Been meaning to comment on this, but it’s kept slipping my mind. Three stories that were well worth the time it took to tell them: Mr. Popper’s Penguins, How to Train Your Dragon, and James and the Giant Peach.
The kids thoroughly enjoyed all three stories. For that matter, they’re enjoyable stories for any age I’d wager. The kid’s kept after me to finish both of the books. Of the two, James and the Giant Peach really captured their imaginations. We even let them watch a Disney-fied movie version of the story we found on Netflix.
HTTYD continued the recent history of excellent animated stories that are entertaining for kids and adults alike. From my quick reading of the book it’s based on, they took a lot of liberties with the movie. But they made it work.