Alice In Wonderland

My first book that I read this summer was from the Oceanside Public Library in Oceanside, CA. I had hear wonderful quotes from Alice In Wonderland from professors and decided to check it out. Located in the children's fiction section, I checked out the slim hard-bound book and took it immediately to Starbucks to read a little before my workout class started. I was immidiately intrigued by Alice because she seemed snobby, naive, and endearing all at the same time. She did not seem to take anything besides herself seriously and was unaware that her actions had consequences. I am sure that I am not the only person who sees Alice's constant change in size as a metaphorical relationship to her maturity shrinking and growing as the book goes on. By the end of her journey, she has returned to her "normal" size and seems to understand that she must learn to love her life, no matter how boring it may seem to her. Alice's older sister closes the story by wishing that she could be as imaginative as her younger sister, perhaps as imaginative as Lewis Carroll was, he still wished to have the innocence possesed by Alice in the story.

I would definitely recommend this story to any person of any age. I liked it enough that I am going to buy copies for my two cousins who will be turing 5 this fall :)

Enjoy the Day!

~Whitney