Spotlight on Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, and Other Books to Movies
Posted 02.18.10 by reelz
ReelzChannel is putting the spotlight on kids books that have made the leap from the page to the big screen. Tune in Friday, February 19, at 6PM ET/ 3PM PT to see how some of today's most beloved book series have been transformed into hit movies.
ReelzChannel is on DirecTV (channel 238) and DISH Network (channel 299), as well as on your cable system. From A to Z, here's the full list of books we'll be taking a look at:
– Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1865)
– The Apple Dumpling Gang by Jack Bickham (1971)
– Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (1964)
– Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White (1952)
– Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett (1978)
– Coraline by Neil Gaiman (2002)
– Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (series debuted in 2007)
– Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl (1970)
– Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (series debuted in 1997)
– How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell (2003)
– James and The Giant Peach by Roald Dahl (1961)
– The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (1950)
– A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1904)
– Mary Poppins by PL Travers (1934)
– Matilda by Roald Dahl (1988)
– The Neverending Story by Michael Ende (1979)
– Old Yeller by Fred Gibson (1956)
– Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan (series debuted in 2005)
– Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie (1911)
– Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter (1913)
– The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1911)
– Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss (1812)
– Where the Wild Thing Are by Maurice Sendak (1963)
– The Witches by Roald Dahl (1983)