It doesn't apply because, in my opinion, most studios want something more modern that they can market to kids, since this opens a lot of merchandising options not available to them if they tried to appeal to just fans of, say, the original Peter Rabbit book. This approach, however, probably doesn't apply to most properties based on children's books. There was nothing ambitious about the movie or, really, that differed that much from what most of us know/remember of the Peanuts franchise and, you know what, it was a movie that I enjoyed tremendously. I don't know how I feel, because there's something very sweetly nostalgic about a movie like, say, The Peanuts Movie in that that movie, essentially, feels like the Peanuts strip (or cartoons) as seen through 2015 eyes (the year the movie was released). Reason I bring this up in reference to this movie is that, I'm certain, at least as far as the humor is concerned and the narrative, that this movie is nothing like the children's book it is based on. It doesn't have to be anything major, but just add something that makes it uniquely yours and not just a mindless adaptation of the book.
I think the best way to approach things is to take the basic concept of the book, and a lot of the major story beats, and just adding your own touch to it.
It's the same thing with remakes, change too much you get derided, adhere strictly to what came before, you get made fun of. But, by the same token, if you change too little for your adaptation then you're also criticized for, really, not adapting anything, you just took the book and, essentially, filmed it with no heart and soul. On the one hand, if you change too much for your adaptation, these fans will be all over you for it. Film adaptations of classic books or, rather, books that have a passionate fanbase are a tricky thing to pull off.
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