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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass - Audiobook on MP3-CD
First published in 1865, these endearing tales of an imaginative child's dream world by Lewis Carroll, pen name for Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, are written with charming simplicity. While delighting children with a heroine who represents their own thoughts and feelings about growing up, the tale is appreciated by adults as a gentle satire on education, politics, literature, and Victorian life in general.All the delightful and bizarre inhabitants of Wonderland are here: the White Rabbit and the Cheshire Cat, the hooka-smoking Caterpillar and the Mad Hatter, the March Hare and the Ugly Duchess . . .and, of course, Alice herself - growing alternately taller and smaller, attending demented tea parties and eccentric croquet games, observing everything with clarity and rational amazement. Read by Michael Page. 1 MP3 CD. 6 hours. Unabridged.
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Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll (read online)
Study Guide Childhood Through the Looking Glass
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Through the Looking Glass
This 1872 sequel to Lewis Carroll's beloved Alice's Adventures in Wonderland finds the inquisitive heroine in a fantastic land where everything is reverse. Looking-glass land a topsy-turvy world lurking just behind the mirror over Alice's mantel, is a fantastic realm of live chessmen, madcap kings and queens, strange mythological creatures, talking flowers and puddings, and rude insects. Brooks and hedges divide the lush greenery of looking-glass land into a chessboard, where Alice becomes a pawn in a bizarre game of chess involving Humpty Dumpty, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Lion and the Unicorn, the White Knight, and other nursery-rhyme figures. Promised a crown when she reaches the eight square, Alice perseveres through a surreal landscape of amusing characters who pelt her with riddles and humorous semantic quibbles and regale her with memorable poetry, including the oft-quoted "Jabberwocky." This handsome, inexpensive edition, featuring the original John Tenniel illustrations, makes available to today's readers a classic juvenile literature long cherished for its humor, whimsy, and incomparable fantasy.
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The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll (read online)
Pinocchio, the Tale of a Puppet by Collodi (read online)
Lesson Plan Pinocchio
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Penguin Classics: Pinocchio
The old wood-carver Geppetto decides to make a wonderful puppet which can dance and turn somersaults, but by chance he chooses an unusual piece of wood - and the finished puppet can talk and misbehave like the liveliest child! But Pinocchio is brave and inquisitive as well as naughty, and after some hair-raising adventures, he earns his heart's desire. Recommended for ages 9 to 12.
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Robinson Crusoe by Daniel DeFoe (read online)
Novel Analysis Robinson Crusoe
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Robinson Crusoe, Abridged
Robinson Crusoe, once a brave soldier out to see his fortune, is now a captive--a captive of a lonely desert island of which he is marooned. With only his wits and the few supplies he is able to carry from his sinking ship to sustain him, he is forced to create a new life for himself, out of virtually nothing.As the years go by, Crusoe slowly becomes accustomed to life of solitude. He has only Poll--the parrot he has tamed--a few cats, and some wild goats to keep him company and gradually, his island becomes more of a paradise than a prison. But his tranquility is unexpectedly shattered when one day, he sees a footprint, soon to be followed by a group of savages who have invaded his island. Crusoe finds himself fiercely defending an island that has become his own, and fighting for the chance to return home. Carefully abridged for younger readers, this second addition to Scribner Storybook classic line, with striking illustrations by N.C. Wyeth, revitalizes Daniel Defoe's acclaimed tale of survival, self-reliance, adventure and faith. Recommended for ages 8 to 12.
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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (read online)
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Christmas Carol
Study GuideA
Christmas Carol
Novel Analysis A Christmas Carol
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A Christmas Carol
In this Christmas classic, Dickens's most famous character, Ebenezer Scrooge, learns the meaning of friendship after being visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come. Many don't realize that this 1843 masterpiece is largely responsible for many of the Christmas customs we know today, including feasts, caroling, and family revelry.
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David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (read online)
Novel Analysis David Copperfield
Lesson Plans David Copperfield
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David Copperfield
David Copperfield is the story of a young man's adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr. Murdstone; his brilliant, but ultimately unworthy school-friend Steerforth; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; the eternally humble, yet treacherous Uriah Heep; frivolous, enchanting Dora; and the magnificently impecunious Micawber, one of literature's great comic creations. In David Copperfield - the novel he described as his 'favourite child' - Dickens drew revealingly on his own experiences to create one of his most exuberant and enduringly popular works, filled with tragedy and comedy in equal measure. This edition uses the text of the first volume publication of 1850, and includes updated suggestions for further reading, a revised chronology and expanded notes. In his new introduction, Jeremy Tambling discusses the novel's autobiographical elements, and its central themes of memory and identity.
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Hans Brinker, The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge (read online)
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Hans Brinker: The Silver Skates, Classics for Young Readers
This book is the story of a poor brother and sister in long-ago Holland--the beautiful land of windmills, tulips, and wooden shoes. Here Hans and his sister Gretel experience championship skating, hunger and family hardship, and countless adventures. Through trials and moments of great joy, Hans and Gretel show how faith in Christ and loving sacrifice can heal families more than any amount of riches. Editor Kathryn Lindskoog faithfully preserves every detail of the original story. Outdated language and historical inaccuracies are trimmed away so the exciting plot an character can take center stage. Recommended for age 9 to 13.
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