Our Favorite Books Made Into Movies
Instill a love of reading by introducing students to the books behind some of their favorite hit movies, like the Harry Potter and Hunger Games series.
American prose stylist E.B. White presents one of the best-loved stories of all time–and a heartwarming portrait of one of the best-loved pigs of all time.
This story will inspire many as it shows how, even in the worst of times, a great idea and a lot of hard work can still rock the world.
A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a mechanical man, and a hidden message from Hugo's dead father form the backbone of this intricate, tender, and spellbinding mystery.
Little effort is needed to put one over on her obnoxious parents, but can shy little Matilda handle the formidable headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and win the respect of every kid in school? Yes!
This brilliant, sensitive story takes an insightful look at how one person's differences can affect the lives of so many others.
Meg Murray, her little brother Charles Wallace, and their mother are having a midnight snack on a dark and stormy night when an unearthly stranger appears at their door. He claims to have been blown off course, and goes on to tell them that there is such a thing as a "tesseract," which, if you didn't know, is a wrinkle in time.
This first installment of C.S. Lewis' renowned series, first published in 1950, has been enchanting the hearts and imaginations of millions for generations with its story of four siblings who, with the help of a lion named Aslan, must overcome their own failings to become heroes of a better world.
Rich, complex, affecting, and beautiful, with over 460 pages of original artwork, Wonderstruck is a stunning achievement from a uniquely gifted artist and visionary.
The city of Ember was built as a last refuge for the human race. Two hundred years later, the great lamps that light the city are beginning to flicker.
This winner of the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award features Stanley Yelnats, a kid who is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnats.
The amazing true story of four African-American female mathematicians at NASA who helped achieve some of the greatest moments in our space program.
The book that started it all... Full of sympathetic characters, wildly imaginative situations, and countless exciting details, the first installment in the series assembles an unforgettable magical world and sets the stage for many high-stakes adventures to come.
It's Harry's second year at Hogwarts and someone is turning students into stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects: Harry Potter himself?
Harry Potter's third year at Hogwarts is full of new dangers. Tragic revelations, heartwarming surprises, and high-stakes magical adventures await the boy wizard in this funny and poignant third installment of the beloved series.
This fourth installment, with a heart-pounding and emotional climax, serves as a turning point in the series, for the reader and for Harry himself.
Truly dangerous times have arrived in the fifth Harry Potter novel, but it never loses the trademark fun, excitement, and wonder at the possibilities of magic.
It's the home front that takes center stage in the multilayered sixth installment of the story of Harry Potter. Harry struggles to uncover the identity of the Half-Blood Prince, the past owner of a potions textbook he now possesses that is filled with ingenious, potentially deadly spells. But Harry's life is suddenly changed forever when someone close to him is heinously murdered right before his eyes.
The conclusion of the Harry Potter series reveals the message at the heart of these iconic books: that choice matters much more than destiny, and that love will always triumph over death.
In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe.