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In my opinion, Alice in Wonderland is the worst example of a kid's book of all possible.
Alice is satire on society, not a fairytale. I never ever saw a child that genuinely liked it. Most of the time, people are told that Alice books are children's book that are but oh so adorable, while they are angry and offensive, using absurdism as a way to take on real world absurd. Protagonist girl is not there to cater to children also, but only serves as a train for Carrol's paedophilic needs, really: he couldn't do photography without undressing some underage cousins, and, similarly, back when he was younger couldn't he write a tale without having a litle girl as protagonist.
Also, I heartily agree with Tolkien's criticism on Alice stories, them not being proper fairy-tales at all, since it's explicitly stated that nothing described really happened, which certainly is a fine move for satire; but fairy-tales have to do the opposite and are all but pointless if even the story itself tells the reader to never really believe in whatever is being told.
Did I mention the low-quality, horendously boring even for adult reader prose? Anyway, I did now.