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I am always scared when I hear one of my childhood favourites is going to be made into a film.

Books I resented sharing with the non-reading world include:
The various Winnie the Pooh books - yup, my Dad read them to me. My Winnie the Pooh had a gruff East London accent, not a high pitched American one.
The Black Cauldron - Taran & Eilonwy were my Posh & Becks. I didn't appreciate them getting the Disney treatment.
Little House on the Prairie - Laura's life was hard work and strong morals, not talking back to her parents and rescuing people.
Archer's Goon - a TV series over here based on the wonderful book by Diana Wynne Jones. It just wasn't as subtle and complex as the book. And the magical siblings just didn't have the presence on screen that my mind gave them.
Howl's Moving Castle - again by Diana Wynne Jones. It was a beautiful cartoon, but no Howl could live up to my expectations.

The one I fear the most is a screen version of The Changeover by Margaret Mahy. I read that book to pieces in my early teens and would just hate to see Sorenson Carlise and Laura Chant as just another two whiny Kiwi kids.

I'm NOT looking forward to Coraline, but I would really like to be proved wrong.