Similarities between the movie and the book, Because of Winn-dixie, are Otis told Opal and Winn-Dixie why he was in jail. Another similarity is all of the characters have the same traits in the movie and the book. Another similarity is Sweetie Pie Thomas loves dogs. Winn-Dixie is a dog in both the movie and the book. Another similarity is Otis brought pickles to the party. Also the Preacher is Opals dad in both the book and movie. Another similarity is Opal lost her Mama.

There are many differences between the movie and the book Because of Winn-Dixie. One is Gloria Dump is more spooky in the movie than in the book. One more is the Preacher did not come to the party in the movie. Also Winn-Dixie was going to go to the pound but the Preacher stopped it in the movie. Another difference is Otis did not have to be asked a lot to come to the party in the movie.