Through the Looking Glass (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781453709184)

Pruned to something less than half the original (using only Carroll's language), with chess moves, verse, chaptering, and main events intact: an abridgement that may find some use as an introduction, though any child who enjoys it should be steered to a complete edition. It's not true--despite Ross's otherwise sensible introduction--that all the humor is here (where are the six impossible things before breakfast''?); but his forthrightly honest approach (even the title page reads Abridged & Illustrated by...'' in caps) merits some indulgence, while even purists will enjoy comparing his witty, freely rendered caricatures with Tenniel's elegantly limned art--which Ross's frequently parodies. (Fiction. 6]) -- Copyright (c)1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Author: Lewis Carroll
ISBN-10: 1453709185
ISBN-13: 9781453709184
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 07/15/2010
Pages: 130
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.31lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.24w x 0.28d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.6
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 66733 / Through the Looking-Glass/Alice Through the Looking-Glass