Alice in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
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Author: Lewis CarrollIllustrator: Lisbeth Zwerger
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-08-01
ISBN: 0735811660
Number of pages: 104
Publisher: North-South Books
Book Reviews of Alice in Wonderland
Book Review: What a great way to get away from everyday life!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is a great way to lift your spirits. It is about ayoung girl dreaming about her own world. She is chasing a funny littlerabbit. As she follows this rabbit he leads her to many different adventures! A great book!
Summary of Alice in Wonderland
"And what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures?" Certain to please even Alice herself, this new version of her famous adventures in Wonderland is brimming with wonderfully whimsical pictures by internationally acclaimed artist Lisbeth Zwerger. Her imaginative illustrations of the strange denizens of Wonderland?from the Mad Hatter and March Hare to the Queen of Hearts and Cheshire Cat?capture the inspired nonsense of Carroll's classic tale.Source of legend and lyric, reference and conjecture, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is for most children pure pleasure in prose. While adults try to decipher Lewis Carroll's putative use of complex mathematical codes in the text, or debate his alleged use of opium, young readers simply dive with Alice through the rabbit hole, pursuing "The dream-child moving through a land / Of wonders wild and new." There they encounter the White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, the Mock Turtle, and the Mad Hatter, among a multitude of other characters--extinct, fantastical, and commonplace creatures. Alice journeys through this Wonderland, trying to fathom the meaning of her strange experiences. But they turn out to be "curiouser and curiouser," seemingly without moral or sense.
For more than 130 years, children have reveled in the delightfully non-moralistic, non-educational virtues of this classic. In fact, at every turn, Alice's new companions scoff at her traditional education. The Mock Turtle, for example, remarks that he took the "regular course" in school: Reeling, Writhing, and branches of Arithmetic-Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision. Carroll believed John Tenniel's illustrations were as important as his text. Naturally, Carroll's instincts were good; the masterful drawings are inextricably tied to the well-loved story. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter
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