The Wonderworks movie Anne of Green Gables stays about as true to a book as you could ask of a movie. In my opinion, it is a great adaptation that really brings the book to life.

Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel, however, puts together just a little bit from each of the books Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, and Anne of Windy Poplars. As such, it leaves out the majority of Anne's adventures. For instance, Anne never goes to Redmond College in the movie, but her time at Redmond is primarily what the book Anne of the Island is about. While it is relatively faithful to what material it does include from the books (although it does alter the timeline and some other details; for instance, in the books Anne is engaged to Gilbert before she ever goes to Kingsport Ladies' College, which is really Summerside (co-ed) High School), the movie does invent one rather large storyline that doesn't appear in the books at all--that of Emmeline Harris, her father Morgan Harris, and Morgan's falling in love with Anne. I feel this was unnecessary, given the very large amount of material in the books that was completely left out. In other words, there was plenty of material to choose from in making the movie without creating another storyline. I do like the movie, as the invented parts are not bad as a separate story, and I have a strong sentimental attachment to it since I enjoyed it a girl, but it definitely isn't a substitute for reading the Anne sequels.

The movie Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story has nothing at all whatsoever to do with the books and is a poor story in and of itself to boot, so it is best completely avoided.

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