I am almost certain that Anansi the Spider was a movie before it
became a Caldecott winning book. Sorry to be chiming in so late...I
think I wasn't paying attention.
Kay Weisman, Librarian
Willowbrook School
Glenview, IL 60026
kweisman@district30.k12.il.us
On Apr 7, 2008, at 12:27 PM, Barbara Braxton wrote:
> Dear Toni
> Sorry to rain on your parade, but just looking at your list, and
> remembering that you asked for
> books that were films first and foremost (such as Star Wars and
> Star Trek) I would argue that Tom
> Sawyer, Black Beauty, Because of Winn-Dixie, The BFG, The
> Borrowers, The Black Stallion, The Butter
> Battle Book, Call of the Wild, Cat in the Hat, Chrysanthemum,
> Corduroy, Harry Potter and almost
> every other one of these in the list was a book BEFORE it was a
> film. Just comparing publication
> dates shows that.
>
> There may be books of the film or television series using the
> illustrations or storylines of the
> animated versions, but the original books came first and were adapted.
>
> Another example of a film that became a book (and illustrated with
> stills from the movie) would be
> ET and possibly High School Musical - if it isn't already, it will
> be soon.. My suggestion would be
> to look at the really hot movies (especially those with sequels)
> over the last 20 years and then
> look for books that came as spin-offs. Raiders of the Lost Ark
> comes to mind - I'm sure we had
> print versions of those stories in our library.
>
> Barbara
>
> Barbara Braxton
> Teacher Librarian
> COOMA NSW 2630
> AUSTRALIA
>
> E. barbara.288@bigpond.com
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