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  Nimona by ND Stevenson I haven't done one of these in a while but I finally watched Nimona this weekend and we have to talk about it. ...

A Wrinkle In Time   I wrote previously about my less than pleasant viewing of the first movie version of A Wrinkle in Time . It wa...

The Musical Monsters of Turkey Hollow / Turkey Hollow Originally conceived as a television special that was never produced, one would...

Paddington When the Paddington movie was first announced I was, at best, dubious. I was a big Paddington fan as a child. They were ...

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson I wasn't sure at first that this book would work as a movie, for a couple of reasons. 1...

I Am Number Four For the most part, the events of this movie mirror the book fairly well. We see much of the same progression of...

Matilda Readers know, the difference between the book and the movie can be startling. It is delightful, then, to come across a film th...

Ender's Game Orson Scott Card's book is a slow moving, contemplative exploration of the nature of war and loss of childhood. T...

The Incredible Journey/Homeward Bound Homeward Bound was a notable movie in my childhood, one I can recall watching on multiple occasi...

Maximum Ride I was not surprised that the movie version of this story deviates from the plot of the novel. Firstly, the movie takes i...

A Series of Unfortunate Events When The Bad Beginning first came out I was enamored. It wasn't the adventure or the mystery. I...

Where the Red Fern Grows Before I get into the details of my comparison I want to be clear : I watched the original 1974 film adaptat...

The Giver I could spend pages detailing the minutiae of how the book and the movie differ in this instance, all of the things that the...

Goosebumps When I first heard there was a Goosebumps movie in the works, I wondered how it would work. There were so many Goosebump...

Arthur and the Minimoys/Arthur and the Invisibles This movie is actually based on two books: Arthur and the Minimoys and Arthur and t...

Ella Enchanted I actually saw the movie version of this one before I even knew the book existed. That is probably why I enjoy both of ...

Curious George As is often the case with film versions of picture books, this movie bears little resemblance to the original book...

The Smurfs and the Magic Flute The original Smurfs books, and especially this first story, are surprisingly different from the cartoon ...

The Tale of Despereaux I know that The Tale of Despereaux was an award winner and is beloved by thousands. It wasn't my favorite ...

Eloise at Christmastime Let's be frank: the book and movie here bear little plot resemblance. The book chronicles the everyday doin...