Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) was the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a mathematics tutor at Christ Church College, Oxford, and author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.Rebecca Dautremer has illustrated over 40 children's books. She studied art at Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, where one of her teachers recognized her talent and encouraged her to specialize in children's book illustrations. She currently lives in Paris with her husband and three children.
This beautiful volume captures the dreamy, occasionally
nightmarish, world of imagination into which Alice falls. * News
Mail, Fraser Coast Chronicle, Morning Bulletin, APN Network *
Magical for both adults and children alike. * Australian Women's
Weekly *
Carroll's full text is reproduced alongside numerous imaginative
and surreal full-page colour and line drawings in an
excellent-value hardback book. * Canberra Times *
This bold new iteration of Alice celebrating the book's 150th
anniversary, manages to recapture the story's surreal, almost
freakish imagination. * Weekly Review, Melbourne Times Weekly *
One summer day, while daydreaming through a history
lesson, Alice spotted a fully dressed white rabbit hurrying
past.
Curious, she followed him down
a rabbit hole and into an enchanted
world.
Wonderland was a peculiar place, filled with strange creatures
and
nonsense. The Mad Hatter was busy celebrating his 'unbirthday',
the
Cheshire Cat could appear and disappear at will, and the
temperamental Queen of Hearts would yell 'off with their heads'
to
anyone who offended her including
poor Alice . . .
This is a retelling of the Lewis Carroll classic that is perfect
for
younger readers. Whether read aloud or read alone, it is a
wonderful introduction that
encapsulates the essence of Carroll's tale without being
overwhelming. In its special
vintage livery of cloth spine, gold foil and full colour
illustrations in the traditional Disney
style, it is the final in this series which includes Bambi,
Cinderella, Peter Pan and Pinocchio.
Each one in the series is a great way to start children off on
their journey through the
stories that have endured from generation to generation, providing
the foundation for
understanding the originals when they are ready.
Definitely worth having in your collection and suggesting to
parents and grandparents as a
perfect gift.
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