For now, though, I want to talk about "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett. This is the book we're going to read together this semester.
"The Secret Garden" was one of my favorite books when I was a child. I probably read it over 10 times. I really liked reading about the house in the book, Misselthwaite Manor, which had so many different rooms - almost 100! I used to imagine what was in all the different rooms.
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"The Secret Garden" was written in 1910, but it is still very popular in English-speaking countries. It has been made into many different movie versions and a Broadway play! Here are some of the different versions.
"The Secret Garden" 1993, feature film. This is just a short movie clip!
It's even been made into a Japanese anime called Anime Himitsu no Hanazono (アニメ ひみつの花園). You can't get this version in English. If anyone decides to watch it in Japanese, please tell me your opinion of it!
Finally, it became a Broadway musical!
If you like, watch some of these videos and see what you think! Remember, however, that the book will not be exactly the same as the movies! The movies can help you understand better or enjoy the book, but to really know the story, you must read! :)
COMMENT! - What do you think of these videos? Have you seen any of these movies or shows? What were some of your favorite books when you were a child?
Hi~ I think these videos are beautiful and mysterious. especially, I love short movie cilp song. I didn't see these videos because it's too old to me. my birth of year is 1994! My favorite book is harrypotter. I like harrypotter series very much. also I memorize magic names and harry's relationship.
ReplyDeleteNow it took away my comment too! I will write one more time! I also love "Harry Potter"! My favorite Harry Potter book is the fifth book - "The Order of the Phoenix." Do you have a favorite Harry Potter book or movie? Which one?
DeleteI like 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone' most. but I also like death hallows. Harry grows with Hogwarts. I grow up with harry potter. When I fresh out of the army 2017. I want to go England to see Harry potter exhibit hall
DeleteThat sounds like a cool plan! I want to see The Wizarding World of Harry Potter amusement park in Florida, but I heard that there is now also a Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Osaka, Japan, so maybe I'll go there instead!
DeleteOh Really? I don't know Wizarding World of Harry potter in Osaka. My friend live in England so I ask 'please be my guide'. There are many attractions. I want to drink Butter Beer! In the movie, harry often dirnks butter beer.
DeleteI also want to drink butter beer! Yes, Osaka and Florida both have Harry Potter amusement parks and you can drink butter beer there! This is the website for the Florida park - the Japanese park has its own website! Some of my friends went there and they really loved it! https://www.universalorlando.com/harrypotter/ Of course, England would be great to visit too! That's very cool that your friend lives in England, and it gives you another reason to visit!
DeleteHello. teacher! how about your Chuseok? good? I was very good. And, I'm looking forward tihs book "The secret garden" for a class. Actually, I did not know until you tell the information but it is beautiful and interesting. right?
ReplyDeleteMy favorite book is "Twilight". Did you ever read the book?
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Hello, Kim Song Yeon (did I spell that correctly?) How are you? My Chuseok was pretty good, thanks! I hope yours was wonderful! I'm glad you are excited by the book; I hope you will like it! Yes, I have read all of the "Twilight" books - I liked "Eclipse" the most because I was very interested in the wolf characters. What do you think of the character Jacob? I know most readers like Edward the best, but I am "Team Jacob." (In America girls say they are "Team Edward" or "Team Jacob" to say who they think Bella should be with). What about you?
DeleteI like Edward than Jacob. Although Jacob had many muscles and good acting well, but I think Edward great it than him. Also, he seems to main character.
DeleteYes, I think most "Twilight" fans agree with you, but I personally like the wolf story a lot. :)
DeleteIn fact, I already read "The Secret Garden" translated into Korean. I like this fairy, too. But, it is difficult for me to watch these movies(I'm not very good at English and the Japanese). Anyway, I think that the Japanese version has very different image in comparison with the Original, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteI like the fantasy world within The Silmarillion or The chronicles of Narnia. The world is full of beauty, and Good triumphs always over evil in there.
Yes, I think the Japanese cartoon looks very different from the original, too, but I think that's very interesting. I really love the book "Alice in Wonderland" and it has been made into so many different kinds of movies and TV shows and even computer games. I'm always interested to see how people change it.
DeleteI never read the Silmarillion, but I also enjoyed reading the Narnia books. It has been a long time since I read them!
I guess you already know " The lord of the rings. The Silmarillion is a previous work prior to The lord of the rings. However, this book published by his brother(arranged by him) after author was died. The Simarllion talk about creation of fantasy ~ the ending of "The lord of rings". It looks like bible.
Deletel like also the mysterious world within "Alice in Wonderland"
Yes! I've heard about it before! That's cool that you read it! Maybe I'll read it someday! So far my favorite Tolkien book was "The Hobbit", but my favorite movie related to his books was "Return of the King." I really like movies based on books!
DeleteI am glad you know Tolkien.
Delete"The Hobbit" is also a part of Tolkien's world. He wrote many manuscripts, but he only published "Hobbit", "The lord of the rings", "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil"(about Tolkien's world) before he was died. His son, Christopher(I was wrong!) published his many manuscripts. What I'm trying to say is, if you are not interested
Tolkien's world, I don't recommend "The silmarillion"(I sad it looks like the bible. It is too dry). I want to do English well because of his works. There are still many untranslated, unissued books.
I think that's a good motivation for studying English! Even when books are translated, they can be a bit different than the original. I am studying French. One of the reasons is so I can read "Madame Bovary" (one of my favorite books) in the original French. Those are interesting facts about Tolkien - I didn't know those things! Thanks for telling me about it!
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ReplyDeleteHI, Jennifer, to tell the truth I didn't read 'Secret Garden' until a recent data. So I found summary and saw your video. Musical was catch my fancy among the rest. Especially Her(a girl) singing was good.
ReplyDeleteMy favorit book is '”King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table'. It gave me adventurous spirit and exciting.
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I really like musicals too! The boy who is singing with the girl is also famous from "Hedwig and the Angry Inch." I've never read the King Arthur books, but I've seen some movies related to them. Do you enjoy stories with action?
DeleteHi, Jennifer. I like these video songs. songs gave me to curious and mystical feeling. Now I didn't read a book, but I come to be like of this book. Because I like Mystical feeling's book. My favorite book is Matilda. Also I like Harry Potter and Wizard Bakery.
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Oh! Matilda is by Roald Dahl - cool! Have you read any other Roald Dahl books? He's a very interesting author. I really like "The BFG." I don't know "Wizard Bakery" - what is it?
DeleteYes!I love Roald Dahl. I want to read all he's book. I read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach!!. when I was child these book gave me to pleasure.
DeleteWizard Barery is korea book. writer's name is 구병모. this book is teenager literature award book. I don't konw that was translated
I found "Wizard Bakery" talked about here: http://smithereens.wordpress.com/2011/09/15/byeong-mo-gu-wizard-bakery-korean-2009-french-2011/ It says that you can read it in French, too. I read French pretty well, so maybe I will find it! Thanks for your recommendation :)
DeleteHi, Jennifer. I signed on for an this class at Friday. So I haven't met you.
ReplyDeleteYour posts are excellent and "The Secret Garden" is one of my favorite books. The ending made me feel kind of warmth. But, I didn't know this movie. I'll try later. My favorite book is “The Tree” by Bernard Werber. There is something peculiar about story. Bernard Werber is one of my favorite writers.
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I'm really happy that you like "The Secret Garden." It's such a classic story. The movies are quite good, but it might be better to find a copy with subtitles so you can enjoy it completely! My favorite is the Hallmark one. I think it was closer to the book. I've never read "The Tree." I will look it up! Ah!!! It looks like a French author. That's cool. I study French. I will try to find his book :)
DeleteI think these videos are something mysterious. And "The Secret Garden" 1993, feature film heroine is so cute. I didn't see these videos. My favorite book is "The Giving Tree" when I was a child.
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"The Giving Tree" is a very very popular book in the United States. Truthfully, I always thought it was kind of a sad book though! I was sad for the tree! How about you? How do you feel when you read that story?
DeleteI feel sad too. And I think every parents same to 'The Giving Tree'!!
DeleteHa ha ha! Yes, you are right!
DeleteHi Jennifer! How about your hollday? I made many fried food especially Dong grang ddang. Do you know this food? It was made bean curd, grinded meat and vegetables. When I saw these video, my feel become good. When I was child, I read Korean great names of past age, Lion King and Junglebook but I forget many contents now.
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no hollday....It's my mistakeㅠㅠIt is holliday. I'm sorry...;-(
DeleteI had time off, but yes, it's not an American holiday. My husband and I watched a few movies and (actually) worked a lot! We probably should have rested more! I have actually never read "The Jungle Book" and I didn't know "The Lion King" was made into a book. What do you mean by "Korean great names of past age"? Is that a book title? What are some of the Korean books you read? You can write their name in Hangul if you like! :)
Delete"Korean graet name of past age" is story of one person who did graet achivement for Korea. For example, King Sejong, Admiral Yi sun-sin, Snsaimdang and so on.
DeleteAh, so they are like short biographies! Cool!
DeleteHi jennifer ;-) Movies are so difficult. there are very fast. I can't understand perfectly. When I was young I read "Three Little Pig" It was very fun.Have u ever read it?
ReplyDeleteOh, yes! "The Three LIttle Pigs" is a very famous story in the U.S. Yes, the movies are pretty fast. I put them on here just so you can get a feeling about the story, or see a picture of the story. It's possible that some of the movies have been translated to Korean, too, but I'm not sure where to find them!
DeleteActually I don't know these movies. I didn't read this book. I only know Korean Drama "Secret Garden";;; And this book looks like very difficult. So I worried about it... but i look forward to reading it.
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I read a little bit about the Korean drama, and it sounds very complicated to me! Do you like it? Why is it called "Secret Garden"? I couldn't understand from the plot summary.
DeleteThere were not Korean subtitles. So I can't understand clearly. but I know those videos about The secret garden. And I can see various Mary. every Mary are cute. And I had never see those movies. when I was a child, I liked a Cinderella. I can't remember this, but my mon told me "you are a big fan of Cinderella "
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Ah, Cinderella is a good story. I like how our mothers can remember things about us that we can't remember well! My favorite fairy tale was "The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Andersen. The original story was very different from the Disney movie!
DeleteWow, Although I don't understand to speaking, these movie wants to recall my childrenhood. When I was young, I'm very cute. Today is too! kkkkk. That girl and many characters grow old! I will read this book as soon as. See you Jennifer!
ReplyDeleteTell me what you think about the book when you read it! I hope you will like it! I can imagine that you were cute as a child! I was sometimes cute, but sometimes I looked a little bit stubborn!
DeleteHi Jennifer, I love see a movie. I'm looking forward to tihs book "The secret garden" for class. My favorite book is " I am Sam" when I was child. Did you see it? This book is published movie too!
ReplyDeleteHello! Do you mean this movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0277027/ ? Or is it a different one? I enjoyed that movie, but I am surprised that a child would enjoy it too!
Deletesetcret garden is difficult!
ReplyDeletebut It is fun. I like reading setcret garden.
I read this book. Secret Garden is very interesting book. I like Dickon. He is very smart and kind.
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