
  34. Fantastic Mr. Fox
  35. Freaky Friday
  36. The Giver
  37. Guardians of Ga’Hoole
  38. Gulliver’s Travelers
  39. Harriet the Spy
  40. Harry Potter
  41. Hatchet
  42. Holes
  43. Heidi
  44. Horton Hears a Who
  45. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
  46. How to Eat Fried Worms
  47. How to Train Your Dragon
  48. The Hundred and One Dalmations
  49. The Incredible Journey
  50. The Indian in the Cupboard

You are halfway through the list of kids books made into movies. Keep on reading for the next half!

51. Inkheart
52. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
53. Iron Giant
54. Island of the Blue Dolphins
55. James and the Giant Peach
56. Jumanji
57. The Jungle Book
58. Little House on the Prairie
59. A Little Princess
60. Little Women
61. The Littles
62. Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events
63. The Lorax
64. Madame Doubtfire
65. Madeline
66. Mary Poppins
67. Matilda
68. Mr. Popper’s Penguins
69. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
70. My Friend Flicka
71. The Neverending Story
72. The Night at the Museum
73. Nim’s Island
74. Oliver Twist
75. Old Yeller
76. Percy Jackson
77. The Phantom Tollbooth
78. Pinocchio
79. Pippi Longstocking
80. The Polar Express
81. Pollyanna
82. The Princess Diaries
83. The Rescuers
84. Robinson Crusoe
85. The Secret Garden
86. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
87. The Spiderwick Chronicles
88. The Sword in the Stone
89. Stuart Little
90. Swiss Family Robinson
91. The Tale of Despereaux
92. Three Musketeers
93. Treasure Island
94. Tuck Everlasting
95. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
96. The Water Horse
97. Where the Red Fern Grows
98. Where the Wild Things Are
99. The Wind in the Willows
100. Winnie the Pooh
101. The Wizard of Oz
102. A Wrinkle in Time

 

What did you think about this list?  Which one is your favorite?

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6 Comments

  1. Thanks for this list – I’m always looking for movies for my family – and though we are an almost grown-up family we still enjoy a movie that has a good story. I think we’d enjoy many of these, some of which we’ve enjoyed as books. Thanks again.

  2. I didn’t realize how many of those movies were based on books. Seeing as books are always so much better, I have got to get a hold of some of those books. However, this list will be great to help us pick different movies as we make our way through the alphabet on our Movie and Popcorn night. We are on our second time through this year and are back to the letter K.
    Thanks for sharing

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