"The Walrus and the Carpenter" by Lewis Carroll | Jordan Harling Reads

"You Are Old, Father William" by Lewis Carroll - Poem of the Day

Listen to a recording of an unnamed woman reading this humorous poem, a poem that is good for children . . . and also good for adults: You Are Old, Father William - Poem of the Day

Lewis Carroll

(Born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson in 1832,

he was an English mathematician and writer

who died in 1898.)

"A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky" by Lewis Carroll : The Poetry Foundation

"Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream;
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream!"
-- Anonymous

Read this lovely poem by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898): A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky

Lewis Carroll

(born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)

English mathematician and writer

Can you solve a riddle in rhyme by Lewis Carroll?

A conundrum is a riddle whose answer is or involves a pun. Here is a conundrum that is one of Lewis Carroll's small riddles in rhyme. Can you solve it?

Dreaming of apples on a wall,
   And dreaming often, dear,
I dreamed that, if I counted all,
   How many would appear?

Lewis Carroll : The Poetry Foundation

Answer: Ten would appear, as he is dreaming "[of ten], dear."