Blog Wars: Turn children's book into movie

What children’s book should be the next to be made into a movie?

Alexis Boudreau
No question.  Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.  This poor fella wakes up with gum in his hair, finds nothing but breakfast cereal in his cereal box, gets smushed in the backseat during carpool, and, in the midst of it all, contemplates moving to Australia.  Now … who should play Alexander?  Some little boy with sad eyes and a cute enough voice so that you feel sorry for him—maybe a voice like Linus Van Pelt from Peanuts. 

Rachel Snow
Shel Silverstein’s book The Giving Tree would make a classy and life lesson enriched movie. Maybe not a literal remake of the movie, but a similar plot line would be touching. If you are not familiar with this book- shame on your parents and you should read it, but the basis of the story is a young boy who becomes friends with a fictional tree and uses it’s branches to build a boat. Later on in life he comes back to the now stump of a tree and the tree says he has nothing left to give, but the boy replies he simply just needs a quiet place to rest. I think this story gives children (and people in general) a good story of how people, or trees in this case, are self sacrificing until their very end.

Allison Huber
First of all, this book hasn’t been written yet, but it’s called Spacebat (working title). It’s an inspirational tale of underdog heroism exemplified by that brave little brown bat who clung to the side of last week’s Cape Canaveral shuttle launch. His tiny heart welling until it finally explodes with the extreme pressure of having his every dream come true, Spacebat leaves Earth’s atmosphere to become the first bat recorded in space. God speed, Spacebat.

Sean McGahan
The moving and emotional “Everybody Poops.” Instant box office gold.