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Coraline–opens Feb 6.

Inkheart–opens Jan. 23.

The Tale of Despereaux–playing now

The City of Ember-playing now

Kristie and Angus discover a mysterious egg that hatches a strange creature. Their grandfather knows it is a kelpie or water horse from Scottish legend. Crusoe quickly outgrows the bathtub, the pond out back, and must be taken to Loch Ness where it soon becomes famous all over the world.

Even if you know what happens, this is fun to read. It looks like some of the characters have been changed for the movie.

Coming October 5th, The Seeker, based on The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper. This is actually the second book of a five book fantasy series. Like Harry Potter, Will Stanton’s 11th birthday brings surprising revelations about magical powers. Birthday presents include a belt of magic symbols and a strange and wonderful horned mask. Hopefully the other books in the series will also be made into movies.

Here are some of the latest book=>movie links:

Shredderman –a Nick TV movie based on the series by Wendelin Van Draanen will be broadcast Sunday June 9th at 8 pm — http://www.nick.com/shows/specials/shredderman/index.jhtml

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix — opens July 13th — http://www.harrypotterorderofthephoenix.com/

The Golden Compass — the movie based on the first book of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series opens December 7th — http://www.goldencompassmovie.com/