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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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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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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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