Books on the Big Screen

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	Puss in Boots By: Charles Perrault Movie Release Date: November 4, 2011 What’s It About: A translation of the French fairy tale about the cat who with a sack and a pair of boots gained a fortune for his master.
	The Invention of Hugo Cabret Movie Title: Hugo By: Brian Selznick Movie Release Date: November 23, 2011 What’s It About: When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.
	The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn By: Herge Movie Release Date: December 21, 2011 What’s It About: Join traveling reporter Tintin and his faithful dog Snowy, along with well-known friends such as Captain Haddock, as they embark on extraordinary adventures spanning historical and political events, fantasy and science-fiction adventures and thrilling mysteries. This volume contains 3 classic Tintin stories, including: The Crab with the Golden Claws, The Shooting Star, and The Secret of The Unicorn.
	The Mysterious Island Movie Title: Journey 2: The Mysterious Island By: Jules Verne Movie Release Date: February 17, 2012 What’s It About: The enthralling tale of five men and a dog who land in a balloon on a faraway, fantastic island of bewildering goings-on and their struggle to survive as they uncover the island's secret.
	The Borrowers Movie Title: The Secret World of Arrietty By: Mary Norton Movie Release Date: February 17, 2012 What’s It About: Miniature people who live in an old country house by borrowing things from the humans are forced to emigrate from their home under the clock.
	The Lorax By: Dr. Seuss Movie Release Date: March 2, 2012 What's It About: The Once-ler describes the results of the local pollution problem in this Dr. Seuss classic from 1971.
	Dorothy of Oz By: Roger S. Baum Movie Release Date: March 2012 What's It About: With the aid of Lion, Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and Tugg the talking boat, Dorothy battles Jester, who is using the dead Wicked Witch's magic wand to turn the citizens of Oz into porcelain dolls.
	The Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days By: Jeff Kinney Movie Release Date: August 3, 2012 What's It About: In the latest diary of middle-schooler Greg Heffley, he records his attempts to spend his summer vacation sensibly indoors playing video games and watching television, despite his mother's other ideas.
	Guardians Book 1: Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King Movie Title: Rise of the Guardians By: William Joyce Movie Release Date: November 21, 2012 What's It About: Before SANTA was SANTA, he was North, Nicholas St. North—a daredevil swordsman whose prowess with double scimitars was legendary. Like any swashbuckling young warrior, North seeks treasure and adventure, leading him to the fiercely guarded village of Santoff Claussen, said to be home to the greatest treasure in all the East, and to an even greater wizard, Ombric Shalazar. But when North arrives, legends of riches have given way to terrors of epic proportions! North must decide whether to seek his fortune…or save the village.
	The Hobbit By: J.R.R. Tolkien Movie Release Date: December 14, 2012 What's It About: Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to share in an adventure from which he may never return.
	The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs Movie Title: Leafmen By: William Joyce Movie Release Date: May 24, 2013 What's It About: When an old woman gets sick and her garden begins to die, the doodle bugs call on the Leaf Men to make things right again.