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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I prefer to link reading and books, so I don't care how gory something is (Last of the Mohicans comes to mind), if the kids read it, we'll watch and discuss the differences.  Not many movies unless the kids read it first though.[/quote]

Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (actually better movie)
Indian in the Cupboard
Bridge to Terabithia* spoiler alert both book and movie are tear jerkers and deal with a child's death
A [b]Princess Bride[/b]  Best book and movie combo ever!
Matilda
Holes
Zathura
Peter Pan (the one with Jeremy Sumpter)
The Hobbit (the animated 70s version)

Not a book (that I know of)...
Lucas
Newsies
a Hayao Miyazaki film...stunning
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These are some of the book/movie combinations that the kids and I have done.  Some were read by just the teens, some but just the elementary crowd, a few were one of the nightly chapter books.  We only do this with chapter books, as there are way too many picture books that would take the kids 20 minutes or less to read, and then the kids would want to watch 1.5 hours of movie...  No way, that defeats the purpose.

Black Cauldron
Wizard of Oz
Narnia series (I'm hoping that they're just taking a break and are going to do the others...  BBC versions work too)
Harry Potter series
LOTR series
Hunger Games series
City of Ember
Great Gatsby
Jungle Book (for a 12 yo I would do the live action version)
first two Percy Jackson
Giver
Monuments' Men
Ender's Game
most Roald Dahl
Alice in Wonderland
Seabiscuit
Snow Falling on Cedars
Shiloh
Where the Red Fern Grows
Doctor Dolittle (the original film is much better!)
How to Eat Fried Worms
Coraline
Series of Unfortunate Events (1 movie)
Secret Garden
Three Musketeers, Man in the Iron Mask, Count of Monte Cristo
Hunchback of Notre Dame
Frankenstein
Dracula
any Shakespeare
Sounder
Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn
Black Stallion
any Austen
any Alcott
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Princess Diaries series
Scarlet Letter
most of Nicholas Sparks
some of Jodi Piccoult's books (My Sister's Keeper comes to mind)
Ella Enchanted
Sarah, Plain and Tall series
Tuck Everlasting
Anne of Green Gables series, Avonlea series
National Velvet
Eragon
Inkheart
Into the Wild
Because of Winn Dixie
Unstrung Heroes
Marley & Me

I know that we've done others, but those are what the kids and I could think of off the tops of our heads.[/quote]

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