Movies for Kids and Families – help please.

Below is the list of books I read to my children as they were growing up.

The human brain is strongly geared towards narrative and our intelligence and character is developed through hearing, reading, watching and experiencing story. Reading at the child’s cognitive level – as opposed to the reading skill level they have also enhances the development of imagination and creativity.

Yesterday I had lunch with a very good dad of three children between 4 and 10. I mentioned that there is significant evidence that children are missing out on film/movies. My hypothesis was due to them being on Youtube (etc) and especially the phenomenon of “shorts”. I saw a school facebook post the other day saying that a class had gone to a movie and, although 90 minutes was a long time to focus, they did enjoy the experience.

The dad did also point out that sourcing movies can be difficult as it is not the same as wandering down to the video store and wasting half an hour choosing. It also gets expensive having a whole range of subscriptions.

So first task I want to do for this gentleman – and also circulate – is the movies kids should see and that families can watch together. I will then work out where they are and how to see them.

Please put your ones in the comments …

#1 The Princess Bride.

ps The books I read to my children.

The Lord of the Rings                                                J. R. R. Tolkien

The Hobbit                                                                 J. R. R. Tolkien

The Father Christmas Letters                                     J. R. R. Tolkien

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight                              J. R. R. Tolkien

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil                            J. R. R. Tolkien

Farmer Giles of Ham                                                  J. R. R. Tolkien

Smith of Wootton Major                                            J. R. R. Tolkien

Leaf by Niggle                                                            J. R. R. Tolkien

The Magician’s Nephew                                             C. S. Lewis

The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe                       C. S. Lewis

The Horse and His Boy                                              C. S. Lewis

Prince Caspian                                                            C. S. Lewis

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader                              C. S. Lewis

The Silver Chair                                                         C. S. Lewis

The Last Battle                                                           C. S. Lewis

Pilgrims Regress                                                         C. S. Lewis

The Back of the North Wind                                      George MacDonald

The Princess and the Goblin                                       George MacDonald

The Princess and Curdie                                             George MacDonald

The Golden Key                                                         George MacDonald

The Complete Fairy Tales                                          George MacDonald

Phantastes                                                                 George MacDonald

The Last of the Mohicans                                          James Fenimore Cooper

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer                                Mark Twain

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn                         Mark Twain

Tom Brown’s Schooldays                                          Thomas Hughes

The Enchanted Castle                                                E. Nesbit

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy                         Douglas Adams

The Tanglewood’s Secret                                           Patricia St John

Treasures of the Snow                                                Patricia St John

The Victor                                                                  Patricia St John

Rainbow Garden                                                         Patricia St John

The Mystery of Pheasant Cottage                              Patricia St John

Star of Light                                                               Patricia St John

The Secret of the Fourth Candle                                Patricia St John

In the Grip of Winter                                                  Colin Dann

The Big Fisherman                                                     Lloyd C. Douglas

The Robe                                                                    Lloyd C. Douglas

The Jungle Book (1 & 2)                                            Rudyard Kipling

Just So Stories                                                            Rudyard Kipling

Robinson Crusoe                                                       Daniel Defoe

Swiss Family Robinson                                              Jonnie Wyss

Treasure Island                                                          Robert Louis Stevenson

To Kill a Mocking Bird                                              Harper Lee

Fantastic Mr Fox                                                        Roald Dahl

The Minpins                                                               Roald Dahl

James and the Giant Peach                                         Roald Dahl

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar                         Roald Dahl

Revolting Rhymes                                                      Roald Dahl

The Giraffe the Pelly and Me                                     Roald Dahl

Dirty Beasts                                                                Roald Dahl

Chalie and the Chocolate Factory                              Roald Dahl

Esio Trot                                                                     Roald Dahl

My Year                                                                      Roald Dahl

The BFG                                                                     Roald Dahl

Boy                                                                             Roald Dahl

George’s Marvelous Medecine                                  Roald Dahl

Danny The Champion of the World                           Roald Dahl

Going Solo                                                                 Roald Dahl

Matilda                                                                       Roald Dahl

The Secret Garden                                                     Frances Hodgson Burnett

Hans Andersons Fairy Tales                                      Hans Christian Anderson

I Am David                                                                 Anne Holm

The Silver Sword                                                        Ian Serraillier

Peter Pan                                                                     J. M. Barrie

Artemis Fowl                                                              Eion Colfer

Winnie the Pooh                                                         A. A. Milne

And Then We Were Six                                             A. A. Milne

Wind in the Willows                                                  Kenneth Grahame

The Little White Horse                                               Elizabeth Gouge

Aesop’s Fables                                                           Aesop

White Fang                                                                 Jack London

Dragon Boy                                                                Dick King-Smith

Babe                                                                            Dick King-Smith

Charlotte’s Web                                                          E. B. White

Stuart Little                                                                E. B. White

The Knight and the Squire                                         Terry Jones

Watership Down                                                         Richard Adams

The Odyssey                                                               Homer

Anamalia                                                                    Graeme Base

The Eleventh Hour                                                     Graeme Base

The Discovery of Dragons                                         Graeme Base

The 27th Annual African Hippopotamus Race           Morris Lurie

The Snow Goose                                                        Paul Gallico

Gullivers Travels                                                        Jonathan Swift

Oliver Twist                                                                Charles Dickens

365 Bible Stories                                                        God

Alice in Wonderland                                                  Lewis Carroll

Through the Looking Glass                                        Lewis Carroll

Alan Quartermain                                                       Rider Haggard

Exodus                                                                        Leon Uris

The Storm                                                                   Frederick Buechner

On the Road with the Archangel                                Frederick Buechner

Son of Laughter                                                          Frederick Buechner

Wuthering Heights                                                     Emily Bronte

Alwyn Poole
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