One of the most famous children's books ever published is back in an Aladdin Classics edition with the full, unabridged text and a reading group guide. 160 pp. Ages 9-12. Pub: 2/00. When "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" was first published in 186S, it set critics awry: here was a book for children written for the pure pleasure of reading. It has since become one of the most famous children's books ever, translated into many different languages, performed as a play, and made into a popular Disney animated film. Lewis Carroll (the pseudonym of the Rev. Charles Lutwidge DoLewis Carroll (the pseudonym of the Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) was a mathematics lecturer at Oxford University, but dgson) was a mathematics lecturer at Oxford University, but he is better known to the world as the author of "Alice's Adhe is better known to the world as the author of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (1865) and "Through the Looking-glasventures in Wonderland" (1865) and "Through the Looking-glass" (1871), as well as "The Hunting of the Snark "(1876). s" (1871), as well as "The Hunting of the Snark "(1876).