Seems like more and more children’s books are being turned into movies these days.  When I was a kid the pickings were relatively slim.  If I had to name all the films I watched based on children’s literature that were released when I was between the ages of 0-12, I could name you that awful Pippi Longstocking (aw zut . . . now the theme song’s caught in my head again), The Neverending Story (which some would argue isn’t a children’s book at all), and . . . uh … Read More