List of children's books made into feature films
This is a list of works of children's literature that have been made into feature films. The title of the work and the year it was published are both followed by the work's author, the title of the film, and the year of the film. If a film has an alternate title based on geographical distribution, the title listed will be that of the widest distribution area.
Fiction[]
A[]
Children's book(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), Mark Twain | Huck and Tom (1918) Huckleberry Finn (1920) Huckleberry Finn (1931) (1937) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1955) (TV) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960) Huckleberry Finn (1974) Hopelessly Lost (1972) Huckleberry Finn (1975) (TV) (1981) (TV) (1985) The Adventures of Mark Twain (1986) Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1990) (TV) The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993) Tom and Huck (1995) |
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883), Carlo Collodi | The Adventures of Pinocchio (1936) (Unfinished, considered a lost film) Pinocchio (1940) Pinocchio (1957) (TV) The Adventures of Buratino (1959) Pinocchio in Outer Space (1965) Pinocchio (1968) (TV) The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972) The Adventures of Buratino (1975) (1976) (TV) (1984) Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987) 964 Pinocchio (1991) Pinocchio (1993) Pinocchio's Revenge (1996) The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996) Geppetto (2000) A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) A Tree of Palme (2002) Pinocchio (2002) Pinocchio 3000 (2004) Pinocchio (2008) Pistachio – The Little Boy That Woodn't (2010) Pinocchio (2012) Pinocchio (TBA) |
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), Mark Twain | Tom Sawyer (1907) Tom Sawyer (1917) * Huck and Tom (1918) Tom Sawyer (1930) * Huckleberry Finn (1931) (1936) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) Tom Sawyer, Detective (1938) The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) Tom Sawyer (1973) * Huckleberry Finn (1974) (1973) (TV) * Huckleberry Finn (1975) (TV) (1984) The Adventures of Mark Twain (1986) Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1990) (TV) Tom and Huck (1995) Tom Sawyer (2000) |
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (1972), Judith Viorst | Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014) |
Alice (1865–1871) (series), Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) * Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) |
Alice in Wonderland (1903) Alice in Wonderland (1910) Alice in Wonderland (1915) (1928) Alice in Wonderland (1931) Alice in Wonderland (1933) Alice in Wonderland (1937) (TV) Alice (1946) (TV) Alice in Wonderland (1949) Alice in Wonderland (1951) Alice in Wonderland (1955) (TV) Alice in Wonderland (or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?) (1966) (TV) Alice of Wonderland in Paris (1966) (TV) Alice in Wonderland (1966) (TV) (1966) (TV) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972) Alice in Wonderland As Part of the Festival of Family Classics (1973) (TV) (1974) (TV) Alice in Wonderland (1976) Jabberwocky (1977) Alice in Wonderland (1981) (Russia: Alisa v Strane Chudes) Alice (1982) Alice at the Palace (1982) Alice Through the Looking Glass (Russia: Alisa v Zazerkale) (1982) Alice in Wonderland (1982) (TV) Alice in Wonderland (1983) (TV) Alice in Wonderland (1985) (TV) Dreamchild (1985) (TV) Alice in Wonderland (1986) (TV) (mini) The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland (1987) Alice Through the Looking Glass (1987) Alice in Wonderland (1988) Alice (1988) (Czech: Něco z Alenky, lit. Something from Alice) Sugar & Spice: Alice in Wonderland (1991) (short film) Alice in Wonderland (1995) Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998) (TV) Alice in Wonderland (1999) (TV) Alice Underground (1999) (short film) Alice (1999) (TV) (mini) Alice in Wonderland (2010) Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass (2016) |
Alice (1985–2013) (series), Phyllis Reynolds Naylor | Alice Upside Down (2008) |
Alisa Selezneva (1965–2002) (book series), Kir Bulychev | Mystery of the Third Planet (1981) Guest from the Future (1985) (TV) (mini) Lilac Ball (1987) Prisoners of Yamagiri-Maru (1988) Island of Rusty General (1988) Alice's Birthday (2009) |
Amazing Adventures from Zoom's Academy (2005), Jason Lethcoe | Zoom (2006) |
American Girl (series), various authors | American Girl films |
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging (1999), Louise Rennison | Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008) |
The Anne of Green Gables series (1908 - 1921), Lucy Maud Montgomery | Anne of Green Gables (1919) Anne of Green Gables (1934) * Anne of Windy Poplars (1940) Anne of Green Gables (1956) (TV) Anne of Green Gables (1972) (TV) * Anne of Avonlea (1975) (TV) Anne of Green Gables (1985) (TV) ** Anne of Avonlea (1987) (TV) ** * Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (2000) (TV) ** ** Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (2009) (TV) |
The Ant Bully (1999), John Nickle | The Ant Bully (2006) |
The Apple Dumpling Gang (1971), Jack Bickham | The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975) * The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979) ** Tales from the Apple Dumpling Gang (1982) (TV) |
Aquamarine (2001), Alice Hoffman | Aquamarine (2006) |
Argument About Basia (1937), Kornel Makuszyński | (1959) (1995) (1997) (TV) |
Arrow to the Sun (1974), Gerald McDermott | Arrow to the Sun (1973) |
Arthur Read (1976–2011) (series), Marc Brown | Arthur's Missing Pal (2006) (TV) |
B[]
Children's book(s) | Film adaptation(s) | |
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Babar the Elephant (1931–2011) (series), Jean de Brunhoff and Laurent de Brunhoff | Babar: The Movie (1989) * Babar: King of the Elephants (1999) | |
The Baby-sitters Club (1986–2000, 2010) (series), Ann M. Martin and Peter Lerangis | The Baby-Sitters Club (1995) | |
Ballet Shoes (1936), Noel Streatfeild | Ballet Shoes (1975) (TV) (serial) Ballet Shoes (2007) (TV) | |
Bambi, A Life in the Woods (1923), Felix Salten | Bambi (1942) * Bambi II (2006) Bambi (TBA) | |
Banner in the Sky (1954) James Ramsey Ullman | Third Man on the Mountain (1959) | |
Basil of Baker Street (1958), Eve Titus | The Great Mouse Detective (1986) | |
Beastly (2007), Alex Flinn | Beastly (2011) | |
The Bear (1994), Raymond Briggs | The Bear (1999) | |
Because of Winn-Dixie (2000), Kate DiCamillo | Because of Winn-Dixie (2005) | |
Beautiful Creatures (2009), Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl | Beautiful Creatures (2013) | |
Because of Winn-Dixie (2000), Kate DiCamillo | Because of Winn-Dixie (2005) | |
Before I Fall (2010), Lauren Oliver | Before I Fall (2017) | |
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880), Lew Wallace | Ben Hur (1907) Ben-Hur (1925) Ben-Hur (1959) Ben Hur (2003) Ben Hur (2010) (TV) (mini) Ben–Hur (2016) | |
The BFG (1982), Roald Dahl |
The BFG (1989) The BFG (2016) | |
Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions (1998), Daniel Wallace | Big Fish (2003) | |
The Big Fisherman (1948), Lloyd C. Douglas | The Big Fisherman (1959) | |
Big Red (1945), Jim Kjelgaard | Big Red (1962) | |
The Big Six (1940), Arthur Ransome | Swallows and Amazons Forever! (1984) | |
Biggles (1932–1968) (series), W. E. Johns | Biggles: Adventures in Time (1986) It Couldn't Happen Here (1988) | |
The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses (1888), Robert Louis Stevenson | (1911) (1943) (1973) (TV) Black Arrow (1985) (TV) (The Black Arrow) (1987) (1988) (TV) | |
Black Beauty (1877), Anna Sewell | Black Beauty (1921) Black Beauty (1933) Black Beauty (1946) (1958) Black Beauty (1971) Black Beauty (1978) (TV) Black Beauty (1994) (1995) (V) | |
The Black Stallion (1941–1989) (series), Walter Farley The Black Stallion (1941) * The Black Stallion Returns (1945) ** The Young Black Stallion (1989) |
The Black Stallion (1979–2003) (series) The Black Stallion (1979) * The Black Stallion Returns (1983) ** The Young Black Stallion (2003) | |
Blackbeard's Ghost (1965), Ben Stahl | Blackbeard's Ghost (1968) | |
Blood and Chocolate (1997), Annette Curtis Klause | Blood and Chocolate (2007) | |
The Book Thief (2005), Markus Zusak | The Book Thief (2013) | |
The Borrowers (1952), Mary Norton | The Borrowers (1973) (TV) The Borrowers (1997) The Borrower Arrietty (2010) | |
The Boss Baby (2010), Marla Frazee | The Boss Baby (2017)
* The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021) | |
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2006), John Boyne | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008) | |
The Brave Little Toaster (1986) Thomas M. Disch * The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (1988), Thomas M. Disch |
The Brave Little Toaster (1987) * The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (1998) ** The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue (1999) | |
The Breadwinner (2000), Deborah Ellis | The Breadwinner (2017) | |
Breaking Smith's Quarter Horse (1963), Paul St. Pierre | Smith! (1969) | |
Bridge to Terabithia (1977), Katherine Paterson | Bridge to Terabithia (1985) (TV) Bridge to Terabithia (2007) | |
De brief voor de Koning (The Letter for the King) (1962), Tonke Dragt | De Brief voor de Koning (The Letter for the King) (2008) | |
The Brothers Lionheart (1973), Astrid Lindgren | The Brothers Lionheart (1977) | |
The Butter Battle Book (1984), Dr. Seuss | The Butter Battle Book (1989) (TV) | |
By the Great Horn Spoon! (1963), Sid Fleischman | The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967) |
C[]
Children's book(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
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Caillou (1987–present) (series) Christine L'Heureux and Hélène Desputeaux | Caillou's Holiday Movie |
The Call of the Wild (1903), Jack London | The Call of the Wild (1935) The Call of the Wild (1972) What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown! (1978) (TV) The Call of the Wild (1993) (TV) The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon (1997) Call of the Wild (2009) The Call of the Wild (2020) Disney's The Call of the Wild (TBA 2016) |
Car, Boy, Girl (1961), Gordon Buford | Herbie (1968–2005) (series) The Love Bug (1968) * Herbie Rides Again (1974) ** Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977) ** * Herbie Goes Bananas (1980) ** ** The Love Bug (1997) (TV) ** ** * Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005) |
The Cat in the Hat (1957), Dr. Seuss | The Cat in the Hat (1971) (TV) * The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (1982) (TV) 'The Cat in the Hat (2003) |
The Cat That Walked by Himself (1902), Rudyard Kipling | The Cat Who Walked by Herself (1988) |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964), Roald Dahl | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) |
Charlotte's Web (1952), E. B. White | Charlotte's Web (1973) * Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure (2003) Charlotte's Web (2006) |
Chateau Bon Vivant (1969), Frankie O'Rear and John O'Rear | Snowball Express (1972) |
The Cheetah Girls (1999–2006) (series), Deborah Gregory | The Cheetah Girls (2003–2008) (series) The Cheetah Girls (2003) (TV) * The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006) (TV) ** The Cheetah Girls: One World (2008) (TV) |
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car (1964), Ian Fleming | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) |
The Chocolate War (1974), Robert Cormier | The Chocolate War (1988) |
The Christmas Box (1994), Richard Paul Evans | The Christmas Box (1995) |
(1974-1983, 1986-1990) (comic book series), |
(1991-2018) (series) (1991 theatrical film) (1994 theatrical film) (1997 theatrical film) * (1998) (TV) ** (2000) (TV) *** (2018) (TV) (mini) |
The Chronicles of Narnia (1950–1956) (series), C.S. Lewis The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) * Prince Caspian (1951) ** The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952) ** * The Silver Chair (1953) ** ** * The Magician's Nephew (1955) |
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1967) (TV) (serial) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1979) (TV) The Chronicles of Narnia (1988–1990) (TV) (serial) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1988) * Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989) ** The Silver Chair (1990) The Chronicles of Narnia (2005–present) (series) The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) * The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) ** The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) ** * The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair (TBA 2017) |
The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968) (series), Lloyd Alexander The Book of Three (1964) * The Black Cauldron (1965) |
The Black Cauldron (1985) |
Cirque du Freak (2000) Darren Shan | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) |
The City of Ember (2003), Jeanne Duprau | City of Ember (2008) |
Clifford the Big Red Dog (1963–2011) (series), Norman Bridwell | Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004) |
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (1978), Judi Barrett | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) |
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (1999), Dyan Sheldon | Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004) |
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889), Mark Twain | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1921) A Connecticut Yankee (1931) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949) A Connecticut Yankee (1955) (TV) Un español en la corte del rey Arturo (1964) A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's Court (1978) (TV) Unidentified Flying Oddball (1979) Novye priklyucheniya yanki pri dvore korolya Artura (1988) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1989) (TV) A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995) * A Kid in Aladdin's Palace (1998) (TV) A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1996) A Knight in Camelot (1998) (TV) Black Knight (2001) |
Coot Club (1934), Arthur Ransome | ''Swallows and Amazons Forever! (1984) |
Coraline (2002), Neil Gaiman | Coraline (2009) |
Le comte de Monte Cristo (The Count of Monte Cristo) (1844–1846), Alexandre Dumas, père | (1908) The Count of Monte Cristo (1913) The Count of Monte Cristo (1929) The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) * The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) ** The Return of Monte Cristo (a.k.a. Monte Cristo's Revenge) (1946) El Conde de Monte Cristo (The Count of Monte Cristo) (1943) The Count of Monte Cristo (1943) Mask of the Avenger (1951) (1958) (TV) The Count of Monte Cristo (1961) The Treasure of Monte Cristo (1961) The Return of Monte Cristo (a.k.a. Under the Sign of Monte Carlo) (1968) The Count of Monte Cristo (1975) (TV) (1979) (TV) (serial) The Count of Monte Cristo (1955) Padayottam (1982) Veta (1986) Uznik Zamka If (1988) The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (TV) (mini) The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) |
Curious George (1941–1966, 1984–1988) (series), H. A. Rey and Margret Rey | Curious George (2006–present) *Curious George (2006) ** Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2010) ** *Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle (2015) ** **Curious George: Royal Monkey (2019) ** ** *Curious George: Go West, Go Wild! (2020) ** ** **Curious George (TBA) |
D[]
Children's book(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
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Daisy-Head Mayzie (1995), Dr. Seuss | Daisy-Head Mayzie (1995) (TV) |
Danny, the Champion of the World (1975), Roald Dahl | Danny, the Champion of the World (1989) (TV) |
The Darkest Minds (2012), Alexandra Bracken | The Darkest Minds (2018) |
A Day with Wilbur Robinson (1990), William Joyce | Meet the Robinsons (2007) |
The Dark is Rising Sequence (1965–1977) (series), Susan Cooper | The Seeker: The Dark is Rising (2007) |
David Copperfield (1849–1850) (serial) (1850) (novel), Charles Dickens | David Copperfield (1911) David Copperfield (1913) David Copperfield (1922) David Copperfield (1935) (1956–1966) (TV) (serial) David Copperfield (1966) (TV) (serial) David Copperfield (1969) David Copperfield (1974) (TV) (serial) David Copperfield (1986) (TV) (serial) David Copperfield (1993) (TV) David Copperfield (1999) (TV) David Copperfield (2000) (TV) |
The Devil's Arithmetic (1988), Jane Yolen | The Devil's Arithmetic (1999) (TV) |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2007–present) (series), Jeff Kinney Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2007) * Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2008) ** Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2009) *** Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (2014) |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010–present) (series) Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010) * Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011) ** Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2012) *** Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (2017) |
Divergent trilogy (2011-2013) (series), Veronica Roth Divergent (2011) *Insurgent (2012) **Allegiant (2013) |
Divergent (2014) *The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015) **The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016) |
Doctor Dolittle (1920–1934) (series), Hugh Lofting The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (1922)* * Doctor Dolittle's Circus (1924)* * For the 1967 original film only. |
Doctor Dolittle (1967) Dr. Dolittle (1998) * Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001) ** Dr. Dolittle 3 (2006) *** Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief (2008) **** Dr. Dolittle Million Dollar Mutts (2009) *****Dolittle (2020) |
Don Quixote (The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha) (1605–1615), Miguel de Cervantes | (1903) (1908) (1908) (1915) Don Quixote (1923) (1927) Don Quixote (1933) Don Quichotte (1933/I) (1933/II) (1934) Don Quixote de la Mancha (1947) Don Quixote (1955–1969, unfinished) Don Quixote (1957) (1965) (1969) Man of La Mancha (1972) (1973) (TV) (1976) (1983) (TV) Don Quixote of La Mancha (1987) (1992) Don Quixote (2000) (TV) (2002) Don Quixote (2010) The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (TBA 2014) |
Dot and the Kangaroo (1899), Ethel Pedley and Frank P. Mahony | Dot and the Kangaroo (1977) *Around the World with Dot (1981) **Dot and the Bunny (1983) ***Dot and the Koala (1984) ****Dot and Keeto (1985) *****Dot and the Whale (1986) ****** (1987) *******Dot Goes to Hollywood (1987) ********Dot in Space (1994) |
Dream Days (1898), Kenneth Grahame | The Reluctant Dragon (1941) |
The DUFF (2010), Kody Keplinger | The DUFF (2015) |
Dumbo, the Flying Elephant (1939), Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl | Dumbo (1941) Dumbo (2019) |
E[]
Children's book(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
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The Eagle of the Ninth (1954), Rosemary Sutcliff | The Eagle (2011) |
Ella Enchanted (1997), Gail Carson Levine | Ella Enchanted (2004) |
Eloise (1955–2002) (series), Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight | Eloise at the Plaza (2003) (TV) * Eloise at Christmastime (2003) (TV) Eloise in Paris (TBA 2013) Eloise in Africa (TBA 2014) |
Enders Game (1985), Orson Scott Card | Enders Game (2013) |
Eragon (2003), Christopher Paolini | Eragon (2006) |
Escape to Witch Mountain (1968), Alexander Key | Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) * Return from Witch Mountain (1978) ** Beyond Witch Mountain (1982) (TV) Escape to Witch Mountain (1995) ** * Race to Witch Mountain (2009) |
Ethel and Ernest (1998), Raymond Briggs | Ethel and Ernest (TBA 2013) |
Every Day (2012), David Levithan | Every Day (2018) |
Everything Everything (2015), Nicola Yoon | Everything Everything (2017) |
Eye of the Wolf (1984), Daniel Pennac | Eye of the Wolf (1998), (short film) |
F[]
Children's book(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
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The Face on the Milk Carton (1990), Caroline B. Cooney | The Face on the Milk Carton (1995) (TV) |
Fallen (2009), Lauren Kate | Fallen (2016) |
Famous in Love (2015), Rebecca Serle | Famous in Love (2017) (TV) (series) |
Fat Kid Rules the World (2003), K. L. Going | Fat Kid Rules the World (2012) |
Father Christmas (1973), Raymond Briggs | Father Christmas (1991) (TV) |
Fantastic Mr Fox (1970), Roald Dahl | Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) |
The Fault in Our Stars (2012), John Green | The Fault in Our Stars (2014) |
Flipped (2001), Wendelin Van Draanen | Flipped (2010) |
The Fox and the Hound (1967), Daniel P. Mannix and John Schoenherr | The Fox and the Hound (1981) *The Fox and the Hound 2 (2006) |
Franklin the Turtle (1986–2002) (series) Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark | Franklin and the Green Knight (2000) *Franklin's Magic Christmas (2001) **Back to School with Franklin (2003) ** *Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure (2006) |
Frække Frida og de frygtløse spioner (1988), Lykke Nielsen | Frække Frida og de frygtløse spioner (1994) |
Freak the Mighty (1993), Rodman Philbrick | The Mighty (1998) |
Freaky Friday (1972), Mary Rodgers | Freaky Friday (1976) * Billions for Boris (1984) (TV) ** Summer Switch (1984) (TV) Freaky Friday (1995) (TV) Freaky Friday (2003) Freaky Friday (2018) (TV) |
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1967), E. L. Konigsburg | From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973) From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1995) |
G[]
Children's book(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
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The Ghosts (1969), Antonia Barber | The Amazing Mr Blunden (1972) |
The Giver (1993), Lois Lowry | The Giver (2014) |
The Golden Compass (1996), Philip Pullman | The Golden Compass (2007) |
The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino (1936), Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy | The Adventures of Buratino (1959) The Adventures of Buratino (1975) |
Gnomes (a.k.a. Leven en werken van de Kabouter) (1977), Wil Huygen and Rien Poortvliet | Gnomes (1980) |
The Gnomobile (1937), Upton Sinclair | The Gnome-Mobile (1967) |
Great Expectations (1860–1861) (serial) (1861) (novel), Charles Dickens | Great Expectations (1917) (1922) Great Expectations (1934) Great Expectations (1946) (1967) (TV) (mini) Great Expectations (1974) (TV) Great Expectations (1981) (TV) (serial) (1983) Great Expectations (1989) (TV) (mini) Great Expectations (1998) Great Expectations (1999) (TV) (2011) (TV) |
Granpa (1984), John Burningham | Granpa (1989) |
Green Eggs and Ham (1960), Dr. Seuss | Dr. Seuss on the Loose (1973) (TV) |
Green Grass of Wyoming (1946), Mary O'Hara | Green Grass of Wyoming (1948) |
De Griezelbus (1991–2006) (series), | Gruesome School Trip (2005) |
The Guardians of Childhood (2011–present) (series), William Joyce | Rise of the Guardians (2012) |
Guardians of Ga'Hoole (2003–2008, 2010) (series), Kathryn Lasky | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010) |
La Guerre des boutons (The War of the Buttons) (1912), Louis Pergaud | War of the Buttons (La Guerre des boutons) (1962) War of the Buttons (1994) |
The Gumazing Gum Girl! (2013–present) (series), Rhode Montijo | The Gumazing Gum Girl! (TBA) |
One Hundred Years Ahead (Сто лет тому вперед) (1976), Kir Bulychev | Guest from the Future (Гостья из будущего) (1985) (TV) |
Gulliver's Travels (1726), Jonathan Swift | Le Voyage de Gulliver à Lilliput et chez les géants (1902) The New Gulliver (1935) Gulliver's Travels (1939) The Three Worlds of Gulliver (1960) Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon (1965) Gulliver's Travels (1977) Gulliver's Travels (1996) (TV) (mini) Gulliver's Travels (2010) |
H[]
Children's book(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
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Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates (1865), Mary Mapes Dodge and Alice Carsey | Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates (1958) (TV) Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates (1962) (TV) Hans Brinker (1969) (TV) Brink! (1998) (TV) |
Happy Dan, the Cynical Dog (1945), Ward Greene | Lady and the Tramp (1955) *Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001) Lady and the Tramp (2019) |
Harriet the Spy (1964), Louise Fitzhugh | Harriet the Spy (1996) * Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars (2010) (TV) |
Harry Potter (1997–2007) (series), J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997) * Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998) ** Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999) ** * Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000) ** ** Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003) ** ** * Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005) ** ** ** Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007) |
Harry Potter (2001–2011) (series) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) * Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) ** Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) ** * Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) ** ** Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) ** ** * Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) ** ** ** Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) ** ** ** Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011) |
Hatchet (1987), Gary Paulsen | A Cry in the Wild (1990) |
Heidi (1880), Johanna Spyri | Heidi (1937) Heidi (1952) * Heidi and Peter (1955) (1959) Heidi (1968) (TV) The Story of Heidi (1974) (TV) Heidi's Song (1982) (1993) (mini) (1996) Heidi (2005) (animated feature film produced by Nelvana) Heidi (2005) (live-action film directed by Paul Marcus) Heidi 4 Paws (2008) |
Hare Tokidoki Buta (1980) | Hare Tokidoki Buta (1988) |
Headhunters (2001), Jules Bass | Monte Carlo (2011) |
Here Be Monsters! (2005), Alan Snow | The Boxtrolls (2014) |
The Hobbit (1937), J. R. R. Tolkien | The Hobbit (1977) The Hobbit (film series) (2012-14) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) **The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) ***The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) |
Hoot (2002), Carl Hiaasen | Hoot (2006) |
Holes (1998), Louis Sachar | Holes (2003) |
Horrid Henry (1994–2011) (series), Francesca Simon | Horrid Henry: The Movie (2011) |
Horton Hatches the Egg (1940), Dr. Seuss | Horton Hatches the Egg (1942) I Am Waiting for a Nestling (1966) |
Horton Hears a Who! (1954), Dr. Seuss | Horton Hears a Who! (1970) (TV) Horton Hears a Who! (2008) |
Hotel for Dogs (1971), Lois Duncan | Hotel for Dogs (2009) |
The Hound of Florence (1923), Felix Salten | The Shaggy Dog (1959) The Shaggy D.A. (1976) The Shaggy Dog (2006) |
The House of Tomorrow (2010), Peter Bognanni | The House of Tomorrow (2017) |
How I Live Now (2004), Meg Rosoff | How I Live Now (2013) |
How My Private, Personal Journal Became A Bestseller (2004), Julia DeVillers | Read it and Weep (2006) |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957), Dr. Seuss | How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) (TV) * Halloween is Grinch Night (1977) (TV) ** The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (1982) (TV) How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (2000) The Grinch (2018) |
How to Eat Fried Worms (1973), Thomas Rockwell | How to Eat Fried Worms (2006) |
How to Train Your Dragon (2003–2011) (series), Cressida Cowell | How To Train Your Dragon (2010) * How To Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) ** How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) |
Howl's Moving Castle (1986), Diana Wynne Jones | Howl's Moving Castle (2004) |
The Hundred and One Dalmatians (1956), Dodie Smith | One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) * 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (2003) 101 Dalmatians (1996) * 102 Dalmatians (2000) Cruella (2021) |
The Hunger Games trilogy (2008-2010) (series), Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games (2008) * Catching Fire (2009) ** Mockingjay (2010) |
The Hunger Games (2012-2015) (series) The Hunger Games (2012) * The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) ** The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014) ** * The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) |
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Children's book(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
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I Am Number Four (2010), Pittacus Lore | I Am Number Four (2011) |
I Capture the Castle (1948), Dodie Smith | I Capture the Castle (2003) |
I Want a Dog (1987), Dayal Kaur Khalsa | I Want a Dog (2003) |
If I Stay (2009), Gayle Forman | If I Stay (2014) |
The Incredible Journey (1961), Sheila Burnford | The Incredible Journey (1963) Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993) * Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996) |
The Indian in the Cupboard (1980), Lynne Reid Banks | The Indian in the Cupboard (1995) |
Inkheart (2003), Cornelia Funke | Inkheart (2009) |
The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007), Brian Selznick | Hugo (2011) |
The Iron Man (1968), Ted Hughes | The Iron Giant (1999) |
Island of the Blue Dolphins (1960), Scott O'Dell | Island of the Blue Dolphins (1964) |
The Island on Bird Street (1981), Uri Orlev | The Island on Bird Street (1997) |
It's Kind of a Funny Story (2006), Ned Vizzini | It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010) |
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Children's book(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
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Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1975), Mordecai Richler | Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1978) Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1999) |
James and the Giant Peach (1961), Roald Dahl | James and the Giant Peach (1996) |
Johnny Tremain (1944), Esther Forbes | Johnny Tremain (1957) |
Judy Moody and Stink (2000-2010) (series), Megan McDonald | Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (2011) |
Jumanji (1981), Chris Van Allsburg | Jumanji (1995) *Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) **Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) |
The Jungle Book (1894), Rudyard Kipling * The Second Jungle Book (1895), Rudyard Kipling |
Elephant Boy (1937) Jungle Book (1942) The Jungle Book (1967) * The Jungle Book 2 (2003) Adventures of Mowgli (1967) The Jungle Book (1994) * The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo (1997) ** Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (1998) Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book (1998) The Jungle Book (2016) Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018) |
Justin Morgan Had a Horse (1945), Marguerite Henry and Wesley Dennis | Justin Morgan Had a Horse (1972) |
K[]
Children's book(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
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Kaytek the Wizard (1933), Janusz Korczak | (1993) |
King Matt the First (1922), Janusz Korczak | (1958) (1997) (TV) (2002) (TV) (2007) |
The King's Damosel (1976), Vera Chapman | Quest for Camelot (1998) |
Koziołek Matołek (1932–34), Kornel Makuszyński and Marian Walentynowicz | ( a/k/a Strange Adventures of Matołek the Billy Goat) (1969–71) |
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Children's book(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
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Lassie Come-Home (1940), Eric Knight | Lassie (1943-1945) (series) Lassie Come Home (1943) * Son of Lassie (1945) ** Courage of Lassie (1946) *** Hills of Home (1948) **** The Sun Comes Up (1949) ***** Challenge to Lassie (1950) ****** The Painted Hills (1951) ******* Lassie's Great Adventure (1963) ******** The Magic of Lassie (1988) ********* Lassie (1994) ********** Lassie (2005) |
The Last Unicorn (1968), Peter S. Beagle | The Last Unicorn (1982) |
The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs (1996), William Joyce | Epic (2013) |
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1819), Washington Irving | The Headless Horseman (1922) The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980) (TV) Sleepy Hollow (1999) The Hollow (2004) The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow (2013) Sleepy Hollow (2013–2017) (TV) (series) |
Lemonade Mouth (2007), Mark Peter Hughes | Lemonade Mouth (2011) (TV) |
Little Bear (1957–2010) (series), Else Holmelund Minarik and Maurice Sendak | The Little Bear Movie (2001) |
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1885–1886) (serial); (1886) (novel), Frances Hodgson Burnett | Little Lord Fauntleroy (1914) Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921) Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980) |
A Little Princess (1904), Frances Hodgson Burnett | The Little Princess (1917) A Little Princess (1939) A Little Princess (1975) (TV) (serial) A Little Princess (1986) (TV) (serial) A Little Princess (1995) Sarah, Ang Munting Princesa (Sarah, the Little Princess) (1995) Маленькая принцесса (Malenkaya printsessa) (1997) (TV) |
Little Men (1871), Louisa May Alcott | Little Men (1940) Little Men (1934) (1997) |
Little Toot (1939), Hardie Gramatky | Melody Time (1948) The New Adventures of Little Toot (1992) |
The Little White Horse (1946), Elizabeth Goudge | The Secret of Moonacre (2009) |
Little Women (1868–1869), Louisa May Alcott | Little Women (1917) Little Women (1918) Little Women (1933) (1946) (TV) Little Women (1949) (1958) (TV) Mujercitas (1973) Little Women (1978) (1989) (TV) Little Women (1994) Little Women (2019) |
The Littles (1967–1985), John Peterson | The Littles (1985–1988) (series) Here Come the Littles (1985) * Liberty and the Littles (1988) (TV) |
Lobo (1900), Ernest Thompson Seton | The Legend of Lobo (1962) |
The Lorax (1971), Dr. Seuss | The Lorax (1972) (TV) The Lorax (2012) |
The Lost Ones (1961), Donald G. Payne | The Island at the Top of the World (1974) |
Lottie and Lisa (Das doppelte Lottchen) (1949), Erich Kästner | Two Times Lotte (1950) The Lullaby of Hibari (1951) Twice Upon a Time (1953) The Parent Trap (1961) * The Parent Trap II (1987) (TV) ** Parent Trap III (1988) (TV) ** * Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon (1989) (TV) Kuzanthaiyum Deivamum (1965) Letha Manasulu (1966) Do Kaliyan (1968) Animation Tomboy Angels (1980) Pyaar ke do Pal (1986) I and Myself: The Two Lottes (1991) Charlie & Louise - Das doppelte Lottchen (1994) khaharan-e- gharib (1995) The Parent Trap (1998) Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi (2001) Tur & Retur (2003) |
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Children's book(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
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Madeline (1939–1999) (series), Ludwig Bemelmans and John Bemelmans-Marciano | Madeline (1952) Madeline's Rescue (1959) Madeline and the Bad Hat (1959) Madeline and the Gypsies (1959) Alice of Wonderland in Paris (1966) Madeline (1998) Madeline: Lost in Paris (1999) (TV) * My Fair Madeline (2002) (TV) |
Madicken (1951–1956) (series), Astrid Lindgren | Du är inte klok, Madicken (You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken) (1979) Madicken på Junibacken (Madicken at June Hall) (1980) |
Madame Doubtfire (a.k.a. Alias Madame Doubtfire) (1987), Anne Fine | Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) |
The Magic Bed Knob; or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons (1943), Mary Norton * Bonfires and Broomsticks (1945), Mary Norton |
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) |
The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904), L. Frank Baum | The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays (1908) The Land of Oz (1910) The Land of Oz, a Sequel to the Wizard of Oz (1931) The Wonderful Land of Oz (1969) Journey Back to Oz (1971) Return to Oz (1985) Tin Man (2007) (TV) (mini) |
Mary Poppins (1934), P. L. Travers | Mary Poppins (1964) * Mary Poppins Returns (2018) |
Matilda (1988), Roald Dahl | Matilda (1996) |
Mars Needs Moms! (2007), Berkeley Breathed | Mars Needs Moms (2011) |
Maximum Ride: the Angel Experiment (2005), James Patterson | Maximum Ride (2016) |
The Maze Runner (2009–2016), (series) James Dashner
The Maze Runner (2009) * The Scorch Trials (2010) ** The Death Cure (2011) |
The Maze Runner (2014–2018), (series)
The Maze Runner (2014) * Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) ** Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018) |
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2012), Jesse Andrews | Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015) |
Midnight and Jeremiah (1943), Sterling North | So Dear to My Heart (1949) |
Millions (2004), Frank Cottrell Boyce | Millions (2004) |
Mio, My Son (Mio, My Son) (1954), Astrid Lindgren | Mio in the Land of Faraway (Mio min Mio) (1987) |
Miracle's Boys (2000), Jacqueline Woodson | Miracle's Boys (2005) (TV) (mini) |
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2011), Ransom Riggs | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) |
Miss Spider (1996-2001) (series), David Kirk | Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids (2003) |
Misty of Chincoteague (1947), Marguerite Henry | Misty (1961) |
Monkeys, Go Home! (1962), G.K. Wilkinson | Monkeys, Go Home! (1966) |
A Monster Calls (2011), Patrick Ness | A Monster Calls (2016) |
The Mortal Instruments (2007–2013) (series), Cassandra Clare | The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013) |
Mother Carey's Chickens (1911), Kate Douglas Wiggin | Mother Carey's Chickens (1938) Summer Magic (1963) |
Mr. Popper's Penguins (1938), Richard and Florence Atwater | Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011) |
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (1971), Robert C. O'Brien | The Secret of NIMH (1982) * The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue (1999) |
My Friend Flicka (1941), Mary O'Hara | My Friend Flicka (1943) * Thunderhead, Son of Flicka (1945) ** Green Grass of Wyoming (1948) Flicka (2006) * Flicka 2 (2010) |
(1959), Jean Craighead George | My Side of the Mountain (1969) |
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Children's book(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
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Nancy Drew (1930-2012) (series), Carolyn Keene | , (1938) Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939) Nancy Drew… Trouble Shooter (1939) Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939) Nancy Drew (2007) |
Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List (2007), Rachel Cohn, David Levithan | Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List (2015) |
Nerve (2012), Jeanne Ryan | Nerve (2016) |
The Neverending Story (1979), Michael Ende | The NeverEnding Story (1984) * The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990) ** The NeverEnding Story III (1994) The NeverEnding Story (2014) |
Nicholas Nickleby (1838–1839) (serial), (1839) (novel), Charles Dickens | (1903) Nicholas Nickleby (1912) Nicholas Nickleby (1947) (1957) (1968) (1977) (TV) (serial) (1985) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001) Nicholas Nickleby (2002) |
Nico the Unicorn (1996), Frank Sacks | Nico the Unicorn (1998) |
Nim's Island (2001), Wendy Orr and Kerry Millard | Nim's Island (2008) |
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (2006), Rachel Cohn, David Levithan | Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008) |
The Night at the Museum (1993), Milan Trenc | Night at the Museum (2006) * Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) ** Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb |
The Nine Lives of Chloe King (2004-2005) (series), Celia Thomson | The Nine Lives of Chloe King (2011) (TV) (series) |
Northern Lights (1995), Philip Pullman | The Golden Compass (2007) |
Nurse Matilda (1964–1974) (series), Christianna Brand | Nanny McPhee (2005) * Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010) |
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (1816) E. T. A. Hoffmann | Barbie in the Nutcracker (2001)
Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale (2007) |
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Children's book(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
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Odyssey (8th century BC), Homer | Ulysses (1955) The Odyssey (1987) Ulysses' Gaze (Greek: Το βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα, translit. To Vlemma tou Odyssea) (1995) The Odyssey (1997) (TV) (mini) O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) Odysseus and the Isle of the Mists (2007) (TV) |
The Old Curiosity Shop (1840–1841) (serial) (1841) (novel), Charles Dickens | The Old Curiosity Shop (1911) (1912) The Old Curiosity Shop (1914) The Old Curiosity Shop (1921) The Old Curiosity Shop (1934) The Old Curiosity Shop (1975) The Old Curiosity Shop (1979) (TV) (mini) The Old Curiosity Shop (1984) The Old Curiosity Shop (1995) (TV) The Old Curiosity Shop (2007) (TV) |
Old Yeller (1956), Fred Gipson | Old Yeller (1957) * Savage Sam (1963) |
Oliver Twist (1837–1839), Charles Dickens | Oliver Twist (1909) Oliver Twist (1922) Oliver Twist (1933) Oliver Twist (1948) Oliver! (1968) Oliver Twist (1982) Oliver & Company (1988) Oliver Twist (1997) Twist (2003) Boy called Twist (2004) Oliver Twist (2005) |
On Stranger Tides (1987), Tim Powers | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) |
One Thousand and One Nights (12th century), various Indian storytellers | Le Palais des Mille et une nuits (1905) The Thief of Bagdad (1924) The Thief of Bagdad (1940) 1001 Arabian Nights (1959) Il fiore delle Mille ed una notte (Arabian Nights) (1974) Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights (1994) |
The Outsiders (1967), S.E. Hinton | The Outsiders (1983) |
Ozma of Oz (1907), L. Frank Baum | Return to Oz (1985) Ozma of Oz (1986–1987) (TV) Dorothy Meets Ozma of Oz (1987) |
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Children's book(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
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Paddington Bear (1958), Michael Bond | Paddington (2014) Paddington 2 (2017) |
The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913), L. Frank Baum | The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914) The Patchwork Girl of Oz (2005) |
Percy Jackson & the Olympians (2005–2009) (series), Rick Riordan The Lightning Thief (2005) * The Sea of Monsters (2006) |
Percy Jackson & the Olympians (2010–present) (series) Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) * Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters (2013) |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (1999), Stephen Chbosky | The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) |
Perri (1938), Felix Salten | Perri (film) (1957) |
Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up (1904) (play) Peter and Wendy (1911) (novel), J. M. Barrie |
Peter Pan (1924) Peter Pan (1953) * Return to Never Land (2002) Peter Pan (1976) (TV) The Lost Boys (1978) Peter Pan (USSR, 1987) Hook (1991) Peter Pan (2003) Neverland (2003) Peter Pan (2003) Neverland (2003) Finding Neverland (2004) Tinker Bell (2008-2012) (series) Tinker Bell (2008) (V) * Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (2009) ** Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (2010) (V) *** Pixie Hollow Games (2011) (V) **** Secret of the Wings (2012) (V) Neverland (2011) (TV) (mini) |
Le petit Nicolas (1959-1964), René Goscinny and Jean-Jacques Sempé | Le Petit Nicolas (2009) |
The Phantom Tollbooth (1961), Norton Juster | The Phantom Tollbooth (1970) The Phantom Tollbooth (TBA) |
The Pickwick Papers (1836–1837) (serial), (1837) (novel), Charles Dickens | (1913) The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick (1921) The Pickwick Papers (1952) |
Pippi Longstocking (1945-1948, 1950-2001) (series), Astrid Lindgren Pippi Longstocking (1945) * Pippi Goes on Board (1946) ** Pippi in the South Seas (1948) *** Pippi on the Run (1971) |
Pippi Longstocking (1949) Pippi Longstocking (1969) * Pippi Goes on Board (1969) ** Pippi in the South Seas (1970) *** Pippi on the Run (1970) Peppi Dlinnyychulok (1982) **** The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988) Pippi Longstocking (1997) *Pippi Longstocking (1997-1999) (series) (1999) (V) (2001) |
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists (2004), Gideon Defoe | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012) |
The Polar Express (1985), Chris Van Allsburg | The Polar Express (2004) |
Pollyanna (1913), Eleanor H. Porter | Pollyanna (1920) Pollyanna (1960) Hayat sevince güzel (1971) Pollyanna (1973) (TV) (serial) The Adventures of Pollyanna (1982) (TV) Polly (1989) (TV) * Polly: Comin' Home! (1990) (TV) Pollyanna (2003) (TV) |
Practical Magic (1995), Alice Hoffman | Practical Magic (1998) |
The Princess and the Goblin (1872), George MacDonald | The Princess and the Goblin (1994) |
The Princess Diaries (2000–2009) (series), Meg Cabot | The Princess Diaries (2002–2004) (series) The Princess Diaries (2002) * The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004) |
Punk Farm (2005), Jarrett J. Krosoczka | Punk Farm (TBA 2014) |
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Children's book(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
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Ramona (1950–1999) (series), Beverly Cleary | Ramona and Beezus (2010) |
Rascal: A Memoir of a Better Era (1963), Sterling North | Rascal (1969) |
Ratha's Creature (1983), Clare Bell | Ratha's Creature (1980s - Mid To Late) Shown on CBS Storybreak |
Ready Player One (2011), Ernest Cline | Ready Player One (2018) |
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1903), Kate Douglas Wiggin | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917) Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1932) Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) |
The Rescuers (1959–1978) (series), Margery Sharp The Rescuers (1959) * Miss Bianca (1962) |
The Rescuers (1977) * The Rescuers Down Under (1990) |
A Ring of Endless Light (1980), Madeleine L'Engle | A Ring of Endless Light (2002) (TV) |
Robinson Crusoe (1719), Daniel Defoe | Robinson Crusoe (1927) Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1954) Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964) Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966) Crusoe (1988) Shipwrecked (1991) Robinson Crusoe (1997) |
Ronia the Robber's Daughter (1981), Astrid Lindgren | Ronia, the Robber's Daughter (1984) |
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Children's book(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
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Satan from the Seventh Grade (1937), Kornel Makuszyński | (1960) (2006) (2006) (TV) |
Searching for David's Heart (1998), Cherie Bennett | Searching for David's Heart (2004) (TV) |
The Secret Origin of The Aristocats (1962), Tom McGowan and Tom Rowe | The Aristocats (1970) |
The Secret Garden (1910) (written), (1911) (novel), Frances Hodgson Burnett | The Secret Garden (1919) The Secret Garden (1949) The Secret Garden (1952) (TV) (serial) The Secret Garden (1960) (TV) (serial) The Secret Garden (1975) (TV) (serial) The Secret Garden (1987) (TV) The Secret Garden (1993) * Return to the Secret Garden (2000) ** Back to the Secret Garden (2001) (TV) |
A Series of Unfortunate Events (1999–2006) (series), Lemony Snicket | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017-2019) (TV) |
The Sheep-Pig (1983), Dick King-Smith | Babe (1995) * Babe: Pig in the City (1998) |
Shrek! (1990), William Steig | Shrek (2001–2011) (series) Shrek (2001) * Shrek 2 (2004) ** Shrek the Third (2007) ** * Shrek Forever After (2010) ** ** Puss in Boots (2011) (spin-off) |
Shrinking Violet (2009), Danielle Joseph | Radio Rebel (2012) |
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (2015), Becky Albertalli | Love, Simon (2018) |
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2001), Ann Brashares | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005) * The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008) |
Skellig (1998), David Almond | Skellig (2009) |
The Sneetches and Other Stories (1961), Dr. Seuss | Dr. Seuss on the Loose (1973) (TV) |
The Snowman (1978), Raymond Briggs | The Snowman (1982) (TV) |
Someone Like You (1998), Sarah Dessen | How to Deal (2003) |
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962), Ray Bradbury | Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) |
Sounder (1969), William H. Armstrong | Sounder (1972) * Part 2, Sounder (1976) Sounder (2003) (TV) |
Speak (1999), Laurie Halse Anderson | Speak (2004) |
The Spectacular Now (2008), Tim Tharp | The Spectacular Now (2013) |
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2003–2009) (series), Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black | The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) |
Stardust (1999), Neil Gaiman | Stardust (2007) |
Starik Hottabych (Старик Хоттабыч, Old Man Hottabych) (1937), Lazar Lagin | Old Khottabych (1956) |
Storm Boy (1964), Colin Thiele | Storm Boy (1976) |
Stormbreaker (2000), Anthony Horowitz | Stormbreaker (2006) |
The Story of Ferdinand (1936), Munro Leaf | Ferdinand the Bull (1938) (short film) Ferdinand (2017) (film) |
The Story of Holly and Ivy (1958), Rumer Godden | The Wish That Changed Christmas (1991) (TV) |
Stuart Little (1954), E. B. White | Stuart Little (1999) Stuart Little 2 (2002) Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild (2006) |
The Stupids (1974–1989) (series), Harry G. Allard and James Marshall | The Stupids (1996) |
Swallows and Amazons (1930) (first of series), Arthur Ransome | Swallows and Amazons (1963 TV series) Swallows and Amazons (1974 film) Swallows and Amazons (2016 film) |
The Sword in the Stone (1938), T. H. White | The Sword in the Stone (1963) |
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Children's book(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
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Tarzan (1912-1965) (series), Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan of the Apes (1918) The Romance of Tarzan (1918) The Revenge of Tarzan (1920) Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1927) Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) Tarzan and His Mate (1934) Tarzan Escapes (1936) Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939) Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941) Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942) Tarzan Triumphs (1943) Tarzan and the Amazons (1945) Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946) Tarzan of the Apes Tarzan (1999) *Tarzan & Jane (2002) **Tarzan II (2005) Tarzan (2013) Tarzan and the Huntress (1947) Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948) Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949) Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950) Tarzan's Peril (1951) Tarzan's Savage Fury (1952) Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953) Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955) Tarzan and the Lost Safari (1957) Tarzan and the Trappers (1958) Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958) Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959) Tarzan the Magnificent (1960) Tarzan Goes to India (1962) Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963) Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966) Tarzan and the Great River (1967) Tarzan and the Jungle Boy (1968) Tarzan the Ape Man (1981) Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1981) Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) Tarzan and the Lost City (1998) The Legend of Tarzan (2016) |
The Tale of Despereaux (2003), Kate Dicamillo | The Tale of Despereaux (2008) |
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1901), Beatrix Potter | Peter Rabbit (2012-2016) (TV) (Series)
Peter Rabbit (2018) *Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021) |
A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Charles Dickens | A Tale of Two Cities (1911) A Tale of Two Cities (1917) A Tale of Two Cities (1922) The Only Way (1927) A Tale of Two Cities (1935) A Tale of Two Cities (1958) |
That Summer (1996), Sarah Dessen | How to Deal (2003) |
The Sheep-Pig (1983), Dick King-Smith | Babe (1995) *Babe: Pig in the City (1998) |
The Little Polar Bear (1987), Hans de Beer | The Little Polar Bear (2001) *The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island (2005) |
Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose (1948), Dr. Seuss | Welcome (1986) |
Thomas the Tank Engine (1915) (series), Rev. W. Awdry | Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000) **Calling All Engines! (2005) ** *The Great Discovery (2008) ** **Hero of the Rails (2009) ** ** *Misty Island Rescue (2010) ** ** **Day of the Diesels (2011) ** ** ** *Blue Mountain Mystery (2012) ** ** ** **King of the Railway (2013) ** ** ** ** *Tale of the Brave (2014) ** ** ** ** **The Adventure Begins (2015) ** ** ** ** ** *Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure (2015) ** ** ** ** ** **The Great Race (2016) ** ** ** ** ** ** *Journey Beyond Sodor (2017) ** ** ** ** ** ** **Big World! Big Adventures! (2018) ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *Untiled Marc Forster Thomas & Friends film (2021) |
Thomasina: The Cat Who Thought She Was God (1957), Paul Gallico | The Three Lives of Thomasina (1964) |
My Friend Flicka (1943), Mary O'Hara | Thunderhead, Son of Flicka (1945) |
Tiger Eyes (1981), Judy Blume | Tiger Eyes (2013) |
A Tiger Walks (1960), Ian Niall | A Tiger Walks (1964) |
Toby Tyler; or, Ten Weeks with a Circus (1877) (serial), (1881) (novel), James Otis Kaler (as James Otis) | Toby Tyler (1960) |
"Toomai of the Elephants", from The Jungle Book (1894), Rudyard Kipling | Elephant Boy (1937) |
Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours (Around the World in Eighty Days) (1873), Jules Verne | 'Round the World in 80 Days (1914) Around the World in Eighty Days (1919) Around the World in 80 Days (1956) The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze (1963) Around the World in Eighty Days (1972) (made in Australia) Around the World in Eighty Days (1972) (made in Canada) Around the World with Willy Fog (1981–1983) Ginga Shippu Sasuraiger (1983) Around the World in Eighty Days (1987) Around the World in 80 Days (1988) (V) Around the World in 80 Days (1989) (TV) (mini) Around the World in 80 Days (1999) (V) Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (2000) Around the World in 80 Days (2004) |
Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson | Treasure Island (1918) Treasure Island (1920) Treasure Island (1934) Treasure Island (1937) Treasure Island (1950) * Long John Silver (1954) ** Return to Treasure Island (1954) Treasure Island (1971) Animal Treasure Island (1971) Treasure Island (1972 animated) Treasure Island (1972 live-action) Treasure Island (1977) (TV) Treasure Island (1982) (TV) L'Île au trésor (1985) Return to Treasure Island (1986) (TV) (mini) L'isola del tesoro (1987) Treasure Island (1988) Return to Treasure Island (1988) (TV) Treasure Island (1990) (TV) Return to Treasure Island (1992) Muppet Treasure Island (1996) Return to Treasure Island (1996) (TV) Return to Treasure Island (1998) (TV) Treasure Island (1999) Treasure Planet (2002) Pirates of Treasure Island (2006) Die Schatzinsel (2007) |
Les Trois Mousquetaires (The Three Musketeers) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Three Musketeers (1903) The Three Musketeers: Part 1/The Three Musketeers: Part 2 (1911) The Three Musketeers (1914) The Three Musketeers (1916) Les Trois Mousquetaires (1921) The Three Musketeers (1921) The Three Musketeers (1933) (serial) Les Trois Mousquetaires (1933) The Three Musketeers (1935) The Three Musketeers (1939) The Three Musketeers (1948) At Sword's Point (1952) The Three Musketeers (1953) Los tres mosqueteros y medio (1957) Les trois mousquetaires: Premiere époque-Les ferrets de la reine (1961) (a.k.a. The Fighting Musketeeers) * Les trois mousquetaires: La vengeance de Milady (1961) (a.k.a. The Vengeance of the Musketeers) The Three Musketeers (1969) (TV) The Three Musketeers in Boots (1972) The Three Musketeers (1973) * The Four Musketeers (1974) ** The Return of the Musketeers (1989) The Three Musketeers (1973) (TV) Les Quatre Charlots Mousquetaires (1974) * A Nous Quatre Cardinal (1974) d'Artagnan l'intrépide (1975) d'Artagnan and Three Musketeers (1978) * The Secret of Queen Anna, or Musketeers Thirty Years After (1993) ** The Return of the Musketeers, or The Treasures of Cardinal Mazarin (2009) The Three Musketeers (1992) (1992) The Three Musketeers (1993) La Fille de d'Artagnan (The Daughter of d'Artagnan) (1994) The Musketeer (2001) d'Artagnan et les trois mousquetaires (2005) Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (2004) La Femme Musketeer (2004) Barbie and the Three Musketeers (2009) The Three Musketeers (2011) |
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made (2013), Stephan Pastis | Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made (2020) |
The True Meaning of Smekday (2007), Adam Rex | Home (2015) |
The Trumpet of the Swan (1970), E. B. White | The Trumpet of the Swan (2001) |
Tuck Everlasting (1975), Natalie Babbitt | Tuck Everlasting (1981) Tuck Everlasting (2002) |
Twitches (2002–2004) (series), H. B. Gilmour and Randi Reisfeld | Twitches (2005–2007) (series) Twitches (2005) (TV) * Twitches Too (2007) (TV) |
The Two Who Stole the Moon (1928), Kornel Makuszyński | The Two Who Stole the Moon (1962) (1984–89) (4-part film series) [Jake and Pat] (1993) Despicable Me (2010) |
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Children's book(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
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The Ugly Dachshund (1938), Gladys Bronwyn Stern | The Ugly Dachshund (1966) |
Uncle Remus (1881), Joel Chandler Harris | Song of the South (1946) Coonskin (1975) The Adventures of Brer Rabbit (2006) |
Undercover Cat (1963), Gordon Gordon and Mildred Gordon | That Darn Cat! (1965) That Darn Cat (1997) |
V[]
Children's book(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
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Vampire Academy (2007), Richelle Mead | Vampire Academy (2014) |
The Velveteen Rabbit (1922), Margery Williams | (1973) (1984) (TV) (1985) (TV) (1988) (2007) (2009) (2012) |
Vicke Viking (1963), Runer Jonsson | Vicky the Viking (2009) |
Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard (The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later) (1847–1850), Alexandre Dumas, père | The Iron Mask (1929) The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) The Man in the Iron Mask (1977) The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) |
Vingt mille lieues sous les mers (Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea) (1870), Jules Verne | 20,000 lieues sous les mers (1907) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1972) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1973) Captain Nemo (Капитан Немо) (1975) The Return of Captain Nemo (1978) (TV) The Black Hole (1979) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1985) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997) (television film released by Hallmark) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997) (television film released by Village Roadshow Pictures) Crayola Kids Adventures: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (2002) 30,000 Leagues Under the Sea (2007) Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012) |
Voyage au centre de la Terre (A Journey to the Center of the Earth) (1864), Jules Verne | Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) Viaje al centro de la Tierra (1978) Journey to the Center of the Earth (1989) Journey to the Center of the Earth (1993) (TV) Journey to the Center of the Earth (1999) (TV) Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) * Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012) Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) (TV) Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) (Direct-to-DVD release by The Asylum) |
Les Voyages et aventures du capitaine Hatteras (The Adventures of Captain Hatteras) (1866), Jules Verne | The Conquest of the Pole (1912) |
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Children's book(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
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War Horse (1982), Michael Morpurgo | War Horse (2011) |
A Watcher in the Woods (1976), Florence Engel Randall | The Watcher in the Woods (1980) |
The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby (1862–1863) (serial), (1863) (novel), Charles Kingsley | The Water Babies (1978) |
The Water Horse (1990), Dick King-Smith | The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007) |
Watership Down (1972), Richard Adams | Watership Down (1978)
Watership Down (2018) (TV) (Series) |
The Wave (1981), Todd Strasser | The Wave (Die Welle) (2008) |
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1987), Hudson Talbott | We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993) |
The Westing Game (1978), Ellen Raskin | Get a Clue (1997) |
When Knighthood Was in Flower (1898), Charles Major | When Knights Were Bold (1908) When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922) The Sword and the Rose (1953) |
When Marnie Was There (1967), Joan G. Robinson | When Marnie Was There (2014) |
When the Wind Blows (1982), Raymond Briggs | When the Wind Blows (1986) |
Where the Red Fern Grows (1961), Wilson Rawls | Where the Red Fern Grows (1974) *Where the Red Fern Grows: Part Two (1992) Where the Red Fern Grows (2003) |
Where the Wild Things Are (1963), Maurice Sendak | Where the Wild Things Are (2009) |
Where's Wally? (1987–2009) (series), Martin Handford | Where's Waldo? (TBA) |
White Fang (1906), Jack London | White Fang (1925) White Fang (1936) White Fang (1946) White Fang (1973) * The Return of White Fang (1974) ** White Fang to the Rescue (1974) *** White Fang and the Gold Diggers (1974) **** White Fang and the Hunter (1975) White Fang (1991) * White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (1994) White Fang (1991) White Fang (1997) |
Who Censored Roger Rabbit? (1981), Gary K. Wolf | Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) |
The Wind in the Willows (1908), Kenneth Grahame | The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) The Wind in the Willows (1983) * The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads (1989) (TV) The Wind in the Willows (1987) (TV) The Wind in the Willows (1995) (TV) * The Willows in Winter (1996) The Wind in the Willows (1996) The Wind in the Willows (2006) (TV) |
Winnie-the-Pooh (1926–1928) (series), A.A. Milne Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) * The House at Pooh Corner (1928) |
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) * Winnie the Pooh and Friends (1985) ** Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997) ** * Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving (1999) ** ** The Tigger Movie (2000) ** ** * The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart (2001) ** ** ** Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year (2002) ** ** ** * Piglet's Big Movie (2003) ** ** ** ** ** Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo (2004) ** ** ** ** ** * Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005) ** ** ** ** ** ** Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie (2005) ** ** ** ** ** ** * My Friends Tigger and Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie (2007) ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Tigger and Pooh and a Musical Too (2009) ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *Super Duper Super Sleuths (2010) ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Winnie the Pooh (2011) ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *Christopher Robin (2018) |
A Wish for Wings That Work: An Opus Christmas Story (1991), Berkeley Breathed | A Wish for Wings That Work (1991) (TV) |
The Witches (1983), Roald Dahl | The Witches (1990)
The Witches (2020) |
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), L. Frank Baum | The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays (1908) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910) Dorothy and the Scarecrow in Oz (1910) * The Land of Oz (1910) ** John Dough and the Cherub (1910) The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914) * The Magic Cloak of Oz (1914) ** His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1914) Wizard of Oz (1925) The Wizard of Oz (1933) The Wizard of Oz (1939) Return to Oz (1964) (TV) The Wizard of Mars (1965) The Wonderful Land of Oz (1969) Ayşecik ve Sihirli Cüceler Rüyalar Ülkesinde (1971) Hunter (1973) Zardoz (1974) Journey Back to Oz (1974) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1975) Oz (1976) The Wiz (1978) The Wizard of Oz (1982) Return to Oz (1985) Dorothy Meets Ozma of Oz (1987) The Wizard of A.I.D.S. (1987) The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz (1990) Lion of Oz (2000) Lost in Oz (2002) (TV) The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) Tin Man (2007) (TV) (mini) Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz (2011) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2011) The Witches of Oz (2011) Dorothy of Oz (2012) Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz (2016) |
A Wrinkle in Time (1962), Madeleine L'Engle | A Wrinkle in Time (2003), A Wrinkle in Time (2018) |
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Children's book(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
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The Year of the Horse (1965), Eric S. Hatch | The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968) |
The Yearling (1938), Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings | The Yearling (1946) The Yearling (1994) (TV) |
Z[]
Children's book(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
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Z for Zachariah (1974), Robert C. O'Brien | Z for Zachariah (2015) |
Zathura (2002), Chris Van Allsburg | Zathura (2005) |
Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (1996), Marilyn Sadler | Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (1999) * Zenon: The Zequel (2001) (TV) ** Zenon: Z3 (2003) (TV) |
Non-fiction[]
Children's book(s) | Film adaptation(s) |
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The Diary of a Young Girl (a.k.a. Het Achterhuis: Dagboekbrieven van 12 Juni 1942 – 1 Augustus 1944 (The Annex: Diary Notes from 12 June 1942 – 1 August 1944)) (1947), Anne Frank | The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) The Diary of Anne Frank (1967) (TV) The Diary of Anne Frank (1980) (TV) The Diary of Anne Frank (1987) (TV) (serial) The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (1988) (TV) Laatste Zeven Maanden van Anne Frank (1988) (TV) Anne Frank Remembered (1995) (TV) Anne no nikki (1995) Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV) (mini) The Short Life of Anne Frank (2001) (TV) The Diary of Anne Frank (2009) (TV) (serial) Mi Ricordo Anna Frank (Memories of Anne Frank) (2010) (TV) |
My Dog Skip (1995), Willie Morris | My Dog Skip (2000) |
See also[]
- Children's books
- Lists of children's books
- Lists of films based on books
- Lists of works adapted into films