I have been thinking about books that have become movies and
it seems that I am not the only one. One
of the blogs I have been following posted a list of YA books that are being released as movies.
I was thinking about a couple of books to movies that were
not on that list. One would be the Twilight series with the upcoming release of the last Twilight movie. I remember when the first one was
released in 2008. All the girls in my
class had read the book and were going to the opening night screening (yes,
they went to a midnight show on a school night). They were so excited and couldn’t wait to
tell me about it the next day. I don’t
recall any of the ones released after that getting the same reaction. One of my students did tell me today that she
was looking forward to seeing the next one.
This year it was The
Hunger Games. All spring students
were talking about the books and the movie.
Not just the girls in the class but the boys read these books and saw
the movie as well. I feel like the Harry Potter books/movies generated enthusiasm with the girls and
boys as each one was released.
Twilight, Harry
Potter, and The Hunger Games were
popular books at the time they were made into movies. I feel like a lot of kids and adults read or
reread the Narnia books when the
movies were released and the same goes for the Lord of the Rings movies.
So, will kids read books like The Hobbit when the movie is released? Do libraries have books that are movies
displays in the YA and children’s sections?
Should they? What about having a
launch party at the library when the movie is about to release? Win copy of the book in a raffle? Or better
yet, check out the book and get your name in a drawing for free movie tickets
(maybe the theater will donate a couple of tickets)?
