Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland (Little Golden Books)

This modern fantasy is about a girl named Alice who creates a place called wonderland and then while trying to escape reality and clear her head she falls down a rabbit hole into wonderland, there she goes on a quest of figuring out wonderland and the people in it and slaying the jabberwockie all helping her ultimately realize that she created wonderland in her head as a small child, creating a place to dream up unrealistic to most but conceived as totally possible things to her. This place called wonderland helps her sort out her problems in reality and assists her in making some great life decisions.

I would use this story to encourage my classroom of children in grades 2nd-5th to "think outside the box" and to remind them to never let show more anyone tell them that their dreams are impossible. In some children's lives I believe that school may be the one place where they have encouragement to fulfill their dreams, this is very sad but true. I not only want to be a teacher to help kids become smarter but to also give them someone in their lives who they know that they can come to about ANYTHING and will ALWAY be there to help them with their struggles best that I possibly can. I want to be a teacher, roll model, friend and coach all rolled up into one and I believe with this book I can reinforce this. show less

This book is another great choice for someone looking for a good fantasy book for children. This book has great artwork and the characters are very colorful. This book is great for getting the children thinking and keeps them entertained the whole time. The book starts off with a young girl who is bored listening to her sister read her a story and she decides to lay down and is thinking of how she would like to have a world of her own called Wonderland. She falls asleep and is thrust into the world she was dreaming of called wonderland. The story has many vast twists and turns but, the characters that Alice comes across are very interesting and the book never lets go of your attention. It one book that is a must read for kids in the show more classroom. show less

Summary: This book is based on the Disney film. It is the classic tale of Alice falling asleep, following a rabbit, drinking a potion to shrink, eating a cookie to grow, meeting the mad hatter, having a tea party, etc. Alice befriends almost everyone in Wonderland and has a fun tea party. The illustrations are the classic Disney pictures.

Personal Reaction: I liked this story as a little girl because I liked to have the tea parties and pretend I was in Wonderland. I liked the fantasy element of the story as well. Of course now I know that there are no potions to make us shrink or cookies to make us grow, but all of that was so magical and amazing when I was a kid. I liked the pictures in the book and the fact that it went right along show more with the movie was a bonus.

Classroom Extension Ideas:
1) Have a tea party with the class
2) Talk about the importance and effects of saying "No" to drugs show less

In this story, it is about a girl named Alice. Alice wants to escape her real life and she ends up falling alseep. As she falls asleep, she falls into a rabbit hole and enters a world of make believe called Wonderland. This is where Alice adventures start. She meets many interesting characters such as a caterpillar, rabbit, mouse, Mad hater, and so many more. Alice goes through many changes throughout this story. At one point, she grows very tall and then she shrinks to two feet. She has quite the adventure in Wonderland. At the end of the story, Alice realizes that it was all a dream and tells her sister about it.

My reaction: I love Alice in Wonderland! I loved it as a kid and still do and read this to my own children.

Classroom show more extension:
1. Explain to the students that we all enter fantasy world when we dream. Have students draw on a piece of paper of a dream that they have had.
2. We can have a class discussion about what other stories have fantasies in them.
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Summary:
This is a story of a girl named Alice who is trying to escape her real life. She imagines a place called Wonderland. One day she falls in a rabbit hole and falls right into Wonderland. She meets all the characters she has made up in her mind. Her adventure leads her to make new friends and new adventures.
Reflection:
I liked this book it can be fun for any child to read. This is a great way to get kids to think outside the box. It shows them that dreams can be fun and we can also learn from our dreams. Just as Alice has learned from hers.

Based on the Disney animated film Alice and Wonderland. The illustrations in this story are from the film. The illustrations are colorful and eye-catching for children. I would recommend this book to all parents. Great book.

This story is about a girl who falls asleep and enters a world of make-believe where nothing is at it seems.

This story is an all--time favorite of mine when I was growing up and I used to watch the movie over and over. This story takes on a wonderfully vivid imagination taking children from one surprise to the next.

I would use this in my class as a book to spark some imagination and maybe ask the children to draw things they think are not quite as they seem.