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The Tale of Despereaux

by Jackie

The Tale of Despereaux will be released on film in December of 2008 which feels like forever. If you haven’t read Kate DiCamillo’s wonderful Newbery Award winning novel The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spol of Thread stop now, head to your library and check it out immediately. (You could also buy it, as it’s worth reading time and time again, but I’m a library girl, and like to read first and buy later.) The cast of film looks amazing- Dustin Hoffman, William H. Macy, Sigourney Weaver and Christopher Walken are just a few of the voices in the cast.

It’s rare that I look forward to a movie that’s based upon a book. The film versions tend to disappoint. I’ve been thinking about the children’s books that became movies, that succeed? Some of my favorites, even though they may have deviated from the book, are:

Anne of Green Gables (the Megan Followes version)
The Witches
The Little Princess (total tearjerker)
Holes
Alice in Wonderland (Disney)
Peter Pan (Disney)
The Wizard of Oz
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (I liked Johnny Depp’s version, but not as much as the first)

Which movie versions do you love?

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