Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

10 best books like Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Harold Bloom): Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, Baaa, The Bee-Man of Orn, Lucia and the Light, When Winter Comes, Clara and Asha, Moonpowder, T is for Terrible, Gershon's Monster: A Story For The Jewish New Year, The Scarlet Stockings Spy

AuthorLewis Carroll
ISBN0688120490
In 1865, English author CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON (1832-1898), aka Lewis Carroll, wrote a fantastical adventure story for the young daughters of a friend. The adventures of Alice-named for one of the little girls to whom the book was dedicated-who journeys down a rabbit hole and into a whimsical underworld...
AuthorDavid Macaulay
ISBN0395395887


where humans have gone extinct, sheep begin to take our places.

Sadly, for them, they adopt all our nasty habits - even the really DIRTY stuff like banking and politics!

(How this is all accomplished without opposable thumbs is anyone's guess . . .)

As you might imagine,...
AuthorFrank R. Stockton
ISBN0763622397
Written at the turn of the 20th century, The Bee-Man of Orn shurgs off the didactic noose which threatened a lot of children's literature at the time and, instead, seems to honour the themes and ideas prevalent in the earlier traditional tales in which it feels like it has been based. Here we encounter...
AuthorPhyllis Root
ISBN0763622966
Luminously illustrated by Mary GrandPre, a timeless adventure from master storyteller Phyllis Root about the loss of the sun - and one girl's brave quest to find it.
In a cozy cabin high in the mountains of the Far North, Lucia and her family live a snug and contented life. But one day the wind screams...
AuthorNancy Van Laan
ISBN0689817789
As bland as the snow.

Very repetitive. I certainly couldn't read this to my kid because it would drive me crazy.

Every other page is, “Where, oh where does the X go/When winter comes and the cold winds blow?” And then it says where it goes. It's in rhyme. It's all about the different...
AuthorEric Rohmann
ISBN1596430311
In Clara and Asha -- as in Eric Rohmann's Caldecott Medal-winning My Friend Rabbit--a simple storyline becomes the basis for fun and sophistication. Clara's friend Asha is an enormous fish, which means that hide-and-seek, Halloween, snow days, and afternoons in the park offer surprising opportunities...
AuthorJohn Rocco
ISBN1423100115

Young Eli Trebuckle is the "fixer of all things fixable." He fixes the vacuum cleaner, the fan, and even the radio, hoping to catch some news of his father who is away at war. But there's one thing that Eli simply can't fix-his bad dreams. It's the same one over and over again: a mountain of junk, a prize...
AuthorPeter McCarty
I am a dinosaur, otherwise known as a terrible lizard.
I do not know why I am so terrible.

From a Caldecott Medal honoree comes the story of an endearing Tyrannosaurus rex who wonders why he can't be a vegetarian

Tyrannosaurus rex is a terrible dinosaur; of this, everyone is certain....
AuthorEric A. Kimmel
Gershon was not always the best person he could be. True, the mistakes he made were common, ordinary things: a broken promise, a temper lost for no reason, a little untruth told here and there. But unlike most people, Gershon never regretted what he did. He never apologized or asked anyone's forgiveness....
AuthorTrinka Hakes Noble
ISBN1585362301
Oh. My. Beautiful! The illustrations in this book are gorgeous. You really must pick up the book some time to peruse it's pages. And if you've gotten that far ... I mean, you might as well just read the story. *wink

The story is a drama with some action scenes and touching moments, and follows a brother...
AuthorM.T. Anderson
ISBN0763625620
George Frideric Handel was not your everyday eighteenth-century composer. And in a manner befitting its subject, this witty, rigorously researched, and accessible biography captures Handel's essential spirit — from a child who smuggled a clavichord into the attic to make music against his father's...
AuthorDanny Schnitzlein
ISBN1561452165
What do you dread eating the most? For the hero of this story, it's peas, and he thinks he's discovered a solution.
"I closed my eyes tightly and sent out a wish
That the peas would somehow disappear from my dish.
And something quite strange and mysterious occurred, As if somehow... somebody......
AuthorMélanie Watt
ISBN1553378857
Moving all the way from the South Pole to the North Pole isn't easy for the young penguin Augustine. Uprooted from her home, she misses her friends, her grandma and grandpa and her old bedroom. There are all kinds of unfamiliar faces at the North Pole, and everything looks strange and different. When it's...
AuthorGris Grimly
ISBN0972938834
This entertaining collection unveils eight allnew, fiendishly illustrated cautionary tales exploring the dark underbelly of childhood. Childhood standards, including Little Jack Horner, Solomon Grundy and Three Blind Mice, are retold as dark and sinister rhymes about atrociouslymannered...
AuthorJacqueline Mitton
1.Parent's Guide to Children's Media Award Parent Council Award

2.Pre-kindergarten -4th Grade

3. This illuminating book will capture the interest of children as the narrative explores the glittering constellations. Reminding children to look up at the starry night sky this...
AuthorAnika Aldamuy Denise
ISBN0399240365
One pig wants potatoes . . . then so does his brother . . . his sister makes it three pigs, and Papa makes four. Then there are the neighbors! Now all the piggies want potatoes, and soon it's one big potato party! Anika and Christopher Denise have teamed up to create this most charming, classic counting book,...
AuthorBoni Ashburn
ISBN0810984148
In this clever reworking of the classic folk song “Over in the Meadow,” readers meet villagers who spent their day spinning, cleaning, cooking, dancing, and more. The text counts up from one baby dragon to ten court jesters, and kids will enjoy counting along with each of the characters as they go...
AuthorMadonna
ISBN0670058890
"The power of certainty is without limits."

Abdi is a little boy who has been given a very big task. He is to deliver the most precious necklace in the world -- made by Eli, his teacher and a master jeweler -- to the queen. Along the way he is robbed in the desert, thrown in a dungeon, and has a surprising...
AuthorCarol Ann Duffy
ISBN1846860458
La ladrona de lagrimas ha sido una historia realmente hermosa.

Nos muestra a la pequeña ladrona de lágrimas, una niña que sale por las noches en busca de las lágrimas de los mas pequeños. Éstas son de lo mas variadas. Cada color pertenece a un sentimiento distinto. Son rojas aquellas que...
AuthorSteve Jenkins
ISBN0618708979
Red, blue, yellow, green, orange, purple, pink—animals can be startlingly colorful. Why are they found in so many shades, tints, and hues? From the scarlet ibis to the blue-tongued skink, award-winning author/illustrator Steve Jenkins depicts a whole world of colorful animals in his signature...
AuthorKaren Hesse
ISBN0439879930
Newbery medalist Karen Hesse has crafted a heartwarming story set in the backwoods of Maine that glows with integrity, love, and true family values.


Ma's been working so hard, she doesn't have much left over. So her three kids decide to do some work on their own. In the dark of night, they...
AuthorJane Yolen
ISBN0762420480
The same story that captivated readers in 1977 is back in a stunning new edition! Hwei Min, the only daughter of the emperor of China, has been blind since birth. Her father offers a reward to anyone who can find a cure for the little girl. It seems that no one from magicians to physicians can help her. Then,...
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