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From: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 20011111
Author:Misha Davenport

When "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" opens on Friday, Hollywood executives expect fans of the book to line up to share in Harry's adventures.

It isn't the first time, nor the last, that a children's book will be adapted into a much-anticipated film. Some other works to make the leap from page to screen:

THE CLASSICS

The works of Frances Hodgson Burnett--Long before J.K. Rowling had Harry take his first ride on his broom, the Nimbus 2000, Burnett cornered the market on orphan children with extraordinary powers/ strength. "A Little Princess" is equally enjoyable in the 1939 Shirley ...

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