Madagascar. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Madagascar: Movie Novel
Louise Gikow, 2005
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, 2005

At the Central Park Zoo, Marty the zebra celebrates his tenth birthday but has grown bored with his daily routine and longs to experience the wild. Marty’s best friend is Alex the lion, who enjoys showing off for the public and his celebrity status as the king of New York. Alex attempts to cheer Marty up, but Marty, still unsatisfied, learns that the zoo’s penguins—Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private—are trying to escape, and follows them out.


Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Madagasgar 3: The Novel
Bonnie Bader, 2012
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Eric Darnell, Conrad Vernon, Tom McGrath, 2012

Following the events of the previous film, the penguins—Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private—and the chimpanzees Mason and Phil leave Africa for Monte Carlo in their modified airplane. When they do not return, Alex the lion convinces his friends Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe, and Gloria the hippopotamus that they should go find them and return to their home at the Central Park Zoo.


Penguins of Madagascar. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Penguins of Madagascar
Tracey West, 2014
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Eric Darnell, Simon J. Smith, 2014

Prior to the events of the first film, Skipper, Rico, and Kowalski are chicks in a penguin colony in Antarctica. After the events of the third film, Skipper, Rico, and Kowalski celebrate Private’s birthday by breaking into Fort Knox, to get Cheesy Dibbles from a vending machine, though what Private really wants is to no longer be considered a mascot but a member of the team.


Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
J.E. Bright, 2008
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, 2008

Years later, following their adventure in Madagascar, the zoo animals—Alex, Marty, Melman, Gloria, the penguins Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private, and chimpanzees Mason and Phil—prepare to return to New York aboard a battered airplane piloted by the penguins, accompanied by the lemurs King Julien, Maurice, and Mort.


The Boss Baby. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2010 book
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The Boss Baby
Marla Frazee, 2010
movie vs book
Tom McGrath, 2017

A man named Tim Templeton tells a story about his imaginative seven-year-old self and his parents, Ted and Janice. Seeing an opportunity to get rid of him, Tim decides to use a cassette tape to record a conversation between Boss Baby and other toddlers who are at Tim’s house for a meeting, under the guise of a play date in the eyes of the parents.


The Boss Baby. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Boss Baby Junior Novelization
Tracey West, 2017
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Tom McGrath, 2017

A man named Tim Templeton tells a story about his imaginative seven-year-old self and his parents, Ted and Janice. Seeing an opportunity to get rid of him, Tim decides to use a cassette tape to record a conversation between Boss Baby and other toddlers who are at Tim’s house for a meeting, under the guise of a play date in the eyes of the parents.


The Boss Baby: Family Business. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 2010 book, The Boss Baby
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The Boss Baby
Marla Frazee, 2010
movie vs book
Tom McGrath, 2021

Tim and his Boss Baby little bro Ted have become adults and drifted away from each other. Tim is now a married dad. Ted is a hedge fund CEO. But a new boss baby with a cutting-edge approach and a can-do attitude is about to bring them together again and inspire a new family business.


The Boss Baby: Family Business. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 216 book, The Bossier Baby
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The Bossier Baby
Marla Frazee, 2016
movie vs book
Tom McGrath, 2021

Tim and his Boss Baby little bro Ted have become adults and drifted away from each other. Tim is now a married dad. Ted is a hedge fund CEO. But a new boss baby with a cutting-edge approach and a can-do attitude is about to bring them together again and inspire a new family business.


The Boss Baby: Family Business. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Boss Baby: Family Business
Stacia Deutsch, 2021
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Tom McGrath, 2021

Tim and his Boss Baby little bro Ted have become adults and drifted away from each other. Tim is now a married dad. Ted is a hedge fund CEO. But a new boss baby with a cutting-edge approach and a can-do attitude is about to bring them together again and inspire a new family business.