From: Liz Deskins <liz.library>
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 17:08:06 -0400

As much as I loved Julie Andrews, I was disappointed in the Disney movie. I loved that odd, crotchety woman and her magical bag. I loved the chapters that dealt with the twins who could talk to the birds and animals, and they did not even make it into the movie. The other books in the series were also wonderful. I used the book last year as a family book club selection, and there was a great discussion on the differences between move and book. Liz Deskins Teacher-Librarian

On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 4:38 PM, <queeline at aol.com> wrote:

> Though I love both the movie and theatrical adaptations of Mary
> Poppins, recently learned what many of you might already know--that
> P.L. Travers was pretty devastated with what Disney did to her beloved
> nanny:
>
> http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/12/19/051219fa_fact1
>
> or, in a bit less detail...
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_Travers
>
> Will probably continue to enjoy the Julie Andrews version but, sorry to
> say, probably won't ever look at them in quite the same way again. Does
> this change anyone else's perception of the movie?
>
>
> --Jackie Glasthal
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kristin Butcher <kristin at kristinbutcher.com>
> To: CCBC -Net <ccbc-net at lists.education.wisc.edu>
> Sent: Sun, Aug 9, 2009 2:07 pm
> Subject: [CCBC-Net] Books to Movies
>
> Though I often want to read a book after I've seen the movie, I can't
> think of a single time I want to see the movie after I've read the
> book. Occasionally the movie does the book justice, but most times it
> fails to capture the essence of the book, and I find myself
> disappointed. When my son was about five (it's his 31st birthday
> today), he asked me which I preferred -- to watch a movie or read a
> book. Then, before I could answer, he said, "You'd rather read a
> book, right? Because then you get to make your own pictures."
>
> How right he was.
>
> Kristin
>
> Kristin Butcher
> www.kristinbutcher.com
>
>
>
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