Books with author Zoe Lewis

"Oh, no, not in this small apartment," my parents said. You'd think I asked for a baby elephant. If we just got rid of my bratty kid brothers, there would be plenty of room. But just try telling that to my mom! Then Dad decided we could squeeze in one little kitten, so we got Scratchy. She was smarter - and nicer - than my brothers, that's for sure. Unfortunately, she also got into even more trouble than the twins...First, she destroyed Mom's favorite plant, and then she got caught eating right off the dinner table. My parents got so fed up, they decided I had just two weeks to teach Scratchy to behave...or else.

Thanks to Disney’s classic film, every adult and most children know the story of Alice, who fell down the rabbit hole and ended up in a mystifying world known as Wonderland. In Lewis Carroll’s 1871 sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, Alice returns to a strange world turned upside down, or – in this instance – exactly opposite her own, as she steps through the eponymous mirror and becomes enmeshed in a life-size chess game, where she encounters children’s rhyme characters and queens. Whether or not “life is but a dream,” Alice’s adventures are preposterous, entertaining and full of engaging wit.