Lewis Carroll: Through the Looking Glass

by Angelica Shirley Carpenter

A biography of the mathematician, teacher, photographer, and author who wrote "Alice in Wonderland."

128 pages, Library Binding

First published November 1, 2002

About the author

Angelica Shirley Carpenter writes biographies for young people and older readers, too. Her subjects are authors— Frances Hodgson Burnett, L. Frank Baum, Robert Louis Stevenson, Lewis Carroll, and Matilda Joslyn Gage.
Angelica speaks for teachers, librarians, writers, book clubs, students, bookstore groups, and other audiences. Her photographs appear in her books and in her illustrated talks.
Angelica lives with her husband in Fresno, California. A self-proclaimed Oz nut, she is a past president of the International Wizard of Oz Club. In her former life she was a librarian, the founding curator of the Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature at California State University, Fresno. She likes to read, travel, shop, cook, watch movies, and listen to rock and roll (not all at the same time).

Reviews

[Ramona · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a difficult book to rate. It is a short biography geared for young readers, I believe, but the content is definitely for adults. I learned that he was an avid photographer, wrote constantly, cared greatly for his family and friends, and made many friends, including young girls, to whom he wrote many letters too. He was a controversial topic because of those relationships

[Katie]

A peculiar sort of tale, played out exactly as a wonky, wacky dream that one may often have! Brilliant puns and poetry throughout! Please check out my audiobook version of Through the Looking Glass on my Youtube Channel Katie's Bookshelf Chapters! https://youtu.be/HJsmoI7PX9g

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really detailed, helped me a ton with my Alice and wonderland warehouse 13 history paper. Very easy to understand and quotable. : ) I really liked it.

[Librariann]

A very interesting look at the life of "Lewis Carroll" - or, as everyone else knew him, Charles Ludwige B [review cuts off]

[Jennifer Nevers]

Another must read classic. Creative Vintage