 She eventually transitioned into writing children's books, most notably "Freaky Friday" (1972), which was made into a feature film (released 1976) for which Rodgers wrote the screenplay, and was remade for television in 1995, and again for cinemas in 2003.Rodgers' other children's books include "The Rotten Book" (1969), "A Billion for Boris" (1974, later republished under the title "ESP TV"), and "Summer Switch" (1982), and she contributed songs to the landmark children's album "Free to Be... You and Me".She made a few brief forays back into composing for musical theatre, including an adaptation of her book "Freaky Friday" (featuring book and lyrics by John Forster) which was presented by Theatreworks/USA in 1991 and "The Griffin and the Minor Canon", which was produced by Music Theatre Group, but after the latter show she never composed another note of music and never even played the piano again.