The Book Shelf: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll

400 Pages

Ages 9-12

Summary

Alice saw a rabbit scamper across the ground and decided to follow it. She followed it down a rabbit hole. Alice finds herself confronted with all sorts of random things in this place they call wonderland. She faces everything from a mad hatter to a queen fond of beheading anyone who displeases her to a cheshire cat. The only thing that provides any sort of resolution to this story is when Alice wakes up back under the tree where she first saw the rabbit and she realizes that it had all just been a dream.

This has to be one of the most random books I have ever read. Each point of the plot has little to nothing to do with the previous section of the story. Because of this, I didn't particularly like it. However, it made sense when you find out that everything that had happened was just the dream of a child.

The Original Purpose

This blog actually originated as a class assignment. The first "younger reading" class I took had each student create a different note card for every book they read. The note card was to have all of the information on the book as well as a brief summary and our reaction to what we read. With my children's literature class being the second class that required a similar assignment, I decided that a blog was more practical than trying to find some place to store several hundred 3x5 notecards. Thus the birth of "The Book Shelf." I hope you enjoy my insights.