Sing Books with Emily, the Blog

Lewis Carroll’s Alice books are brimming with nonsensical poems and they are all singable.  THRILLING!

Also thrilling are the library and bookstore shelves groaning under the weight of fabulously illustrated editions of
“Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There.”

In the cabaret rooms of my mind, I feel a show comin’ on.  Over time, I’ll explore about every one of these, but we’ll start with poem lists!

Here are the poems from
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

• All in a Golden Afternoon
• How Doth the Little Crocodile
• Fury Said to a Mouse
• You Are Old Father William
• Speak Roughly to Your Little Boy
• Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat
• The Lobster Quadrille
• ‘Tis the Voice of the Lobster
• Beautiful Soup
• The Queen of Hearts
• They Told Me You Had Been to Her

Here are the poems from
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There

• Alice, Through the Looking Glass
• Jabberwocky
• Tweedledum and Tweedledee
• The Walrus and the Carpenter
• Humpty Dumpty
• the Lion and the Unicorn
• A-Sitting on a Gate (The White Knight)
• Hush-a-by Lady, in Alice’s Lap
• To the Looking-Glass World
• First, the Fish Must be Caught
• A Boat, Beneath a Sunny Sky

Here are a few of the many amazing illustrations of the Alice Books,

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Alice in Wonderland
Written by Lewis Carroll
Illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger

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Alice in Wonderland
Text and Poems by Lewis Carroll
Music by Various Artists
Illustrated by Maraja

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Alice Through the Looking Glass
Written by Lewis Carroll
Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury

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Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
Words by Lewis Carroll
Poems Set to Music by Various Artists
Illustrated by Brigitte Bryan, Cover by Don Irwin

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The Annotated Alice (The Definitive Edition)
(Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass)
Written by Lewis Carroll
Introduction and Notes by Martin Gardner
Illustrated by John Tenniel

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Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney’s)
Original Story by Lewis Carroll
Retold by Jon Scieszka
Illustrated with Art by Mary Blair

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Plus, so many wonderful songs from Disney movies and stage plays have been written for the prose situations in the books like the Flower Garden (“Golden Afternoon“) and the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party (“The Unbirthday Song“) and for characters including the White Rabbit (“I’m Late“) and the Caterpillar (“A-E-I-O-U“).

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Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney’s Movie)
CD Recording
Story by Lewis Carrol
Songs with Words and Music by Bob Hilliard, Sammy Fain, Mack David, Al Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston

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Alice in Wonderland
Words by Lewis Carrol
Words and Music by Richard Hartley

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Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass (Original 1947 Broadway Cast)
Words by Lewis Carrol
Words and Music by Richard Addinsell

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Alice in Wonderland
Words by Lewis Carroll
Words and Music by Stark Ravens

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An interesting wiki article about the 1951 Disney movie, here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_in_Wonderland_(1951_film)

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An article about the movie from Disney,
http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/movies/alice/alice.html

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A huge resource of Alice and Lewis Carroll history, lore, and pictures, here:
http://www.alice-in-wonderland.net/

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Find the SONGS FROM ALICE and music composed for them, here:

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Songs from Alice (Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass)
Poems by Lewis Carroll
Illustrated by Charles Folkard
(This book, ISBN 0-7136-1959-7, includes Carroll’s poem texts and Folkard’s Illustrations)

Click here for a website sharing Folkard’s wonderful illustrations:
http://learning2share.blogspot.com/2008/02/charles-folkards-alice-in-wonderland.html

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Songs from Alice (Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass)
Poems by Lewis Carroll
Music by Don Harper
Illustrated by Charles Folkard
(This book, ISBN 0-8234-0358-0, includes Carroll’s poem texts, printed music composed by Don Harper and Folkard’s Illustrations)

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Classic Children’s Songs
Produced by Just Accord Music, 2006

A Musical settings of Lewis Caroll’s poem from the Alice books are included in this CD:

• How Doth the Little Crocodile

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Related posts:

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THE SPIDER AND THE FLY, A SINGABLE PICTURE BOOK
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/07/28/the-spider-and-the-fly-a-singable-picture-book/

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A study and Singable Picture Book list of the song “Twinkle Little Star,” (including “Twinkle Little Bat“), click here:
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/twinkle-little-star-the-song-the-list/

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A study of ABC, Twinkle Star, Baa Blacksheep, and A-You’re Adorable, too:
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/abc-twinkle-star-baa-blacksheep-singable-books-and-all-the-fix-ins-and-a-youre-adorable-too/

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A study of the “Alice in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass“ (by Lewis Carroll) which contain many Illustrated Singable Poems:
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2010/06/26/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-and-through-the-looking-glass-singable/

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A study of “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat,” here:
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/01/04/twinkle-twinkle-little-bat-a-singable-poem-with-pictures-and-a-play-on-a-classic/