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5 Great Book-To-Movie Christmas Gifts of 2016!!!

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For that book and movie lover in your life!

5 Great Book-to-Movie Christmas Gifts

With Christmas just around the corner, you may be scrambling around, just like me, to find something to give to someone who loves. Well I found a few great books which have been turned into movies recently or are about to be released and one should start reading them immediately. I know I have a few books I need to catch up on next year. There are many more books to movies coming out but these 5 I felt were big ones and also won’t break your bank if you decide to purchase them!

fantastic beasts

From amazon.com

Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them by J.K. Rowling

If you’re looking for something for a Harry Potter fan, then this may be your best bet. With the newest movie, it can be sure to please any magic and movie lover.

 

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A Monster Calls

From Amazon.com

A Monster Calls: Inspired by an Idea from Siobhan Dowd by Patrick Ness

I absolutely loved this book (review here) and really do recommend it. It is a difficult to read book as it’s sad but it’s beautifully written and with the movie coming out in a few weeks, any book lover is sure to want to give it a whirl!

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The Gunslinger

From Amazon.com

The Dark Tower I: Gunslinger by Stephen King

With the new movie adaptation due in 2017, might as well get started on this long series. Check out my thoughts here.  Not a long read but definitely one to check out!

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A Wrinkle in Time

From Amazon.com

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

This was a classic that many young adults were brought up with and it is finally being turned into a movie next year. How exciting! Why not re-read it, relive your child hood, or introduce your young one to an amazing novel?

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it by stephen king

From wikimedia.org

It by Stephen King

For the classical horror love in your life, this may be just what they need! With a movie coming around next September, this book may take you some time to bite through, so might as well start in the New Year!

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Holiday Helper

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There is so much going on at the moment, it feels like the world is spinning too much. So much to do, so little time. So, once again here to help you with some gift ideas for others (or yourself……yours elf!!) here are some excellent suggestions.

Amie Borst of From The Mixed Up Files blog has written a lovely piece about holiday traditions in her home with a great list of books in various subjects. Here. Thanks Amie, wonderful suggestions.

If you are into technology you have to check this out. Full explanation is here. Technology, kids and reading is something we have touched on before but this has them listening to books. Here at MLCWO we love listening to books and have our favorite readers as well as books. This looks like it could be the perfect addition to a child’s development of reading – supplementing the books, of course. While checking the site out (rather quickly) Rodney Yee (cool yoga dude) was found doing a little meditation piece…..not sure if they are planning to move into adults as well…..or maybe it was for the harassed mother in the introductory video.

My Favorite Holiday Books

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The Christmas Humbugs by Colleen Monroe, Illustrated by Michael Glen Monroe

“They come in full of mischief
to play naughty little games,
like ripping holes in stockings
and breaking candy canes.
They aren’t trying to be nasty,
in fact the opposite is true,
they’re testing Christmas Spirit
and how strong it is in you.”

– The Christmas Humbugs

This is a great Christmas book to read. Even though I never read picture books anymore, I love reading this book and many others during Christmas time. The illustrations in this book are fabulous, they are colorful and fun to look at. There is so much going on, every time you read it there is something new to see. The writing is done in poem form to keep the reader interested. Sometimes I just like looking at the pictures and seeing what I can see. So hopefully you will try to find this book because I am sure that it will be loved by one and all.

Auntie  Claus by Elise Primavera

This is such a cute book with the illustrations. In this story a girl named Sophie was curious where the elevator went and she found out that it went to where Santa lived. This book was about learning the true meaning of Christmas. The illustrations are wonderful and it is a lovely read. I have been reading this book for about 5-6 years now and I still love reading it.

Christmas is such a wonderful time to pull out picture books. They almost put you in the best mood of the season as much as hot chocolate and cookies.

Best Books

 in Books / Interesting / Young Adult by

As the holiday season gets into full swing it seems that everyone is compiling their list of Best Books of 2010 or Gift Book lists. It is always interesting and fun to see what others are reading and recommending. So without further ado here is this years Best Teen Books from NPR. Interesting.

And don’t forget to check out the comments at the bottom with some even more interesting suggestions.