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Books-to-Movies to Share with Your Children Here are 30 great books and series that you and your kids can read first then watch the movie! Remember, local libraries are a great place to find the movies as well as the books.

Picture Books: [|**The Ant Bully**] by John Nickle [|**The Cat in the Hat**]by Dr. Seuss __Cloudy With a Chance__ of Meatballs by Judi Barrett [|**Eloise at the Plaza**] by Kay Thompson [|**The Gruffalo**] by Julia Donaldson [|**Madeline**]by Ludwig Bemelmans __Shrek__ by William Steig [|**Where the Wild Things Are**] by Maurice Sendak Chapter Books: [|**Charlie and the Chocolate Factory**] by Roald Dahl [|**Charlotte's Web**] by E.B. White [|**The Chronicles of Narnia**] by C.S. Lewis [|**Diary of a Wimpy Kid**] by Jeff Kinney __Ella Enchanted__ by Gail Carson Levine __From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler__ by E.L. Konigsburg [|**The Golden Compass (Northern Lights)**] by Phillip Pullman [|**The Guardians of Childhood**] (book), The Rise Of The Guardians (movie) by William Joyce __Harriet the Spy__ by Louise Fitzhugh __Harry Potter Series__ by J.K. Rowling __The Hobbit__ by J.R.R. Tolkien __Holes__ by Louis Sachar __How to Train Your Dragon__ by Cressida Cowel __Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer__ by Megan McDonald __Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events__ by Lemony Snicket __Little Women__ by Louisa May Alcott __The Night at the Museum__ by Milan Trenc __Ramona and Beezus__ by Beverly Cleary __Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants__ by Ann Brashares __Stuart Little__ by E.B. White __The Wizard of Oz__ by Frank Baum __Zathura__ by Chris Van Allsburg List compiled by Scholastic, Inc.