But Have You Read the Book? Books That Have Been Made Into Movies

Which is better -- the book or the movie?  Check out one of the books (and movies) and see which one you think is better.

Nim's Island by Wendy Orr

Nim loves her island home and the animals she shares it with even while her scientist father is away doing research, but trouble is on the way and a new e-mail friend could be the only one who can help.

The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

The adventures of Despereaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin

How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell

Chronicles the adventures and misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third as he tries to pass the important initiation test of his Viking clan, the Tribe of the Hairy Hooligans, by catching and training a dragon.

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

Thirteen-year-old Meg Murry, her little brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin are guided by unearthly strangers as they go on a journey through space and time to search for Meg's and Charles' scientist father who disappeared while experimenting with a new form of space travel.

More Books --

Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

Holes by Louis Sachar

Hoot by Carl Hiaasen

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Stuart Little by E.B. White

Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne

WHAT!? We're Moving? -- Books About Moving

Check out the following teen books featuring stories about moving . . . .

Abandon by Meg Cabot

A near-death experience, a horrible incident at school, and a move from Connecticut to Florida have turned seventeen-year-old Pierce's life upside-down, but when she needs him most John Hayden is always there, helping but reminding her of her visit to the Underworld.

My Life with the Walter Boys by Ali Novak

Devastated when her parents are killed in a car accident, sixteen-year old Jackie moves from New York City to Colorado to live with her mother's best friend, who has twelve children, including two boys who start to show an interest in Jackie that goes beyond brotherly.

One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies by Sonya Sones

Fifteen-year-old Ruby Milliken leaves her best friend, her boyfriend, her aunt, and her mother's grave in Boston and reluctantly flies to Los Angeles to live with her father, a famous movie star who divorced her mother before Ruby was born.

Revived by Cat Patrick

Having been brought back from the dead repeatedly by a top-secret government super drug called Revive, and forced to move so the public does not learn the truth, fifteen-year-old Daisy meets people worth living for and begins to question the heavy-handedgovernment controls she has dealt with for eleven years.

More Books --

The Cemetery Boys by Aidan Thomas

The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe

The Fixer by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 

Hello Now by Jenny Valentine

The Missing Season by Gillian French

There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins

Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee
We Are All Made of Molecules by Susin Nielsen-Fernlund

All Together Now: Books to Read Together

 Looking for some good picture books to read together as a group?  Here's a few choices . . .

Duck & Goose Go to the Beach by Tad Hills
Duck wants to go on an adventure. Goose doesn't. He doesn't see the point. After all, why would they go anywhere when they're happy right where they are? But then Goose sees the ocean and loves it. Who doesn't? Well, Duck, for one.

A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker

Bear's efforts to keep out visitors to his house are undermined by a very persistent mouse.

Some Dinosaurs Are Small by Charlotte Voake

This book presents the story of three big, fast, thieving dinosaurs hungrily encountering a slower dino who uses his smaller teeth to eat fruit and leaves.

He Came with the Coach by David Slonim

When a family acquires a new couch, they discover that something else comes along with it, and they gain a new friend in the process.

A Pizza with Everything on It by Kyle Scheele

It's a tale as old as time: a kid wants to make a pizza with his dad, but not just any pizza . . . he wants a pizza with everything on it. That's right, everything. But as the toppings pile on, this father-son duo accidentally create a pizza so delicious, so extravagant, so over-the-top, that it destroys the universe-and the cosmos go as dark as burnt crust.

More Picture Books to Read Together --

Alone Together by Suzanne Bloom

A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon

Bears on Chairs by Shirley Parenteau

Dooby Dooby Moo by Doreen Cronin

Duck Soup by Jackie Urbanovic

Everybunny Dance! by Ellie Sandell

Everyone Loves Cupcake by Kelly DiPucchio

How Martha Saved Her Parents from Green Beans by David LaRochelle

I Just Ate My Best Friend by Heidi McKinnon

I Like This, You Like That by Linda Ashman

If You Plant a Seed by Kadir Nelson

King Jack and the Dragon by Peter Bently

Love, Z by Jessie Sima

People Don't Bite People by Lisa Wheeler

Pokko and the Drum by Matthew Forsythe

Raisin and Grape by Tom Amico

Saturday by Oge Mora

Teach Your Buffalo to Play Drums by Audrey Vernick

When Mommy Was Mad by Lynne Jonell

Who's Who? by Ken Geist

Check out these and more books to read together on display at the Arnold Branch through July 2023.