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Week 1-3

A link to the first pages of Annotated Alice. -

Audio-book of Alice in Wonderland - 1 hour of good quality audio (28 MB).

"Alice in Wonderland" - Tim Burton's sequel to Carroll's book - rental in BluRay

To prepare a discussion about the different nature of English humour, wordplay, see the following websites:
- 24 Terrifying, Thoughtful and Absurd Nursery Rhymes for Children - you may discover here the same macabre sense of humour as you found in "Alice".
This is a great webpage, with nice illustrations and an explanation of the meaning of each nursery poem.

- Cracked: The disturbing historical origins of 5 famouse nursery rhymes. Check page 2 as well

Limericks:
- Funny Limericks contributed by readers;
- Limericks by Edward Lear.
- Limericks for childern - note the absurd and often dark tone of some of these texts.
- A section of a pedagogy website advocating Teaching with limericks.

Week 5

Frank L. Baum - The Wizard of Oz

Hollywood movie of 1939, - starring Judith Garland. Click to watch: Dorothy, Scarecrow & Tin Man Meet Cowardly Lion

"If I only had a brain" famous song:

Week 6

J.M. Barrie - Peter Pan

Week 7

Edith Nesbit - Five Children and It

Week 8

L.P. Travers - Mary Poppins (1934)

An abbreviated edition for little children, with drawings after the Disney musical film - 22 pages, 5MB

Several selections form the 1967 Disney musical film starring Julie Andrews:

Week 11

C.S. Lewis - The Chronicles of Narnia ()

About the Romanian edition - ePub format

Week 12

Roald Dahl - Witches (about)

or you might order Adrian Otoiu's recent translation of Witches:

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Week 13

Ransiom Riggs - Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children