2004 TV film based on Susan S. Adler and Valerie Tripp's books. Shot in Toronto, Canada, featuring lavish period costumes. First film in American Girl franchise. Won Young Artist Award for Best Picture
Legend dates back to Middle Ages in Hamelin, Lower Saxony, Germany. Story begins with 130 children disappearing from Hamelin in 1284. Piper dressed in multicolored clothing was hired to catch rats. Mayor refused to pay full 1,000 guilders, leading to children's disappearance
Story takes place in Narnia, ten miles from railway station. Four children: Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy. Professor lives in large house with housekeeper and servants
Mary Lennox, a spoilt 10-year-old girl, lives in India with her Indian servant. Cholera outbreak causes family deaths and Mary's Ayah's death. Mary is sent to England to live with her uncle Mr. Craven
Miss Polly Harrington receives letter from Jeremiah O. White about niece Pollyanna. Pollyanna is eleven years old and coming to live with Miss Polly. Miss Polly's sister Jennie married minister at age twenty. Jennie named her last baby Pollyanna after her sisters
Narrator meets prince in Sahara Desert after crash landing. Prince asks narrator to draw sheep, narrator refuses and draws elephant in boa constrictor. Prince's planet is Asteroid B-612, barely bigger than narrator's house. Prince teaches narrator about plants and their importance. Prince's planet has three volcanoes and special flower