Who Dun It?
This lovely series about a girl detective by Nancy Springer has it's second feature on Netflix starring the same girl who plays Eleven in Stranger Things.
What is Enola Holmes
This book's movie was made in 1939 and was the first movie to feature technicolor! It featured "a horse of a different color", along with munchkins and ruby slippers.
What is The Wizard of Oz.
This book by William Goldman was made into a movie in 1987. It is the story of Princess Buttercup and her noble hero Westley.
“My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die!”
What is The Princess Bride.
Name the movie that is based off the book series written by James Dashner. It is dystopian science fiction about some kids in a maze.
What is The Maze Runner
Roald Dahl wrote this yummy book filled with sweets. Looks like a new version with Timothy Chalamet is going to be released in 2023.
What is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Murder on the Orient Express has been performed in theater, and made into movies more than once. Which female author wrote this great story?
Agatha Christie
Frank Herbert wrote this book in 1965 and it is considered one of the best science fiction book series of all time. It was made into a movie in 1984, but recently remade in 2021. Timothy Chalamet plays it's lead character Paul Atreides.
What is Dune.
What is Romeo and Juliette by William Shakespere
This book, written by Michael Crichton in 1990 became the one of the first movies to feature CGI with dinosaurs. Now it's become a franchise that is unstoppable.
What is Jurassic Park.
This book series written by Cressida Cowell in 2003 became a animated hit by Dreamworks. It features a main character named Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III .
What is How to Train Your Dragon
This famous detective was written into existence by a man named Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The collection includes over 50 short stories and 4 main novels all written at the turn of the century. Name this famous gum-shoe! It's elementary!
Who is Sherlock Holmes
This book has been made into a movie over and over again and again. In fact it seems like every third Christmas there is a new version of this "ghostly christmas tale"
What is A Christmas Carol
This author writes stories that are usually sad and involve love. In 2014, a move adaptation of The Fault in Our Stars was released. Name the author of the book with the same title.
Who is John Green
Suzanne Collins wrote this series which was turned into a movie in 2012. Starring.. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Liam Hemsworth.
What is the Hunger Games.
Lewis Carroll wrote this classic children's story which was first made into an animated Disney film in 1951. But the more recent version starring Johnny Depp from 2010 is the one I prefer.
What is Alice in Wonderland
Karen McManus wrote this book which has been turned into a television series which streams on NBC's Peacock streaming service. It had it's second season in in 2022. It follows five high school students who enter detention, where one of them dies under suspicious circumstances and an investigation ensues.
What is One of Us is Lying
This movie was released in 1962 and they have not made a new version of the movie since. The book is read in classrooms across the country to this day. It stars Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird
Stephanie Meyer wrote this teen saga about a human and vampire that fall in love. The books were very popular in the early 2000's. Starring Robert Pattinson.
What is Twilight.
Stan Lee created this character for Marvel Comic in 1962, but the newest movie about him comes out February 17, 2023.
Who is Ant-Man
Name the author who wrote this amazing series that was turned into a movie series starting in 2005. The Chronicles of Narnia.
Who is C.S. Lewis
Who is Edgar Allen Poe
This remake starred Brendan Fraser as the lead explorer. The book was written by Jules Verne in 1864. This story is part of a genre that was very popular at the turn of the century called "subterranean fiction".
What is Journey to the Center of the Earth
Story of a mother’s attempts to marry off her five daughters. It is considered one of the best-loved books in the history of English literature. Written by Jane Austen, made into a great movie starring Keira Knightly in 2005.
You know this author because he wrote IT, and that was a big movie a few years back. But this author also wrote this book, which was made into a movie back in 1980. It starred Jack Nicholson and Shelly Duvall. The story takes place in a remote, abandoned hotel in winter.
What is The Shining
Name the AUTHOR who wrote the books that were turned into these movies: The Polar Express and Jumanji.
Chris Val Allsburg