Comments on: Review: The Wild Things by Dave Eggers

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By: Mordekia

Mordekia — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:35:15 +0000

The Little Engine that Could. now before you imagine some corny, children’s movie…i see this being adapted by someone like Guillermo del Toro. it would be very dark, and the moral…which is ‘if at first you dont succeed, try again’ i suppose…would be learned the hard way. it would be rated R, complete with del Toro’s creatures and monsters…im sure he can create a beautifully ugly choo-choo.

By: Patricia Jessup.

Patricia Jessup. — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:50:46 +0000

‘East of the Sun,West of the Moon’,an old folktale about a
handsome Prince who has been transformed into a bear by his wicked stepmother.The spell is broken when he falls in love with the beautiful daughter of a poor peasant,and takes her to live with him in his enchanted castle . A mag-
ical made for movies fairytale that will never be forgotten

By: Molly

Molly — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:28:03 +0000

The Giving Tree….I'm sure someone could capture it's beauty and teach us the lesson again.

By: Patricia Jessup.

Patricia Jessup. — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:43:36 +0000

‘East of the Sun,West of the Moon’,written and exquisitely
illustrated by Kay Nielsen.This book, based on an old Nor -wegian folk tale,tells the story of a Prince who has been transformed into a bear by his his wicked stepmpther.The
spell is broken when the Prince falls in love with a poor
peasant’s daughter and marries her.Sheer magic!

By: mconahan

mconahan — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:05:01 +0000

Everybody Poops by Taro Gomi. (http://www.kanemiller.com/book.asp?sku=25) Because everybody poops and yet it's still a source of shame, embarrassment. Empower the defecators! A motion picture adaptation of the artist's illustration style and color sense could be very cool.

By: Camille Walker

Camille Walker — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:57:12 +0000

Liza Lou and the Yeller Belly Swamp by Mercer Mayer – Liza Lou needs to take a bag of sweet potatoes to her grandmother's house but before she can get there she has to cross the Yeller Belly Swamp home to the swamp haunt, the witch, and the swamp devil. When I read this book for the first time I hadn't tasted a sweet potatoe but ohhh, how I wanted to sit at the table with Liza Lou and her gramma waiting for them to be ready while Liza Lou and I shared jokes. A clever, young, black girl who rids a swamp of evil after she tricks the monsters into doing her chores? That's an original and worthwhile story.

By: Cheryl Cummings

Cheryl Cummings — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:42:50 +0000

Good Dog Carl. Let's see a black lab taking care of his human baby brother (or sister) and all the near misses and fun they have together come to life on screen! With a dog and a baby as the main characters, will this be a silent film? …Oh, no, I vote for a "Look Who's Talking" approach – hasn't been done for awhile, and can be very entertaining when done well.

By: Orange_Crow

Orange_Crow — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:29:34 +0000

Were the winners chosen already? If not, when will we know?

Thanks!

By: Elizabeth Lumley

Elizabeth Lumley — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:49:51 +0000

Antoine de Saint Exupery's The Little Prince would be a good choice. Children love the most 'insignificant' things, a found rock, a make-shift fort, a lonely flower. But as they become adults they start wanting what others have, and they forget what made these things so special. Most adults become blind to what they have, seeing only with their eyes. Most seem to lose their imaginations. Although the story doesn't have a happy ending, it reminds us that we take what we have for granted, that things are material until we place a value on them, and that we are capable of being happy with what we've got. I love it from the very beginning when the Prince asks for a drawing of a sheep and instead gets a drawing of a box, and he's told that the sheep is inside. Children would enjoy the mystery, a little humor, the fantasy and the visual aspects, along with the different characters. Maybe the adults would get something from it too.