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"Jabberwocky": One of literature's best bits of nonsense

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As Alice wanders through the dreamscape of Looking-Glass Land in Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There," she happens across a book written in an unintelligible language. Inside, she discovers an epic poem filled with nonsense, fearsome creatures, and whimsical language. Dive into Carroll's legendary poem, "Jabberwocky" and see if you can make sense of the nonsense.


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Meet The Creators

  • Poet Lewis Carroll
  • Director Sjaak Rood
  • Narrator Jack Cutmore-Scott
  • Animator Sjaak Rood
  • Sound Designer Sjaak Rood
  • Music Mark Nieuwenhuis
  • Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
  • Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
  • Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
Additional Resources for you to Explore
Learn more about Lewis Carroll and read his poems by exploring these resources by the Poetry Foundation. To learn more about the words used in Jabberwocky and how the poem was written, visit this page.
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What is your favorite fairy tale?
What is your favorite fairy tale? And what is the story about it?
09/18/2020 • 
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Kaden Kavalhuna
favorite fairy tale
my favorite fairy tail is the three little pigs
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Hailey Wozny
Anyone else read Jabberwocky before?
I read Jabberwocky in the 6th Grade Literacy, and did anybody else read Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll before?
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Awanti Seth Rabenhoej
How would you create your own Jabberwocky? or get your students to create their own Jabberwockies...
Getting students (ages 11 to 15) to apply their knowledge of creating art to make their own Jabbwerwocky using creative thinking skills and transfer skills.
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Grace Leschert
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Meet The Creators

  • Poet Lewis Carroll
  • Director Sjaak Rood
  • Narrator Jack Cutmore-Scott
  • Animator Sjaak Rood
  • Sound Designer Sjaak Rood
  • Music Mark Nieuwenhuis
  • Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
  • Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
  • Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott

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