TV shows based on children's books
Check out our favourite kid's TV shows based on children's books.
Some are classics, some are new, while others you may be suprised to find out were books first!
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Anne of Green Gables
Author: L M Montgomery
Publisher: Puffin
Interest age: 9-13
Reading age: 9+Anne Shirley is one of literature's finest heroines, and this first book of her adventures is the perfect book about growing up, friendship and family.
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Winnie-the-Pooh
Author: A A Milne Illustrator: E H Shepard
Publisher: Methuen
Interest age: 4+
Reading age: 7+No child's library could be complete without A A Milne's stories about Pooh, Christopher Robin and their friends in the Hundred Acre Wood.
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Author: Beatrix Potter
Publisher: Warne
Interest age: 3-6
Reading age: 5-7Beatrix Potter's iconic tale of the naughty rabbit has been a favourite with children and parents ever since it was published in 1902 - it has a timeless charm.
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The Little Prince
Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupery Translator: Katherine Woods
Publisher: Farshore
Interest age: 7-11
Reading age: 8+An air pilot makes a forced landing deep in the Sahara Desert. There, he makes a mysterious Little Prince, who tells him a series of wise and enchanting stories.
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Kipper's Balloon
Author: Mick Inkpen
Publisher: Hachette
Interest age: 0+
Reading age: 5+The latest in a range of good books about the popular Kipper and his friends, this is a stunning pop-up and lift-the-flap book with sounds, which tells of a great adventure and a fantastic balloon ride.
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Horrid Henry
Author: Francesca Simon Illustrator: Tony Ross
Publisher: Orion Children's Books
Interest age: 4+
Reading age: 6+Stories about naughty characters have been told for centuries, and Horrid Henry is a modern-day rogue in the tradition of Dennis the Menace and Just William.
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The Worst Witch
Author: Jill Murphy
Publisher: Puffin
Interest age: 6+
Reading age: 7+Long before Harry Potter first went to Hogwarts, trainee witch Mildred Hubble embarked on life at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches...
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Stig of the Dump
Author: Clive King
Publisher: Puffin
Interest age: 8+
Reading age: 8+Exploring an old chalk pit, Barney meets a strange boy who wears a rabbit skin and speaks in grunts.
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Finn Family Moomintroll
Author: Tove Jansson Translator: Elizabeth Portch
Publisher: Puffin
Interest age: 5-8
Reading age: 6+Moomintroll is cheerful and chubby and lives in the magical Moominvalley with his mother, Moominmamma, his father, Moominpappa and all of their friends.
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Five on a Treasure Island
Author: Enid Blyton
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Interest age: 7+
Reading age: 9+Meet Enid Blyton's most famous characters - Julian, Dick, Anne, George and of course the ever-loyal Timmy the dog - for the first time in this, the first book in the classic Famous Five series.
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Goggle-Eyes
Author: Anne Fine
Publisher: Penguin
Interest age: 10-14
Reading age: 10+Kitty is not only a great storyteller, she is also the world's leading expert in mothers with unwanted boyfriends.
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The Queen's Nose
Author: Dick KingSmith
Publisher: Puffin
Interest age: 7+
Reading age: 8+Harmony's Uncle Ginger sends her on a treasure trail - which ends in finding a 50p piece.
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Feather Boy
Author: Nicky Singer
Publisher: HarperCollins
Interest age: 12+
Reading age: 11+Robert is having a tough time at school, being bullied by Nicker; he's also trying to deal with the break-up of his parents' marriage.
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The Story of Tracy Beaker
Author: Jacqueline Wilson Illustrator: Nick Sharratt
Publisher: Random House
Interest age: 8+
Reading age: 8+Tracy lives in a children's home but constantly hopes that her absent, glamorous Mum will come and take her away.
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The Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning
Author: Lemony Snicket Illustrator: Brett Helquist
Publisher: Farshore
Interest age: 9+
Reading age: 9+The Bad Beginning is the first of 13 volumes in the appropriately named collection, A Series of Unfortunate Events.
