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Popular Children's Books with Movie Adaptations
Walter Graves A list of children's book to movie adaptations. These are children's books that have been adapted into feature films. Children's literature is in many ways timeless. The books we were read as a child, we now read to our own kids. This makes children's books a safe bet for film adaptations, and the film adaptations on this list are some of the best. If multiple adaptations of a children's book have been made, we've tried to list the most popular one here. Since only the best, most popular children's books tend to be made into movies, one could also consider this to be a list of some of the greatest children's books of all time.
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P. L. Travers“ Movie Adaptation: Mary Poppins (1964) „ - 2Up 19Down 2
Rudyard Kipling“ Movie Adaptation: The Jungle Book (1967) „ - 3Up 17Down 2
“ Movie Adaptation: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) „ - 4Up 18Down 3
T. H. White“ Movie Adaptation: The Sword in the Stone (1963) „ - 5Up 18Down 3
Dumbo, the Flying Elephant
Helen Aberson“ Movie Adaptation: Dumbo (1941) „ - 6Up 17Down 3
A. A. Milne“ Movie Adaptation: Winnie the Pooh (2011) „ - 7Up 17Down 3 Charles Dickens“ Movie Adaptation: Great Expectations (1998) „
- 8Up 15Down 2 Fred Gipson“ Movie Adaptation: Old Yeller (1957) „
- 9Up 16Down 3 Daniel Defoe“ Movie Adaptation: Robinson Crusoe (1954) „
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The Apple Dumpling Gang
“ Movie Adaptation: The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975) „ - 11Up 15Down 3 Katherine Paterson, Donna Diamond“ Movie Adaptation: Bridge to Terabithia (2007) „
- 12Up 15Down 3 Kate Douglas Wiggin“ Movie Adaptation: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) „
- 13Up 15Down 3 Charles Dickens“ Movie Adaptation: A Tale of Two Cities (1935) „
- 14Up 12Down 1 Ludwig Bemelmans“ Movie Adaptation: Madeline (1998) „
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Heidi
Johanna Spyri“ Movie Adaptation: Heidi (1937) „ - 16Up 11Down 1 “ Movie Adaptation: How To Train Your Dragon (2010) „
- 17Up 14Down 4 Mark Twain“ Movie Adaptation: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949) „
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Odyssey
Homer, Nextext - 19Up 15Down 5
Misty of Chincoteague
Marguerite Henry“ Movie Adaptation: Misty (1961) „ - 20Up 9Down 0
The Hundred and One Dalmatians
Dodie Smith“ Movie Adaptation: One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) „ - 21Up 10Down 1
The Iron Man
Ted Hughes“ Movie Adaptation: The Iron Giant (1999) „ - 22Up 10Down 1 Frances Hodgson Burnett“ Movie Adaptation: Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921) „
- 23Up 10Down 1 Esther Forbes“ Movie Adaptation: Johnny Tremain (1957) „
- 24Up 10Down 1 Dodie Smith“ Movie Adaptation: I Capture the Castle (2003) „
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I Want a Dog
Dayal Kaur Khalsa“ Movie Adaptation: I Want a Dog (2003) „ - 26Up 12Down 3
My Dog Skip
Willie Morris“ Movie Adaptation: My Dog Skip (2000) „ - 27Up 12Down 3
Madicken
“ Movie Adaptation: You're Out of Your Mind, Maggie (1979) „ - 28Up 13Down 4 Louisa May Alcott“ Movie Adaptation: Little Women (1994) „
- 29Up 13Down 4 Charles Dickens“ Movie Adaptation: Oliver Twist (2005) „
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Mio, my Mio
“ Movie Adaptation: Mio in the Land of Faraway(1987) „ - 31Up 13Down 5
Nurse Matilda
Christianna Brand“ Movie Adaptation: Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010) „ - 32Up 14Down 6 Tim Powers“ Movie Adaptation: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) „
- 33Up 7Down 0 Brian Selznick“ Movie Adaptation: Hugo (2011) „
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The Borrowers
Mary Norton“ Movie Adaptation: The Borrowers (1997) „ - 35Up 8Down 1
The Brothers Lionheart
Astrid Lindgren“ Movie Adaptation: The Brothers Lionheart (1977) „ - 36Up 9Down 2 Louisa May Alcott“ Movie Adaptation: Little Men (1940) „
- 37Up 9Down 2 Roald Dahl“ Movie Adaptation: James and the Giant Peach (1996) „
- 38Up 9Down 2 Chris Van Allsburg, George Spelvin“ Movie Adaptation: Jumanji (1995) „
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The Water Horse
Dick King-Smith“ Movie Adaptation: The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007) „ - 40Up 12Down 5
Headhunters
Jules Bass“ Movie Adaptation: Monte Carlo (2011) „ - 41Up 12Down 5 Carl Hiaasen“ Movie Adaptation: Hoot (2006) „
- 42Up 12Down 5 Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater“ Movie Adaptation: Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011) „
- 43Up 6Down 0 Madeleine L'Engle“ Movie Adaptation: A Wrinkle in Time (2003) „
- 44Up 6Down 0 Caroline B. Cooney“ Movie Adaptation: The Face on the Milk Carton (1995) (TV) „
- 45Up 6Down 0 Sheila Burnford“ Movie Adaptation: Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993) „
- 46Up 6Down 0 Antonia Barber“ Movie Adaptation: The Amazing Mr Blunden (1972) „
- 47Up 7Down 1 Lynne Reid Banks“ Movie Adaptation: The Indian in the Cupboard (1995) „
- 48Up 8Down 2 “ Movie Adaptation: The Christmas Box (1995) „
- 49Up 8Down 2 Anne Frank“ Movie Adaptation: The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) „
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The Butter Battle Book
Dr. Seuss“ Movie Adaptation: The Butter Battle Book (1989) (TV) „
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