Literature Adaptations I’ve Seen

England 1959. In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop.

A lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend.

A squire"s mischievous son becomes a boarder at Rugby.

When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.

In a mythical land, a man and a young boy investigate a series of unusual occurrences.

Two siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys. Soon the kids, their parents, and even their teacher are drawn into a strange new world and find a task ahead of them that is far more important than any of them could imagine!

As two smart teenagers get hold of an educational toy from the future, they have no idea what it is teaching them. But bored with school and their own world, they soon discover that there may be a way out into some other dimension or time.

Linguist Louise Banks leads a team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touch down around the world. As nations teeter on the verge of global war, Banks and her crew must find a way to communicate with the extraterrestrial visitors.

On the distant planet Axis, rebellious, high-spirited teenage girl Kaena defies the High Priest and her people"s ancestral beliefs to take a perilous journey and discover what dark secrets lie beyond the clouds.

A space fantasy about an explorer who pays a visit to an unusual cathedral built with organic materials.

A wild man and genius becomes a master painter"s disciple, but loses his divine gift when he finds love.

A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger.

Two kittens go on a metaphysical journey on a magical railroad train.

Along with her black cat Jiji, Kiki settles in a seaside town and starts a high-flying delivery service. Here begins her magical encounter with independence and responsibility, making lifelong friends and finding her place in the world.

Maria inherits a book of secrets from her dad. She moves to her uncle"s Moonacre estate. A family curse was cast on the valley. Only Maria can break it using her book.

In a parallel universe, young Lyra Belacqua journeys to the far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from terrible experiments by a mysterious organization.

Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.

The young owl Soren is kidnapped by the evil owls of St. Aegolious who want to turn him into a soldier. He escapes with some of his friends and warns the mythical guardians about the evil plan.

For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember"s once powerful generator is failing and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker.

Two young brothers are drawn into an intergalactic adventure when their house is hurled through the depths of space by the magical board game they are playing.

When Jacob discovers clues to a mystery that stretches across time, he finds Miss Peregrine"s Home for Peculiar Children. But the danger deepens after he gets to know the residents and learns about their special powers.

A reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of dwarves to reclaim their mountain home and the gold within it from the dragon Smaug.

A writer and wall street trader, Nick Carraway, finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his mysterious millionaire neighbor, Jay Gatsby, amid the riotous parties of the Jazz Age.

Horton the Elephant struggles to protect a microscopic community from his neighbors who refuse to believe it exists.

Nicholas has every reason to keep things in life unchanged; however, when he accidentally overhears mum and dad talking about a new baby brother, his world will turn upside down. Will they abandon him to make room for the little stranger?