" "Alice in Wonderland," by Lewis Carroll, is a story told that will let children feeling happy and adventurous. The story begins with Alice sitting by her cat, Dinah, and insisting that one day she would in fact run away to a far away place. With Carroll's poetic, yet strange word choice, his flowing sentences, and his creation of this mysterious land, a child cannot put the book down in fear of missing out on the next big event. The book is a very fast read, and several illustrations are sketched in black and white to guide the child in making a mental image. The characters are all very silly and quirky, such as the March Hare and the Mock Turtle, and Alice just cannot put them in line. Throughout the story she becomes very frustrated with the behavior of these awful creatures, and frequently reminds them to use their manners. An evil which even captures the poor girl, and puts her on trial in front of an entire courthouse of "people." In the midst of a commotion in the courthouse, Alice wakes up right back where she started; in her grassy bed outside of her nicely decorated Victorian house. I would not recommend this book to read to class just because of the fact that it doesn't really have a great plot setting. The story is great within itself, but it would be a little bit confusing to teach "beginning, middle, and end" with this type of book, and I feel that there are better choices to use for elementary language arts or english lessons. If wanting to use, I would use it with 4h or 5th grade students "
— Holly, 1/28/2014