Read the book.... watch the show.....

Welcome back to our Library Blog. I hope you all managed to find time for some relaxing over the holidays. I am sure many of you went to the movies over the holidays, perhaps to see Paddington or Paper Planes or catch up with The Maze Runner. These are 3 examples of book and movie tie-ins. Paddington of course is an old classic story published first in 1958 and written by Michael Bond and The Maze Runner was published in 2009 and written by James Dashner. Paper Planes is somewhat different as the book was written after the movie, so it is actually an adaptation of the screen version by Steve Worland!  Paper Planes and The Maze Runner are both available for borrowing from our library and I am waiting on a current release of Paddington to add to our collection. Many students are actually surprised to find their favourite movies started as a book.

So what other book movie tie-ins do we have in our library. here's a list to help if you are trying to find something to read...

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief                  Rick Riordan
Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters                 Rick Riordan
Tomorrow When the War Began                  John Marsden
Mao's Last Dancer - (abridged for younger readers)                Li Cunxin
Nim's Island                         Wendy Orr
Diary of a Wimpy Kid                 Jeff Kinney
The Hunger Games trilogy            Suzanne Collins
The Hobbit     Tolkien
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory           Roald Dahl
James and the Giant Peach                       Roald Dahl
Matilda                                                  Roald Dahl
Misery guts                                          Morris Gleitzman
How to Train Your Dragon                 Cressida Cowell
Holes                                                    Louis Sacher
Stormbreaker                                  Anthony Horowitz
Tintin                               Herge
A Series of Unfortunate Events         Lemony Snicket
and of course Harry Potter.     J. K. Rowling

We also have a few books that are television/DVD and book tie-ins including...
Extreme Adventures     Justin D'ath
Old Tom  laugh Hobbs
Conspiracy 365 series   Gabrielle Lord
Paul Jennings Un-series of short stories which were televised as Round the Twist.   Paul Jennings
Pearlie              Wendy Harmer
Charlie and Lola          Lauren Child
Hairy Maclary From Donaldson's Dairy             Lynley Dodd

So if you are looking for something to read why not read the book and watch the show!