Horton Hears a Who (Book/Movie)

This book was written by Dr. Seuss and was made into a movie in 2008. I read this book to my class and then we took a field trip to the movies to see it. I had my first graders compare and contrast the book and the movie.
Horton, the main character, is an elephant that hears something coming from a speck as it floats by. He discovers that there is a whole world living on the one tiny speck and becomes very determined to protect it. When the others in the jungle hear about this they think Horton has lost his mind, and even set out to destroy the speck. Horton does whatever it takes to protect the people of Who-ville, and the mayor of Who-ville and his people are counting on Horton to save them.
The movie is very similar to the book. The narrator in the movie reads parts of the actual story throughout the movie. The biggest difference between the book and the movie is Who-ville, the time spent and the characters of Who-ville were elaborated on a lot more in the movie than in the book. In the movie you become very familiar with the mayor and his family. In the movie there is mouse named Morton that is friends with Horton and he is a character that is not in the book.