Lights... Camera... Action!

When it comes to movies many are based off books especially children and young adult works. So it shouldn't be too surprising that some of the Newbery Award Winners have been filmed. The book I'm currently (re)reading is Holes, famous for its movie adaptation that, due to the author writing the screenplay, was incredibly faithful. Read the book, then catch the movie (it's long but good)!

For another adaptation we go back to Disney for the maybe less faithful even booed by the author, Wrinkle in Time. It was enjoyable the first time I watched it - before the book. After reading the book the movie uh- pales in comparison.

Long ago I read Call It Courage, I believe it was like a million degrees working the desk that day, and I recommended that book. Now I have finally gotten my grubby little fingers on the Disney movie and will watch it tonight! I hope that the adaptation is a good one!

But Disney isn't the only one adapting books into movies, King of the Wind was an excellent movie that I highly recommend (just like the book). Get A Clue is based on The Westing Game, and, while a fun movie, is definitely not as faithful as it could have been. Then, I almost forgot, is The Tale of Desperaux, which was such a poor adaptation that I am glad it was on Netflix and no additional money was spent.

I know there are others but I don't think I've seen them! Which one is your favorite?