Jabberwocky

by Lewis Carroll

For ages 4 to 6 years

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This brilliant adaptation of Lewis Carroll's famous grown-up poem will knock the socks of both parent readers and preschooler listeners. The magic of Carroll's verse is that its nonsense words tell a compelling tale, though you find you can't retell the same tale in "sense" words when it is over. Enter Christopher Myers, who recasts the "slithy toves" and mome raths outgrabe" into a hot summer, urban street scene and the hero ("my beamish boy") and the Jabberwock into David and Goliath figures on a streetball court. The effect is pure genius. Sure, you'll have to do a lot of open-ended wondering with your preschooler about what these wild words mean, and you'll readily admit that your little one's guess is as good as any. But the fun of listening to the crazy rhythm and the joy of watching the basketball triumph on the asphalt court make this book quite special - even though we find we still can't exactly retell it in "sense" words when it's over! And that alone may be a little insight into the life of your little one, we think.

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Review provided by The Savvy Source.