By Movieguide® Contributor
It’s so special to connect with our kiddos by watching movies based on beloved books from our childhood. Classics like THE VELVETEEN RABBIT and CHARLOTTE’S WEB are sure to bring you back memories of listening to your parents reading bedtime stories as a child. We’ve included some quality Christian movies like THE PRINCE OF EGYPT and THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE.
THE VELVETEEN RABBIT is a wonderful short movie on Apple TV+. William is a shy boy who has trouble connecting with other children. Things become even more difficult when his family moves. His parents give William a stuffed rabbit for Christmas. Rabbit…
Read the Full Review →In STUART LITTLE, a human family in New York City adopts a little white mouse named Stuart, who has trouble fitting in despite his big courageous heart. The parents’ human son at first shuns the new addition to the family, but the…
Read the Full Review →CHARLOTTES' WEB is a live action movie of the beloved children's novel. Dakota Fanning stars as Fern, a farm girl in the rural village of Somerset who rescues a small runt pig she names Wilbur. Fern keeps Wilbur in her uncle’s barn…
Read the Full Review →In THE BFG, Sophie lives in an orphanage she hates in London. One night, she sees a giant lurking in the shadows. The giant whisks Sophie away to a magical land where giants live. The giant, whom Sophie calls BFG for Big…
Read the Full Review →Magnificent entertainment, THE PRINCE OF EGYPT takes animated movies to a new level as it dramatizes the biblical story of Moses and his call from God to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. By the grace of God, Moses is rescued from…
Read the Full Review →THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE starts slightly before the Christian book by C. S. Lewis, with an air raid in London during World War II. Four children, Lucy, Peter, Edmund, and Susan, are taken to the English countryside for safety.…
Read the Full Review →BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA is a family movie based on the celebrated children's novel. The focus of the story is young Jess, a sad middle school boy whose parents are trying to make ends meet on the family farm. With three sisters, including…
Read the Full Review →The 1934 version of ANNE OF GREEN GABLES opens with Matthew Culbert coming to the train station to pick up a boy he and his sister Marilla had agreed to adopt (in part to help with farm work). To his surprise, the…
Read the Full Review →CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY is a wondrously quirky and heartwarming adaptation of the popular classic children’s book. Based on Roald Dahl’s book, the story tells what happens when poor Charlie Bucket wins one of five golden tours of Willy Wonka’s fabulous,…
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