Tag: book and a movie

  • Mr. Popper’s Penguins book and a movie night

    Mr. Popper’s Penguins book and a movie night

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    I remember reading Mr. Popper’s Penguins in elementary school and being charmed by the absurdity.  When Jim Carrey made a movie of it a few years ago I was worried about how close it would stay to the source material.  Turns out I was right on that. Either way though, I wanted to read the…

  • Princess Diaries book club

    Princess Diaries book club

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    Funny story, I went and wrote a Princess Diaries book club post where I had already created the pictures thinking, “That’s funny, why didn’t I publish this when I made these pictures years ago?” Well I did, so I’m republishing it,, but I’m going to add in my extra things from when I rewrote this…

  • Picture books made into movies

    Picture books made into movies

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    I love picture books, even when my kids were in high school I would occasionally check out picture books that did a good job of conveying what I wanted them to learn in a lesson. I also love Books made into movies, but when my kids were the age we would have really done this,…

  • Oliver Twist book and a movie

    Oliver Twist book and a movie

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    I don’t like Charles Dickens. My kids know this, but I also recognize his books are formative to much of modern culture, we reference ideas and images in it in our conversation. So, I decided to grit my teeth and assign an Oliver Twist book club to my kids for our book and a movie…

  • 3rd Grade Books Made Into Movies

    3rd Grade Books Made Into Movies

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    As I was getting read to go to the library and pick up the books to take pictures of for today’s post, I was surprised to learn how few 3rd-grade books made into movies there are. I barely have 10 books. Right now. If I’ve learned anything it is that studios are constantly adapting books…