I never saw the cartoon at all, and I saw the live action movie (or mini-series?) after having read the book many times.

I find a lot of classic kids movies (101 Dalmations, Mary Poppins and The Wizard of Oz come to mind) don't have a special place in my memory because they pale in comparison to the book I remember. Like Mary Poppins: she was a much more complex and much weirder character in the books then in the movie.

Hmmm... I'm rambling nostalic again!