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The Best of Lewis Carroll

7 best books like The Best of Lewis Carroll (Lewis Carroll): Quest, Return, Imogene's Antlers, Fire, Bed, and Bone, The Land of the Blue Flower, The Ramsay Scallop, He Came with the Couch

Quest
AuthorAaron Becker
ISBN0763665959
Aaron Becker, creator of Journey, a Caldecott Honor book, presents the next chapter in his stunning wordless fantasy.

A king emerges from a hidden door in a city park, startling two children sheltering from the rain. No sooner does he push a map and some strange objects into their hands than...
Return
AuthorAaron Becker
ISBN0763677302
Welcome the much-anticipated finale of Caldecott Honoree Aaron Becker’s wordless trilogy—a spectacular, emotionally satisfying story that brings its adventurer home.

Failing to get the attention of her busy father, a lonely girl turns back to a fantastic world for friendship and...
Imogene's Antlers
AuthorDavid Small
The family doctor, the school principal, and even Imogene's know-it-all brother, Norman, fail to resolve her dilemma. Imogene, the cook, and the kitchen maid, however, make the best of things, finding unusual uses for Imogene's new horns. Meanwhile, the problem appears to be solved when Imogene...
Fire, Bed, and Bone
AuthorHenrietta Branford
ISBN0763629928
Thanks Soairse for recommending this book.

Summary: in 1381 England a hunting dog recounts what happens to her beloved master Rufus and his family when they are arrested on suspicion of being part of the peasants rebellion lead by Wat Tyler and the preacher John Ball.

Although slanted...
The Land of the Blue Flower
AuthorFrances Hodgson Burnett
ISBN1594623775
It seems like there are some good lessons in this tale, but unfortunately they were hard to pick out between the archaic wordage and the dull reading of the audiobook I borrowed. I think the audiobook was a free undertaking, so someone not trained in reading books did so and her voice was regrettably soporific...
The Ramsay Scallop
AuthorFrances Temple
ISBN0064406016
The year is 1299. Fourteen year-old Elenor reluctantly awaits the return of her betrothed -- a man she hardly knows -- from the Crusade. Thomas, broken, and disillusioned from years of fighting, finds the very idea of marriage and lordship overwhelming. So when the village priest sends them on religious...
He Came with the Couch
AuthorDavid Slonim
ISBN0811844307
What do you do with someone who won't get off the furniture? It's not someone who decides to couch surf or needs a place to stay overnight (Airbnb style). He's not a cat either. He just decides not to budge and he's moved into the house because "you" want that piece of furniture very badly. Nobody knows exactly...
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