This week the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the 2007 Oscar nominations. Did you know that several of the films nominated for awards this year started out as books? As preferred by many movie fans, you may wixh to read the book before you go to see the movie:

Children of Men, from the book titled The Children of Men by P.D. James.

Little Children, from the book titled Little Children by Tom Perrotta.

Notes on a Scandal, from the book titled What Was She Thinking?: Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller.

Letters from Iwo Jima, from the Japanese language books titled Picture Letters from Commander in Chief by General Tadamichi Kuribayashi and Sadness in Dying Gracefully by Kumiko Kakehashi. These two books are not yet available in the English language.

You can find a number of books about the Adademy Awards in our Music, Art and Media (MAM) Department. You may wish to try:
The Big Show : High Times and Dirty Dealings Backstage at the Academy Awards by Steve Pond,

The Complete Book of Oscar Fashion : Variety's 75 Years of Glamour on the Red Carpet by Reeve Chace, or

The Oscar Movies by Roy Pickard.

Look here for other books and movies about the Academy Awards.

What is your favorite book-turned-Oscar-winning movie? Enjoy the show!