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This book is ranked #11 among all-time bestselling novels, with total sales at 100 million copies (#8 among novels in English).
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[[File:Alice-and-dodo.jpg|thumb|Alice and the Dodo]]
 
[[File:Alice-and-dodo.jpg|thumb|Alice and the Dodo]]
'''''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''''' is a children's book by [[Lewis Carroll]], about the adventures of a seven-year-old girl who falls down a [[rabbit]] hole. [[Disney]] made an animated movie adaptation in 1951.  
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'''''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''''' is a children's book by [[Lewis Carroll]], about the adventures of a seven-year-old girl who falls down a [[rabbit]] hole. This book is ranked #11 among all-time bestselling novels, with total sales at 100 million copies (#8 among novels in English).<ref>https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/best-selling-books.html</ref>  [[Disney]] made an animated movie adaptation in 1951.  
    
The book relies on the fanciful tale as a backbone, but running throughout the novel (as well as its sequel, ''Through the Looking Glass'') are logic-problems and mathematical jokes.  These were inserted by Carroll, a mathematician, for both amusement and edification.
 
The book relies on the fanciful tale as a backbone, but running throughout the novel (as well as its sequel, ''Through the Looking Glass'') are logic-problems and mathematical jokes.  These were inserted by Carroll, a mathematician, for both amusement and edification.
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