Pinecone & Pony. Poster of the 2022 TV series and cover of the 2015 comic book, The Princess and the Pony
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The Princess and the Pony
Kate Beaton, 2015
TV series vs comic book
Stephanie Kaliner, 2022-

Princess Pinecone is a young girl who knows exactly what she wants for her birthday this year. A big and strong horse. A horse fit for a Warrior Princess! But when the day arrives, she doesn’t quite get the horse of her dreams. She will learn that there’s more than one way to be a warrior, her best friend Pony is helping her to find this out.


Soul. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Soul: The Junior Novelization
Tenny Nellson, 2020
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Pete Docter, Kemp Powers, 2020

Joe Gardner, a middle school music teacher from New York City, dreams of a career in jazz, even though his mother Libba objects to it, fearing for his financial security. Unwilling to die before his big break, he tries to escape but ends up in the Great Before, where soul counselors—all named Jerry—prepare unborn souls for life.


Hunt for the Wilderpeople. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 1986 book, Wild Pork and Watercress
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Wild Pork and Watercress
Barry Crump, 1986
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Taika Waititi, 2016

Ricky Baker, a juvenile delinquent who was abandoned by his mother, is taken by child welfare services officer Paula and police officer Andy, to live in a remote farm with foster aunt Bella Faulkner and her husband, the cantankerous southern man Hec. Hec is remote, but Bella quickly manages to break through Ricky’s defensive shell by taking him hunting and giving him a dog for his 13th birthday.


Moana. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Moana: The Junior Novelization
Suzanne Francis, 2016
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Ron Clements, John Musker, Don Hall, 2016

On the Polynesian island of Motunui, the inhabitants worship the goddess Te Fiti, who brought life to the ocean using a pounamu stone as her heart and the source of her power. Tui and Sina, Moana’s mother, try to keep her away from the ocean to prepare her to become the island’s chief.


Whale Rider. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 1987 book, The Whale Rider
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The Whale Rider
Witi Ihimaera, 1987
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Niki Caro, 2002

On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale. Pai, an 11-year-old girl in a patriarchal New Zealand tribe, believes she is destined to be the new chief. But her grandfather Koro is bound by tradition to pick a male leader.


Cousins. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 1992 book
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Cousins
Patricia Grace, 1992
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Ainsley Gardiner, Briar Grace Smith, 2021

Mata, Missy and Makareta. Three cousins. Three lives. Separated by circumstances, yet bound together by blood. Orphaned Mata believes she has no whanau and lives out her lonely childhood in fear and bewilderment. Back home on the land, educated Makareta flees an arranged marriage to study law and begin the search for her missing cousin.


Penguin Bloom. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the 2016 book, Penguin Bloom: The Odd Little Bird Who Saved a Family
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Penguin the Magpie
Cameron Bloom, Bradley Trevor Greive, 2016
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Glendyn Ivin, 2020

During a family vacation in Thailand, Sam Bloom accidentally falls off a high balcony and breaks her T6 thoracic vertebrae resulting in partial paralysis. Back home in Australia, Sam, an avid surfer, struggles to adjust to life in a wheelchair supported by her husband, three sons, and mother. One afternoon, the three boys find and bring home an injured magpie chick who they name Penguin.


Penguin Bloom. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Penguin Bloom
Chris Kunz, Shaun Grant, Harry Cripps, 2021
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Glendyn Ivin, 2020

During a family vacation in Thailand, Sam Bloom accidentally falls off a high balcony and breaks her T6 thoracic vertebrae resulting in partial paralysis. Back home in Australia, Sam, an avid surfer, struggles to adjust to life in a wheelchair supported by her husband, three sons, and mother. One afternoon, the three boys find and bring home an injured magpie chick who they name Penguin.


Cowboy Bebop. Poster of the 2021 TV series and cover of the book novelization
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Cowboy Bebop: A Syndicate Story: Red Planet Requiem
Sean Cummings, 2021
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Jeff Pinkner, André Nemec, 2021-

The space Western story follows Spike Spiegel and his rag-tag crew of bounty hunters, or Cowboys, as they try to capture the galaxy’s worst criminals and survive the unexpected dangers they encounter throughout space, sometimes saving the world in the process but always leaving millions in damages.


The Portable Door. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the 2003 book
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The Portable Door
Tom Holt, 2003
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Jeffrey Walker, 2023

In London, Paul Carpenter works as an intern at a perplexing firm that has unconventional executives, one of whom is a CEO with a desire to revolutionize the ancient magical realm by introducing contemporary corporate methodologies.