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Gr 4-Up Myers cleverly translates Carroll's nonsense poem into a contemporary tale through sports imagery, including double Dutch and other sidewalk games, although basketball dominates. Visual metaphors anchor the nonsensical words and phrases: a boy's skill on the court represents the "vorpal sword"; flexible and angular, he outmaneuvers his opponent, the oversize jabber...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Myers relocates Lewis Carroll's classic nonsense poem to a city basketball court where an unnamed African American hero faces a fearsome trio of ace players: the Jabberwock, with long arms and seven fingers on each hand; the tall, spiky-haired Jubjub bird; and the five-armed frumious Bandersnatch. The "slithy toves" who "gyre and gimble" are girls jumping double-dutch on the playground and, later, frolicking in the gush of a fire hydrant. The ensuing game of one-on-one with...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Myers relocates Lewis Carroll's nonsense poem to a city basketball court. Superbly composed paintings full of sinuous arms, sharp an...Log In or Sign Up to Read More