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Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!
How I wonder what you're at!
While sitting with her sister on a riverbank,
Alice sees a white rabbit running past, carrying
a watch. Overcome by curiosity, Alice follows it
down the rabbit-hole into a topsy-turvy world —
inhabited by the hookah-smoking Caterpillar, the
Cook constantly throwing pepper in the air, the
Cheshire Cat, and many more strange creatures.
Generations of young readers have found Alice's
adventures irresistible as she runs in the
Caucus Race, attends the Mad Hatter's Tea Party,
plays croquet with flamingoes and hedgehogs, and
explores a completely nonsensical Wonderworld.
Lewis Carroll (1832 — 1898) is the
pseudonym of English writer and mathematician
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. The son of a clergyman
and the firstborn of eleven children, Carroll
began at an early age to entertain himself and
his family with magic tricks, marionette shows,
and poems written for local newspapers. He
graduated from Christ Church College, Oxford
before he became a lecturer of mathematics and
started writing treatises and guides for
students. An enthusiastic photographer,
Carroll's most popular books are Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking
Glass.
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