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Macmillan Children's Books to Movies

Check out these titles from Macmillan Children's Publishing Group that have been made into movies!

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Tuck Everlasting

Doomed to - or blessed with - eternal life after drinking from a magic spring, the Tuck family wanders about trying to live as inconspicuously and comfortably...

Natalie Babbitt Natalie Babbitt

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Tuck Everlasting

Is eternal life a blessing or a curse?  

Natalie Babbitt Natalie Babbitt

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My Friend Rabbit

When Mouse lets his best friend, Rabbit, play with his brand-new airplane, trouble isn't far behind. From Caldecott Honor award winner Eric Rohmann comes a...

Eric Rohmann Eric Rohmann

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Derby Girl

Meet Bliss Cavendar, a blue haired, indie-rock loving misfit stuck in the tiny town of Bodeen, Texas. Her pageant-addicted mother expects her to compete for...

Shauna Cross Shauna Cross

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The Black Cauldron

"Taran, the gallant Assistant Pig-keeper, and his companions once again fare forth to destroy the evil that threatens their beloved country, Prydain.... A wise...

Lloyd Alexander Lloyd Alexander

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A Wrinkle in Time

It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were...

Madeleine L'Engle Madeleine L'Engle

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A Wrinkle in Time

It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were...

Madeleine L'Engle Madeleine L'Engle

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Shrek!

Before Shrek made it big on the solver screen, there was William Steig’s SHREK!

"...Before Shrek made it big on the solver screen, there was William Steig’s SHREK!. Before Shrek made it big on the solver screen, there was William Steig’s SHREK!, a book about an ordinary ogre who leaves his swampy childhood home to go out and see the world. Ordinary, that is, if a foul and hideous being who ends up marrying the most stunningly ugly princess on the planet is what you consider ordinary.. “Sure to enchant any child lucky enough to read it . . . Such an ingratiating, cheery book t..."

William Steig William Steig

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Whip It

Roller derby is back, in all of its rowdy and raucous glory.

"...Roller derby is back, in all of its rowdy and raucous glory.. Skirts, Skates, & Scrapes! All the old school skills with a new punk rock attitude Come see The Lone Star Derby Girls Austin’s All-Girl Roller Derby League The Holy Rollers vs. The Fight Crew Halftime Concert by the Chimney Sweeps This ain’t no cheerleading clinic, y’all! Meet Bliss Cavendar, an indie-rock-loving misfit stuck in the tiny town of Bodeen, Texas. Her pageant-addicted mother expects her to compete for the coveted Miss Bl..."

Shauna Cross Shauna Cross

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The Invisible

One ordinary Monday morning in May, Hilmer Eriksson walks into his high school classroom and discovers that he has become invisible. No one can see him, no one...

"...One ordinary Monday morning in May, Hilmer Eriksson walks into his high school classroom and discovers that he has become invisible. No one can see him, no one.... One ordinary Monday morning in May, Hilmer Eriksson walks into his high school classroom and discovers that he has become invisible. No one can see him, no one can hear him. In fact, a police detective named Harald Fors arrives at school that very morning to investigate Hilmer’s disappearance. The boy has no idea what’s going on, but..."

By Mats Wahl and Katarina Tucker

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The Witches

A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice....

"...A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice..... A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.. "An orphan boy...discovers the true nature of witches and then has the misfortune to be transformed into a mouse by The Grand High Witch of All the World...A curious but h..."

By Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake

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