Alice in Wonderland

by Mallory Loehr (Adapter), Lewis Carroll

Alice chases a white rabbit wearing a waistcoat and carrying a pocket watch down a rabbit hole to a strange land full of exotic creatures. Alice can hardly keep track of all the curious characters, let alone herself!

Genres: Classics, Fiction, Childrens, Fantasy, Chapter Books

112 pages, Library Binding

Published December 22, 2009

Reviews

[Jen · Rating 1 out of 5]

This has GOT to be one of the DUMBEST stories ever told! I have NO idea how it became so popular. (Mikey won a copy of this at the KSL Book Festival, and we thought we should read it since this is the play the kids will be doing for Up With Kids this year.)

[Carolyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

The introduction explains the absurdity and whimsy written by Lewis Caroll who also never quite grew up is a book for children and warns adults might not like all the fal-de-ral. I remember the poems and songs and ditties once again thinking I saw them elsewhere. Terribly hard for those learning to read. I would think you would have to be a very bright pupil to pick this book up and read it. It seems to read very fast or you seem to need to read it very fast that you would be brain tired or out of breath from reading it aloud. I like the book though because of the movies. It is the movie versions, Disney animated and live that makes me want to pick up the book to read it. It will always be a wonderful classic.

[Alicia · Rating 3 out of 5]

So Alice in Wonderland was never my favorite Disney movie. In fact it's at the bottom like Mary Poppins. However, I always meant to read this. It definitely has some great and insightful quotes in the midst of silliness. But at the same time it's just all silliness. I guess that's the point.

I think even as a child I knew there was no real plot and was concerned. Very reminiscent of Lady and the Tramp where it's just different scenes and I guess we call it a story.

That said, despite being ambivalent on this book, I feel like I'll probably read it again in the future. Perhaps to get more quality nuggets about life.

[Colin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have to admit - I really dislike Alice in Wonderland, and I always have. But I feel like my little kids (7 & 8) need to at least be familiar with the basic story, so I was glad to get them a Stepping Stone reader. It's not a bad reader for what it is, so . . . Meh. 3/5.

[Audrey C · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read it with my students and I think it omitted too many key events

[Reagan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is pretty cool. They have a lot of things from this book that were not in the Disney movie like the griffin and the mock turtle

[Geoff · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some say we're living in Clown world but perhaps we're in Wonderland.

[Atsh-Us · Rating 2 out of 5]

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[Donna Morgan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Alice in wonderland

Alice in wonderland, a fantasy or dream, but mystical nonetheless. Is it a dream tumbling down into a rabbit hole or is there another realm?

[Kristen · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was never very fond of the movie and thought I would read it and see if it was any better. Didn’t like it at all!

[cam · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Mike · Rating 3 out of 5]

The legend of this book is greater than the book. I’m sure in 1865 it was something else but rather meh now.

[destiny · Rating 3 out of 5]

katabasis study prep off to an easy start

[Vicky · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read "Alice" as a kid and had a great memory of it but had never picked it up as an adult and more importantly I had read it in French, not speaking English as a child. I was delighted to discover how he plays with words, with the meanings, the differences and the similarities of words and expressions. In my memory this book was all about imagination, now I can see that it's also about how you can play with words, how language can be a wonderful thing. Essentially is it not a book about the love of books and about passing that on to our young ones? It surely seems that way to me... Language and imagination, two wonderful things.

I've downloaded a French copy that I'll browse through to see how it translate and if it would be worth reading to my daughter in French or if I'm better off waiting until she can understand English. It'll be interesting to see if the play with the language is as present in the French Editions, then again chances are they're might be more than one official translation.

[fabiola · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the "adventures" described in the book, it is just so hard to follow along. Some of the scenes change so fast, and separating the adventures in Wonderland and into the looking-glass made it even more difficult to understand.

I feel I will need to research the story a bit more and try and figure out the mindset that Carroll was in when imagining this story.

[Lisa Hickman · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like the story of Alice, but I don't love it. It was entertaining in a silly sort of way. Just not my cup of tea. The best thing about reading this was I got to do it on my son's Nook. That experience made the story better for me.

[Ernesto gutierrez · Rating 3 out of 5]

I din't really enjoy this book much. It is probably because this is a children book. The story was really interesting and the characters were great. But it just dint not keep me wanthing to read more.

[Lauri Carr · Rating 3 out of 5]

Re-read after so many years. Still crazy and still classic!

[Sylvia · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was hard to keep reading in because it was such nonsense. After reading how the book came about and getting into the part with puns, I liked it better....but definitely not my favorite book!

[Allison · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a good version for my mtss students to read: short, easy to read, and gave students a glimpse into this strange classic.

[May15 · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Alec · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was fun but I felt parts dragged a bit. Overall, a fun book to relax with.