Books in Making the Grade series

'Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking-Glass' are two of the most famous, translated and quoted books in the world. But how did a casual tale told by Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll), an eccentric Oxford mathematician, to Alice Liddell, daughter of the Dean of Christ Church, grow into such a phenomenon? Peter Hunt cuts away the psychological speculation that has grown up around the ‘Alice’ books and traces the sources of their multi-layered in-jokes and political, literary and philosophical satire. He first places the books in the history of children’s literature – how they relate to the other giants of the period, such as Charles Kingsley – and explores the local and personal references that the real Alice would have understood. Equally fascinating is the rich texture of fragments of everything from the ‘sensation’ novel to Darwinian theory – not to mention Dodgson’s personal feelings – that he wove into the books as they developed. Richly illustrated with manuscripts, portraits, Sir John Tenniel’s original line drawings and contemporary photographs, this is a fresh look at two remarkable stories, which takes us on a guided tour from the treacle wells of Victorian Oxford through an astonishing world of politics, philosophy, humour – and nightmare.

With Making the Grade Cursive for Grades 3–5, it's easy for your child to expand his handwriting skills. Matching state learning standards, this workbook offers practice for these key skills: writing uppercase and lowercase letters and writing words.Looking for books to teach kids cursive? With this cursive writing workbook, your child will learn, practice, apply, and master cursive handwriting skills. The engaging and colorful activities will catch your child’s attention while walking your child through correct cursive letter and word formation step-by-step. Perfect to support the handwriting skills your child is learning in the classroom or as a cursive writing curriculum, Making the Grade Cursive is organized so that your child can practice skills and check his work independently.Each workbook in the Making the Grade series contains 48 pages of standards-based activities, including easy-to-follow instructions and answer key. The series offers grade-specific titles for these main school subject areas: Reading (PK–Grade 5), Math (PK–Grade 5), Basic Skills (PK–Grade 2), and Handwriting (K–Grade 5). With the Making the Grade series, you can be sure that you will match the right workbook to your child’s needs.