Make Movie - Booklist

El Paso Public Library logo

Library Kids Zone Home

Babies and Preschool
   Theme Kits for Caregivers

Books and Reading
   •  Authors and Illustrators
    •  Award Books
    •  Booklists
           ABC
           Adventure
           Animal Stories
           Back to School
           Bullies
           Brothers, Sisters
           Cat Stories
           Clean Fun
           Counting
           Death
           Dinosaurs
           Divorce
           Dog Stories
           Favorite Funny Tales
           Fifth Grade
           First Grade
           Food Follies
           Fourth Grade
           Fractured Fairy Tales
           Historical Fiction
           If You Like Harry Potter
           Libraries
           Music
           Mysteries
           Out of This World
           Pirates
           Potty Time
           Ride 'em Cowboy
           Scientists
           Second Grade
           Self-Esteem Fiction
           Shapes
           Sharing
           Sixth Grade
           Sports Fiction
           Supernatural Fiction
           They Were Books First
           Third Grade
    •  Favorite Characters

Cool Sites

Dia de los Niños

Games and Activities

Homework Help

Internet Safety logoInternet Safety

Parents & Teachers
   Theme Kits for Caregivers

Poetry Contest

Storytime & Special Programs

   • Armijo Library
   • Cielo Vista Library
   • Clardy Fox Library
   • Dorris Van Doren Library
   • EPCC Northwest Campus
   • Esperanza Acosta Moreno
   • Irving Schwartz Library
   • Lower Valley Library
   • Main Library - Children's
   • Memorial Park Library
   • Richard Burges Library
   • Westside Library
   • Ysleta Library


Summer Reading Club

   •Special Summer Programs

Library Home Page

Search For Books

City Kids Zone

 
 
 

Books and Reading

Booklists
They Were Books First
Hello!

This is the page where we list some
of our favorite books that were made into movies.  Haven't you heard?  Reading the book is always better than the movie.

If the books are not available at your Branch, please ask to have the books transferred.
 
Back to Books & Reading Page

They Were Books First

They Were
Books First


Booklist prepared by
 Laurel Indalecio


 
Tuck Everlasting
Tuck Everlasting book cover The Tuck family has discovered the secret for eternal life.  10-year-old Winnie stumbles upon their secret and a mysterious stranger wants to sell the secret.
Babbitt, Natalie
J Fic BAB

Because of Winn-Dixie
Because of Opal's big, ugly, goofy dog, called Winn-Dixie, Opal makes new friends in Naomi, Florida.  Meet a librarian who fights off a bear, an ex-con pet-store clerk who plays music to the animals, and the neighborhood witch. Because of Winn-Dixie book cover
Dicamillo, kate
J Fic DIC

Ella Enchanted
Ella Enchanted book cover In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.
Levine, Gail Carson
J  Fic  LEV

The Lion, the Witch
and the Wardrobe
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe book cover Four English school children find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch who has cursed the land with eternal winter.
Lewis, C. S.
J Fic LEW

Bridge to Terabithia
   
Patterson, Katherine
J Fic PAT

Holes
Stanley Yelnats is under a curse.  He is always in the wrong place at the wrong time.  Now he is stuck in a boys detention camp digging holes in the hot sun.  Will Stanley be able to dig up the truth behind all of these holes? Holes book cover
Sachar, Louis
J Fic SAC

The Cat in the Hat
Cat in the Hat book cover
Meet the cat who turns a dull rainy afternoon into a magical messy afternoon.
Dr. Seuss
E SEU

Series of Unfortunate Events
This book is extremely unpleasant. It tells an unhappy tale about three very unlucky children. Even though they are charming and clever, the Baudelaire siblings lead lives filled with misery and woe. From the very first page of this book when the children are at the beach and receive terrible news, continuing on through the entire story, disaster lurks at their heels. One might say they are magnets for misfortune.
 
Series of Unfortunate Events book cover

 

Snicket, Lemony
J Fic SNI

Lord of the Rings
Lord of the Rings book cover Lord of the Rings book cover Lord of the Rings book cover
The three books tells of the great and dangerous quest undertaken by Frodo Baggins and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the wizard; the hobbits Merry, Pippin, and Sam; Gimli the dwarf; Legolas the elf; Boromir of Gondor; and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider.
Tolkein, J.R.R.
J Fic TOL

Polar Express
Polar Express book cover
A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus
Van Allsburg, Chris
E  VAN

Charlotte's Web  
White, E. B.
J Fic WHI

  More to books to come!!!
 
 

   
 
 

   
 
 


 

Back to top
 

Disclaimer  |  Privacy Policy  |  Accessibility  |  Link Policy  |  Tools  |  Security Policy
Send Library Website comments to librarywebmaster@elpasotexas.gov
© City of El Paso 2008
Graphics by Laurel Lynn Indalecio, El Paso Public Library

 

Page last modified 05/15/08


THE CITY OF EL PASO, TEXAS Home Government Residents Business Visitors Departments Onl;ine Services Meetings Search THE CITY OF EL PASO, TEXAS - www.elpasotexas.gov